I mean this as an honest question, because it's been haunting me since January, but what are the average "good men" supposed to do? I want to fight, but I got to go to work. I want to donate, but I need groceries. I want to speak out, but I'm shouting at a void. I just don't know what to do.
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Join organizations who share your values. Go to work, buy groceries and join a group w/ like minded people and protest, volunteer. Etc.
*Invert postage stamps
*Call FCC & complain about maga media
*Remove maga media from supermarket newsstands
*Get involved in fox maga media surveys, distorts the numbers.
Don’t give into the fear.
Don’t give up hope.
Don’t quit.
Hold onto your joy.
Look for the "Goods Unite Us" app in both Apple and Android. Use your dollars to support the businesses that support you are your values. It has been an amazing tool in divesting from maga funding companies.
https://newrepublic.com/article/193193/citizen-guide-trump-resistance-fighting-back
Find a local org, be it a soup kitchen, mutual aid, or even your public library, and help.
A few hours each month is all it takes, and you’ll gain the connections and experience to see where you can do more.
Every person you help matters.
If you can only afford to donate $5, that's still more than $0.
If you can't afford to donate $5, that's OK. You have to take care of your own needs before you can help others.
Contacting your representative and senators
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1f-30Rsg6N_ONQAulO-yVXTKpZxXchRRB2kD3Zhkpe_A/htmlview?fbclid=IwY2xjawJrhHhleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHgOgKmaFtjrXmc27OJ8VgYHnJaUrlb8-rOfJqgettT2csH5vO5SavsOVYRgy_aem_FlssR_5yEmXyXBfI7N1wuw&pli=1
In reality, it makes no sense to throw ourselves into the wood chipper if it won't help.
Be on the lookout for those moments that matter, big or small. Until then, breathe.
Don't be a bystander in your community.
Be extra kind and supportive to those around you who may also be feeling the strain. We are in this together!
Or we will all learn to live in the fourth reich. Doesn’t seem like law applies anymore. If there is no enforcement of judge orders the orders are meaningless suggestions. And we have no society and no law
Good trouble: small acts of defiance are still acts of defiance. See DHS agents at a coffee shop? Take forever to order. On the road? Drive slow in front of them. Or report a suspected drunk driver.
Seed their yard with weed(s). Mail them glitter in official-looking envelopes. Train crows to dislike them.
Cheap, messy pranks until that's all they talk about.
Do everything you can to convince trump supporters. Even if it feels futile. Dont hate them or argue with them. Empathize. Find common ground.
“FAFO” creates some Epic Internet Moments but it isn’t productive. It’s not fun or exciting or feel-good but we need to be extending olive branches to conservatives. Get them in the door with tariffs, then gently educate on social issues.
It will take a coalition to defeat him.
For the more reasonable ones: just sprinkle seeds..never mention him by name, just focus on what he's doing in general terms like this.
It will take a coalition to defeat him. You won't have to be best buddies with everybody in it, you just need to show up together in protest.
Tell them about The Business Plot of 1933. Tell them about how FDR's New Deal saved us from the Great Depression. Tell them about Gilens & Page 2014.
The truth is more interesting than the lies they know.
I work in construction, the majority of my coworkers are conservatives. They have no idea about the evil shit going on, they just dont hear about it. Everything they hear about the administration is either positive or a faux criticism.
The ruling class needs us to hate each other. Ending the hate is as easy as going out to a conservative bar and talking about our shared struggles and our common enemy: the wealthy elite, private equity, etc.
Ive managed to deconvert over 30 conservatives so far. They dont support trump, they're no longer transphobic or racist (still insensitive, but not hateful).
2. Who cares? Why should we give up on deconverting them? Do you want them to keep supporting Trump? Spite is useless. Create change.
2. Um, let's see, those getting disappeared. Their families. People whose livelihoods are being destroyed. I can think of a few more who care. Shall I continue?
Go to local events. https://www.mobilize.us/
https://www.fiftyfifty.one/
There are plenty of weekend events.
Pick a group to get involved in that you care about.
Give to the ACLU, or other org, or independent media, helping fight this fascist regime.