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Aw, they really wanted to provoke us into widespread riots.
Poor babies didn’t get what they wanted. Instead there are even more of us now. So sad.
That's one in 50 people in the entire US.
Holy shit.
i posted this the other day: Forrest Valkai on helplessness, activism, and why your voice matters.
I think it’s even more relevant today.
Or 2% of the population. What's wrong with the other 48?
Work probably. A lot of people are a missed check away from snowballing down late fees into eviction proceedings.
Bellcurve with timid liberals and shy bigots in the middle (no neutral on a moving train).
Any fresh homeless folks can always move to DC with their complaints. We've used that strategy a couple times.
Wasn't it held on a Saturday? Sure, some percentage works on weekends but not half the population.
'flexible scheduling' started in the 80's. Factories pay slightly more shit and run all week.
It's not like anyone is protecting workers here. Didn't you hear about Joe Hill?
These protests need to happen on a daily basis.
ppl gotta work
This is why the strike needs to generalize to a workers' and renters' strike. Much easier to keep striking when you're not going to work and your entire building is refusing to pay the rent.
Yesterday I went into a small town near my town (my town is absolutely tiny; the next town over is pretty small but also a college town).
There was a protest going on in the town square. There were a lot of really cool inflatable costumes because of that frog and EVERYONE was smiling and waving.
The president declared he was "not a king"
He also posted a video of himself as a king shitting diarrhea over Americans
The president of the united states posted a video of him graphically shitting diarrhea onto Americans.
7 million is a lot of people, but I doubt it's enough to stop Trump.
This is about 2.5% of the population, and if we say about 1 in 10 who sympathize actually went, a rule of thumb that works for many situations, that means the opposition to Trump is only 25%.
I really really hope I'm wrong in this interpretation, so anyone with better knowledge on how these things work, pleas tell me I'm wrong.
On a more positive note, I think this is the biggest turnout yet.
Just because people weren’t there doesn’t mean they’re not opposed to Trump. Some people had to work, and others have a valid fear of crowds or getting stuffed in an ICE, FBI, or National Guard van.
My son has major anxiety, so in order to not provoke it I have not gone despite wanting to. I am absolutely against Trump’s authoritarianism, but my son’s health and safety is more important to me right now.
Just because people weren’t there doesn’t mean they’re not opposed to Trump.
I know, I estimated a ratio of 1 to 10 on that.