TIL No Kings Protests were the 3rd Largest in US History
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wouldnt the Rs have to strike too, that would be effective. but we know Rs will never strike or protest on thier own.
The R's are stupid and lazy. They don't want to do all the work themselves. They'll fold. Except the rich ones.
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All I'm saying is build a support network before calling for a general strike.
Most people can't afford to strike even if they wanted to.
A year is a nice long runway for that.
It sucks, but we aren't getting rid of the fascists over the weekend. They're in this for the long haul, and we need to be strategic about when and how we proceed. A general strike is a HUGE offensive in the fight, and it needs to be planned well. If we just mass buy shit before and after it doesn't do anything.
Targeted boycotts are similar. They need to be strategic in their timing. Refusing to shop on Amazon for a week doesn't do anything if we just go back to purchasing from them a week later. But what we can do is time it so it hits right before a fiscal quarter. That way it impacts the stock price and doesn't fully bounce back until the following quarterly report.
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You may be useful, but you’re not a trusted ally. Your eagerness to join causes funded by billionaires, paired with your refusal to examine their motivations, make you a significant liability.
I'm not eager to join them, and she spent her money in a way that was impossible to refuse. Are you saying that everyone should have abandoned the planned protest as soon as she took out that ad? Are we supposed to throw hissy fits and cancel everything we try to do because someone that doesn't pass a purity test participates?
Unless you're out there interrogating every single protest attendee and refusing to participate in any political action that your "undesirables" are also participating in....you're just as much of a hypocrite as you are claiming that I am.
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I'm not eager to join them, and she spent her money in a way that was impossible to refuse. Are you saying that everyone should have abandoned the planned protest as soon as she took out that ad? Are we supposed to throw hissy fits and cancel everything we try to do because someone that doesn't pass a purity test participates?
Unless you're out there interrogating every single protest attendee and refusing to participate in any political action that your "undesirables" are also participating in....you're just as much of a hypocrite as you are claiming that I am.
Can you even articulate with the protest was for? What were the actionable demands? What did it stand for?
Opposing genocide is a perfectly acceptable “purity test” that anyone should be able to pass. It’s just basic human decency.
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Grow a pair.
Yes, Im sure more toxic masculinity will solve OP's problems.
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Rand is not a king. He is the dragon reborn and the chief of chiefs, but not a king.
The Car'a'carn is not one of your wetlander kings
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Oh, nuh-uh!
FOX News said it was a lightly attended failure. Who am I gonna believe, FOX:News or every local news sorce, that actually was there, in the country?Eats another paint chip: Foxsch Newsgh
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When multiple biggest protests are against your presidency, then you seriously fucked up.
News flash, neither Trump nor his Republican allies care. Literally at all.
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Wikipedia is weird. In an article that lists the largest protests that have occurred in the United States, they still feel the need to tell you that each one of these protests, that are on a list of protests that occurred in the United States, in fact occurred in the United States.
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Eats another paint chip: Foxsch Newsgh
They've got news in the title. They wouldn't lie.
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Nobody had anything better to do back then
ah good point. COVID may have boosted the numbers.
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I'm not eager to join them, and she spent her money in a way that was impossible to refuse. Are you saying that everyone should have abandoned the planned protest as soon as she took out that ad? Are we supposed to throw hissy fits and cancel everything we try to do because someone that doesn't pass a purity test participates?
Unless you're out there interrogating every single protest attendee and refusing to participate in any political action that your "undesirables" are also participating in....you're just as much of a hypocrite as you are claiming that I am.
So you compromised your morals to ally with immoral people, and you can’t even articulate for what reason or what was accomplished by it? Christ, that’s sad.
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So you compromised your morals to ally with immoral people, and you can’t even articulate for what reason or what was accomplished by it? Christ, that’s sad.
I'm going to be honest, I've been speaking vicariously because I did not personally attend this protest. I wasn't able to make it due to some personal health issues, so I've been talking to you from the perspective of someone who supports the protest, but did not participate. I don't know what your problem is beyond being the kind of leftist that values purity tests over support, but I'm quite finished entertaining your notions of "debate" and wish you a good day.
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I'm going to be honest, I've been speaking vicariously because I did not personally attend this protest. I wasn't able to make it due to some personal health issues, so I've been talking to you from the perspective of someone who supports the protest, but did not participate. I don't know what your problem is beyond being the kind of leftist that values purity tests over support, but I'm quite finished entertaining your notions of "debate" and wish you a good day.
You misunderstand. Genocide is not up for debate. This is like accusing someone of a purity test for not wanting fecal matter and their drinking water.
If you can’t even stand against genocide, you have absolutely no sense of right and wrong.
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You misunderstand. Genocide is not up for debate. This is like accusing someone of a purity test for not wanting fecal matter and their drinking water.
If you can’t even stand against genocide, you have absolutely no sense of right and wrong.
Where on earth did you get the idea that I do anything besides condemn genocide?
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"I liked the gameplay of Witcher 2 more than Witcher 3's"
CDPR made the combat easier so the game would appeal to a wider audience and make more money. The Witcher games are getting worse because of capitalism. If money weren't involved, the devs could focus on making a work with artistic value, including in the gameplay, rather than chasing mass appeal.
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CDPR made the combat easier so the game would appeal to a wider audience and make more money. The Witcher games are getting worse because of capitalism. If money weren't involved, the devs could focus on making a work with artistic value, including in the gameplay, rather than chasing mass appeal.
"I liked the gameplay of Witcher 2 more than Witcher 1's"
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"I liked the gameplay of Witcher 2 more than Witcher 1's"
Well that's just the advancement of human collective knowledge and skill over time due to the ability of society to pass on knowledge and make decisions about the future. That's pretty much the definition of politics. Group decision making.
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Well that's just the advancement of human collective knowledge and skill over time due to the ability of society to pass on knowledge and make decisions about the future. That's pretty much the definition of politics. Group decision making.
Can't help but upvote this, despite your erroneous ideas lol
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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.
Cute to think there will be midterms. You need to act now.
