Ginny, if you can, fight back with your wallet. Do your best to support media and organizations that are fighting back. Don't give money to media and organizations that are bending the knee to Trump. You can still make your voice heard as well, as you are doing right here!
Ginny, if you can, fight back with your wallet. Do your best to support media and organizations that are fighting back. Don't give money to media and organizations that are bending the knee to Trump. You can still make your voice heard as well, as you are doing right here!
That's exactly it. Passive economic resistance is the key. They need what you have, and nobody can make you spend your money on someone or something that you do not want, for political reasons or otherwise. Undermining the financial base of the movement is the key to rotting away its infrastructure. If enough people are motivated to do so, there is nothing they can do to stop it, and the impact of it eventually.
When you can. Trump is doing big shakedowns as we speak. I wouldn't be surprised if we see the institution of smaller ones coming to our doorsteps. His people have models they are aware of.
"The Can Rattlers, as they became known, were relentless in their pursuit of making sure every good German citizen gave their share to the WHW. In fact, those who forgot to give had their names put in the paper to remind them of their neglect. Neighbors and even family members were encouraged to whisper the names of shirkers to their block leaders so that they could persuade them to do their duty. On one occasion, a civil servant was prosecuted for failure to donate, and his argument that it was voluntary was dismissed on the grounds it was an extreme view of liberty to neglect all duties that were not actually prescribed by law and therefore an abuse of liberty. It was not unheard of for workers to lose their jobs for not donating to Winterhilfe or not giving enough. For instance, when a worker was fired for not donating to Winterhilfe, the firing was upheld by a labour court on the grounds that it was 'conduct hostile to the community of the people [...] to be most strongly condemned'."
It still maters. I can only speak for myself, but I am always inspired and energized by the comments on The Bulwark and I take a great deal of solace in being part of a community of sane and rational folks in a Nation gone mad.
Ginny, if you can, fight back with your wallet. Do your best to support media and organizations that are fighting back. Don't give money to media and organizations that are bending the knee to Trump. You can still make your voice heard as well, as you are doing right here!
That's exactly it. Passive economic resistance is the key. They need what you have, and nobody can make you spend your money on someone or something that you do not want, for political reasons or otherwise. Undermining the financial base of the movement is the key to rotting away its infrastructure. If enough people are motivated to do so, there is nothing they can do to stop it, and the impact of it eventually.
When you can. Trump is doing big shakedowns as we speak. I wouldn't be surprised if we see the institution of smaller ones coming to our doorsteps. His people have models they are aware of.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winterhilfswerk
Thank you. I knew nothing about this.
"The Can Rattlers, as they became known, were relentless in their pursuit of making sure every good German citizen gave their share to the WHW. In fact, those who forgot to give had their names put in the paper to remind them of their neglect. Neighbors and even family members were encouraged to whisper the names of shirkers to their block leaders so that they could persuade them to do their duty. On one occasion, a civil servant was prosecuted for failure to donate, and his argument that it was voluntary was dismissed on the grounds it was an extreme view of liberty to neglect all duties that were not actually prescribed by law and therefore an abuse of liberty. It was not unheard of for workers to lose their jobs for not donating to Winterhilfe or not giving enough. For instance, when a worker was fired for not donating to Winterhilfe, the firing was upheld by a labour court on the grounds that it was 'conduct hostile to the community of the people [...] to be most strongly condemned'."
Yup, and nobody here knows my name or lives in my town. Plus we are all of the same mind here.
It still maters. I can only speak for myself, but I am always inspired and energized by the comments on The Bulwark and I take a great deal of solace in being part of a community of sane and rational folks in a Nation gone mad.
Yeah. Someone in the WAPO comments suggested that Democrats should be protesting en masse the streets. We would make great target practice that way.
You would not be тАЬtarget practiceтАЭ if you were trained to employ defensive tactics & have some capabilities to fight back with.
Obtain capabilities.
Join a like minded group. Get trained.
You donтАЩt have to be тАЬarmy readyтАЭ to be helpful in defending your family and/or neighborhood.
IтАЩm NOT advocating attacking anyone or anything.
But I am ready to react defensively if things continue to dangerous.
Our nation is being dismantled for the benefit of oligarchy. ThatтАЩs should be flat unacceptable to a majority of Americans. It is to me.
So get ready to defend our democracy, today.
If you wait until the barbarians are on your street, itтАЩll be too late.
I like the idea of a general, well planned strike more.