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America Needs a Mass Movement—Now | Without one, America may sink into autocracy for decades.
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NK rallies are toothless pressure release valves that accomplish nothing but a feeling of participation in politics. They are not a threat to the oligarchy or their power which is why they are allowed.
They show people that they're not alone and that there is broad popular support for their views. This helps get people involved in more meaningful ways; people around me who were not previously active went to the last one and are now knocking on doors for California Prop 50 for example.
If they were concerned about the conditions of the country they would be protesting their own party too. Trump didn't rise in a vacuum, he was assisted in large part by the DNC
Yes, but they can be used to build something more. If you think of everything as a single event with no connection to anything before or after, then there's no way to win against an ingrained foe. Everything can't be the decisive victory, we need to build an army first.
We collectively have the attention span that's strained by the length of a Tik Tok video, acting long-term is a big ask.
Is the appeal of defeatism that it makes you feel like you're in control?
Yoink
I'm gonna quote you without credit 😈