They're bragging about how fast the camp was built - which only proves how easily they could house the homeless if they wanted to. Don't trust anything Republican politicians say.
Americans don't even realize how deep in shit they are. You tell them about this and they throw their hands up in the air saying "what do you want me to do?" like it's a lost cause.
I just want to see them riot. I want them to actually start using their 2nd amendment for its intended purpose.
The Black Panthers did it before to protect the black communities.
Imagine ICE agents showing up to kidnap someone but they're surrounded by an armed population. They'd think twice before kidnapping that person.
I agree. But I think the frightening thing is while the US is at the forefront, fascism is rising more broadly. The UK designated Palestine Action a terrorist group and arrested 28 people the other day on charges of supporting a terrorist organization - a charge associated with imprisonment- for holding placards saying they denounce genocide and support Palestine Action. Netherlands head of state mentioned introducing a law whereby it will be a crime to help someone who is in the country illegally (i.e, an Anne Frank law). Canada, BC, and Ontario just passed bills where government officials can circumvent a whole bunch of regulations when they see fit. Our nation is still sending or selling supplies to Israel, who's committing ethnic cleansing in plain sight.
I'm not just concerned about Americans being asleep at the wheel. I'm concerned about a lot more of the global population being asleep at the wheel. But chicken and the egg. Things wouldn't have got this bad if people weren't asleep at the wheel.
And I feel the rise of late-stage capitalism leading to fascism is strongly associated inaction and denial of climate change.
It made me feel something to see David Suzuki recently say that the fight against climate change has been lost and to hear many others say "this resonates, at least in part, with me."
I'm not sure things will turn around until civilians do start fighting back and overthrow a government. I don't know if it will happen in my lifetime or not. But I'm starting to think it might be a good idea to prepare for that, so that I'm ready and can contribute
This may be anecdotal, but it may also be a canary in a coalmine.
I have seen a civilian population tear down its president and vice-president. Peacefully, and just before an election. It took months of activism. Weeks of protest and a 1-day general strike.
Look up Guatemala, 2015. Otto Perez Molina. #noletoca.
This was underreported, I think. Three presidents later, therr is Bernardo Arevalo. He is a president whose legacy hearkens back to before their Civil War, after WWII, and before US intervention.
I totally agree with everything you said here.
Maybe we all need to do a massive strike to demand severe sanctions against Israël and that they be put under a tutor of some kind.
Trump is not leaving office. Why would he?? He’s amassed so much power, there’s no reason for him to leave. USA is over. As a Canadian, we have to arm ourselves - against the US. It comes down to that.
To me, the probability of free and fair US presidential elections in 2028 is certainly less than 50% at this point, 6 month into his presidency
Trump will manufacture a war to stay in power. Or just stay because the SC is in his pocket.
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