By Ralph Nader April 11, 2025 If there was ever a strong contemporary case for declaring that silence is complicity, consider the hush of Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Al Gore, and even George W. Bush as they grind their teeth over the Donald Trump/Elon Musk wrecking…
The assholeness of blame and what-if-ism is the death knell for any hopes that this generation has what it takes to combat this fascism.
I hope you can stop sniping at people helping you, and act. This tail biting has got to stop. Forget the failures of the past. How much guilt do you want to squeeze from people who may or may not have contributed to its cause?
Succeed today, or it’s over. Get your shit together.
And to add to this, emphasis on Together. We need to be a United Left. We need to participate in local and primary elections across the board, starting yesterday. We need to vote for Bernie and people he supports, and in a great many cases that includes voting for the DNC.
The left keep losing because you all think protesting is more effective then using online sources to spread ideas.
Did Russia invest in protests to get trump elected?
No they invested efforts into the IRA.
They have turned the main population against the left at every protest with just online engagement. They even turn the left on themselves. They minute a decent voice makes themselves known on the left, there’s always group on the left that pops up to abuse them. A few weeks ago I saw people calling Jon Stewart a fascist.
Keep protesting though everyone. You’re making great progress so far. Maybe you just need a few more thousand next time.
I can’t believe the top comment on this post.
The assholeness of blame and what-if-ism is the death knell for any hopes that this generation has what it takes to combat this fascism.
I hope you can stop sniping at people helping you, and act. This tail biting has got to stop. Forget the failures of the past. How much guilt do you want to squeeze from people who may or may not have contributed to its cause?
Succeed today, or it’s over. Get your shit together.
And to add to this, emphasis on Together. We need to be a United Left. We need to participate in local and primary elections across the board, starting yesterday. We need to vote for Bernie and people he supports, and in a great many cases that includes voting for the DNC.
Hold on I’m going to go stand in the street and call people fascists while I have a box at home that is built to get a message out and connect people
You think shitposting and bitching online is the same as engaging with people in real life?
That certainly explains a lot.
The left keep losing because you all think protesting is more effective then using online sources to spread ideas.
Did Russia invest in protests to get trump elected?
No they invested efforts into the IRA.
They have turned the main population against the left at every protest with just online engagement. They even turn the left on themselves. They minute a decent voice makes themselves known on the left, there’s always group on the left that pops up to abuse them. A few weeks ago I saw people calling Jon Stewart a fascist.
Keep protesting though everyone. You’re making great progress so far. Maybe you just need a few more thousand next time.
You can do both. However local engagement typically brings a better ROI because divide and conquer.
Massively disagree on this
It’s like thinking a race horse can compete against a car.