I wish our country was able to do what the French do, but I would have to drive the length of three entire Frances before I made it to DC to protest. I don’t have the freedom or the finances to do that.
In theory, if we all stopped working and spending, it would stop within days. The system is set up to make that extremely difficult, risky and painful, but in theory we could get change through overwhelming collective action.
Lemmy always wants a revolution, but here’s the problem, you need someone to lead and organize it and there is absolutely nobody in that position.
Particularly if Trump goes ahead with his action of destroying Iran tonight. There is no organized civilian resistance to that and even if you started organizing today, it would be months before you could overturn a sitting President, if at all.
Not much civilians can do about it…
There are only 3 groups of people who can do anything:
Congress could impeach, again. But they won’t with Mike Johnson in charge. Even if they did, there wouldn’t be the 67 votes in the Senate to convict.
J.D. Vance could start the 25th Amendment process, but he’s out of the country sucking up to Victor Orbán:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyv16lq2rp1o
Average citizens can vote out all the Republicans… in 7 months…
I wish our country was able to do what the French do, but I would have to drive the length of three entire Frances before I made it to DC to protest. I don’t have the freedom or the finances to do that.
In theory, if we all stopped working and spending, it would stop within days. The system is set up to make that extremely difficult, risky and painful, but in theory we could get change through overwhelming collective action.
Stop within days, but Trump is threatening action tonight, which is why I say there’s nothing civilians can do about it.
I have a different suggestion
Lemmy always wants a revolution, but here’s the problem, you need someone to lead and organize it and there is absolutely nobody in that position.
Particularly if Trump goes ahead with his action of destroying Iran tonight. There is no organized civilian resistance to that and even if you started organizing today, it would be months before you could overturn a sitting President, if at all.
non-statesians on lemmy want statesians to go die at the problem because that is one more method that means they don’t have to get off their asses
Yup, or alternatively, bad actors in Russia or China itching for a new US Civil War.