If each of us in a united front don’t push back, the autocrats will take every right and freedom away, as has been happening piecemeal for years. Don’t be fooled, this is a disturbing reality.
If each of us in a united front don’t push back, the autocrats will take every right and freedom away, as has been happening piecemeal for years. Don’t be fooled, this is a disturbing reality.
We do. I keep thinking of the sex strike like the one in ancient Greece organized by Lysistrata (just a play, not an historic event). The women refused to have sex with the men until they stopped warring. Great story. But if we tried something like that here the GOP would probably legalize rape. Not that they don't condone it already.
Vote, encourage others to vote and inundate with messaging the elected officials who have been purchased by autocratic institutions. Use your purchasing power wisely. Teach history to others who don’t read…every action counts, so do the things that resonate for you.
The left has to take back the narrative and that is best done by one to one persuasion. Learning to identify the fears that motivate the right and supplying right leaning voters with better options from Democrats to reduce those fears is effective.
Voting is not enough with huge swaths of the country cheating to get their way. SCOTUS needs to be expanded yesterday and we should be taking to the streets.
You’re exactly right, Erica. Decency, ethical responsibility and such are the realm of fools like us. I’d like to hear more anecdotes and conversations about that, too. It’s “everyone for himself.” Nobody is perfect but we must try!
If each of us in a united front don’t push back, the autocrats will take every right and freedom away, as has been happening piecemeal for years. Don’t be fooled, this is a disturbing reality.
It absolutely is and we need some serious strategies here.
We do. I keep thinking of the sex strike like the one in ancient Greece organized by Lysistrata (just a play, not an historic event). The women refused to have sex with the men until they stopped warring. Great story. But if we tried something like that here the GOP would probably legalize rape. Not that they don't condone it already.
We need radical action steps, though.
Exactly
Vote, encourage others to vote and inundate with messaging the elected officials who have been purchased by autocratic institutions. Use your purchasing power wisely. Teach history to others who don’t read…every action counts, so do the things that resonate for you.
Voting is insufficient. Given the extreme gerrymandering and voter suppression that these same autocrats have configured. Collective action or doom.
What kind of collective action, beyond voting and getting out the vote, would you suggest?
The left has to take back the narrative and that is best done by one to one persuasion. Learning to identify the fears that motivate the right and supplying right leaning voters with better options from Democrats to reduce those fears is effective.
Voting is not enough with huge swaths of the country cheating to get their way. SCOTUS needs to be expanded yesterday and we should be taking to the streets.
You’re exactly right, Erica. Decency, ethical responsibility and such are the realm of fools like us. I’d like to hear more anecdotes and conversations about that, too. It’s “everyone for himself.” Nobody is perfect but we must try!