"So we took the money and did nothing with it to stop Trump. Another $5 this time will surely let us kick the football, Charlie Brown. Give us your paycheck, so we can stop Trump, unlike the last 8 years!"
The ratchet effect. Biden never undid what Trump mainly caused domestically, the tax cuts, the cages, the police militarization, but claimed he was unable to do anything useful, like push for healthcare reform, minimum wage increases, or anything meaningful.
Next Democrat in office will have ICE detain citizens and claim he can't stop it, because its rude to undo something the last guy did.
No they worked because of the Black Panthers and Malcolm X threatening the white establishment. California under Ronald Reagan push its first gun control laws because the Black Panthers used their 2nd amendment rights to ensure that black americans could walk without fear, vote, and go eat anywhere they wanted to as per the 14th Amendment.
The media has sanitized the movement to sway people into doing anything but asking nicely to an oppressive state is how you get things done, ignoring that when MLK Jr. was alive they called him a rebel who ruined every town he went into.
Defeatism doesn't work, but neither does pretending that the narrative the rich tells us is the whole truth.
I don't blame you, I was educated that it abolished slavery. But there's a very big "except". It was partially added to help sway the Confederate states to make them happy that they can keep slaves if they find enough things to arrest them for.
It's part of why Jim Crow laws happened. And it's exactly why America has the highest amount of people in jail than any other nation. Slaves are cheap labor.
"What do you mean I'm being arrested? I did a protest that one time!"
Meanwhile: "They can't arrest all of us. Get the guns."
The protests against the War in Iraq did nothing. The protests of Trump's first admin did nothing. The protests against segregation did nothing. Or for women's rights. Or for queer rights. Or to end slavery. Or to have representation in England about taxes.
Things are only done with the rich and state fears for their lives. The media ignored 50501, just like it did for the protests of Trump the first go around, and against Bush.
If every single person at the 50501 protest helped their neighborhood to establish mutual aid networks and community trust instead of driving for a few hours to a state capitol, Trump's thugs would have a harder time cracking down on anyone vaguely non-white.
It's never a good election cycle for Democrats, so it's never a good time to ever suggest "Please stop voting yes on bills that enable abuse from Republicans."
It's never a good election cycle for Democrats, so it's never a good time to ever suggest "Please stop using funds that can be used for healthcare and education on keeping kids in cages."
It's never a good election cycle for Democrats, so it's never a good time to ever suggest "Please stop shipping weapons illegally, it looks really bad if you're trying to go for a second term."
It's never a good election cycle for Democrats, so it's never a good time to ever suggest "Please arrest Trump, make it so he's punished for once."
It's never a good election cycle because they want to claim anyone who wants them to win and help the people who vote for them because the other side never will, are useful idiots, Russian bots, Tankies, whatever the corporate owned media told them to attack instead of the rich who fund both parties so "nothing will fundamentally change".
Getting downvoted for facts, I wonder why zio.world is mad at you for sharing public info of how this guy defends Israel's genocide. I'm gonna assume you'll be banned soon too, can't have the liberals of flat.world question the media narrative that genocide is good.
Americans think their favorite political sports team cares about them like the stripper actually loved them. No, you just gave them what they wanted and as soon as you're out of sight, they'll forget you and keep doing their job.
For strippers it's doing a workout for a living and being proud of their bodies. For politicians it's gaslighting the public into thinking they're the good guys as they socially murder at home and sweep up blood abroad.
Not voted Yes on anything Republicans want, for starters.
No cabinet picks. No poison pills. No sneaking in expansions of power in yearly budgets. No tax cuts for the rich.
It costs as much energy to vote no as it does yes. But it doesn't look good for the lobbyists' bank accounts when they pay for Trump's demands, so why even bother fighting for what's right?
Like they were elected to do. I sure hope they're doing more than the people trying to balance rent and food as they worry about if their senator is going to vote yes on Trump's wants.
It's always amazing to see the media of the 80s just shitting on Japan. "Cheap mass market products that never work." "They're going to take all the American jobs."
In Back to the Future 2, McFly is seen as weak for having a job with a Japanese boss and getting fired for it.
Cyberpunk has Japanese decorations and cosmetics because it was invented when Japan was the yellow peril.
At the same time, Japanese-Americans were asking for reparations from the internment camps, charged with the crime of being Japanese and having all their assets sold off without any consent.
Japan was able to help get a start on the next generation of writers with the mass production of anime into Western audiences. Now if someone doesn't watch anime it's seen as weird.
Right now China is that "other" nation. I wonder if in 30 more years we'll look back at it and go "What the fuck were we smoking in hating people we never even had contact with? No Chinese person ever deported me. No Chinese person ever called me slurs."
At this point I think if anyone loves America they've bought into Republican brainwashing. I don't think I could love this country. Anything good has been stripped away.
The best parts are the natural wonders and some of my best friends. My friends can come from anywhere and aren't beholden to their birthplace. The wonders are only wonders thanks to conservation, and Republicans want to strip mine Yosemite for oil and coal.
"So we took the money and did nothing with it to stop Trump. Another $5 this time will surely let us kick the football, Charlie Brown. Give us your paycheck, so we can stop Trump, unlike the last 8 years!"