Comment by austin-cheney
1 day ago
What would you suggest Americans actually do? They voted this in knowing this would happen.
It’s one thing to shout into a void about some vague disagreement, but it’s entirely different to actually take some form of real action. What should that action comprise?
> They voted this in knowing this would happen.
Many of them mocked anyone saying this would happen. And even now, there are people cheering on the idea of ignoring due process.
1. Join up on your local 50501 protest, next one is on May 1: https://www.fiftyfifty.one/events
2. Continue speaking loudly about the various criminal acts of this administration and continue reinforcing the importance of not tuning it out
3. Find promising candidates and fund their run in 2026 to flip the house and strangle the administration with impeachments over their long list of violations of the Constitution
4. Arm yourselves in general before the GOP finally decides they're okay with preventing certain people from buying firearms (specifically "mentally ill" people who don't like Trump, i.e. https://thehill.com/homenews/5200463-trump-derangement-syndr...)
There's a great deal on an AR-15 at Palmetto State Armory right now — only $400!: https://palmettostatearmory.com/psa-pa15-16-phos-a2-mid-leng...
A lot of libs don't know this, but shooting is also extremely fun and gun people are extremely friendly and welcoming. Get a gun, book a lesson at your local range, and enjoy an afternoon learning how to use it. Guns are also a lot of fun for the gear-junkie types that I'm sure are overrepresented here on HN.
EDIT: I changed the order of these, apologies to the commenter below!
#1: Not available in New York - if you're in the wrong red county, trying to apply for a semi-automatic rifle permit means having to argue with the GOP about your "good moral character" and have your permit get denied. This also assumes your county will process your application in a timely manner - mine's a nearly 11-12 month wait to process. Even hardcore red areas are becoming a nightmare to gain access to 2A rights :)
Obviously, locality matters - but in most of the country you can walk into a gun show, hand a random guy a fist full of cash, and walk out with a firearm.
All the more reason to start today!
And yes the more general point is obviously gun ownership laws are highly localized. You should look up the requirements in your area and navigate them to acquire your very own check and balance, given that Congress has abdicated its role as such.
It is very dangerous that so much of the right wing thinks that liberals are afraid of (and therefore do not own) firearms. The meme needs to be that liberals are just as armed as anyone else and are a credible backstop on tyranny.
Is it peace, to point the gun?
Is it war, to fire the gun?
Look at what the Serbians are doing.
https://old.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/1jc0y...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%E2%80%93present_Serbian_a...
Be more like the Serbians. Don't just let things happen. You have agency. The government is supposed to be for the people, by the people - democracy doesn't only happen once every four years.
if nothing else,vote with your wallet, buy used, eat a bit lower on the food chain, wear t shirts that might get you in trouble, spend more time on personal care so that you have the stamina and energy to help where you see that you can.
If this is all really the case… which is hard to tell these days. You had better get to know your community quick because things they are a coming.
History doesn’t repeat, but it rhymes.
You should stop it from happening by any means necessary like last time. Organize. Talk to each other and figure out what all your options are. Do your threat modelling. Then act.
This country needs to crumble on itself, 30% of Americans are still behind Trump, whatever he does. This will not be fixed easily.
I really believe it’s a messaging problem and a money problem. There is money guiding media to rally around a message/figure and it’s rewarded handsomely in return. That’s the problem to fix.
There will always be insane amounts of money towards right-wing propaganda in media. If it is ever made illegal, it will be lobbied into legality again. If lobbying is made illegal, politicians will be corrupted into allowing it.
It would take something very radical to fix the massive imbalance of power in this world. Something I fear Amercians are not ready for. So let it burn, maybe something better will emerge from the ashes.
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