No Kings Protest, Minnesota

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This is incredible.

It would be more incredible if those people were armed and swarming the studios of radical fascist media and beating the hell out of pro-trumo.talking heads.

Standing around waving signs and cheerleading shitty chants does nothing and will be forgotten in a week.

History has overwhelming shown that non-violence is more successful than violence. You do you.

I don’t think that’s true. There were violent riots accompanying every major social change in at least recent history.

And famously, it took an entire fucking war to end slavery in the United States.

it took an entire fucking war to end slavery in the United States.

Well… how’s that going?

if you confused about slavery legality in the united states, slavery is illegal.

hope this helps you.

End of slavery in the United States - Wikipedia

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It’s still kinda legal, just takes some extra steps and signatures, and a bribed judge - of which there are many.

That’s also setting aside people that are effectively slaves to low wages, unable to do anything but work with no chance for upward mobility.

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