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The problem, again, is how spread out the US is. The cities are very far from each other compared to Europe. The federated system also adds roadblocks. Some states are doing better than others, thanks to the state governments. Some states are doing much, much worse.
Unfortunately, the US is unlike any country, and not in a good way. Flashpoints here are totally different, if that hasn't been obvious yet. The lower class is in survival mode, an intentional strategy by the Trump administration to keep the poor people distracted. They're walking a fine line, if they go too far and people really start to struggle, it's over. If they don't go far enough, then people will have time to organize.
I totally agree on the mass strike, so long as a strike fund or food support network is also in place, so people can actually be willing to attend. I think that's actually the best way to approach this, and I've discussed it with some of my neighbors in the past.
An armed resistance, unless something changes with the military (doubtful), is futile. It's kind of difficult to use small arms against a reaper drone at 50,000 ft. We have the most funded military in the world, and the fascists in charge wouldn't hesitate to use it in this scenario.
I agree with most of what you said, however, it should be noted that the US famously lost the war in Vietnam to a bunch of farmers with holes and booby traps. And insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan kept us busy for over a decade, only for us to pretty much lose those wars as well.
So I'm not sure it's entirely true that armed resistance would be completely futile. But it certainly would be bloody and drawn out.
War is waged a little differently now than when we were in Vietnam, though I understand your point.
I hope you guys can have some headway into organising a general strike before it's too late. As for armed resistance, while you can't win against the US military, and armed resistance can still last longer than an unarmed resistance. It's best to plan and prepare now, so that you can take action if the need arises, rather than attempt one hastily when the time comes.
Even just planning on how to organise later is better than nothing. Discuss where to meet, how to communicate, how to avoid surveillance, etc with anyone locally with the same mindset. If you can't find anyone near you that would go along with this, that's a bad sign that the flashpoint you're waiting for might not be happening anytime soon.
There's quite a lot of this happening, you're just not going to see it in news articles and comment sections.
That part is me engaging the other person on what to do behind the scenes. The part about things in the news would be things like general strikes and such. Obviously, those things you quoted wouldn't be, and shouldn't be, on the news to be effective against a tyrannical government.
Right, so like, can we maybe collectively stop chastising America for not having instantly overthrown the government when it turned tyrannical? Maybe some patient, constructive encouragement instead; the constant hostility from ostensive allies will only serve to grind down those here on the fediverse actually trying to do things.