The experiment of democracy was never guaranteed. It survives only through the courage of those who refuse to let it fail. Today is a test, and we are the answer.
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The Founders were NOT good people! They were mostly wealthy land owning white men who owned other people for cheap labor to make themselves wealthy. An oligarchy that became a democracy (somewhat) & reverts back bc of greedy sociopaths who want to own all the marbles by hook or crook.
As Donald distances himself from the public & from his promises, we get closer to a darker place than the democracy our founders dreamed. https://youtu.be/HtigRBjf-TQ
Boston Tea Party in a tech world: We shop at Democracy friendly stores, support gig workers. Stop using Amazon, FB, Twitter, Instagram,TT etc..forever. Support indy news. Don't watch MSM.
Most importantly, support your struggling neighbors; fresh food deliveries. Pay one of their utility bills.
He confessed @ his rally yesterday Musk rigged the count & everyone is pretending he didn't say what he said. This is why folks have lost faith in journalism & the law.
I wish that was shocking, but even on TikTok my video about that isn’t gaining traction… my video of JD talking about car seats has 1.5 million views, but election interference has about 500. Nobody cares. People are checked out. 😢
He was elected so, sorry no.
He thinks he’s a dictator and would like it very much if you thought so too, but he’s not, and America will fix this before he even knows it.
Today is a day to just sit back and chill. Remember all the wonderful things MLK Jr. represented and stood for. This fight to save our democracy will take time and patience. Let’s take this one day at a time, and understand our opponents strengths and weaknesses. Let’s take the Sun Tzu approach.
The 1st part of the statement was pessimistic, but I’m so glad you ended w an optimistic point of view. My grandparents learned to save after facing the depression. If so many People didn’t live paycheck to paycheck the election may have been different. I wish economics was taught in high school
Given both houses, the SCOTUS and immunity, I would love to hear what your ideas are to get us out of this m, understanding that dictators don’t hold fair elections (if they’re held at all) and love to shred the rule of law.
The machinery of elections in the United States is highly decentralized and provides a partial bulwark against top-down partisan meddling, especially in state and local elections.
Local involvement is the best and most available means of pushback.
What on earth makes you think trump will recognize any Dem win and won’t punish any Dem politician from a school board to a governor, for not falling in line? I’ll gently challenge you to research what a dictatorial government looks like.
The questions to ask are: Is effective resistance possible within existing government? What forms might it take? What are Democratic-controlled governments doing in opposition -- IL, CA, MA, NY, etc?
Or, I suppose, you could give up already and claim all is futile, despotism has won. But why?
He will not recognize any Dem win, such as state supreme courts., etc. If they try to uphold the law he’ll sick the DOJ on them. He will punish any Dem governor who doesn’t fall in line. Not giving up but am REALISTIC about how dictatorships work. Maddening that anyone thinks laws will still apply.
Democracy is not an end goal, but rather a process. We ignored the processes of compassion and compromise, of democracy, and now we feel lost having to step up into our agency. Time to reengage. We have the crew, the skills, and the tools! Do we have the heart?? Yes, I think we do
For democracy to work, the people have to be informed and intelligent, both of which we have failed at miserably. I had a friend who once told me democracy is defined by two wolfs and a sheep deciding what’s for lunch! Maybe it’s time for a benevolent dictator?
But we are lazy and selfish. Like the extremely wealthy, enough money isn't enough. Stop raising humans without empathy. A fucking convicted felon and rapist is America's leadership choice?
Unless these career politicians who are no more than dead wood collecting a paycheck within the Democrat party resign the GOP will continue to win. Old Dems have no meaningful fight left in them nor awareness of how to use social media.
If we really cared about democracy, we need to be on the fucking roof fighting for a new goddamn election!!
We know he cheated.
This is our last chance to have our voices heard. Elections will become extinct when he's in office. We need a new one to prove he cheated, to hear our voices, & to trust
He admitted, last night, that he took the election. I see no reason to listen to him. I don’t GAF what the SCOTUS says. They’re where the coup squeaked in like a CA wild fire on a hot tin roof. I’m a little pee-on American who’s using tough words, but I don’t see why this truth can’t trickle up..
Against this, Trump's predilection for fantasy and Musk's incompetence with software and computers. Elon is good at getting backers, and was an adequate programmer in the right place at the right time. He's not a super genius hacker. Not even close. But he and Trump have impressive lines of BS.
It’s no wonder we’re where we are now. It’s so much easier to be a dictator than to be someone who is smart, caring, empathetic, and works to preserve and honor the Constitution.
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Most importantly, support your struggling neighbors; fresh food deliveries. Pay one of their utility bills.
Today is day 1 of a literal dictatorship.
What you’re experiencing right now, today, is exactly what holocaust victims experienced.
He thinks he’s a dictator and would like it very much if you thought so too, but he’s not, and America will fix this before he even knows it.
Local involvement is the best and most available means of pushback.
Or, I suppose, you could give up already and claim all is futile, despotism has won. But why?
Historian Heather Cox Richardson reminds us Democracy is not a natural human society - it is an enlightened one. Dictatorships are natural.
We are the opposition during our time.
We know he cheated.
This is our last chance to have our voices heard. Elections will become extinct when he's in office. We need a new one to prove he cheated, to hear our voices, & to trust
Can't wait to see the results 🍿 wish I was a olicharch 🤷🏻♀️