I’m not saying there’s no resistance. If I’m not mistaken, the No Kings protests are among the largest in US history. However, they don’t seem to be having the desired effect, especially since there is alarmingly little media coverage of them. I think it would take a general strike that would paralyze the country until the government is removed, because I think it’s impossible for the president to be removed via impeachment.
especially since there is alarmingly little media coverage of them.
That is by design. The current political direction is beneficial to the ones who own and control the mainstream media. Presenting them as small and not giving them a fair share of coverage is a way to frame them as irrelevant and overblown.
It hurts the morale of the people involved in the movement while simultaneously emboldening the far-right with “proof” that the protests are a supposed vocal minority of political extremists.
Yes, that is absolutely correct. On this point, namely the alignment of all important media outlets, the situation in the US has long been very problematic. Due to the centralization that comes with mainstream social media platforms, this effect has, in my opinion, unfortunately intensified significantly over the last twenty years (the reason why musk bought Twitter for example).
The Nazis in Germany had already exploited the power that comes with controlling the media on a massive scale, and Goebbels and his cohorts used tactics similar to those still used by totalitarian states today.
My point is this: the US has effectively been a plutocracy for a long time, and now I fear that the elites are preparing to get rid of even the semblance of democracy. Why? Because they can, and I think they are unscrupulous enough to do so.
So I think it’s important to prevent this while it’s still possible, but unfortunately I don’t think that will happen. Hence my pessimistic outlook for the future - I would be very happy to be proven wrong.
I influence over elections came well after he owned it, and wasn’t his idea. I think that part was fed to him. He did have a bit of a warped idea of what “free speech” was, but someone helped him either warp it more or ignore it to fit the election narratives needed.
People are going to have to learn the hard way that real revolution necessitates risk and sacrifice.
You don’t just return to the status quo Monday morning because you can’t bare missing your subscription payments. “Yeah, I work for Google, but this BMW doesn’t pay for itself!”
Colorado:
The Guardian - Were the No Kings protests the largest single-day demonstration in American history?
Fucking Idaho:
I’m not saying there’s no resistance. If I’m not mistaken, the No Kings protests are among the largest in US history. However, they don’t seem to be having the desired effect, especially since there is alarmingly little media coverage of them. I think it would take a general strike that would paralyze the country until the government is removed, because I think it’s impossible for the president to be removed via impeachment.
That is by design. The current political direction is beneficial to the ones who own and control the mainstream media. Presenting them as small and not giving them a fair share of coverage is a way to frame them as irrelevant and overblown.
It hurts the morale of the people involved in the movement while simultaneously emboldening the far-right with “proof” that the protests are a supposed vocal minority of political extremists.
Yes, that is absolutely correct. On this point, namely the alignment of all important media outlets, the situation in the US has long been very problematic. Due to the centralization that comes with mainstream social media platforms, this effect has, in my opinion, unfortunately intensified significantly over the last twenty years (the reason why musk bought Twitter for example).
The Nazis in Germany had already exploited the power that comes with controlling the media on a massive scale, and Goebbels and his cohorts used tactics similar to those still used by totalitarian states today.
My point is this: the US has effectively been a plutocracy for a long time, and now I fear that the elites are preparing to get rid of even the semblance of democracy. Why? Because they can, and I think they are unscrupulous enough to do so.
So I think it’s important to prevent this while it’s still possible, but unfortunately I don’t think that will happen. Hence my pessimistic outlook for the future - I would be very happy to be proven wrong.
Personally, I think he stumbled into this one. I think he bought Twitter because
I influence over elections came well after he owned it, and wasn’t his idea. I think that part was fed to him. He did have a bit of a warped idea of what “free speech” was, but someone helped him either warp it more or ignore it to fit the election narratives needed.
Maybe, but in any case, he now has the ultimate tool for shitposting with Grok.
A single day protest is hardly a resistance is it? Everyone went home afterwards and back to their jobs the next day. Didn’t they?
People are going to have to learn the hard way that real revolution necessitates risk and sacrifice.
You don’t just return to the status quo Monday morning because you can’t bare missing your subscription payments. “Yeah, I work for Google, but this BMW doesn’t pay for itself!”
how many more of those fucking boats have they blown up since then
edit: i shouldn’t describe the actions of my country as “we”. “we” are not blowing up fucking boats.
Yes, we are. We might not be driving, but we’re sure as hell stuck in this car.
Feels like the difference between “where are we going?” and “where are you taking me?”
do that on a weekday and you can brag about it