That’s why the ‘stop being weird’ thing worked so well
Did it work? I count one orange fascist in the white house.
That’s why Commander Failure had a breakdown to rival a tired four-year-old in his office after the US generals didn’t leap up out of their seats applauding him.
So what? He’s still in office. He’s still ruining your social safety net. He’s still oppressing marginalized communities. He’s still crushing protests with military force. He’s still funding and running multiple genocides all over the world.
Mock them. Belittle them. Laugh at them. Tell them they’re weird. It will get under their skin like nothing else.
It might get under their skin but it will not help.
Fascists (or autocrats in general) will not leave the positions of power just because you laugh at them. They won’t even leave if the majority of people laugh at them or vote against them. Look at Russia. I’m pretty sure most of the country was laughing at Putin 15 years ago. I assume you know how it went after that.
They will leave only when forced out physically, or if there is a credible threat of imprisonment or death if they don’t. You need to have an organized and armed force on your side to do that. And neither the police nor the military will be.
Organize.
Join a union.
Join PSL or other parties that actually try to fight fascism.
For now (since revolution is pretty much impossible for a multitude of reasons) the most realistic way to force Republicans out of office is to make the billionaires funding them afraid. Make a realistic threat of a general strike, or even just block ports like the Italian port workers did, and Trump will be out of office in a week.
Sure, but how does this help?
Did it work? I count one orange fascist in the white house.
So what? He’s still in office. He’s still ruining your social safety net. He’s still oppressing marginalized communities. He’s still crushing protests with military force. He’s still funding and running multiple genocides all over the world.
It might get under their skin but it will not help.
Fascists (or autocrats in general) will not leave the positions of power just because you laugh at them. They won’t even leave if the majority of people laugh at them or vote against them. Look at Russia. I’m pretty sure most of the country was laughing at Putin 15 years ago. I assume you know how it went after that.
They will leave only when forced out physically, or if there is a credible threat of imprisonment or death if they don’t. You need to have an organized and armed force on your side to do that. And neither the police nor the military will be.
Organize.
Join a union.
Join PSL or other parties that actually try to fight fascism.
For now (since revolution is pretty much impossible for a multitude of reasons) the most realistic way to force Republicans out of office is to make the billionaires funding them afraid. Make a realistic threat of a general strike, or even just block ports like the Italian port workers did, and Trump will be out of office in a week.