I’m shocked that I haven’t seen one protest yet. Is the media suppressing them? If there aren’t any, why?

  • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    12 days ago

    there are pretty significant protests in recent months. Tesla, the federal government, unions etc. It’s just that nobody really care about them with all the funny shit happening in the federal government right now.

    Realistically, they also won’t do much, so you’ll have better reach doing more traditional on the ground campaigning anyway.

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      12 days ago

      Just went to one for vets against the VA cuts and haven’t heard shit about it since

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        11 days ago

        vet’s have literally no administration pool to serve them right now im guessing, even if they did protest, it would probably just lead to the VA going 🤷 because they literally don’t have the people to do that work.

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    There have been protests in every single state for awhile now. At least that is what I have heard through the grapevine. I’m Danish so I haven’t seen the protests with my own two eyes, but I have seen pictures, read posts and talked to Americans who are out protesting. From what I have been told, it is unheard of that there are protests for the same cause in all 50 states at the same time. It is historic, but I’m not surprised that the greatest president who ever lived wouldn’t want that information to slip out in the media. It would hurt his fee-fees bigly.

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      12 days ago

      Next Saturday is a massive country wide protest at 500 Tesla dealerships and charging stations all across the country. I’m hoping that’s too hard for the media to hide.

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        12 days ago

        And then there’s another massive protest on April 5th! Get your friends and come out, we need everyone who isn’t willing to live under authoritarianism!

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      Yeah all 50 states is crazy. New York and Cali have enough people to get a protest going at the drop of a pin.

      Texas has Austin, you get protests there. East coast cities, Chicago, you can get protests.

      But there are dozens of states that just don’t have that kind of energy or population density, but they do now.

  • Jamablaya@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    Quite simply, most americans aren’t that mad at Trump. He’s poking at foreign nations, while the foreign media gets more n more shrill and hysterical. You’re in Canada, dude, he’s trying to piss you off right now.

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      12 days ago

      I personally believe he’s doing so to try and get better USMCA trade agreements, but I believe it’s just going to backfire, which could also just as well be the goal.

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        I don’t think he cares if it backfires. Canada has about as much raw power as about 3 midwestern states, with the military and populace to match. It was capable of projecting world power in a world a fuck sight less populated than today, the worlds second largest country but the population of some European country you can drive across in 4 hours.

  • MochiGoesMeow@lemmy.zip
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    13 days ago

    Whenever I attend a protest, there is 0 media stations in attendance or covering it.

    By design. They’re under control.

    Honestly, I think everyone’s waiting for the masses to be just pissed off enough to kick it up a notch.

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    13 days ago

    Getting sick of Europeans falling for the blatant suppression and propaganda that our corporate-elite overlords are spoon-feeding them and using that to act superior.

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      Europeans are so smug about this shit. It’s not a personal virtue that all of you can just hop on a train or a bike or whatever and be at your nation’s capital in an hour or two for between zero and fifty euros. Some of us are literally thousands of miles from DC. We are still protesting where we are, but it’s purely symbolic and also no one cares.

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        12 days ago

        Why shouldn’t they be? Americans have long had a superiority complex, always confidently mocking the problems of others around the world as if they were immune to them. It may feel bad for you now but the schadenfreude the rest of the world feels is completely justified. Frankly, the way some of you are suddenly crying about the rest of the world being mean to you is only further contributing to this image of Americans thinking they are above everyone else.

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          Americans’ superiority complex have always been a goddamn embarrassment. You guys also don’t understand American political subdynamics at all. The obnoxious American exceptionalists you are talking about are the ones who supported (and still support) Trump. Every negative stereotype associated with Americans is embodied by Trump supporters, not Trump opposers.

          I don’t really care if the world is mean to us. I support every country boycotting the US. I do not consider myself a patriot and never have. I am a cosmopolitan and don’t think being born on a certain patch of dirt makes anyone special. I just wish people could understand that a lot of their “gotchas” about Americans (“you guys think your country is better than everyone else,” “you guys always talk about 2A”, etc) aren’t really gotchas because the people the shoe fits the snuggest are the ones who LIKE Trump. People who think the US is God’s gift to the world and entitled to stomp all over everyone else voted for Trump because that’s what he believes! They aren’t out here protesting and they’re not going to because they think there’s nothing to protest!

          My problem isn’t that rhetoric targeting anti-Trump Americans is mean but that it’s counterproductive. It’s preaching to the choir. A lot of us who voted against him and continue to oppose him are people who think and act more or less just like you but who just happened to be born on this patch of dirt instead of yours. And with a government that doesn’t listen to us at all, we have about as much power over the situation as you do. We should be allies in this fight.

