Anonymous #2 1w

What type of rioting activity do you think could actually effectively do this? To my mind all that would do is confirm that people are pissed while giving justification for more national guard deployments

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Anonymous fuuuckyikyak 1w

Imo continuous rioting with a simultaneous economic blackout. This doesn’t end until we force it does, otherwise whatever power is accumulated during this, as well as new precedents set, will remain. The more they get away with, the less stability there will be in the long term.

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Anonymous #7 1w

When in reality, yo, we’ve had 5 Fortune 500 companies hit with major child labor violations I the 2020’s. We’re 1 of just 7 countries LEFT ON EARTH lacking universal paid maternity leave. Our consumer and labor protections are downright dystopian. I keep waiting for people to realize – you’re not voting “safe” by voting for another status-quo dem. We need a Bernie! Someone who’s not gonna take AIPAC money & will work to eliminate ALL money in politics.

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Anonymous #7 1w

Unfortunately when all the major politicians and political parties are paid off it’s very difficult to get mainstream candidates that aren’t paid off either, third party seems the only realistic option

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Anonymous fuuuckyikyak 1w

doing nothing will lead to nothing happening, if Trump and his cronies don’t feel threatened, they’ll keep pushing the boot further down on our necks, they don’t even need justification for national guard or ice deployments, look at Minneapolis Being peaceful and doing nothing does not defeat authoritarianism

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Anonymous #5 1w

I guess what I’m stuck on is the actual practical effect of rioting. What leverage does it provide? Because an economic blackout I get, it’ll hurt pocketbooks which is always effective. But riots don’t give us any direct leverage in an administration that doesn’t care about public sentiment and is looking for an excuse to crack down on rioters. Except maybe another high profile killing of a protestor at the hands of ice.

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Anonymous fuuuckyikyak 1w

Like what type of riot / riot like movement could make the trump admin go ‘this movement is hurting us so badly that we need to do this thing we’ve previously been unwilling to do’

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Anonymous fuuuckyikyak 1w

If riots occur in D.C. which force politicians to flee Congress / the White House, it disrupt political processes and the political apparatus as a whole

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Anonymous fuuuckyikyak 1w

Revolution, only option

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Anonymous #2 1w

I’m definitely not advocating for doing nothing although I can see how my comment might have been interpreted that way. I’m just saying that it’s important to be pragmatic about how we riot/resist because there’s obviously a lot at stake here. And also it’s much easier to poke holes in others ideas than it is to suggest your own, I’m aware of that dynamic. But that’s why I’m asking! I’m trying to figure out the most effective/practical way we can take action.

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Anonymous fuuuckyikyak 1w

organize a revolution, no other means will stop this

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Anonymous #2 1w

I’m just saying that while revolution is a wonderful idea in theory, revolutions fail most of the time when dealing with world powers like the us. How do we give ourselves the best chance of success? Can we envision these things actually working? If a big angry mob of left leaning Americans storm the capital what is the likely outcome? I’m just not convinced it’s likely to be beneficial rn. If you see it differently please elaborate tho, that’s why I asked

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Anonymous fuuuckyikyak 1w

when has attempting to vote away a fascist consolidation of power ever worked?

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Anonymous #5 1w

Again, please don’t misinterpret my request for practical considerations around a revolution as a claim that voting is the way to solve this; it isn’t. I’m just saying that it’s easy to say ‘revolution is the answer’, that’s why we all do it so often. My question is how do we organize a successful revolution given the extraordinary challenges involved with doing that in the us in 2026? What specific actions are expected to work and why will they work?

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Anonymous fuuuckyikyak 1w

Well, organizations like the black lions (formerly black panthers) are a great example. Establishing community-based services and organizations, pooling money for those services, etc. it would look like the construction of new governmental services, without any association with the federal or state governments (as they would naturally oppose any attempt at this, once it gets far enough). Community-based defense units, that can be called on for both the handling of crimes as well as the

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Anonymous #5 1w

Protection against our existing government’s enforcers. In all sincerity, it would look like the creation of new governments. In my best hope, state governors would recognize the potential and support their community with the national guard, reinforcing this until we have a recreation of our federal government; but I know they likely wouldn’t do that.

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Anonymous fuuuckyikyak 1w

I mean, I think it requires a mass movement, I think the chances of elections being compromised are higher than most Americans give credit and without a way to keep politicians accountable, a lot of the norms currently being set will remain the norm

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