ChonkyOwlbear @ ChonkyOwlbear @lemmy.world

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Or he's betting that if people get desperate enough they will allow an absolute dictatorship.

Illegal = punishable

If it's an illegal act, then let's arrest some of the people who did it.

A lot of the time major publications won't print something like this unless it can be verified. They are probably trying to get confirmation it is real.

Only spending cuts that cost more in the long run, like cuts to IRS personnel, cuts to environmental protection, and cuts to infrastructure maintenance.

This Wikipedia page is going to be relevant to all our lives very soon.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot%E2%80%93Hawley_Tariff_Act

Anyone know what he is filibustering?

I'm assuming he will just run as VP with Vance or one of his sons as President, but still functionally serve the same role.

The amount of times I have tripped on a charging cord and sent my phone flying...

Look at what humans have done with breeds of dogs. Before we even knew what genetics was, we understood that if you bred two small dogs, the offspring would be small. Then, if you bred those offspring with other small dogs, they would be even smaller still. That's how we got from a wolf to a Chihuahua. That is how we manipulate the forces of evolution for our benefit.

There are countless little "tells" that species evolve. Human skeletons have a tiny tail. All embryonic mammals look virtually identical. Whales have vestigial pelvis bones. Bacteria become resistant to antibiotics after generations of repeated exposure. Sickle cell anemia is an evolutionary adaptation in human populations frequently exposed to Malaria. Moths have been observed becoming darker in color so their camouflage matches trees darkened by pollution.

That's the rough part of where we are now. Capital isn't on our side. If the economy tanks hard, maybe that will change.

That movement really started in 2014 with the killing of Michael Brown, but your point stands. Still, I can't call that too much of a victory since the point of the protests was to stop violent racially biased policing, and all we got were cameras. Better than nothing I suppose.

I see what you are saying, but the issue of having billionaires funding and supporting the movement is something most protest movements can't count on.

Historically if peaceful protests are ignored long enough, the protests cease to be peaceful. That almost always backfires against the protestors because it's so easy for the media to turn public opinion against them. The average citizen isn't willing to sacrifice their peace and security unless there is an immediate tangible benefit to them.

We need a new tactic. Something the powers that be don't have an answer for already. I'm from Chicago and during the pandemic there was a phenomenon called flash mobs that the police struggled to address. Large groups of people would arrange online a time and location, commit crime, and flee before authorities could react. Sometimes they would show up, beat up and rob whoever was on the street, and disappear onto public transportation. Other times they would hit high value corporate targets like the Gucci or Prada stores. Dozens of people would rush in, seal everything not nailed down, and escape.

I have to wonder hypothetically what would happen if this tactic was applied to banks. The money is insured by the government, so the public wouldn't be losing anything. But the public HATES the banks and wouldn't offer them sympathy. It would be even better if some of the stolen money was redistributed to the needy. Just wishful thinking on my part.

AstroTurf project funded by the Koch brothers and other wealthy conservative groups. Not a real protest

If the news covers it, sure. But they aren't covering the protests that are happening.

Has any protest made a damn bit of difference in the US for the last 20 years? 30? 40?

Time for some malicious compliance. Print the lists in yellow ink on slightly crumpled 11x14 pieces of paper. If possible, randomly switch font and text size between names. Oh, and don't alphabetize or arrange anything in any way.

That situation is completely irrelevant to matters of immigration today. It's frankly highly insulting to even say such a thing. It is literally a white supremacist talking point.

The money is being pissed away by tax cheats who are stealing from the American public.