The US was certain it could beat the Vietnamese into submission The Montgomery Bus Boycott looked for a long while like it wouldn’t work Napoleon had a better prepared army than Russia It really ain’t over until it’s over - ThreadSky

chanda.bsky.social • 1 day ago

The US was certain it could beat the Vietnamese into submission

The Montgomery Bus Boycott looked for a long while like it wouldn’t work

Napoleon had a better prepared army than Russia

It really ain’t over until it’s over

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jaidne.bsky.social•1 day ago

the civil rights and black power movement lasted decades. despite everything posed against them, it still succeeded. we can win. we will win

wrongwritegirl.bsky.social•1 day ago

It's interesting to think about the CRM as a decades long movement. The lead up to it was uprising after uprising, after court case, until the movement got some real solidarity behind it and centralized demands.
It took centuries.

jaidne.bsky.social•1 day ago

we're going to hit these levels but ten times quicker especially if more and more people get literally disappeared

sirala6.bsky.social•12 hours ago

In Super Bowl LI, the Atlanta Falcons led the New England Patriots 28-3 in the third quarter...

raymondgibson.bsky.social•1 day ago

Eccles. 9:11

jacksquatto.bsky.social•1 day ago

I'm calling for FIVE MILLION IN DC BY JUNE to bring about & celebrate the Second Independence on July 4th 2025; after WE THE PEOPLE turn Donald Trump--the Constitutionally DISQUALIFIED Resident--out of the White House and take into custody all the collaborators in treason for Fredericksburg Trials.

jacksquatto.bsky.social•1 day ago

Remember the prophet:

hearththrob217.bsky.social•1 day ago

There are countless variables that have shaped and continue to shape world and individual outcomes. Acknowledging and being honest about them could have prevented events like those led by Napoleon and the Nazis a century later in Russia.

hearththrob217.bsky.social•1 day ago

Why? Because, in power, their egos convinced them that the laws of reality no longer applies to them. Something that occurs when you’re surrounded by power hungry yes men.

tiredofempires.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://youtu.be/K7fDSzQcIuE?si=CuBdI-6tfMHPG0nJ
Out of fear of the successful peoples revolution in Russia. The ruling class had the R&D partiee grind the workers into the ground as the czars had. This is the birth of anti union anti communist propaganda all came from preventing a now long overdue revolution. https://Pslweb.org

tiredofempires.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yes

diagonist.bsky.social•1 day ago

Encouraging words. What I need today.

adamolson1975.bsky.social•1 day ago

Just gotta Rope-a-Dope! ...
"Muhammad Ali didn't have the best punch, he wasn't the strongest, but he was the toughest human being I ever had an encounter with. This I'm certain of."
-George Foreman
https://www.bbc.com/sport/boxing/29796214

liberate2025.bsky.social•1 day ago

the people in all those situations

were fully committed to winning

alexriesart.bsky.social•1 day ago

Then you have to decide if you are

liberate2025.bsky.social•1 day ago

I don't know you

gsadler.bsky.social•1 day ago

Don’t be a NPC in the Musk Trump
Game of #GrandTheftUSA. Pick your issue and show up.

miriamgrace.bsky.social•1 day ago

Napoleón is a great metaphor here - he “won”, wasn’t able to stop his subordinates from burning down Moscow, and had to run back to France with his tail between his legs because in his victory he torched everything that supported his own ambitions.

DOGE through the lens of 19th century blunders.

bluetifulgrace.bsky.social•1 day ago

Detail, but *Napoléon.
French doesn’t have that accent on the letter o.

miriamgrace.bsky.social•1 day ago

The perils of an English/spanish mobile keyboard and autocorrect schema when shitposting on #bluesky

naeemsiddiqi.bsky.social•1 day ago

Especially on issues of basic rights.

unclewaldorf.bsky.social•1 day ago

If we'd like to win, we should start fighting.

chanda.bsky.social•1 day ago

What are you doing to fight besides sitting on Bluesky pretending that no one is doing anything

unclewaldorf.bsky.social•1 day ago

I March, I protest, I boycott, I donate, and I watch every powerful American institution in my life surrender to fascism without resistance.

