Protesting every day might be less effective without economic disruption going with it.
That’s just the nature of the news cycle, we’ve had over one mass shooting a day this year and it’s not as much news as 10 years ago when they were much less frequent.
If it’s always happening, it isn’t news.
All of that said, there’s other ways to protest that don’t need to be news. Like out front of ice buildings. When you see ice harassing folks, disrupting them, recording them etc.
Protesting every day might be less effective without economic disruption going with it
Ideally there should be a general strike, get the workforce out in force, this administration only cares about the bottom line, once the billionaires start feeling it then maybe. Unfortunately I don’t think this is possible in todays America, for various reasons including size, reliance on work for health reasons, etc etc etc.
Well, to the outsiders looking in, it looks like these protests are non existent and not effective. Doesn’t seem to be much stopping Trump, with the courts now siding on Trump regarding deploying the national guard. I gotta be honest with you, it looks like your democracy is on life support at the moment.
My point is that the courts are not always siding with Trump about the National Guard or really any other issue. He has both wins and losses. And so there’s no need to be an armchair doomer.
Armchair doomer, I like that. I’m not an American, I just have family and friends there, as I write this from a west African nation where I am a foreign worker, we had a supposed coup attempt. I’m looking at Europe vis a vis Russia and things don’t look peachy. I’m originally from Lebanon, and the entire Middle East is fucked outside of the petro bubble that are the Gulf Dictatorship Monarchies. So forgive me my pessimism when the supposed “Leader of the free world” is trying to dismantle the democratic state which will have far reaching effects on the world as a whole.
Shit is fucked in the U.S… and it sounds like elsewhere too. All I was pushing back on is the idea that the Trump regime is untouchable, legally or otherwise. That should give us a sliver of hope and one lever to push on. In fact there are several such levers…
I truly hope more judges grow a pair and actually do their jobs as per the constitution. Agreed he’s not untouchable as made clear with the Kilmar Abrego Garcia fiasco. I’m crossing my fingers for all you normal people!
Crowds make a difference when they are out in numbers on a daily basis, one massive protest every month or so won’t make a bit of a difference.
Protesting every day might be less effective without economic disruption going with it.
That’s just the nature of the news cycle, we’ve had over one mass shooting a day this year and it’s not as much news as 10 years ago when they were much less frequent.
If it’s always happening, it isn’t news.
All of that said, there’s other ways to protest that don’t need to be news. Like out front of ice buildings. When you see ice harassing folks, disrupting them, recording them etc.
There are protests damn near every week… I’ve gone to at least 20 this year
Well, to the outsiders looking in, it looks like these protests are non existent and not effective. Doesn’t seem to be much stopping Trump, with the courts now siding on Trump regarding deploying the national guard. I gotta be honest with you, it looks like your democracy is on life support at the moment.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/20/court-ruling-trump-national-guard-portland
My point is that the courts are not always siding with Trump about the National Guard or really any other issue. He has both wins and losses. And so there’s no need to be an armchair doomer.
Armchair doomer, I like that. I’m not an American, I just have family and friends there, as I write this from a west African nation where I am a foreign worker, we had a supposed coup attempt. I’m looking at Europe vis a vis Russia and things don’t look peachy. I’m originally from Lebanon, and the entire Middle East is fucked outside of the petro bubble that are the Gulf Dictatorship Monarchies. So forgive me my pessimism when the supposed “Leader of the free world” is trying to dismantle the democratic state which will have far reaching effects on the world as a whole.
Shit is fucked in the U.S… and it sounds like elsewhere too. All I was pushing back on is the idea that the Trump regime is untouchable, legally or otherwise. That should give us a sliver of hope and one lever to push on. In fact there are several such levers…
I truly hope more judges grow a pair and actually do their jobs as per the constitution. Agreed he’s not untouchable as made clear with the Kilmar Abrego Garcia fiasco. I’m crossing my fingers for all you normal people!