No Kings is a goal but now the complaint has shifted to "it's too vague". The protests stop once Trump is gone. Are they saying a left-wing version of Jan 6, to stage a coup is the concrete action they are looking for?

Every bit of organization and action is inevitably met with complaints of not being good enough, which is why I'm trying to figure out what is. You have to get the people together before you can agree on a collective course of action.

The droning on of "its not enough" across Lemmy has been going on for years at this point. alyaza of beehaw has touched on it last year, and even before Trump 2.0, there are still commenters saying actual job strikes aren't demanding enough. I generally try to be reasonable but I'm just tired of this framing, specifically.

Do I know there is more that can be done? Yes, of course! But the refrain of "this is controlled opposition", "this is a waste of time", like that's your opinion sure, but it's more frustrating and discouraging any participation at all, than what could be a more encouraging "Yes, and".

It's also hypocritical because complaining on the internet about it is doing even less than what you could characterize as a political street concert. May 1st is literally is a strike with the goal to restrain Trump and resist his paper thin authoritarian projection of power. I went out last weekend to one in Canada. I'm boycotting Hootsuite, and keeping the pressure on Roshel to stop supporting ICE, telling people and the government on the street to invest in renewable energy not oil. I've cancelled several trips to the US, will continue to stay away until Trump's dead, and go a lot less than previously even after.