It's funny to think that any of these comments are relevant. Are you new to the internet maybe?. The best I can do is hope to influence. The best an American can do is contact people already working to correct this and ask them what needs doing. This leads me to wonder how all the Americans are posting in this thread, being that they are all so exhausted. Why not go to sleep? Then wake up later and get in touch and involved.

It's almost like Americans are here trying to convince themselves there is nothing they can do.

How brave of you. What a testament to your freedoms. What a fine demonstration of what it truly means to be American: A blame shifting, feckless inheritor of a once great country. All hype. No substance, apart from the folds of blubber around their mid sections. What a legacy. All your talk of freedom backed by nothing. FREEDOM!

[–] TimboSlice@discuss.online 1 points 1 hour ago

You sound like either a Russian propaganda account or a clueless asshole.

[–] Anegro_Montoya@sh.itjust.works 9 points 20 hours ago

Because freedom is propaganda unless you fit certain demographics. Otherwise, everyday you're just surviving.

White dudes can walk around heavily armed, try that as a black dude and see how free you are. We can't even go for a run in a lot of places without the cops or neighborhood watch showing up.

So shut the fuck up and stop blaming people caught in this bullshit and do something to help.

[–] Realitaetsverlust@lemmy.zip 8 points 21 hours ago

Why not go to sleep? Then wake up later and get in touch and involved.

Because that would require more effort than posting a comment online.

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[–] HairTransplants@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

This is apt for the situation

[–] AnitaAmandaHuginskis@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleichschaltung

[–] Tbird83ii@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

So... General Strike to stop the coup?

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[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 42 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Here's something we could fix:

We have no recall option! WTF! We should have such a mechanism. We should ask Congress to enact a law where we the people can recall the president via votes if we can collect enough signatures just like we are able to do for other things.

[–] CaptSatelliteJack@lemy.lol 38 points 1 day ago (22 children)

We do. It's the 2nd amendment. Literally what it was written for, the forceful reclamation of democratic freedom should it be taken by a tyrannical leadership. Too bad everyone that actually gives a damn about that option is on red team, and blue team thinks the 2nd amendment is for killing children and nothing else.

[–] TheRealKuni@midwest.social 7 points 10 hours ago

We do. It's the 2nd amendment. Literally what it was written for, the forceful reclamation of democratic freedom should it be taken by a tyrannical leadership.

Except that’s not what it was written for. That’s a modern interpretation.

The 2nd amendment was written because Madison believed a standing army would make the Federal government too powerful, so he didn’t want a large standing army. He wanted each state to have a militia made up of citizens. He changed his mind on the matter after the War of 1812.

You know the 2nd amendment wasn’t about allowing overthrows of the government because the government put down rebellions with weapons in the years following its adoption.

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 6 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Too bad everyone that actually gives a damn about that option is on red team, and blue team thinks the 2nd amendment is for killing children and nothing else.

Thank you for acknowledging the quiet leftists who take responsibility for ourselves. I've been really upset with the crisis-mining nonstop drama panic rhetoric and dis-education about firearms from the Democratic party and their sockpuppet gun-panic action groups.

(While they openly perpetuate systematic issues that increase likelihood of gun violence, of course.)

Now firearms ownership is disproportionately in the hands of conspiracy nuts and goose-stepping good-ol-boys, while many liberals are dogmatically hoplophobic and ignorant about them.

Reminder that the Socialist Rifle Association is a thing.

Educate your friends, get them out to the range, and by Almighty God keep close social ties on each other's mental health.

I want to solve our problems with words and witty reparté, but all those safeguards are quickly breaking down and we're seeing an increasing threat of mobilizing angry everyday-sadists looking to hurt people, and stern memorandums aren't gonna cut it.

[–] hotdogthud@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean, to be fair, the red team thinks it's pretty much only for killing children too...

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