JA WestenbergWhen the temperature hit zero, they marched anyway.
When the wind cut like a blade, they shouted louder.
When democracy falters, the only cure is resistance.
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JWSGeek@Daojoan Now will they march on a day they really have to work? Will they march on a day when the people they're protesting are actually in the offices?
I get the intent, I get the scale...but the Europeans are laughing at us because we simply aren't taking job risks to protest what we need to. Why a holiday, and not a work day the way, for example, the Women's march protested in 2017?
I mean, yeah, I know the answer, and it is why I'm not out there - if I lose this job, that's it, i'm done. Starving family, lost home, the works.
THAT job fragility is only getting worse, across ALL sectors...and it would be nice if the press actually pointed that out.
Gormfull@jwsgeek @Daojoan Hi from Europe. I’m not laughing. Becoming active is difficult, no matter if it happens on a working, or any other day. But the future is yours to shape. What I find astonishing is how little I hear of protest in the US. The prejudice we have mostly about the US is about energy, Doing, rather than overthinking. Stepping up. And now, we do not hear of many protests. It appears that 48% of the US have become phlegmatic, paralysed, passive. …
@jwsgeek @Daojoan Protest will become more difficult than it is now. Because whatever comes will become normality, and that is always more difficult to change.
Being brave does not come from collecting yourself, but it is the reward from being active. If you cannot yourself: support those who can. Bake them a cake. Show them your smile. Be excellent to them.
But for your own self: become active, because it feels good. If it changes anything? Yes, you might stay sane.
Being brave does not come from collecting yourself, but it is the reward from being active. If you cannot yourself: support those who can. Bake them a cake. Show them your smile. Be excellent to them.
But for your own self: become active, because it feels good. If it changes anything? Yes, you might stay sane.
@jwsgeek @Daojoan
That job fragility WILL become worse. So what do you win NOT being out there?
Starving family tomorrow, rather than today?
Its easy to talk from where I am, but after years of passivity, its the first time I do engage with the politics I want. I might not succeed, but I feel like doing something. And I definitely do give Energy to people smarter and more engaged than me. Thats worth it. I recommend it.
Lucinek@Daojoan Ano! Také v Čechách. Nevolme Babiše.
🔥Cassandra🔥@Daojoan Incredible writing.
A placard showing Uncle Sam declaring, "I Want You to Resist" is amazing. I hope someone somewhere’s making a gallery.
"Deport Musk Dethrone Trump" presumably is meant to evoke Luigi without getting accused of a threat?
Florida Ted@Daojoan This is one section that stood out to me:
"...there's a key difference between these modern protesters and their Revolutionary War-era counterparts. Today's demonstrators aren't calling for the overthrow of a distant monarch. They're fighting to preserve the democratic guardrails designed to prevent any president from becoming one. Their signs don't demand independence from Britain - they demand independence from billionaires. "This is a Coup," read one placard, while another showed Uncle Sam declaring, "I Want You to Resist."