I’m increasingly wondering why people in the US aren’t taking to the streets in their thousands.

I’d also like to share a poem by Martin Niemöller, who was a pastor in Germany during the Nazi regime and even supported the Nazis at the beginning:

First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist

Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist

Then they came for the trade unionists And I did not speak out Because I was not a trade unionist

Then they came for the Jews And I did not speak out Because I was not a Jew

Then they came for me And there was no one left To speak out for me (Martin Niemöller)

  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    24 days ago

    Yeah, and in 2020 we elected a democrat and gave democrats a majority. Instead of codifying Roe, they protected the filibuster.

    We saw how much good the women’s march didn’t do because one party wants women dead from sepsis, and the other doesn’t give a shit.

    Why protest when NOT EVEN THE GOOD PARTY LISTENS?

    • PonyOfWar@pawb.social
      6·
      24 days ago

      Yeah the democrats have been a disappointment. I’d kinda see that as a reason to protest all the harder though. Using more disruptive measures like general strikes as well. Make them listen. Protest movements have overthrown tyrannical regimes before. Gets harder the more they’ve consolidated their power though.