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I don't understand this either. A few protests that aren't even in the news after a single day!?
You want to bet, it won't be any different if trump says there was too much fraud and cancels the midterm results? A week of protests and outrage, but by then he will already do something else outraging to talk about. Americans are neutered.
There's always the excuse that they can't take one single day off from work because they'd lose healthcare coverage yada yada. I used to think it was bullshit, that they're just lazy.
But... remember during covid, when a ton of people became unemployed? Suddenly they were protesting all over the place. Made me reconsider. I think the lack of social security really has them by the balls.
I read many -if not most- live paycheck to paycheck. If so, the problem might go way deeper than that.
By the "official" numbers, at least 1 out of 3 Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
At least
IIRC it’s 1 in 3 households are living paycheck to paycheck.
And if one member of that household loses their job, that means the entire household is fucked, at least probably.
Yup, the two income trap
Yeah, and are you going to tell me that the households on the bottom end of the income spectrum don't have on average more people than the rich fucks?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Yes, I agree. The system neutered them, I'm sure otherwise they are normal people. But the education they have. The price they gave to pay for it, theb guarded two party system where officias are bought by the rich, the bought media, the lack of healthcare and it's price, ...
This has produced the perfect cattle. The American aristocracy have made the perfect system, where everyone thinks they are free and are too uneducated, busy and sick to think about how much they are exploited.
Also a fully militarized police force in all 50 states some which rival the power of nations
The NYPD has over 30,000 cops, some 10k+ support staff and similar firepower to the active militaries of some European countries, and that’s just 1 city. Also the us military sells surplus and “necessary” equipment directly to police departments
There are also 50 separate states and each of those states has a rural/urban divide covering over nearly 3000 miles across of diverse geography without including Alaska or any of the islands.
Honestly the police are the real problem. They're never part of the local community in any real sense, they've been too brainwashed into an us vs them mentality.
Which means that every single American is effectively living in 'occupied' territory and they can't even depend on their communities banding together to fend off attacks. They'll simply be stabbed in the back by their own cop neighbors.
In a sane country, local police would've majorly curbed ICE's activities simply because they were foreign agents messing around in 'their' city. Instead we've seen time and time again that when it matters, police will always side with our oppressors regardless of the legality or morality of it.
Which is why it seems so hopeless to many of us. How can we fight an entire government, military AND every single cop all at once?
Yeah and that’s without even dealing with the national guard or actual Feds if serious uncontrolled riots break out
America is one of the most locked down countries on earth with widespread state sanctioned violence
When the EU is 50 countries big with half like Hungary and each gets a violent actively murdered police army they can start lecturing Americans about violent protests
Yeah, many people do not realize what we are up against. There is a GIANT imbalance of violent power. Any violent resistance would be lone wolves, or small groups that may not be able to coordinate. Most people who give a fuck about everyone’s future will be shot, blown up, or jailed. Everyone else will feel bad, yet go along to get along. They will value their family’s comfort above everyone else’s. They probably won’t consider past grandchildren. They will consider their time overlapping their children’s and grandchildren’s lives, but no further. Their foresight is short, and selfish.
I mean, yes obviously it does. I don't begrudge anyone for being unable to comprehend life without all the basic safety nets civilized countries offer, but we can already barely afford food and rent. Oh got some weird medical thing that's concerning? Well I hope it's not cancer, buy a bunch of Tylenol and just hope it goes away. Doctor too expensive.
This is by design.
Yup, and considering everything that's coming to light right now, it's hard to say that it isn't by design.
It really does fuck us.
Depending on how much you rely on main steam (especially legacy) news, you're highly unlikely to see one protester on the news for every ten thousand on the street.
Turns out that the billionaires and hectomillionaires that own all of the biggest media outlets don't like to draw attention to people criticizing their golf buddies when they don't have to.
I'm not saying we shouldn't do more, but there are plenty of ongoing protests. Just because you don't see them in the news everyday didn't mean they aren't happening. Minneapolis, Portland, LA, DC and more all have protests that have been more or less ongoing since the shit hit the fan in their respective areas. The difference between this country and Franve can't be understated im terms of geographic size and population density. It is MUCH harder to sustain protests when we're all so spread out compared to am entire country the size of Texas.
It's not about that. Your protests are meaningless. They don't do anything. They are just pointless parades. The officials don't need to care about them.
I don't think people outside the country realize how much the establishment and the right wants violent demonstrations. That's what they've been trained for and what they're salivating for. We have a lot of experience with the entire machine pivoting on a dime to turn a single dumpster on fire into an apocalyptic event that justifies any and all violence against the protestors. Just look back at the coverage in 2020 to see just how absolutely bloodthirsty the establishment is.
And you know what the wildest thing is? Even without something that the news can paint as "violent riots burning the cities down", they shot and killed so many people and have done such casual atrocities, that people aren't on board with. I saw a clip of news casters talking with glee about how exciting the election season will be, because the violence has push people away from the establishment and the right.
So, maybe we are all kinda holding our breath while finding ways of fighting back that don't immediately being the force of the U.S. Government down upon our communities' heads, and maybe that makes for worse television, but I'm not sure television coverage is on our side right now.
They don't need to be violent. There are other ways, but mostly its about numbers and leadership. You don't seem to have either.
I really wonder what you must see when you look at the Minneapolis protests. I wonder what you think is missing there. I wonder what you think of all the protests, big and small, across the country that get no press. I wonder if you think what they're missing is, as the post we're under posits, the news painting protestors as burning down their cities.