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Getting the government back via "legal" means is over.
Time to start thinking outside the box.
No, it isn't, not yet. We still have the 2026 Midterms, and the 2028 Presidential Election. How MAGA handles those elections will tell the tale. If they manage to game the system again, or worse, end elections with some excuse, THEN legal means have failed, and it's time for out-of-rhe-box solutions.
I understand that people are frustrated, and want action, and that's good. But if we respect the Constitution (which is the very foundation of this battle with MAGA) we have to reserve that righteous indignation for the moment, and let this play out until they violate the Constitution so badly that it becomes ineffective. Something like cancelling elections.
Then we have the moral authority to act decisively. And when it happens, we will have plenty of support. All the military leadership they fired, all the legal power the they fired, etc., will all support the resistance.
In addition, Trump and MAGA are REVILED by the rest of the world. Not only will our allies refuse to support Trump, they are likely to heavily support his opposition. Even those that claim to be his friend hate him, and are unlikely to help him in any substantial way, and risk retaliation and sanctions from the other nations.
If you respect the Constitution, you have to let it play out, but we all see where this is going.
By the time people like you realize the legal means have long failed, it will be too late.
The constitution has a clause for this specifically: the 2nd amendment.
Why don't you read up on what Thomas Jefferson and James Madison have to say on the topic?
And for the record, this isn't a "battle against MAGA". It is a battle against corporations. I'd recommend figuring out who your enemy is first.
Wow, so condescending.
We have a 250 year old Republic that has survived far worse than MAGA. We got through the Civil War, and we will get through this.
I know what Jefferson, et al said about the Tree of Liberty and all that, but we aren't there yet.
Frankly, your post is a bit hypocritical. You advocate for throwing away the Constitution and just have a revolution, while you cite the 2nd Amendment. Do you respect the Constitution, or don't you? You can't ignore it on one hand, and still use it as justification with the other.
If you do respect the Constitution, then let it play out, and respond to the MAGA response. I believe it is a better than 50% chance that there will have to be some violence during the MAGA end game, because they will have to play their final card before surrendering or being ruthlessly crushed, but it will be useless, and almost certainly pathetic.
For one I agree with you. I hate how fast everything is going to shit too but I still have hope and want to avoid mass bloodshed and conflict. If there's a legal way to take these monsters to the gallows, we should pursue every avenue.
It's always so brave and impressive that these revolutionaries have the time to stoke violent insurrection on Lemmy whilst they're serving on the front lines of the rebellion themselves! Such dedication to the cause.
Exactly. America is filled with reactionaries who are more than willing to criticize others for not taking the steps that they aren't willing to take themselves. It's a lot of "Go fight my battles for me, or you're a coward."
I want to remind people that immediately after Jan 6, people started whining that they'd all get away with it, and the government wasn't doing anything.
But the FBI combed through every video they could find, including many posted by the Traitors themselves. They identified the worst behaved, and posted their faces EVERYWHERE. Immediately, family, neighbors, co-workers, etc. started turning them in, and they started to make arrests. The DoJ went on to convict more than 1000 people, and many got multi-year sentences.
And throughout that entire process, people were constantly posting complaints about how the govt wasn't doing ANYTHING!
It's kind of the same thing now. NOTHING is not what's happening. Everyday, MAGA gets closer to the Red Lines that they cannot cross without massive resistance. They are in the midst of one lighter red line, which is killing health care in America. It wont trigger a rebellion, but when the rebellion finally happens, there will be so many people who have suffered medically and economically by MAGAs psychopathic health care policies, that they will enthusiastically support it.
For me, the biggest Red Line would be if they disappear certain close people in my life who are members of vulnerable communities. If ANYTHING were to happen any of those people, I would have nothing left to lose, and I would become a VERY dangerous man indeed.
I'm older, and I have come to the realization that dying an old man in my sleep would be a waste. I'm coming to terms with the idea that my life may have a twist ending that I never anticipated, but is starting to come into focus.