for all of the talk about democrats, and messaging, and whatever else, look, NO ONE IS GOING TO SAVE US BUT US. don’t look to the politicians, they follow us. no one is gonna bail us out here, everyone has to grab a fucking bucket. - ThreadSky

golikehellmachine.com • 23 days ago

for all of the talk about democrats, and messaging, and whatever else, look, NO ONE IS GOING TO SAVE US BUT US.

don’t look to the politicians, they follow us.

no one is gonna bail us out here, everyone has to grab a fucking bucket.

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everyone forgot how to do community because of covid, and you — yes you — have an opportunity to rebuild and reclaim it. open your doors, put your heart into it, strengthen your bonds and make new ones. that’s how we win.

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billypilgrim65.bsky.social•23 days ago

Events are moving at such a pace, and the courts and congress, state govts etc all have there own glacial to semi-glacial speed, and so much is being broken so fast, it’s going to be the efforts of lots of Americans stepping together to oppose which will check this power grab

golikehellmachine.com•23 days ago

so much of the discourse i see demands that dems come to save us and that’s just not how it works and that’s not how it happens.

babsallday.bsky.social•23 days ago

i mean, the november elections made that crystal clear

brockmeyer.bsky.social•23 days ago

It sure would be nice if they could trouble themselves to buy us some time, though

snarkysteff.bsky.social•23 days ago

Hitler ended Germany’s democracy in 53 days. It’s day 25.

Waiting for more time will ensure you just run out of all of it.

(I’m Canadian. I can’t do shit but cheer you on.)

snarkysteff.bsky.social•23 days ago

The most empowering thing I ever did was to realize no one had my ass but me.

I keep hoping the USA has its moment of realizing that, and fucking fast, because this is day 25 and Hitler ended Germany’s democratic institutions by day 53.

Tick-tock.

adamsith.bsky.social•23 days ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXbcErP-Xok

leonenglish.bsky.social•23 days ago

I really don't get the belief that senators or reps, who we elect to do a specific job, are suddenly going to turn into protest leaders etc overnight, which is a very different skill set.

xanadian.bsky.social•23 days ago

Huh, I think something just clicked for me. I'm not mad about Schumer not being Great At Inspiring Speeches And Taking Leaderly Action or whatever because I *don't* think of him as the leader of the party and never have? His job is Senate, and he's good or bad at that at various times (tbh most of

xanadian.bsky.social•23 days ago

the time I assume he knows more about his job than I do). But I never expected "manages senators" to equal "leads the resistance." Some Dems are leading and I'll follow when they seem to be doing it well & going in a good direction. But that could be anyone!

IDK if that makes sense outside my head.

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