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There is no law.
Why is anyone still clinging to hope that the law will help anyone at this point?
Why? Really?
Because as a nation you've already decided to roll over and accept fascism. No not all of you want this, but collectively, you are a failed nation and we are about to see the final act.
People are clinging to hope, even if unjustified, because the only two options are the law and the system prevail (currently all evidence says no) or people are going to get very uncomfortable and more people are going to die. Either by their choice now, or courtesy of MAGA later.
Can I ask honestly what you think we should be doing? I'm a traditionally Democratic voter in California, I have 2 kids, I don't own guns. Should I go buy guns and wage a 1-man war against a military with tanks and drones a thousand miles from my house? Should I tell my kids "sorry, I know you like going to the park with me, but I have to go on a suicide mission because the principle is more important than the chances of success." I think the concept that Americans have rolled over to fascism is pretty unfair; we're a country as big as other continents and just because a strategic selection of districts were targeted by the minority in a way that "won the game" doesn't mean people aren't on the precipice of participating in something that actually looks like it would have a chance at success. There are no options for resistance right now that feel like the would even come close to be worth the risk to my family.
I've lobbied, marched, donated to causes, had honest talks with people on the other side trying to convince them empathetically rather than berating them, and to be honest, getting anything I've done hand-waved away by passive aggressive comments is as defeating as anything else. I'm pretty sure a big reason fascism is taking over is because people get their energy out by making increasingly vitriolic internet comments which is as inconsequential as it gets. Americans don't organize until things get truly intolerable, and this frog boiling going on hasn't crossed the line enough for people to reach critical mass.
You sort of answered your own question in your last sentence.
I don't have all the answers. But what I do know, is you are literally living in a country where 70% of political experts polled say the United States is no longer a democracy. You are clearly not just seeing backsliding but full on marching towards absolute fascism.
So if you want the real answer, it's that people are going to have to die and people are going to have to get very uncomfortable in order to turn this around. That, or (and the country is currently doing this) just accept fascism and hope it never comes for you.
If I was an American citizen, I would have been stockpiling food since January. I'd be spending as little money as I possibly can, squirreling away some savings. Most people can, despite what they say, if push really comes to shove. I'd be talking to like minded people and discussing what skills may be able to be traded for in a general strike or emergency.
I've laughed at for all of this multiple times, so I don't really expect it will happen much. But the boots will be on your necks first, even if they eventually come for mine. I'm already planning my life on the assumption it's coming for me. And I'm not even there.