I’ll go

  1. I’m not alone.
  2. Trump:

Declares martial law

Or

Has defied court orders

Or

Has committed violence against government officials

Or

Dissolved all other branches of government

There is probably more but these are ones that come to mind.

Edit:

Deleted my responses. I asked for honest opinions. I’m not here to call balls and strikes.

  • aesthelete@lemmy.world
    4·
    3 hours ago

    Other people actually giving a damn enough to do something other than post about it. I protested in the past and absolutely nobody gave a shit and it had zero effect. I don’t even think the protest was covered on the news.

    I suspect that for any average American (or even a single digit percentage of them) to bother getting involved things are going to have to get extremely bad.

  • UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.mlEnglish
    4·
    3 hours ago

    I volunteer to be a part of the barrier troops for the 1%ers, politicians, CEOs, landlords, and employers. These people should all drafted for front line combat. It’s their nation after all. Not mine, which is painfully obvious as I am forced to be exploited by all of these people for the privilege of living in their country.

    I just want them to be good patriots and for them to die for their country. No retreat! No surrender. Not a single step backwards while I’m on watch. Or else…

    I’ve heard each CEO is worth 500+ times the amount of working class people. Shouldnt need to many of those super soldiers to win every battle right?

  • HelixDab2@lemm.ee
    3·
    4 hours ago

    I need to get:

    An M40 gas mask and spectacle insert

    A bullet-resistant helmet

    A burner phone

    That’s about it, really.

  • DarkFuture@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    8 hours ago

    I’m waiting for the 2A nutjobs to realize this is the moment they’ve been fantasizing about their entire pathetic lives.

    Guess I shouldn’t hold out for them.

  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.net
    151·
    16 hours ago

    I’ve already taken to the street in protest, starting eight years ago. Anyone who hasnt yet either isn’t going to or is just now coming of age.

    • jpreston2005@lemmy.world
      2·
      9 hours ago

      Same. I was there for the Women’s march, there for BLM, after George Floyd, and most recently for the 50501 (which was surprisingly well attended despite it’s quick set-up). Let me know if there’s another one, and I’ll be there too. All it takes for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing.

  • aasatru@kbin.earth
    21·
    20 hours ago

    Some Americans in this thread seems to think this will all blow past while they sit comfortably in their homes.

    It won’t. Your passivity is exactly what the Republicans depend on. Posting online won’t save you. You need to take your actions out in the real world.

    There’s not one correct course of action, but don’t get fooled into inaction. Whether you’re a peaceful protester, run for local office, or do a Luigi I won’t get myself involved with. Just don’t mistake online activity for activism. And don’t think you’re powerless, that’s how they win.

  • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    37·
    1 day ago

    I’ll be honest (please don’t judge me):

    I’m scared to protest. My brother got a bit aggressive last night and I felt so scared, I can’t imagine seeing the streets full of fascist pigs (cops), my fight or flight response will probably make me freeze or run away. If I ever protest I’ll be the first ones to get arrested/tortured/killed. I don’t know if I’ll ever find the courage to do it. I’m dealing with severe depression, and I don’t think I can even handle the stress.

    If I joined protests, I could also face backlash from the Chinese American community, because I’m sure some are gonna be like “why are you trying to paint a target on our backs” (especially the first generation immigrants), because that’d be my mother’s reaction. Remember than Chinese American support for the democratic candidate is not as high as Black Americans’ 90+%, I think its more like 50% to 60%. Some don’t even vote. I would feel like the “odd one out” which would further discourage me in protesting.

    But, I think there might be one scenario that I would feel empowered to take a stand. If trump declared Chinese Americans (or just Asian Americans broadly) as enemies of the state, I think my parent’s would probably be supportative of me joining the protests. I think the peer support from my fellow Chinese Americans and solidarity, would make me feel like I’m not just alone in this. I would feel safer since I’m part of a bigger group, I would feel like my part in the protest would feel more meaningful, because protesting alone feels like my efforts are in vain. On top of that, it’d also be a lot harder to identify me. Imagine being the only [insert racial group here] person to attend a protest, they’d find you and jail you so quick. Imagine like 1/5th of Chinese Americans protested. Good luck identifying 1 Million people. (Also better if other Asian Americans of similar skin tones attended, that’d make surveillance much more difficult)

  • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
    353·
    1 day ago

    It will take the protests being armed.

    Because if the protests aren’t armed, they’re not going to accomplish anything. There will be no change if the wealthy class isn’t made to live in fear of the public.

