Aren’t those mostly a Russian thing?

I mean it’s been a year, Project 2025 is half complete and America is closer to a fascist dictatorship than ever before. There are two realistic conclusions from here on out: Either Trump keeps his hold on power through the midterms (either by winning or launching a coup, probably the latter)—in which case it’s game over—or the Dems win a Congressional majority, in which case protests will have amounted to exactly nothing. There’s no universe in which Trump sees people holding signs on weekends and is like “oh I’m sorry for trying to become a fascist dictator.” You can’t appeal to slow progress either, because the GOP isn’t going to wait for you to slowly progress yourself out of fascism. What do you envision as the result of protests “working?” How would that look like?

Surprisingly not, at least not the ones that end up on the fediverse.

No the Islamic State is actually active in Nigeria as part of the insurgency there, though funnily enough they’re the less bad of the two main groups (the worse being Boko Haram).

I mean, there are reasonable Israelis out there, but the genocide is pretty popular in Israeli society, with the only mainstream objections being purely out of concern for the hostages. This is not something that can be pinned purely on Israeli political leadership.

It’s not clear. There are two IS groups in Nigeria, Boko Haram and IS-West Africa Province. The former are the murderous rapist scum, the latter still scummy but the more respectable of the two. Either way it doesn’t matter because imperialism is bad, but the memo doesn’t specify which one he’s talking about.

Because imperialism is bad? Here we have the US bombing people on the other side of the world in order to keep the oil flowing at the expense of locals. This sort of Western support for corrupt African governments is a large part of why Africa still can’t claw itself out of its post-colonial hole, not to mention the instability and innocent deaths that foreign strikes so often cause.

Counterpoints: It is, in the present tense, not working.

Sure, but what if awareness already exists? Basically any progressive platform is supported by the vast majority of Americans and has been for years if not decades, yet invariably nothing happens, or minor victories are made which are almost immediately overturned when conservatives take power. About Trump specifically, there’s no shortage of opposition to Trump and GOP fascism, and frankly anybody who is going to oppose him already is unless things get much, much worse economically. If protests are meant to raise awareness, then they’ve already fulfilled their purpose a long time ago.

In case anybody hasn’t gotten the memo, this is in fact bad.

That’s a completely reasonable take, but the article (and most of the comments here) aren’t arguing that; they’re arguing that protests on their own are are likely to lead to political or social change and therefore further escalation is not necessary, which is of course complete baloney. Now back to reality, what does your argument say about protests in America right now, where no significant escalation has occurred since April (save for that week or so period in Los Angeles back in June)?

Because it can lead to more militant (and more effective) action? Especially under dictatorships maintaining tight control over public discourse is an issue of life and death. However, as a completely separate issue, if the protests don’t lead to more effective action they’re just hot air.

I’m sorry for your loss.

They’re both the billionaire party; one is the KKK billionaire party while the other is the rainbow billionaire party.

The idea that the Civil Rights Movement was primarily a protest movement is absolutely inane (this is a non-exhaustive list of inane claims made in this article).

Why would I think protests contributed to these things? The simplest explanation would be that Trump just pissed a lot of people off, but more importantly these are surface level gains that don’t matter in the long run. Trump is building up a fascist dictatorship and you’re here bragging about tariff laws. Hell, 50% of project 2025 has already been implemented and there’s still more than a year before Congressmen elected in the midterms take their seats.

The only unique thing about Trump is that he’s bringing the evil America likes to export abroad to its own soil, but that’s not the point I’m making here. In criticizing Trump Americans (including you in your parent comment) tend to defend the pre-Trump status quo and past administrations. Sure Trump is uniquely autocratic, but that doesn’t mean evil ghouls like Obama and Clinton deserve anything other than condemnation.

If this was climate action you’d see the subsidies being replaced with government-funded solar panels. This is just austerity, though the minimum wage thing is unexpected.

Where do I find those “presidential rankings” and does killing half a million children affect one’s spot in them?

Looking at the other comments, you seem to have too much faith in humanity.