Us non-American are also very anxious about America's political system. Y'all have too many bombs and not enough i.q. points.
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I can see how it’s scary for people. No one wants to believe that their state or country is a battleground. It’s easy to say hey you all got guns get civil warring from the outside. As a person where do you step in? Where’s the line?
- When it affects your moral outrage?
- When the politicians corruption and/or perverse behaviours are brazenly being displayed?
- When it affects your disposable income?
- When your fav barista disappears?
- When you see your fellow citizen being executed on the street?
For most of the modern Western world I’m gonna say we are post third point. USA has demonstrated it ramps up quick and a vast majority are tolerating it.
It’s almost like we’ve been watching the checks and balances we were taught would protect us from tyranny fall apart in front of our eyes to a frail, old, nincompoop.
Congress has basically conceded its power to a pedophile. Could that be why we’re so anxious? Or perhaps because the DOJ is allowing laws to be flagrantly violated in public with zero consequences as long as you are aligned with the pedophile and his goals?
Congress has basically conceded its power to a pedophile.
And to a bunch international mobsters relying on the motherfucker not only to have the US collapse on itself but also dismantle the embargoes and subpoenas aimed against them. Country goes down, they'll have a field day.
the whole system is antiquated and not representative. needs a complete overhaul.
About one-third of Americans rated politics and government as the top issue facing their nation.
TBH I expected more, that leaves 2 thirds that are unsure despite a ton of evidence. This is why trump got voted in. I’m not sure what more he can do before a good majority see the problem.
National anxiety, the fear of an impending collapse. Aged like wine.
https://theonion.com/fbi-uncovers-al-qaeda-plot-to-just-sit-back-and-enjoy-c-1819576375/
If ONLY there was SOME way to Have Known TRUMP would do Things like this during his SECOND TERM AS PRESIDENT!
The actual problem is far bigger than Trump; It's the corporate duopoly masquerading as a functioning democracy that created the conditions necessary for the rise of Trump and the MAGA movement in the first place.
It's bigger, still - the underlying problem is capitalism. Even if we reform the entire electoral system but remain capitalist the problem will reoccur.
It's about time the 'average American' started questioning what the fuck this system is doing. Many of us have only been trying to show them how messed up it is for the past 250 years or so.
Seriously though, it really is way more tense than I have ever seen it. The kinds of political conversations I am having with neighbors and coworkers are ones that I never would've imagined being able to have even 5 years ago.
Thats good. It means at least people are reading the moment well.
Yeah…. Finally. I mean, I felt like Jan 6 should have been a really big wakup, but wasn’t somehow
I continue to be floored that so many people didn’t seem to care about that - or even admit that it happened. I watched it live and it was genuinely insane. Like, “oh fuck, this is looking a whole fucking lot like a coup, I wonder if we’ll be a democracy tomorrow” insane.
The right wing propaganda machine did such a good job at getting the "apolitical normies" and the otherwise politically nihilistic public to misconstrue the noise as just some left-right partisan debate, with all the buzz about just the rioters; while in the meantime Trump was working in the background at the same time, along with the likes of Rudy Giuliani, to deligitimize the 2020 election in a failed coup, and barely got any coverage. This was Trump's Beer Hall Putsch
Are you suggesting the rightwing propaganda machine is what prevented Biden from arresting Trump on day one in office?
The only reason J6 was allowed to be effective was Biden.
The ratchet effect at work.
This could be the most significant constitutional crisis in American history (outside the civil war lol) but the constitution is in fact very strong and that’s why America has 250 years of legal continuity
Imagine 200 more years of successful EU integration and that’s essentially what America is so there’s a 99% chance it’s not going to collapse or something
But it will be a difficult and desperate and deadly fight but do not fall for the doomerist propaganda everyone needs to get out and help in some way and especially vote because Republicans always lose when people simply go out and vote
Eh, I give the US a solid 40% chance that it won't collapse within the next 50 years.
Dude they're literally saying the last Democrat wins were rigged, Trump is talking about nationalizing elections, Bannon wants ICE surrounding the polls.....
What are you smoking? If you don't want to do anything right now, fine. But don't insult people's intelligence by pretending anything resembling a normal election is going to happen. Not as long as they are in power.
Yet the democrats just won those elections anyway
You are literally smoking the doomerist propaganda
It’s not going to be normal but neither were the bomb threats in the last election so stop the hysteria it doesn’t help your own cause and it’s the exact reaction they’re hoping you have
Democrats are part of the problem. They did nothing to prevent fascism, they only furthered it. They serve the same elite pedophile ruling class. Come on, we need everyone together to realize this so we can stop them.
We should be fearful that this might happen, but it shouldn't be taken as a foregone conclusion. Something like that might happen, which only means we should be prepared for it
Going to happen. The president is calling for his party to take over and "nationalize" the voting system and bannon is planning to have ice surrounding polls.
I'm past anxious, more like Im fairly at peace that my quality of life is going to plummet along with everyone elses' and worrying about making it through is a comical pursuit against terrible odds.
We have every reason to be. Anyone who can volunteer, should.
Volunteer to do what? Outside of killing ICE, I'm not sure what to do.
What should you do to masked, armed invaders kidnapping people off the streets who are sent to concentration centers in countries they are not from?
Local rapid response networks exist to help intimidate ICE whenever they appear. Local soup kitchens and other similar charitable organizations can use your help, as the people who are most often targeted by this administration are those who are already poor.
Go to local meetings any time someone proposes legislation that harms marginalized people, expands surveillance measures (e.g. ALPRs), or alters the favor of elections towards the far right, and make your voice heard. You can also comment on regulations.gov whenever certain legislation is put out, and your state legislature should have a way to contact your reps there, too. Our representatives aren't fully beholden to us, but they're known to cave under public pressure, and every little bit of pressure helps.
Donate to organizations that slow down the effort of the administration, like the ACLU, or more specific ones for any given issue (e.g. the FFRF for religion-related fascist policy prevention, the EFF and Fight For the Future for digital rights and surveillance, Climate Defiance for both climate and general political activism that disrupts bad politicians and billionaires where they live and work, the Internet Archive for archiving information the administration tries to take down, etc)
You can also just go to nearby protests. Check out 50501 and Mobilize for a lot of more common ones you can expect to find a lot of people at, but also just figure out other local groups in your area that might be holding events, marches, protests, boycotts, etc.
Speaking of that, boycott businesses that support the regime when you can. Boycott Here, BDS Movement, Boycott Citizens are all good resources, and there are always more targeted campaigns like QuitGPT.
Do mutual aid for your neighbors who need it, get a whistle you can use if ICE shows up near you (remember, 3 long blows is ICE nearby, long blows is ICE detaining. If you hear whistling from someone else, get out there, record, and use your own whistle to make sure others do the same!), canvass/phonebank for local candidates, or even candidates in other cities/states, to get local policies implemented to make your communities more safe. Progressive Victory is great for that. (though it does require you using Discord)
Outside of that, you can always show up to your local ICE facility and just generally be a nuisance. They hate that shit ;)
Anxious? What? Nahhhhhhhhhh, that's wokeist cultural Marxist Disney Communist Transgender Libtard radical Left propaganda from the deep state, everything is going great, except for them damn illegals and drag queens indoctrinatin our kids!!!
These past 80 years sure have been dreadful.
Yep, each and every one of the 80 years since 2016.
