'No kings on Presidents Day' rings out from protests against Trump and Musk

On this week's John Oliver he ended with a brief segment about messages from people in government positions saying how past protests have encouraged their belief that they were doing the right thing by resisting. Just holding signs won't fix everything, but it isn't nothing.

I would argue the next step that would really make a difference is economic warfare, such as ceasing purchases of any nonessential goods, and a national general strike. That would have a dramatic effect.

In the meantime, the best option is to organize in your local community to lay the groundwork for such a thing to happen.

Hrm, so what do you think? Accelerationism? Don't want no unnecessary violence but don't see sucking establishment dick werkin' to whit.

Calling the elephant in the room on this with what I hope is a valid explanation.

America has no principals therefore any movement peters out without any resolution. This is because America is a diaspora of so many different cultures and beliefs and the only prevailing truth is "I got mine". It's nothing to base life on. America has no identity outside of money.

But I don’t think that will be possible, because it really seems like there’s no way all of these piss poor executive orders won’t have very tangible repercussions on the working class.

I think that's where the rubber hits the road in this country. I don't think any mass movement against Trump will start up until there are large repercussions that are clearly linked to his actions. But unfortunately, the bar has been raised over the years as well because the rich people are mostly for the pain he's inflicting and the country is organized and run by the rich.

It's starting to look like COVID was the test run the right-wingers on social media were worried about, but as per usual they viewed it through the wrong lens. COVID taught the rich that allowing mass disease, pain, disaster, wealth transfer, and death in the country will not make it more community-oriented and compassionate and will not result in any political repercussions for those exacerbating the problems. COVID was a test run for just how much suffering the people of this country were willing to tolerate without getting unruly (which apparently we as a country have a much bigger appetite than I would have guessed), and the lasting narrative of COVID isn't that the Republicans did too little, it's that we shouldn't have bothered doing as much as we did to help those suffering.

It's difficult to see how there will be even a splintering in this coalition before it's way too late to do anything about it.

I don't know why the country and its leaders didn't see that getting him out of office in 2021 relatively easily was a miracle and we're not likely to be blessed twice. I think we have a long, and difficult road ahead of us to ever align this country even slightly in the interests of its people.