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Organizing and voting is the action.
A revolution is a pipe dream, it's not happening.
Oh sweetie, there is no revolution. Not with people who silence revolution controlling the conversation of the Internet.
The best you can hope for is to stay alive for the next 50 years during the Republican regime.
I've been alive through this before...
1969-1976
1981-1992
2001-2008
2017-2020
2025-2028
There have only been a few Democratic breaks:
1977-1980
1993-2000
2008-2016
2021-2024
It will likely flip back in 2028, but we have to flip the House back in 2026, ideally the House and Senate but that's unlikely.
JFC, that's the solution? Wait 10 months and hopefully flip house but probably not the Senate?
Then everything returns to the stagnant status quo that resulted in this situation in the first place. Dems continue to be toothless, Republicans continue to prevent anything from happening, continue to face zero consequences, and are further emboldened to go even further next time because why the fuck not? Either they succeeded in the fascist takeover or nothing happens and they just try again.
That's the best you can hope for?
That's the only recourse short of a revolution or a civil war which would be 1000x more destructive.
If going back to doing nothing and kicking the can down the road is the only way to avoid a civil war then I have bad news for you: you're not avoiding anything, you're just trying to delay it for another 4 years while things continue to get worse and more people get killed.
"More people" = < 20 vs a civil war with tens to hundreds of thousands dead? 🤔
The last civil war we had killed 600,000 to 700,000 and that's without modern weapons.
I agree, as time goes on a Civil war gets more destructive.
Therefore, delaying a civil war by 4-8 years will result in more destruction than if citizens stand up for themselves now. Either way, according to your arguments the civil war will happen eventually.
Citizens ARE standing up for themselves now, that's what the protests and elections are for. 😉
Protests are only taking action if they are disruptive. Standing in a corner with signs while people go about their day is as effective as sharing memes on Lemmy.
Wait for Elections is waiting 10 months, not taking action now.
Disruptive protests only turn off your intended audience. You THINK you're disrupting the powers that be, you aren't, they take no notice of you and you turn away the people who would ordinarily be on your side.
“Everything is going to be fine”
Famous last words.
So, if the dems don’t flip it in 26, you’ll eat your hat or just keep on believing a lie?
What lie would that be?