• rumba@lemmy.zip
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      4 hours ago

      I would argue that it already isn’t. we kinda waited a bit too long, that’s why the protests happened.

      Truth will be in the form of how they respond to the protests. If we end up with military occupation or martial law, we’re already not a democracy.

      that said, tomato, tomaaato, same fix.

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      5 hours ago

      That is exactly why the midterms will be so important, not to mention the next presidential election. We need to keep the momentum going for a blue wave, and this protest may have helped with that.

      When that fails, when Democrats lose voting rights, when Trump pardons the Minnesota assassin to effectively legalize political violence against MAGA’s enemies, when all peaceful options for democracy have been exhausted, then let’s talk about the violent revolution. Until then, there’s no reason to be a buzzkill about this protest.

      The fact that No Kings was nonviolent was perfect, for now, because trying to riot or a coup would have just enabled MAGA to justify state-sanctioned violence of their own.

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        Well, good thing that the Minnesota assassin is currently being held on state-level murder charges because Trump can’t pardon non-federal charges.

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      I see so many videos with people saying “I support you” and none saying “I’m going to take action.” Everyone is dawdling, nobody is doing anything