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            11 days ago

            My problem isn’t that rhetoric targeting anti-Trump Americans is mean but that it’s counterproductive.

            Typing this after you’ve just whined about “Europeans” is peak irony. You guys are so fucking clueless.

    • Katana314@lemmy.world
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      12 days ago

      Especially since far-right groups have been falling for Musk’s same bullshit in Europe.

      There’s been reports that Germany’s AFD party fell out of favor after their news got to see how Trump played out. I seriously hope that ends up being true in their next election.

    • RichardDegenne@lemm.ee
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      13 days ago

      That being said, if you have a hard time getting the word out on your protests, then the suppression is working.

      Publicizing your actions is part of the protest.

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        13 days ago

        You’re making the assumption that these protests don’t have designated people to cover and publicize their actions. We already know Meta and Twitter have been literally suppressing and shadow banning leftist associated tags and keywords on their platforms.

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          People need to be sharing info here and through other channels. Pictures, videos, links to organised groups.

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            12 days ago

            There have been. But, if I come across some I’ll try to remember to send you a link.

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    13 days ago

    50501 is very active, we’re hitting the streets all the time. I’ve been at a demonstration almost every week for the past month and a half. Please, join us!

    Edit: From one of my other comments in case you’re uneasy about getting involved:

    I don’t even like talking to people in the first place.

    SAME SAME SAME. When I started confronting these [Trump supporters] people in my life my anxiety would flare up to the point my voice would shake lol. And I never in my life thought I’d be out marching in the streets.

    It gets easier, but it takes practice (Prozac helps too). Now the anxiety has become anger. But not anger at them, rather anger at the system. Anger at what we let this country become. Anger at how lazy and complacent I’ve become.

    Do your best, stay safe, and most important of all don’t get scared. Get angry.

  • friendlysoviet@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    Low density and car based infrastructure neuters protests. I usually work from home but I had jury duty a few weeks ago in the courthouse in my downtown area. There were several protests daily the entire time I was there.

  • sfu@lemm.ee
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    12 days ago

    Protest for what? Not sure if you are referring to something in particular, or just in general.

    The majority of people were tired of the democrats, and like what the republicans are doing. Under Biden for the past 4 years, I saw way more people who were democrat become republican, than I saw republicans become democrat.

    I’ve seen one protest where I live, and there were maybe 30 people there.

    • Wren@lemmy.world
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      Sadly, this is the correct answer. Protests really only look effective on paper, (or social media) however, gathering in protest is only ever going to work if those they protesting against, actually care to listen with an open mind.

      There is no way the current administration has any plans to listen to anyone that disagrees with their attempts to personally own America.

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        I think the nice thing about a protest is that it’s a show of power, strength, and unity. It sends a message to those on the outside that there is a number of people who believe in a common goal. And really, the message is one all Americans can pretty much agree on and that’s trickle down isn’t trickling and corporate profits are soaring.

        The longer the protests, the worse taxes become from tariffs, the more cuts they make to social services, the more people could snowball this into a movement.

        The power of protests are People.

          • MortUS@lemmy.world
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            12 days ago

            Tell that to pretty much every rights movement in the history of our species. Apes strong together.

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              Here lies the problem. People think that because something once worked- it’ll always work.

              Perhaps we should use swords the next time we’re at war? I mean, they were very effective in the 1300’s, right?

              Protests don’t work anymore. We’re way beyond anyone listening to gathered crowds.

  • AidsKitty@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    We had an election and Trump won fair and square. All you can do is regroup and get prepared for the next election.

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    12 days ago

    Half of the Americans are in favor of this clown, and the other half either are too drained from the whole thing, can’t afford to miss work, or just don’t know how to protest.

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    Because over half the people voted for him and are convinced of everything he says and does. My f’ing BIL thinks Trump can’t do anything wrong. Just go question him on other social media, especially a state subreddit, and people will say things like “so you are in favor or waste and fraud!?” like it is case closed.

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      Because over half the people voted for him

      No they didn’t. Only like 60% of eligible voters actually voted in this past election. Which means only about 30% of eligible voters voted for Trump. About 80% of the country’s population are eligible voters, and since only 30% voted for Trump, 80% x 30% = 24% of the population voted for him. Roughly a quarter of people voted for him, not half.

      And for anyone who’s wondering, “why did only 60% of eligible voters vote?” The answer is mostly voter suppression in various forms.