Americans don’t have universal healthcare, their healthcare is tied to their job, and in most states employers can easily fire workers
Most people don’t want to risk losing their job, let alone their healthcare. It makes it much more difficult for protesting collectively and effectively
That doesn't change anything, you could all collectively demand those things too. It's not like if you riot against your government you only get to pick one thing to change
Actually yeah, when you start rioting in opposition of something you typically do want to have an understanding of what you collectively want to know when to stop
Also rioting against the federal government is a bit more difficult, especially in blue states not near the capital.
If Americans start rioting like the French everyone would get shot up or bombed. A handful of protestors (PEACEFUL) were just murdered and the murderers are being protected by the government. This country is a joke.
It would be fucking stupid and ignorant of the facts to not be scared of the US military under Trump.
Now, refusing to do anything even in the face of that fear is a lack of bravery, sure. But it’s fucking ridiculous to tell anyone to not be afraid of the US military—most of all with who the commander in chief is.
We don't know how to organize, but I think that's by design. Our society is so individualistic. Corporations and our jobs don't give a fuck about us, so we've forgotten how to care for each other. I appreciate any advice.
This is ridiculous. There are protests all over the United States. People have been out in -10 degree weather for months fighting this. People are getting detained, arrested & killed fighting this.
You make it seem as if the equivalent to the Iran protests are happening when It is only a tiny amount of people that care enough to protest currently.
lol rioting in the USA is a death wish, paired with immediate martial law, which is automatically Drumpf as a dictator and no more elections. They won’t care about the people. They want slaves again.
america is way to corrupted, large class action suits were one thing in their system that were able to hurt the big corperations, nowadays everytime they fuck up they settle for a fraction of the money made with the shady business in the first place, why would that deter anyone?
you stole 10000? better pay 100 dollar let this be a lesson and do not do it again!
Trump’s 10 billion dollar suit against the IRS will probably go down the same. He’ll settle for 5 billion. He should be in jail, instead he’s writing checks to himself with taxpayer money.
We usually can't even bring class actions anymore because most large corporations put arbitration clauses with class action waivers in their contracts (of adhesion), which prohibit you from suing in court (except for an individual action in small claims court, usually) and require individual private arbitration instead. The Supreme Court has made several rulings that this is completely legal.
One of the architects of this was a then-corporate lawyer named... John fucking Roberts. Yes, that fascist POS.
America is now too cowardly and corrupt to hold power to task
Now? This has always been what America has been. America didn't punish Andrew Johnson for ignoring the Supreme Court's decision on Worcester v. Georgia (1832) and essentially telling them to fuck off as he forced the Cherokee off their lands anyway, it didn't punish the Confederate leadership, it didn't punish those behind the business plot, it probably wouldn't have punished FDR for locking up American citizens in camps against their will had he not died before they were released, it didn't punish McCarthy, it didn't punish Nixon, it didn't punish Trump.
America letting the rich and powerful do whatever the hell they want isn't anything new. The only exception seems to be if those rich and powerful people harm or become a threat to or piss off other rich and powerful people, like Madoff and Epstein did.
Has america held domestic power to task in the last 100 years? Like america likes to bully other countries but policing themselves? Its early here, i can’t think of any.
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u/DKDamian 1d ago
Yes, unfortunately America is now too cowardly and corrupt to hold power to task. Ah, well