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[-] Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world 128 points 3 weeks ago

These protests need to start happening outside of these reps' offices.

Reps need to be taking part in the protests. Preferably Korean-style.

[-] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 69 points 3 weeks ago

You mean the US representatives that won't set term limits? The US representatives that won't vote to outlaw insider trading? The US representatives who own businesses that benefit from their legislation? Those people? Just gotta be clear here. Because I'm feeling a little uncertain about their loyalties at the moment. At least towards their voters... To their donors, I'm rock solid on where they owe their fealty.

[-] Doom@ttrpg.network 31 points 3 weeks ago
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[-] Fredthefishlord 23 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Term limits(for congress) aren't an issue. It's outright good to have a portion of reps with institutional knowledge on how to run a government, and extremely helpful in diplomacy with other countries as well.

Age limits are the real issue to push, because geriatric fucks being in charge is the real danger.

Everything else, I wholly and completely agree with you on

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[-] Fredthefishlord 18 points 3 weeks ago

God that photo goes hard on so many levels

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[-] DandomRude@lemmy.world 109 points 3 weeks ago

Wonderful, dear US friends!

A powerful sign against all the hatred and corruption that Trump and his henchmen stand for.

I think large demonstrations like this are incredibly important, especially nowadays, because the manipulation in social media and the traditional media can so easily give the false impression that a majority would share the inhumane ideology of this regime.

For the tens of thousands on the streets, it is obvious how many decent people there actually are.

Trump and his opinion makers can do little about this - apart from their usual ridiculous conspiracy theories around Soros and other such Bogus. Because not even these unscrupulous fascists can (yet) dare to stop thousands and thousands of people from demonstrating, or even have them all arrested.

Good luck and all the best from Europe!

[-] WuceBrillis@lemm.ee 61 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It is not tens of thousands.

D.C alone has an estimated 100.000 people marching.

Nationwide the number is believed to be 5 million, i read somewhere.

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[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 72 points 3 weeks ago

Now all they have to do this until main stream media cannot widely ignore this in the US.

[-] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 33 points 3 weeks ago

It's been a couple of decades since I've lived in the states, but I used to watch some US TV, via satellite and later cable (TV through fiber, actually) I stopped watching US TV 2-3 years prior to COVID. I just can't stand it. Regular TV is pretty bad worldwide, but US TV is on another level of bad.

[-] Bacano@lemmy.world 31 points 3 weeks ago

It'll be right before the false flag attack used to justify repression of dissent

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[-] VanillaFrosty@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago

These are the precursors to a general strike. There's are a lot of great people out here building support networks for when it finally happens.

Please come get involved!

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[-] Parptarf@lemm.ee 52 points 3 weeks ago
[-] Vorticity@lemmy.world 52 points 3 weeks ago

Finally what? Finally the media is covering the protests that have been going on the entire time? They're growing but they weren't small even a month or two ago.

[-] smayonak@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago

Fox News and the other propaganda channels are giving absurd amounts of coverage to liars. NBC just had on the secretary of the treasury where he was pitched softball questions. Without blinking this soulless minion claimed a crash is good for americans. But even a complete donkey would be skeptical of the claim that a massive economic contraction would be good for everyone.

This moron was talking out of both his blow holes about how the tariffs and economic collapse would lead to lower prices. Anyone who couldn't spot the obvious contradictions (these people are contradicting themselves in the same paragraph) is beyond all hope.

[-] Parptarf@lemm.ee 24 points 3 weeks ago

Why are you so hostile? Calm down.

This is the first time I’m seeing any major movement outside of when Vance visited Vermont on any socials and media I follow.

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[-] Jhex@lemmy.world 39 points 3 weeks ago

Great!... now take this momentum and do a general strike! a week should do it

[-] vvilld@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 3 weeks ago

That's not really how a general strike works. You can't just post on the internet "do a general strike" and expect it to happen or be effective. Where are the strike funds to help feed people and pay their rent when they stop getting paychecks? Where are your strike captains to organize demonstration events? Where is your army of strike lawyers to defend people when they inevitably get arrested?

General strikes take a long time and a lot of resources to plan. Only then can one be effective.

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[-] eldain@feddit.nl 34 points 3 weeks ago

I'm so happy to see this, finally some good news from the us.

[-] Montreal_Metro@lemmy.ca 26 points 3 weeks ago

Good to see more young people.

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[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 23 points 3 weeks ago

Now all of these people converge on Mar-a-Lago and burn it to the ground. Preferably with Trump and Musk inside.

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[-] in4apenny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 3 weeks ago

Why all these marches in areas that these oligarchs don't care about? Why not their mansions?

[-] obvs@lemmy.world 34 points 3 weeks ago

The U.S. is pretty much as big as Europe.

It's not easy to drive thousands of kilometers to get to their mansions. These marches happened all over the place, in major cities and capital cities.

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[-] Newsteinleo@infosec.pub 33 points 3 weeks ago

because America is big, like really big. Its not like EU countries where you can just hop on a train and get to the capital in a day. for someone in South Dakota its at least a three day commitment to travel and protest in DC, and encase you didn't notice most people in this country can't afford that.

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[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 23 points 3 weeks ago

Millions of people protesting isn't good enough for you?

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[-] 10001110101@lemm.ee 19 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I think most of these protests were properly permitted (I know my local one was). Protestors in residential areas would likely get arrested for stuff like disturbing the peace, even if they stayed on public property such as roads. They'd probably try to charge the organizers for something too, which is probably why they aren't being organized. But, I agree there should be protests at these people's homes regardless.

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[-] wanderwisley@lemm.ee 16 points 3 weeks ago

Let’s keep this momentum going fam!

[-] TheDeadlySquid@lemm.ee 16 points 3 weeks ago

“There be no shelter here, the frontline is everywhere.” - Rage Against the Machine

[-] cdnwaffleiron@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 weeks ago

Now you have the numbers go physically remove the shit head and all his lackies, cause he's not going to go willingly.

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