Yes, indeed, this is a fateful moment in US history: Will the US people bow to tyranny, or will they ultimately stand up to it?
I would say that it should now be clear to everybody that neither the demand “ICE Out” nor a one-day strike is enough.
I would say that the demand must be that the criminal regime and all its backers be removed from office and held accountable for their actions - with the full penalty that applies to every citizen, that is. A nationwide general strike must continue until that happens.
If that does not happen, things will continue as they are: the situation for citizens will get worse and worse, the country will sink into unbridled corruption, the legal system will be further eroded and abused for organized crime - in short, the US will abandon its sham democracy altogether and rapidly develop into a kleptocracy like Russia.
I consider this inevitable if US citizens do not seize their opportunity and prevent it themselves - it is very obvious that politicians cannot be relied upon and the legal system is also openly corrupt.
A peaceful solution through a general strike is still possible, but probably not for much longer.
A peaceful solution through a general strike is still possible, but probably not for much longer.
Prove me wrong, but I doubt it. There are significant capitalist-endemic issues and a pervasive laissez-faire attitude that I think inhibits it.
ICE mafia, this administration, all of the GOP, majority of Dems, billionaires, etc…until they legitimately fear for their life each and every day they wake up - each and every moment they make a decision - things will not change. They need to fear going the way of the UHC guy every moment of every day, or things will stay the same.
I would be happy and glad to be proven wrong.
History provides many examples of peoples who have shaken off oppression largely without resorting to violence: one of the most prominent examples is India, which freed itself from brutal British oppression largely through mass civil resistance - and this was a colonial regime of violence that the British had established there.
What I mean, however, is that there is currently only comparatively mild repression in the US, but that will change, which the regime is obviously working on.
In short: now or never, seems to me to be the motto. Now would also be the right time in terms of public sentiment, because people are angry.
Nevertheless, I cannot say how likely it is that US citizens will use the time they have left – probably not very likely, but it is certainly possible.
