leaders with the most prominent Trump-resistance group organizing “No Kings” answered that complaint Saturday when Indivisible’s Ezra Levin took to the stage in Minneapolis and announced that a nationwide general strike is planned for May 1, modeled after a successful local action that shut down much of that region in January
The Trump administration doesn’t care. They know they are unpopular but if you steal enough power, it doesn’t matter.
That’s the problem with these protests.
No authoritarian government cares to listens to protestors. Yet they all fear them. The point isn’t to make the government comply but to show everyone how many people are on your side. The more people show up the easier it is to motivate people to resist.
Making a real change takes a number of things, including realizing that there are enough other people that feel the same way.
These protests will not directly lead to change, but they will help move us in the right direction. They are a necessary part.
I dunno, with the AI surveillance state “improving” the kill chain in US wars (you all can bomb school children super effectively now, since AI tells you to! Can’t hold AI accountable!), and the arrest chain of “terrorist” protestors, I imagine that the cell phone location data from these protests could lead directly to certain changes in the USA. Certain changes that will help to populate all those new concentration camps with cheap prisoner labour to replace all the immigrants on the farms etc.
to be fair, if that’s the way shit goes down there isn’t a single thing you can do (not to be surveilled that is) because we’ve all been on “the list” since the moment we got cell phones and a Facebook or Reddit account. And the moment your workplace got cameras inside or outside. Maybe even before you started working there.
My point being that showing up to these events if you choose to isn’t any more dangerous than surfing the internet at home when it comes to surveillance, or driving along the highway/walking down the street. The moment they start rounding up people for what’s on their phones we’re all the target. Just cuz you have a vpn or something doesn’t mean your posts/phone isn’t findable.
Not trying to scare anyone btw just giving my take on people saying be careful about protests in this way, even just going to work you are surveilled in the same way.
will you strike on May 1?
Now that is doing something and yes. But will every union join? We need enough people to do so. No work, no shopping.
That’s why a strike is needed. He doesn’t care about people walking around with signs but a stike will hurt their bank accounts.
So I guess we already lost and should just accept things no matter how bad they get
I’m not saying that. I’m saying we need to do more.
so don’t do this but do more? wouldn’t do more mean you do the basics and more?
Not saying protesting is bad. I’m just saying Trump doesn’t care and we need to do more than have a few large protests.
I mean there are few things trump cares about. hes all mission accomplished aready with iran. Having been protesting I can say that no one there things the protests are the only thing they are doing or planning. A protest like this is not meant to be an end to itself.
Then I would try to communicate that better. Your 3 sentences in the original end with they don’t care, it doesn’t matter, and that’s the problem with the protests. It comes across completely defeatist.
I see your point although I was speaking in regard to the Trump Administration, not the protests themselves.
I believe in protesting itself. I think it’s a good thing. I just don’t think the Trump Administration is not interested in playing by the rules, and that’s the problem. We, as American Citizens, need to do more, though, if I’m honest I’m not sure what outside of a general strike.
I think that’s all fair. But individual reps might care. I think that’s where you can make progress. Those midterms are coming in hot for all those reps.
The Republican party is Trump at the moment, and those reps are looking at getting their asses kicked out of a job.