Weāve been making it better for the last 250 years. There have been setbacks and regressions, but the overall arch has been progress. If we make it through this backslide we can still continue improving.
Many of us are frankly better. Its par for the course these days for the entire nation to be judged by the behavior of its worst, and if challenged, people will say if we donāt like it we should be in the streets protesting violently. But itās a lot of armchair quarterbacking IMO and I try not to let it bother me. Weāre donating and volunteering to support a blue wave in the midterms. If this doesnāt impress Europeans on Lemmy I have no shits to give.
I wish I knew how and what to do. Born into a society with unions rapidly declining in the 80s and 90s. That is where a lot of front end action starts to take place, and the U.S. doesnāt have nearly the same union presence it did 40-50 years ago. Itās a 2 party system, and both parties suck. The status quo here has been dismantling peopleās collective ability to organize, for generations at this point. Whether or not anyone will admit it, they are scared and subjected to enough propaganda on a daily basis to be coerced into being anti-union.
The brick by brick wall built between citizens and their own well being is astonishing. 9/11 was middle school for me so a lot of the bricks were observed in my lifetime.
The most well organized militias happen to be aligned with the current administration, which is baffling for any number of reasons, but not trying to deep dive that.
I think it would take a large group of our politicians to admit we got way off track, issue formal aplogies to friends, neighbors, and allies. Then request formal 3rd party help. At this point, short of that happening I truly do believe the US will implode on itself within the next 50 years.
Executive action needs to be removed or reworked entirely. Term limits across all governing bodies, Supreme Court, senate, house, all of them need an expiration date and term limits. For the judicial I would go as far as to say they are selected at random from pools of high level judges. What we have now is just a collective of leeches.
I hear what you say, growing up in similar environments. Humans have always been oppressed by other humans when theyāre allowed to. The only reason we ever had freedom is because we bled and fought for it. America will need to bleed for this to be solved. Trump is ready to be violent and oppressive. The people need to be that back, but in much greater numbers to match and overwhelm.
What you say can be avoided, but it needs millions marching with guillotines to get back on track and avoid. There will be no peaceful transfer of power, and I think we can all see that.
Iām trying man. I vote, I volunteer, I protest, I work my ass off to educate myself and others around me. Iām careful about how I spend my time, attention and money and support people and causes I see as useful. I train, practice and prepare for if and when things get violent. I work with others in my community to make myself and those around me more resilient. I see hateful signs and stickers and I take them down and actively confront hateful dipshits around me.
So what do you suggest I do more? And would you do that yourself?
In a just world that would be more than enough. Sadly Trumpās America isnāt just anymore. Itās extreme. What it sounds like to me is youāre preparing for war, while i Trump is actively waging war.
Would I do more than you are now? No. But I have much to lose and people who depend on me and I canāt actively resist. Were I to find myself with inoperable cancer, or at my end, family deported etc, Iām not sure with anything to lose I could say Iād be inactive. Thatās what most surprises me about Americans now, is that thereās so few people willing to go to the extremes when they have nothing to lose. It boggles my mind actually.
I see. So you are advocating that others do something you yourself arenāt willing to do.
Thatās kind of the problem, you arenāt the only one who āhas anything to loseā. Everyone has something to lose and itās incredibly difficult to do what I think youāre getting at.
Yeah most people arenāt doing even the bare fucking minimum but everyone from the outside looking is like āwhy arenāt they picking up guns and just shooting?ā.
Well thereās some very simple and some very complicated reasons for that. Most people arenāt psychopaths or murderers until things are bad enough and they are affected directly and even then people have to get pushed pretty far.
Iām not American and Iām not visiting until Iām sure itās no longer fascist. America is not my responsibility. Itās the responsibility of Americans, and I donāt see anything responsible happening down south at all.
There must be millions of citizens affected by Trump policies now, and thereās been two sad assassination attempts only. Thatās what Iām getting at. Whereās the disgruntled ex military guy, or the no more Medicare guy? Theyāre all absent. Iām not asking family men and women to get results.
Many of us want to be better.
Try harder, thoughts and prayers wonāt cut it, youāre way past the no-return point.