It's not enough.

Not even close.

alexriesart.bsky.social•1 day ago

Join politics directly. Join a party or group

unclewaldorf.bsky.social•1 day ago

I'm a registered member of the democratic party, I vote in local precinct elections and candidate endorsements.

Newsflash: They're not gonna save us either.

We're going to need to engage outside the boundaries of "polite" politics to defeat fascism.

Thanks for checking in though.

winterpancake.bsky.social•1 day ago

I suspect that's the kind of party they meant. An outside the polite bounds kind

jeffbarrus.bsky.social•1 day ago

Also, I think it's worth noting that the US also lost both Iraq and Afghanistan after many years of occupation. Say what you will about the neocons, but they were smarter and more competent than the MAGAs. Donald Rumsfeld was a hubristic narcissist, but he was more competent than Pete Hegseth.

cutecreature.bsky.social•1 day ago

reminds me how when the invasion in Ukraine started, a lot of people were sure it wouldn't take long for Russia to win. but Ukraine dug their heels in and years later that fight is still going. never underestimate peoples will to live!

jasont66.bsky.social•1 day ago

Point 3 is debatable, he had a better Army for battle. The Tsar had a better plan and an army good enough. That’s the lesson. Get a plan, get organised. Same with Montgomery.

chanda.bsky.social•1 day ago

That’s what I said. He had a better prepared army. I didn’t say he had a better plan! He very obviously didn’t lol

jasont66.bsky.social•1 day ago

Good but to someone not familiar with the campaign that would not be apparent. Many assume Napoleon made a mistake? That’s the popular narrative. It wasn’t General Winter that defeated Napoleon but Alexander I. So a plan and a leader/s. That’s somewhat lacking at present in the US.

chanda.bsky.social•1 day ago

So your first reply to me was “actually, what you said is what you should have said” and now your reply is “if someone doesn’t know the whole history, they might not understand the history”

I’m sorry man but I can’t spend time reading your replies anymore and you should consider what you’re doing

jasont66.bsky.social•1 day ago

Wow, all good, sail on.

ralphstark.bsky.social•1 day ago

Allons enfant de la patrie
Le jour de gloire est arrivé
Contre nous de la tyrannie
L'étendard sanglant est levé
L'étendard sanglant est levé
Entendez-vous dans les campagnes
Mugir ces féroces soldats?
Ils viennent jusque dans vos bras
Égorger vos fils et vos compagnes

ralphstark.bsky.social•1 day ago

Aux armes, citoyens (formez)
Vos bataillons
Marchons, oui, marchons
Qu'un sang impur
Abreuve nos sillons
Sillons
Ouh ouh

laurenjane.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Nepoleon was exiled and buried in a shallow grave and a few years later everyone loved him so much they dug him up, brought his bones back to Paris and built him the most beautiful Tomb and sarcophagus I have ever seen. sometimes over isn't even really that over.

leo-greene.bsky.social•1 day ago

I'm reminded of the analogy of the choir. They can hold a note for so long because individual singers can drop out for a moment to take a breath.
Also, numbers of police are limited, so a hundred small protests in one police district will be more of a headache for them than one large one

divegirldeb.bsky.social•1 day ago

He's a
LAME DUCK PRESIDENT
aiming to be American's
CIVIL WAR II TERRORIST
for the next
4 fucking years!!

#FUCKmusk
#FUCKstarlink
#FUCKtesla
#FUCKtrump
#DEPORTmusk
#trump4JAIL
#TeslaTakedown
#HitThemInTheWallet

boomersinthehouse.bsky.social•1 day ago

Don’t forget his Nobel Peace Prize.

trexcapades.bsky.social•1 day ago

Keep marching, even if we have to do it 4 straight years!

The world must know more than half of America is being held hostage by MAGA & our Constitution trampled.

