Comment by SpicyLemonZest
10 days ago
The organizers of the No Kings rallies have done infinitely more to achieve political change in the United States than online commentators who make fun of them for being insufficiently cool and edgy. Effective activism is not about feeling superior to the normies who have families and are busy on weekdays.
What change have they achieved?
They've convinced Democratic political leadership that they must fight Trump wholeheartedly, and convinced most of the country that Trump is a bad president who's failing to effectively address any problems. More change will be possible after the next election, when Trump's severe unpopularity causes the Trumpists lose control of Congress.
This is hopelessly naive. The only thing that has changed people's opinions, is their own personal bottom line. No more, no less.
And you can measure their influence how?
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Democratic political leadership were fighting Trump 10 years ago long before No Kings.
I don't think they have done much real, if anything.