We’re walking into a trap: Why Trump is goading Americans to protest
We’re walking into a trap: Why Trump is goading Americans to protest
The protest movement in the United States is growing, but so is the global authoritarian playbook it’s up against.
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The idea being promoted here is that Americans can sit on the sidelines.
In-fact, if you look at recent history, the ONLY things that have stopped authoritarians is mass protest.
If we protest he'll send in the troops so that he can have his goons grab people off the streets.
If we don't protest, he'll have his goons grab people off the streets.
Seems like protesting puts an obstacle and the goons grabbing.
Protesting also prepares communities to escalate resistance when necessary
Invasion and occupation by another country has a decent track record, too
Look if Canada wants to save us from ourselves no one will stop them
Operation 86
We're too bitter about Florida winning the Stanley Cup twice.
It's more likely to go the other way. The US is 1930s Germany and Canada is Poland.
We might be making notes on how to be Vietnam or Afghanistan instead. Americans are our friends, unless they decide not to be.
There are more options too.
I also recommend this book.
Yup. Same as all those fearmongering 'YOU WANT A WAR WITH X?!?' each time a post critical of X is raised.