The fires are coming. The hangings of the criminals in this administration are coming. It may be a few years, but all will pay when the smoke clears.
I don't understand this either. A few protests that aren't even in the news after a single day!?
You want to bet, it won't be any different if trump says there was too much fraud and cancels the midterm results? A week of protests and outrage, but by then he will already do something else outraging to talk about. Americans are neutered.
There's always the excuse that they can't take one single day off from work because they'd lose healthcare coverage yada yada. I used to think it was bullshit, that they're just lazy.
But... remember during covid, when a ton of people became unemployed? Suddenly they were protesting all over the place. Made me reconsider. I think the lack of social security really has them by the balls.
I read many -if not most- live paycheck to paycheck. If so, the problem might go way deeper than that.
By the "official" numbers, at least 1 out of 3 Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
At least
IIRC it’s 1 in 3 households are living paycheck to paycheck.
Yeah, and are you going to tell me that the households on the bottom end of the income spectrum don't have on average more people than the rich fucks?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
And if one member of that household loses their job, that means the entire household is fucked, at least probably.
Yes, I agree. The system neutered them, I'm sure otherwise they are normal people. But the education they have. The price they gave to pay for it, theb guarded two party system where officias are bought by the rich, the bought media, the lack of healthcare and it's price, ...
This has produced the perfect cattle. The American aristocracy have made the perfect system, where everyone thinks they are free and are too uneducated, busy and sick to think about how much they are exploited.
Also a fully militarized police force in all 50 states some which rival the power of nations
The NYPD has over 30,000 cops, some 10k+ support staff and similar firepower to the active militaries of some European countries, and that’s just 1 city. Also the us military sells surplus and “necessary” equipment directly to police departments
There are also 50 separate states and each of those states has a rural/urban divide covering over nearly 3000 miles across of diverse geography without including Alaska or any of the islands.
Honestly the police are the real problem. They're never part of the local community in any real sense, they've been too brainwashed into an us vs them mentality.
Which means that every single American is effectively living in 'occupied' territory and they can't even depend on their communities banding together to fend off attacks. They'll simply be stabbed in the back by their own cop neighbors.
In a sane country, local police would've majorly curbed ICE's activities simply because they were foreign agents messing around in 'their' city. Instead we've seen time and time again that when it matters, police will always side with our oppressors regardless of the legality or morality of it.
Which is why it seems so hopeless to many of us. How can we fight an entire government, military AND every single cop all at once?
I mean, yes obviously it does. I don't begrudge anyone for being unable to comprehend life without all the basic safety nets civilized countries offer, but we can already barely afford food and rent. Oh got some weird medical thing that's concerning? Well I hope it's not cancer, buy a bunch of Tylenol and just hope it goes away. Doctor too expensive.
This is by design.
A few protests that aren't even in the news
Depending on how much you rely on main stream (especially legacy) news, you're highly unlikely to see one protester on the news for every ten thousand on the street.
Turns out that the billionaires and hectomillionaires that own all of the biggest media outlets don't like to draw attention to people criticizing their golf buddies when they don't have to.
I'm not saying we shouldn't do more, but there are plenty of ongoing protests. Just because you don't see them in the news everyday didn't mean they aren't happening. Minneapolis, Portland, LA, DC and more all have protests that have been more or less ongoing since the shit hit the fan in their respective areas. The difference between this country and Franve can't be understated im terms of geographic size and population density. It is MUCH harder to sustain protests when we're all so spread out compared to am entire country the size of Texas.
In France, the worst they will likely be met with is water cannons, tear gas, and potentially rubber bullets/beanbag rounds.
In America, it's more likely to be automatic assault rifles.
French cops also shoot people who just drive away.
Sure and that gets a wikipedia page for you to cite. You're not wrong, just heavily downplaying the problem with this whataboutism. It's not about France where this thing is an exception, but about the US where this is becoming the norm.
automatic assault rifles
This is redundant, by definition all assault rifles have auto or burst fire modes. Anyone (including lawmakers) in the US who claims otherwise is incorrect.
I'm not American. I'm only aware of them in passing. It's not the sort of thing we learn about in school, over here.
... AND THE HOOOME OF THE BRAAAAAVE
French cops: using less lethals according to the manual.