It's also a signal that something very insidious is happening here and to take note and protect your democracy!

tryg72.bsky.social•1 day ago

And everyone thought the North won the Civil War.

vfree3.bsky.social•1 day ago

You are so right. And we need to buckle in for the long haul. They’ve been institutionalizing oligarchy for as long as this nation has been around.

alherix.bsky.social•1 day ago

Absolutely. And those who do not learn from history are bound to repeat it

eve-rising.bsky.social•1 day ago

US army is also 0-3 in their last major conflicts

laserdog.bsky.social•1 day ago

Especially when one side has doubled down on the most incompetent people it can find.

blackstarflame.bsky.social•1 day ago

There's no help coming from Democrats. They are useless and aspire to be nothing more. They are a giant dead weight dragging us down and keeping us in place.

chanda.bsky.social•1 day ago

If you’re feeling demoralized, know that psychological warfare is part of the enemy’s tactics and manage your PUBLIC response accordingly

lisasky.bsky.social•1 day ago

It's true, sometimes we telegraph feelings and actions and shoot ourselves in the foot.
Closed discussions on Signal etc can help.

labfairfax.bsky.social•1 day ago

This part. What keeps me going is I will not let them send us back to the era of less rights. I believe in equality and opportunity for all. I will not leave this country worse for my children than it was for me. They want us to quit. Don't give them the satisfaction.

bernicecb.bsky.social•1 day ago

As a mother, I have hope that the world I’m leaving to my children and grandchildren will be one of fairness and justice and equality and respect. 🙏

lovekaityrose.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Yes. 💙

commonsensegoodgov.bsky.social•1 day ago

Everyone should read Stories Are Weapons by Annalee Newitz

brainchain.bsky.social•1 day ago

Pinning this 📌

spirit-of-1917.bsky.social•1 day ago

The only way out of this is through it, and none of us need to enter this fight alone.

alexdesignsit.bsky.social•1 day ago

💯

Thank you for this reminder. ❤️

citizentara.bsky.social•1 day ago

Also, hit back! Arts and crafts for the Opposition always makes me feel better. This morning's project is a fun little visual to accompany the news that Telsa is Tanking! X is Down! Space-X Rockets are Exploding!

magnificentsynonym.bsky.social•10 hours ago

This 👏

anarchymarshmallow.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you for this

chloepants.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you for the reminder. Gonna write it on a piece of paper and hang it up.

needhibhalla.bsky.social•1 day ago

THANK YOU! Needed this today

kaikronfield.bsky.social•1 day ago

I like this framing because I don't often think about how my utterances, reactions etc. could affect how other people perceive and then react to a situation. But if I act like everything's fine, don't I risk becoming the dog in the meme?

chanda.bsky.social•1 day ago

Are your only two options to act like everything is fine or act like our resistance is doomed to fail?

kaikronfield.bsky.social•1 day ago

oh certainly not. but I went into a bit of a doom loop the past week and I needed a little jolt out of it. If nothing else, maybe presenting a 'fake it till you make it' stance, lest my sense of doom becomes contagious.

btwnthesepages.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you. It means so much to have people like you who remind us why we shouldn't let the doomsayers dominate the conversation.

ruthmensch.bsky.social•1 day ago

thank you for this reminder <3

moritherapy.bsky.social•1 day ago

I don't feel demoralized but yesterday it hit me how LONG of a slog we may be into. Like, I'll turn 70 this year; will I still be alive when this is over?

1wag.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Yes. Cracks are already appearing.

moritherapy.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Hopefully!

catzies.bsky.social•1 day ago

I'm going to paraphrase Jon Stewart in his 1st monologue when he came back, something like "We'll have to fight back against fascism until the sun runs out of hydrogen because they'll never ever give up."

moritherapy.bsky.social•1 day ago

Oh, so make it part of our daily routine, like brushing our teeth bec otherwise they'll rot. Got it.

cuuixsilver.bsky.social•1 day ago

I really like that way of thinking about it; a kind of hygiene, on the national level.

guitarlady.bsky.social•1 day ago

It’s not over until you give up. We are not going to give up. Have this idiot in charge as a dictator, no way!

barbbanfieldrn.bsky.social•1 day ago

Napoleon thought he could beat back Toussaint and the slave revolt on Haiti too.

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