That’s the secret with a starve the beast tactic. Either your funding cuts don’t impact performance so you can claim there was bloat or your cuts ruin the program so you can say it needs to be dismantled.

Pretty obvious you have no fucking clue how the American political system works or any idea what daily life is like.

Half of Americans have less than $500 in savings and something like 30-40% have insecure housing. There’s no social safety net if you lose your job; political activism can easily spiral you (and any dependants) to an early grave. Transportation is incredibly expensive in both time and money, just getting to an urban area for a critical mass movement is quite literally more than people can do.

So that’s how you end up with one of the top 2-3 largest protests in US history being on a weekend and distributed over thousands of cities. And you’re right, concentrating that in Washington DC would be much more impactful. But is it reasonable to expect people to give up their livelihood and stop supporting their family to do that? To throw away everything they have in their lives just by trying?

If you think the answer is yes, that’s perfectly valid. But consider this: if you live in a major city in Central America or western Europe or Canada you could get to DC easier and faster (and possibly cheaper) than the majority of people in the US. Why aren’t you on a plane right now? Oh right, because you’re exactly like your American strawman: you don’t give a shit about stopping fascism.

On the plus side, that shows that even when CNN is feeding people the most anodyne, milquetoast, sane-washed headlines it’s not hitting 50 🤷

Anyways, the second amendment exists to combat tyranny.

Just want to step in here and say that no interpretation of the second would cover a civilian killing a foreign diplomat, no matter how tyrannical 😂

“We dragged the Overton window so far to the right that basic facts are political advocacy”

Out of curiosity, what constitutional basis do they have to do this? Elections are explicitly run by the states and there’s nothing about RCV or any voting system that prevents a fair election.

I don’t disagree with your conclusion but in this case it’s actually irrelevant. A simple majority in the house doesn’t mean shit for following through with an impeachment.

No you didn’t. You said arm them and encourage them to shoot any random guy in a bullet proof vest who shows up. Read your own damn comments.

If it’s not our choice to make then keep your stupid counter productive fantasies to yourself.

If you insist on pointless suicide-by-cop for these people, why not have them make a real statement. Distribute gas cans and tell them to self immolate in front of the white house.

If you really super-duper want violence, argue for impactful insurrection with organized goals. Reactionary violence against nameless jack boots is the least useful thing imaginable and you look foolish for frothing over it.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/08/politics/due-process-supreme-court-alien-enemies-act/index.html

That doesn’t sound like like a 9/9 slam dunk shutdown. It’s a 5/4 vote to remind the administration they need some fig leaf of due process. The article goes over all the ways that this isn’t really a check on the unconstitutional deportations.

Destruction of property

Already happening with tesla, already being targeted as terrorists, personal safety at risk and still not good enough for you. Why not just start an insurgency to satisfy you?

Cyber attacks

Not anything that matters as an individual, especially against a state actor. One of the goals of the admin is destroying federal government systems so they don’t give a shit anyway

Catfish

Are you fucking kidding me? Every one of them has been exposed as a rapist, racist, pedophile and everything else. Nobody gives a shit and they’re not going to jail for it.

Corporate Sabotage

This isn’t even directed at the government? What could this possibly accomplish?..

Deny MAGA service, fire them

Unless the customer/employee is in the White House, who fucking cares? And if anything, MAGA is the most protected class in America right now.

It’s not that your suggestions are morally reprehensible, they’re fucking pointless. Mass protest is massively more impactful if only because it builds solidarity deep down in our primate brains. The 1M people showing up at a protest are much more likely to tell ICE to fuck off in the future.

If you’re not giving useful advice, your family and friends aren’t at risk, and you’re not willing to get on a plane and do something: keep your mouth shut. Nobody wants to listen to your armchair-revolutionary takes.

Hold on everyone, get your pens out. This guy has a carefully detailed plan to solve all our problems

Except what you’re suggesting is not a nice controlled egress through the emergency exit or calling the fire department. The only “other thing” that you could possibly want is violence in the streets. Easy to call for when it’s not your neighborhood or safety on the line.

You know what follows a large scale protest at critical mass? It’s not shrug and go home…

Dumbass commenters in this thread will be finding flaws in a literal insurgency…

There was nothing constructive about it, literally just said “not good enough” lmao

Friendly reminder that reducing/eliminating outdoor lighting is one of the most impactful changes an individual can take to reduce their ecological/climate footprint.

https://darksky.org/

Their definition of violence is anything harming white people or their property

There are “methods” for preventing it but they shouldn’t be mentioned in polite company.

Hey, where are all those people saying citizens are untouchable? I have this vague recollection of dozens of comments saying this surely couldn’t happen. Am I still overreacting? Just want to be sure…

The research is out there on who non-voters are, why they don’t/can’t vote and what political opinions they have. Critics like OP and others in this thread just choose to ignore that and go with the narrative in their head.