'Merica cops: point blank, headshots (unless you're preggers), gas the kids
If you think french cops follow the manual I have a bridge to sell you
checks the Internet search engine
American police are significantly more lethal, with fatal shooting rates in 2019 being 22 times higher (3.1 per million) than in France (0.14 per million).
... ... I dunno, that feels like a pretty significant difference
That still doesn't mean french cops are not also dangerous during protests. I'm not trying to say they're more dangerous than your brown shirts, I'm saying that protesting also isn't risk free in France, and claiming that french cops follow the rules is simply incorrect.
It occurs to me, pregnant women who want abortions in states where it is illegal should just go to a protest…
I get what you're saying, but if you ask me, being murdered by a fascist is a rather drastic method of abortion..
As an accomplished wizard, I can definitively state that fireball is the first, best solution to all problems.
Also the second, and depending on your level, third. Depends on available spell slots.
The majority of Americans are over worked, stressed out and do not have the energy to start a general strike or create another 1789. However, an individual AmeriKan will resort to the quick and easy violence with a firearm to solve a problem. Weird. I respect the French and their ability to organize a general strike better than anyone in Europe and the planet.
The American state-oligarch apparatus is REALLY good at unionbusting, strikebreaking, and general anti-solidarity social engineering
I like to think this is the real reason the French have been vilified as cowards and weak in the American Zeitgeist.
So we don’t look at our brothers in arms and join with them.
American Liberalism was the basis of the left, and we kicked it right out of the USA after the civil war, The French however took it and ran.
We need to dump some cow shit in front of the White House and set some tires in fire.
I've been thinking this too for a little while now. It fits too perfectly. Throughout my adolescence, I hated the French. Proudly, openly, I thought it was funny and edgy for some reason, because I've always been disgusted by racism and I am a tiny part French. Edgy teenage bullshit. As I aged out of teen years though, there came a point where something caused me to investigate my own bias with honesty. And when I did, I found it to be totally empty and devoid of substance. I had absolutely no real reason to dislike the French, and these days I feel nothing but love for them.
I'm convinced the only reason I ever hated them was because of propaganda. Never had a bad personal experience. And Parisian 'rudeness' is revealed to be, in my opinion, simple straightforward bluntness. The propaganda is incredibly effective. Americans would benefit greatly if we could all take just a few notes from them; they have a cultural understanding that the government works for the people, not against. And if it's not doing it's job, take whatever action needed to restore balance. Seeing footage of their protests starting a few years back really opened my eyes to what could be done.
At this point, I can only imagine it’s out of spite. The regime wants violence, and we are certainly capable of it. But denying them the response they are begging for seems to really blue ball them.
We’re going to die probably. But on our terms, not theirs.
yeah, sure
The very call of the guy's ancestors saying that Trump deserves medieval French-style royal treatment. I understand him.
Dictators use instigators to escalate the situation and remove personal freedoms. People are being smart and not falling for instigators, all history books shows how they use infiltrataded people to cause the authoritarian regime to attack protester. So I think people are being smart and they afraid from midterms and trying everything to see if they can have a provocateur before the midterms.
Their dock workers aren't even inconveniencing anyone.
How's it even a country?
Wasnt the the last French protest and riots about the raising of retirement age? And didnt that happen anyway?
Im really asking, I think Im correct.
Yeah because France is fine
Been there a few times, and It's not perfect at all.
Still I'd pay to visit france while you can't pay me to go to the usa.
let's see: macron didn't send terrorists to kill french people on open street ✅ damn, french people seem to be so good at reminding their leaders how they check power that their leaders don't try that shit... maybe american people need to chop some heads with the ol headchopper
They are one or two elections away from an RN president. RN already is the largest party in the assemblée nationale and the "centrists" don't want to work with the NFP so there exists no clear majority anymore.
France burned stuff because the president wanted to increase the age for retirement. Multiple times.
Who's the exceptionalist country now?
They protested endlessly, and got... Nothing. Peanuts.
Macron has the government that used the most by very, very far the 49.3 article which is basically a pass to ignore the democratic process. He said quite clearly that democracy has no power against him and it is proven true.
The fascism in France is just less... frontal, than in the US, but it is there and those little protests, as long as they last, won't change anything.
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