I’m always very intrigued by those pushing the rhetoric that it’s too late to use elections to solve this, and admonish anyone that tries.
But at the same time they themselves refuse to start a revolution they insist is the only way. While simultaneously waiting for someone else to do it for them.
In the end the suggestion seems to be to not do anything and hope someone else does it for you. Be that by democratic means or armed means.
If you’re not starting the rebellion you sure as hell need to be engaged with the existing democratic proccess. Otherwise you’re just not doing anything at all. Which is the worst option
So first: You do realize there will likely be no free and fair elections until Trump is overthrown right? It’s too late to solve this using elections because there will be no elections. You’re in the equivalent of 1933 Germany after the Enabling Act, where the Act is substituted by the Republican majority in Congress and the lack of consequences for Trump doing whatever he wants.
Second and more relevantly, though: Revolutions aren’t just “started;” they happen when political unrest reaches a boiling point and is given some kind of trigger. You see the protests in LA? That’s building towards the revolution. A revolution can then turn violent due to violent backlash from the state, but either way it is literally impossible to “start” a revolution in the way you’re talking about. I mean hell, the fall of the Bastille wasn’t exactly planned; it just kind of happened. If a revolution does happen I’d put the start at the current LA protests, but I digress. The point is: To get a revolution, you don’t necessarily need to grab a gun and shoot cops, but you do need to resist on the streets. Again LA is a good example of what I’m talking about, so what I’m calling for is, for starters, more of that in more parts of America. Organize among your community and in your workplace and please someone go on strike already.
PS: I’m not American, so internet forums are about as much as I can get in on the action.
I’m always very intrigued by those pushing the rhetoric that it’s too late to use elections to solve this, and admonish anyone that tries.
But at the same time they themselves refuse to start a revolution they insist is the only way. While simultaneously waiting for someone else to do it for them.
In the end the suggestion seems to be to not do anything and hope someone else does it for you. Be that by democratic means or armed means.
If you’re not starting the rebellion you sure as hell need to be engaged with the existing democratic proccess. Otherwise you’re just not doing anything at all. Which is the worst option
So first: You do realize there will likely be no free and fair elections until Trump is overthrown right? It’s too late to solve this using elections because there will be no elections. You’re in the equivalent of 1933 Germany after the Enabling Act, where the Act is substituted by the Republican majority in Congress and the lack of consequences for Trump doing whatever he wants.
Second and more relevantly, though: Revolutions aren’t just “started;” they happen when political unrest reaches a boiling point and is given some kind of trigger. You see the protests in LA? That’s building towards the revolution. A revolution can then turn violent due to violent backlash from the state, but either way it is literally impossible to “start” a revolution in the way you’re talking about. I mean hell, the fall of the Bastille wasn’t exactly planned; it just kind of happened. If a revolution does happen I’d put the start at the current LA protests, but I digress. The point is: To get a revolution, you don’t necessarily need to grab a gun and shoot cops, but you do need to resist on the streets. Again LA is a good example of what I’m talking about, so what I’m calling for is, for starters, more of that in more parts of America. Organize among your community and in your workplace and please someone go on strike already.
PS: I’m not American, so internet forums are about as much as I can get in on the action.