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TerryTPlatypus ,

At thsi point the only reasonable thing we can do is have a massive grossroots effort at local and state levels.

mycorrhiza OP ,

We need dual power — networks parallel to the established political system, able to organize effective protests, marches, demonstrations, and mass worker strikes, and to support individuals who are arrested or fired from their jobs in the course of those activities. Otherwise we’re fucked imo. Voters don’t get to choose policy. We vote for people. We vote for promises that are not kept. We vote for weasel words, vague convictions, “aspirational” platforms. At best, we vote to stall the inevitable, to pause the one-way ratchet of American politics for another turn. It’s a ratchet that will slowly crush us.

TerryTPlatypus ,

Yeah, i totally agree. Electoralisn is one path, however, if more people resist, it’s a way better effort. The problem is just even getting people engaged right now. The main focus should be getting these structures and networks up and running, especially in underserved places like rural towns and impoverished areas.

KinglyWeevil ,

This will basically force balkanization of the US. There are a large number of US states in both the northeast and west coast of sufficient size and economic power to just “say no” and sort of opt out of participating in the nation further. Then it’s basically, “are you willing to use the military to enforce this” and the answer is either no, or civil war.

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