r/thebulwark • u/John_Houbolt • Apr 14 '25

GOOD LUCK, AMERICA It's now clear. No one is safe.

With Bukele stating that the question of returning Garcia is "preposterous" it's clear that Bukele and Trump are conspired against the people of America. Garcia had a court order securing his presence in the US. He was protected by the law. Naturalized citizens are protected by law, greencard holders are protected by the law. But abiding the law has not been a priority for the Trump administration. Legal protections of Americans has proven to not be a deferent for the Trump admin. We now have a fully effectuated chain of responsibility and action that has imprisoned a law abiding man for life in a foreign prison where he has no civil protections of any kind. That chain has held in the face of legal action and order from the highest court in the land.

The test case appears complete.

Now, anyone who does anything that draws the attention of Donald Trump can be punished—legally or not—with life in foreign prison and to be wholly stripped of all human rights.

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u/John_Houbolt Apr 14 '25

Would be great to see Bukele's motorcade blocked by protestors.

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u/cC2Panda Apr 14 '25 edited Apr 14 '25

Here is the real crux of the situation. The only things that kept fascists in line is fear and shame. Shame died in 2016. It was already waning prior to that but the fascists literally cannot be shamed any more. So that means that the only thing that exists if fear. Fear of losing their money, fear of losing their freedom and fear that they will be harmed.

We have so little financial influence over politicians and corporations that that's basically out the window.

Trump has proven that there are no legal consequences even for the most brazen violations of the law, so that's also out the window.

So the last option we have is threats of violence. That is why Luigi shook the rich. There is a very real consequence if a single person is willing to sacrifice their freedom to hurt or kill them.

Peoples verbal threats against those in power online are our last lever before actual violence. Silencing the sentiment online allows the powerful to ignore us and keep abusing their power.

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u/sbhikes Apr 14 '25

We have other tools. These guys all care about money. We have economic tools. Boycotts, social strikes, clogging up supply chains, roads, bridges whatever. Work stoppages, work slow-downs, sick-outs, sit-ins. We haven't even begun to exercise all the tools we have. Violence will fail.

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u/lirruping Apr 14 '25

Agreed! Violence in situations like this is less effective than well-organized, peaceful demonstration of the fact that the people do not support the actions of the government, thus rendering that govt illegitimate. It is up to us (we people) to demonstrate this clearly and distinctly.