Define “survive”?
this post was submitted on 09 Feb 2024
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In true American fashion we will start to do something once it's too late
The real question is will the American Populous accept a dictator? Or will we tear this country apart from the inside if he wins?
I vote for tearing it apart.
A depressing portion seem to want it. The left will protest I am sure but I don't know if it will be enough.
I'm French enough to protest but everyone around me seems to not understand how the French protest. Buncha cowards.
The left in the U.S. is made up of dilettantes and academics unwilling to put in the work required for real change. They only know handwringing and criticism.
There'll be protests that are swiftly crushed and the vast majority of Americans will tune out and go back to voting for The Next Top Whatever and waiting for the next big movie.
I would like to point you to socialistRA https://socialistra.org/resources/ You're more than welcome to come join us in a stand with the oppressed.
you forgot the crust punks and gender fuckers and foodnotbombs and the black bloc.
Nah I counted every active participant in all those groups, all 300 of them.
If the only thing the opposition does is the legally allowed "safe" protests, then no it will not be enough. Chanting "not my president" in confined, mandated areas will have the exact same effect this time as it had last time- nothing. We need to stop pretending the law is on our side. See: upcoming supreme court decision.
It depends on how seriously the other party opposes the party of saboteurs.
If we decided to stop giving them the benefit of the doubt and start reacting appropriately probably. If we continue to try and argue in good faith and search for diplomatic solutions to things like states deploying troops in opposition to the federal government, then probably not.
Conservatives are convinced their policies can't fail, only be failed. They think God himself has ordained them as higher beings, entitled to shepherd the rest of the world towards prosperity that looks an awful lot like techno feudalism. Every now and then a catastrophe of their own doing will pop this bubble, but their goldfish memory quickly reverts back to the original setting of racial and religious exceptionalism
Headline is a question. The answer is no
"We're going to do everything we can to normalize them so we can find out!"
- NYT
"US democracy ends!" I bet that headline'd sell! What can we do?
- FOX
The answer is a YES with a standing ovation. There is no alternative to democracy. Even if the country breaks, America will survive.
I like your optimism, but Authoritarianism is, unfortunately, an alternative that can "work" for decades. It sucks for basically everyone who doesn't have power, but it is nonetheless viable and a path we are one election away from going down.
I'm bummed that this is just op-ed.
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