• Kinperor@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    It’s good to see people politically animated, but these protests are largely ‘controlled opposition’. It’s an emergency venting valve where the people’s frustration is channeled into a meaningless whistle.

    The whole system is rotted. The democrats are not fighting for the small folk at all. If anything, a branch of the party is probably relieved that the republicans moved the overton window so far right.

    Real change will require actual upheaval. You can’t vote or protest your way out of this shit. Major civilian disobedience and unionizing is required across the board. There are some of us (working class) that are doing some unassuming maintenance in the orphan crushing machine. We won’t get anywhere as long as people are operating their evil cog as normal. These protests won’t do anything as long as it’s being directed through the democrat pressure valve, as it is built in as a safety device in the orphan crushing machine.

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      Major civilian disobedience and unionizing is required across the board.

      The only way we get there is by getting people out of their houses, away from controlled media, and aware that they’re not alone. Without active, live, out-in-public protest, nobody will feel emboldened to take more radical action; they’ll feel like a lone actor and probably not even start. Civil action en-masse comes first.

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        No one disputes the need to get people in the street. I agree with you there.

        My cautionary tale is that turning to democrats or other mainstream ““resistance”” is a trap meant to deflate popular morale.

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        Im not alone? Thank goodness, my rent is coming up in 19 days and its the vast majority of my income. Its gonna be nice to have help paying it.