• @ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    15•4 days ago

    I want the win to mean something. The only concern that I think is valid so far is that there do not appear to be (m)any elected officials backing any policy in specific tandem with these protests.

    I just don’t want to see popular sentiment and political movement crash out into nothingness and a backlash like Occupy Wall Street.

      • @pelespirit@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        9•3 days ago

        Thanks for posting this.

        For the would-be dictator, success depends on projecting power and creating an aura of inevitability. They need you to believe that Trump is the new normal, that the MAGA movement will be in power for the long haul, that the only rational move is to go along, keep your head down, and protect your own interests.

        In short, it requires a countless number of people in a countless number of places to do something that the Trump regime doesn’t want them to do, or to NOT do something the Trump regime wants them to do. That’s how we shake off the aura of inevitability and halt the autocratic breakthrough.

        For that to happen, people need to feel like we’re part of something bigger. We need to understand that we’re part of a movement. We need to feel like we will win.