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  • The protests in Turkey are something I wish Americans would demonstrate. I agree.

    I think the reality is that Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, they’re highly individualistic after decades of materialistic conditioning, and younger generations are captured by social media instead of voicing their woes in the streets.

    But there is an appetite for action. Look at Bernie’s rallies. People want change, and polls reflect how people have little to no faith in the Democrats.

    There needs to be an organizing principle if any political action should be effective. I’m finding the group 50501 to be that, and I try to share their plans on social media and with my friends & family. The next protest I plan on going to is on April 5th.

    But you’re right. Americans are distracted with their toys and treats. Make no mistake though. If Trump’s decisions continue to tank the economy, and toys and treats become too expensive, even for the middle and lower class, I believe there will be more action.








  • Unconsciously, leftists have given Trump and MAGA a free pass on genocide. No nicknames, no blame.

    Oh there are plenty of nicknames for Trump out there, don’t be mistaken.

    My personal favorite is Traitor Trump for the alliteration like the ones you present.

    But even if you haven’t seen any of these, that doesn’t mean the Left hasn’t been critical of Trump. See, Trump after taking office has issued so many executive orders as to flood the zone that it has divided attention on the Left (and anyone else for that matter) for what to criticize first.

    Perhaps what Leftists mean when they say that it’s still Biden’s fault is that Joe should have ran a primary and put the best, strongest leader the Democrats could muster against the phenom Trump. But Biden had to wait until his utter humiliation on live TV for change to happen, even though Biden initially talked about being a 1-term president. He even said this back in 2015!!

    While yes the most blame right now should be placed on Republicans, Trump, and Elon, the next portion of blame needs to squarely sit with establishment Democrats, the DNC, and Biden. Many liberals will overlook this aspect by placing the next most blame on the voters, but with no federal Election Day holiday in the US and increasing anti-voter tactics on behalf of the GOP, no wonder more people don’t vote.

    But the Democrats need to and should have inspired those voters to vote anyhow, like Obama did in 2008 and Bernie did in 2016 and 2020. Instead we got monotone Kamala Harris whose only campaign positive was Tim Walz and his policy stances imo.

    I should disclaim that I’m a leftist and criticized Kamala all the way to the general election, but still voted for her when the time came.










  • Tim Walz explained it the other day at SXSW.

    Politicians are like teachers. If it’s Tim Walz’s job to teach kids about geography, and then test them to check if he taught well, if the outcomes of that test show that half the class passes and half fails, then the blame for that is on the teacher. The teacher could have taught differently, teaching in different styles to adequately reach out to students where they’re at in life and according to their specific learning styles. He might teach the same topic 5-6 different ways to capture as many people as possible.

    The Harris-Walz campaign didn’t do that. They had terrible messaging as soon as the DNC hit. When Harris brought Walz on, there was actual progressive momentum. But then Harris bent the knee to establishment Democrats, and they lost the election.

    I will not believe that it’s the voters’ fault for the election outcome. If Democrats were sober enough to realize Trump’s threat and wanted to really fire people up, they would have may the necessary changes to do so.