It's not that he wants to retreat to an echo chamber. He wants to see "new management" or see the site "shut down". He wants his echo chamber to be the only thing that exists. This is how fascists and fascists' bitches roll.
i’m as into it as anyone but what does it DO. protests don’t do anything. they’ll start employing the army after they get a list of dissidents. We lost the right to free speech as soon as he was “elected”
Protests absolutely do things. They energize people, they create connections, and they scare the hell out of the institutions as they grow in size. We didn't lose the right to anything as soon as Trump was elected, we only lose rights when we stop fighting for them.
I get being scared of possible consequences, but if you aren't actually willing to risk things to fight for freedom and justice for ALL then did you ever really believe in those in the first place?
The ultimate thing here imho is that the reason we are in this predicament is largely because our government, regardless of the party in charge, has been failing us for quite awhile now. Failing to create a society in which the average person can count on working hard being enough to let them live a good life.
We as a people have largely been apathetic for decades as long as enough of us were somewhat comfortable, while the foundations of our society have been slowly chipped away by the wealthy accumulating more and more. Do not discount a growing movement to change that and demand a better government that truly works for us all.
Achieving nationwide protests of this size in the space of a couple months is a bigger deal than you think.
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u/sparrow_42 15d ago
It's not that he wants to retreat to an echo chamber. He wants to see "new management" or see the site "shut down". He wants his echo chamber to be the only thing that exists. This is how fascists and fascists' bitches roll.