Weāve been making it better for the last 250 years. There have been setbacks and regressions, but the overall arch has been progress. If we make it through this backslide we can still continue improving.
Many of us are frankly better. Its par for the course these days for the entire nation to be judged by the behavior of its worst, and if challenged, people will say if we donāt like it we should be in the streets protesting violently. But itās a lot of armchair quarterbacking IMO and I try not to let it bother me. Weāre donating and volunteering to support a blue wave in the midterms. If this doesnāt impress Europeans on Lemmy I have no shits to give.
Not enough to do anything about it though, it seems.
I wish I knew how and what to do. Born into a society with unions rapidly declining in the 80s and 90s. That is where a lot of front end action starts to take place, and the U.S. doesnāt have nearly the same union presence it did 40-50 years ago. Itās a 2 party system, and both parties suck. The status quo here has been dismantling peopleās collective ability to organize, for generations at this point. Whether or not anyone will admit it, they are scared and subjected to enough propaganda on a daily basis to be coerced into being anti-union.
The brick by brick wall built between citizens and their own well being is astonishing. 9/11 was middle school for me so a lot of the bricks were observed in my lifetime.
The most well organized militias happen to be aligned with the current administration, which is baffling for any number of reasons, but not trying to deep dive that.
I think it would take a large group of our politicians to admit we got way off track, issue formal aplogies to friends, neighbors, and allies. Then request formal 3rd party help. At this point, short of that happening I truly do believe the US will implode on itself within the next 50 years.
Executive action needs to be removed or reworked entirely. Term limits across all governing bodies, Supreme Court, senate, house, all of them need an expiration date and term limits. For the judicial I would go as far as to say they are selected at random from pools of high level judges. What we have now is just a collective of leeches.
I hear what you say, growing up in similar environments. Humans have always been oppressed by other humans when theyāre allowed to. The only reason we ever had freedom is because we bled and fought for it. America will need to bleed for this to be solved. Trump is ready to be violent and oppressive. The people need to be that back, but in much greater numbers to match and overwhelm.
What you say can be avoided, but it needs millions marching with guillotines to get back on track and avoid. There will be no peaceful transfer of power, and I think we can all see that.
I wish it were different. I truly do.
Iām trying man. I vote, I volunteer, I protest, I work my ass off to educate myself and others around me. Iām careful about how I spend my time, attention and money and support people and causes I see as useful. I train, practice and prepare for if and when things get violent. I work with others in my community to make myself and those around me more resilient. I see hateful signs and stickers and I take them down and actively confront hateful dipshits around me.
So what do you suggest I do more? And would you do that yourself?
In a just world that would be more than enough. Sadly Trumpās America isnāt just anymore. Itās extreme. What it sounds like to me is youāre preparing for war, while i Trump is actively waging war.
Would I do more than you are now? No. But I have much to lose and people who depend on me and I canāt actively resist. Were I to find myself with inoperable cancer, or at my end, family deported etc, Iām not sure with anything to lose I could say Iād be inactive. Thatās what most surprises me about Americans now, is that thereās so few people willing to go to the extremes when they have nothing to lose. It boggles my mind actually.
I see. So you are advocating that others do something you yourself arenāt willing to do. Thatās kind of the problem, you arenāt the only one who āhas anything to loseā. Everyone has something to lose and itās incredibly difficult to do what I think youāre getting at. Yeah most people arenāt doing even the bare fucking minimum but everyone from the outside looking is like āwhy arenāt they picking up guns and just shooting?ā.
Well thereās some very simple and some very complicated reasons for that. Most people arenāt psychopaths or murderers until things are bad enough and they are affected directly and even then people have to get pushed pretty far.
Iām not American and Iām not visiting until Iām sure itās no longer fascist. America is not my responsibility. Itās the responsibility of Americans, and I donāt see anything responsible happening down south at all.
There must be millions of citizens affected by Trump policies now, and thereās been two sad assassination attempts only. Thatās what Iām getting at. Whereās the disgruntled ex military guy, or the no more Medicare guy? Theyāre all absent. Iām not asking family men and women to get results.
Sorry but doing anything about it would be ābarbaricā according to people like you.
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