cross-posted from: https://thelemmy.club/post/18931801
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American leftists need to adopt their communication strategy. It doesn't work to have educated people lecture the anti intellectuals. They don't want to hear it and they'll have a knee jerk reaction against it. Study, learn and use their own preferred methods instead. Stickers, simple slogans, rants, fucking flags on oversized wankmobiles if you've got one. Whenever there is a direct consequence of the Trump administration, shout it immediately from the rooftops until people get it. Only talking about it years later at the next election will do nothing because it is already pushed away by the propaganda feed. Use their method of communication but keep it factual and don't stoop down to their hatred and lies. It's not about taunting, it's about informing the uninformed and leading them out of the bubble.
Price hikes? Thanks MAGA. Deportations of integrated citizens? Thanks MAGA. No more social security? Thanks MAGA. Leopards chewing on your face? WELL FUCKING THANKS FOR VOTING FOR THE LEOPARDS EATING PEOPLE'S FACES PARTY!
I made these to help us get the message out.
I don't honestly think that would work. They've been conditioned to take comfort in not knowing things. I've seen the thought process unfold in front of me hundreds of times: "If a republican did it, it was a good thing and part of the plan, even if I don't understand how yet." It's exactly the same thought process that they employ for their religion: "God is good and does good things, even though terrible things happen to people all the time that God must have allowed if he exists, there's always a plan, even if we don't know it."
This is why the elites want a return to religion. It teaches its followers to accept things without evidence or against actual evidence. It's a tool to control the masses.
American Leftists also have to fight uphill against both the Democrats and the Republicans media machines. We're literally a volunteer group taking on a trillion dollar industry all the while more moderate dems rrefuse to join us in any kind of boots on the ground fashion. There are more Americans want a party to the right of republicans than Americans who want a party to the left of democrats. We're literally the political minority, perhaps someone with money and more people should step the fuck up sometime soon. Most of us are doing all we can while still working enough to not starve.
You say that like we're ever going to have elections again. Before 1 year is up of 47's reign, they'll assassinate him so Vance, someone who's kore easily controlled, will be president. It's why he was chosen. It's all why they orchestrated the previous 2 attempts. You'll notice that both attempted assassins were both R voters.
Then, before the next election, they'll create some "emergency" that Vance will use as an excuse to declare martial law and cancel elections. Our country just chose actual fascism this week, and that's what it looks like.
This is the play for sure. I've seen a lot of discussion in the past few days about "what we need to do next time".
There IS no more "next time". There won't BE any more elections, there is no more turning this around. Millions of people stayed home crying about how the Democrats didn't do enough and even if they fucked up (they did), the people who stayed home and let the Nazis win fucked up worse.
Welcome to the Fourth Reich. We are well and truly fucked.
This may be the only time it works, when people actually get punched in the face. Explaining how they will get punched in the face in the future never seems to work. That's the "educated people lecture the anti intellectual".
Unfortunately the lesson will only last 1 election cycle.