The yanks are still too comfortable to do anything about the blatant fascism rising in their country. Rich right wingers have pulled off the amazing feat of keeping people happy with bread and circuses and convincing them to look at the evil foreigners whilst they’re robbed blind. It’s happening in other democracies as well.
I fear the US is just the beginning. The EU is growing more right wing and the UK is looking at giving Nigel Farage total power in 3 years time. Forecast does not look too good.
theangriestbird@beehaw.org 4 days ago
plz try to criticize our fascist leaders without body-shaming. it’s not a good look on you.
I mean, nobody in this community was happy about the Trumpcoin or any of the other previous self-promotion attempts, either. What were we supposed to do?
OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
Actually protest with direct action. Whining online and walking around with a sign once a month doesn’t do shit against a fascist.
Organize. Disrupt. Disobey.
theangriestbird@beehaw.org 4 days ago
What makes you think that that is the only way to protest? And what makes you think we aren’t already doing that to our maximum ability? You are making a lot of assumptions about Americans (assuming you are Canadian from your choice of server). We all have careers to maintain, families and friends to support, homes to clean, debts to repay, meals to cook, laundry to fold, mental illnesses to manage, etc etc. We can’t just drop all that to go follow around ICE cars 24/7 and rotate in and out of jail, life doesn’t work like that. I’m not going to sit here and pretend i am doing the most that I can do, but there’s a reason I haven’t been maximally-engaged. Fighting fascism is exhausting, but so is daily life. The billionaires have successfully arranged our daily lives to ensure that simply existing in this hellhole is already exhausting without even adding in regular protesting.
OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
Your grandparents stormed the beaches at Normandy and you’re whining and making excuses about why you’re letting your country slide into fascism.
Is this what you’re going to tell your grandkids when they ask why you didn’t stop it?
“Home of the brave”. Maybe long ago.
Thevenin@beehaw.org 4 days ago
The situation on the ground is rarely reflected accurately on the internet. We are organizing. We are disrupting. Do you think the black-baggings in L.A. just dropped off by accident? That’s been a combined front of legal and quasi-legal activity. When we’re up to something good, you probably won’t hear about it. The news doesn’t like those stories, and we don’t exactly advertise.
We’re also marching. The news covers that because it’s uncontroversial.
imrighthere@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
I’ll pick whatever words I want. Fuck off.