GTFO. It was the third largest in US history. For that many people to mobilize and organize in this country was something to be proud of, and I am the first to admit how cynical and unimpressed by the response we’ve made so far.
Approximately two million people joined their hands to form a human chain spanning 690 kilometres (430 mi) across the three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, which at the time were occupied and annexed by the USSR and had a combined population of approximately eight million.[2]
4 years of the alarm ringing, a 4 year snooze, and then 6 months of the alarm ringing again is an awfully long time to take to wake up. All whilst living in the “richest” country in the world, with the freedom to carry guns, and say what you want. That’s… Even more pathetic than I first thought.
Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed seeing the pictures and videos of thousands, millions, of people marching, but you can do better.
GTFO. It was the third largest in US history. For that many people to mobilize and organize in this country was something to be proud of, and I am the first to admit how cynical and unimpressed by the response we’ve made so far.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_protests_and_demonstrations_in_the_United_States_by_size
For context:
5% of the Italian population protested the Iraq war.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/15_February_2003_anti-war_protests
That’s 25% of the population.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_Way
3.3% of the Phillipines population protested in 1986 whilst under a dictatorship.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_Power_Revolution
GTFO. They’re waking up. Get over yourself.
4 years of the alarm ringing, a 4 year snooze, and then 6 months of the alarm ringing again is an awfully long time to take to wake up. All whilst living in the “richest” country in the world, with the freedom to carry guns, and say what you want. That’s… Even more pathetic than I first thought.
Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed seeing the pictures and videos of thousands, millions, of people marching, but you can do better.
You’re comparing one day protests to weeks or months long protests.
Was No Kings truly a one day protest when there’s been anti-Trump protests dotted around for weeks? It’s one part of a larger group of protests.
All of the numbers I took were for one day turnouts. They’re comparable.
“3.3% is pathetic considering what they were protesting” 🙄 that’s how you sound.
Then you’ve not engaged your brain.
How easy was communication in 1986 compared to now?
How easy was mobilisation, in an island nation, under a dictatorship?
Americans still have most of their freedoms, use them before you lose them.
Fuck off.
Rude.
Yeah, because you were rude to me. Hope this helps!
It only helps if you’re willing to go onto the street and tell Trump and his fascist buddies the same message.
Because otherwise, they’ll do far worse than a nerd on the internet telling you to think will.