cross-posted from: https://50501.chat/post/93776
We are building a massive, visible, national rejection of this crisis—and today’s numbers are proof that the people—the majority—are taking action to stop a hostile government takeover.
Because let’s be clear: We do not have a functioning democracy anymore. Trump and his billionaire allies have dismantled our system of checks and balances, stacked the courts, silenced dissent, and declared themselves above the law.
They are disappearing people, attacking universities and the free press, and purging agencies meant to protect the people—from the environment to civil rights to public health.
This is not politics as usual. This is a hostile takeover by billionaires, corporations, and authoritarian enablers.
They are gutting the country for parts—and selling us out in the process.
They are not leaders. They are traitors to the people of this country.
So we are building a People’s Movement. And history shows that when just 3.5% of the population engages in sustained, peaceful resistance—transformative change is inevitable.
But we have to earn it. And we have to fight for it.
We may no longer have a functioning democracy—but we still have a chance to restore it. The window is closing though. And we are the ones who must rise to meet this moment.
So here’s what you can do: 📱 Use the 5 Calls app or Resist Bot to contact your elected officials—every single day.
🎤 Demand town halls. Show up at their public appearances.
🚫 Boycott the corporations funding this hostile takeover.
🗣️ Talk to your friends, family, coworkers, and neighbors. Don’t let them sleep through this moment.
📸 Share protest footage, updates, and facts on social media. Amplify the truth—because the billionaires are trying to drown it out.
📲 And follow us to stay connected, get updates, and join future actions.
We are not alone. We are not powerless. And we are not backing down.
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Originally Posted By
u/FiftyFifty1MovementAt2025-04-05 07:56:36 PM| Source
Real democracy is like in the EU, where for the past 30 years, you get to choose the colour of the party that applies neoliberal shock therapy and dismantling of the welfare state.
I'm Spanish. In my home country, a party rose against corruption in the name of the left wing, called "Podemos". You know what happened? The state apparatus manufactured false evidence of funding from Venezuela and Iran, leaked this false information to journalists, and private media started a yearlong campaign of smearing of the party using false information, if you want to look it up, search for "caso Pablo Iglesias Sociedad Anónima". They literally bought people from the Venezuelan opposition to create a false narrative that the party was corrupted by Venezuelan money.
So: don't you fucking dare tell me to my face that European democracies are democracies and Chinese government has no opposition. In Europe we literally had the "Gladio operation" in which lost leftist leaders were LITERALLY MURDERED by intelligence agencies.
"Caring about Operation Gladio and the lack of democracy in your country means you love dictatorships". It's so obvious that you don't actually care about democracy, you're just a racist american/European supremacist who believes Chinese people are a hivemind that "are forced" to like their government
I'm making legitimate criticism of my "democracy" when you bring up controlled opposition, to show you that calling my system a democracy as opposed to China is fucking ridiculous. You don't accept criticism of your system and you call it "whataboutism", when in reality we're discussing two different political systems because you're calling one of them authoritarian which is comparative to the other. You just can't answer with anything reasonable other than "Gyna bad" so you end the conversation with the thought terminating cliche of whataboutism.
The only measure for democracy is being able to choose which of the two billionaire-approved candidates with functionally identical policy against the working class on the other hand.
Aren't people concerned with Trump doing this and quite literally just waving hands about it?