• Gammelfisch@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Big kudos to the No Kings protestors. The parade for Krasnov received what is deserved, it was fucking lame.

    • Fair Fairy@thelemmy.club
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      1 day ago

      Hahahha. I see on Russian forums - they call organization a “communal farm style”, and that it looked more like a prisoner of war walk.

  • catty@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I like how all the big media just happened to publish articles about “peaceful protests” to pacify the protestors, “please don’t be violent everyone, the police can’t shoot you all in the leg with rubber bullets”.

    The violent protests are the successful ones. Just ask every country, ever.

  • andybytes@programming.devEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I do see people’s point about America just being such a passive or incredibly violent country. But, when I went out to the protest, I did notice that you had anarchist, grannies and liberals in the same setting. So we gotta watch and see what happens over time. But I mean, I think collective suffering is going to push people to the edge. Which eventually will awaken something, I hope. In the meantime, I have my eyes set on Europe. At least the cheeseburger kings bday party was an absolute flop. You can see it in his face. Trump is such a little baby bitch.

  • andybytes@programming.devEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I do see people’s point about America just being such a passive or incredibly violent country. But, when I went out to the protest, I did notice that you had anarchist, grannies and liberals in the same setting. So we gotta watch and see what happens over time. But I mean, I think collective suffering is going to push people to the edge. Which eventually will awaken something, I hope. In the meantime, I have my eyes set on Europe. At least the cheeseburger kings bday party was an absolute flop. You can see it in his face. Trump is such a little bitch.

  • Eugenia@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 days ago

    As someone now living in Europe, I find the US protests mild and small. When Europeans protest, they protest. I mean, my native Greece saw a massive protest in Feb, well over a million went out, in a country of ~9 million. This is how you do it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm3vEKMnA-8

    • Gammelfisch@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      The problem, the Americans work too much. If they had the vacation days like the Europeans, these protests would turn French. The demonstrations in Germany are weak compared to the French too.

    • Surp@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 days ago

      What you’re failing to understand is the USA is so gigantic that you can’t really get people that don’t have a lot of in one spot easily. It’s costly to fly to one place or even drive to one place. Greece is tiny in comparison. We had people protesting in the millions throughout the USA this weekend but not all together in the same place as I said it’s just too damn expensive. Are you going to help pay to organize that sort of thing or just not think about the logistics of it all and say random things on the internet because you hate the USA or something. USA citizens have had enough and were trying to organize everywhere we can. Greece isn’t even bigger than Texas which is one of 50 states just to put it into perspective. “I have friends everywhere”

      • Lucky_777@lemmy.world
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        2 days ago

        Yep, people dont think about that. Greece is the size of Alabama lol.

        USA = 9.8 million kilometers

        Greece = 132,000 kilometers

    • dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      You’re basically watching a whole country (re)learn how to do this. Most of us have had it good for a long time, up until very recently. You’re seeing a lot of first-timers in every one of these protests, as the movement grows. Give it time.

  • Wilco@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Republicans should be terrified at this point. The protests are peaceful … for now.