  • SolidShake@lemmy.world
    272·
    1 day ago

    When republicans realize the massive fuck up they created and join the protest as well. Otherwise no protest will matter. You’d need a Luigi miracle realistically

    • John Richard@lemmy.worldEnglish
      133·
      1 day ago

      Luigi didn’t solve anything. He’s barely ever mentioned anymore. All he did was empower corporations to become more corrupt.

      • UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        4 hours ago

        All he did was empower corporations to become more corrupt.

        Oh whatever. They didn’t need an excuse to be that way.

      • SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        23·
        1 day ago

        You think him not being mentioned is a coincidence? I think it’s mainstream media doing damage control to reel in their prior reporting. Since he was at large for a while his face and later his name was EVERYWHERE. In cases of mass shootings the shooter is almost never mentioned or named anymore. There’s a reason for that

        Media plays a big part in encouraging copycats looking for their weeks of infamy. In the past it used to be serial killers, then years ago it was mass shootings, and thanks to the instant stardom they gave Luigi the near future could very well be more assassinations.

        Right or wrong his success was demonstrating that being rich doesn’t mean someone is untouchable.

  • ArtemisimetrA@lemmy.duck.cafeEnglish
    161·
    1 day ago

    Chronic pain and non-typical sensory needs will pretty much forever keep me from marching or protesting. That and the number of times I’ve been “disrupted” or “inconvenienced” because “that’s the point of protest and if you don’t get that then you’re clearly part of the problem”, only to have nothing change in the long run after said protest, I’m not willing to put my limited physical and mental resources on the line for “maybes” and “hopefullys”.

  • A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world
    193·
    1 day ago

    Protesting accomplishes very little (I won’t say nothing) so I’m gonna go with… nothing, I’m gonna continue using my time better.

    Speaking as a former longtime activist.

    Go meet people and form communities, working groups, whatever. If going to a protest makes you feel better go nuts.

    But the actual work is done outside the protests. If you want to do something useful, find that.

    • whyrat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      11 hours ago

      I’ve been to protests; and I’ve volunteered for political campaigns. The second actually flipped a (US House) seat from red to blue (obviously the work of many people; I’m not thinking I was the deciding factor but it was a close election). The first left me with a pink hat and no noticeable change in how elected leaders acted.

      I need to be convinced the protest will achieve measurable changes; otherwise I’ll spend my time looking for the upcoming elections where there are close enough margins to feel my actions make a difference.

      • A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world
        11·
        10 hours ago

        Okay okay

        Why were you convinced protesting achieves change? How does that happen?

        What changes did you want to see? How did you expect those to be implemented?

        This sounds to me like “I’ve done a politics once”, not any actual understanding of protests and their history

    • TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zipEnglish
      4·
      1 day ago

      Many years ago, I formed the opinion that protests rarely accomplish anything useful. If the government has decided to pass a particular bill, build a dam, cut costs or whatever, people often respond by protesting. Usually, the bill is passed, the dam is built and costs are cut regardless. The way I see it, protesting gives people a chance to feel like they’ve done their part, while the government does what they wants anyway. From the perspective of the government, it’s useful to allow people to have a channel where they can safely vent their anger. If you make protests illegal, people will form a resistance and start a guerrilla war, and that never ends well.

      There are notable exceptions too, so not all protests end up being useless. It’s just that the probabilities aren’t in our favor. You proposed other forms of political activism, and I totally agree.

      To me, all of this is rather theoretical, because I’ve never actually participated in any of this. Instead, I’ve just observed these events from the outside, while you’ve seen it from the inside. I’m really curious to know if agree or disagree with these thoughts.

      • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        4·
        16 hours ago

        I formed the opinion that protests rarely accomplish anything useful.

        Mass Protests in China (which were probably illegal btw) may have contributed in the CCP recinding the “Zero Covid” policy.

        So maybe there were 99 other protests before that did nothing, but even if out of every 100 protests has one that did something, it’s still worth it.

      • snooggums@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        1 day ago

        Protests are great for bringing issues to light. They can make people and groups visible to garner support. They also take a long period of time to be effective, because people have to understand and find a way to relate to thr message.

        All of the shit the current administration are doing are blatantly illegal and protests won’t address that because the people who can do something about it are complicit and the morons who voted for this are getting what they wanted. They may eventually regret it, but only when they are personally impacted.

      • A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world
        82·
        1 day ago

        Cool. Have fun.

        I’m 38, I’ve been doing this a while. I camped during Occupy. I formed coalitions during the first Trump administration. I’ve helped start chapters of a couple organizations in my region, and people in my community know me. That’s worth more than your comment.