2d ago

Why aren't there mass protests in the USA?

I'm shocked that I haven't seen one protest yet. Is the media suppressing them? If there aren't any, why?

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Getting sick of Europeans falling for the blatant suppression and propaganda that our corporate-elite overlords are spoon-feeding them and using that to act superior.
- Europeans are so smug about this shit. It's not a personal virtue that all of you can just hop on a train or a bike or whatever and be at your nation's capital in an hour or two for between zero and fifty euros. Some of us are literally thousands of miles from DC. We are still protesting where we are, but it's purely symbolic and also no one cares.
  
  Why shouldn't they be? Americans have long had a superiority complex, always confidently mocking the problems of others around the world as if they were immune to them. It may feel bad for you now but the schadenfreude the rest of the world feels is completely justified. Frankly, the way some of you are suddenly crying about the rest of the world being mean to you is only further contributing to this image of Americans thinking they are above everyone else.
  
  Americans' superiority complex have always been a goddamn embarrassment. You guys also don't understand American political subdynamics at all. The obnoxious American exceptionalists you are talking about are the ones who supported (and still support) Trump. Every negative stereotype associated with Americans is embodied by Trump supporters, not Trump opposers.
  I don't really care if the world is mean to us. I support every country boycotting the US. I do not consider myself a patriot and never have. I am a cosmopolitan and don't think being born on a certain patch of dirt makes anyone special. I just wish people could understand that a lot of their "gotchas" about Americans ("you guys think your country is better than everyone else," "you guys always talk about 2A", etc) aren't really gotchas because the people the shoe fits the snuggest are the ones who LIKE Trump. People who think the US is God's gift to the world and entitled to stomp all over everyone else voted for Trump because that's what he believes! They aren't out here protesting and they're not going to because they think there's nothing to protest!
  My problem isn't that rhetoric targeting anti-Trump Americans is mean but that it's counterproductive. It's preaching to the choir. A lot of us who voted against him and continue to oppose him are people who think and act more or less just like you but who just happened to be born on this patch of dirt instead of yours. And with a government that doesn't listen to us at all, we have about as much power over the situation as you do. We should be allies in this fight.
- Especially since far-right groups have been falling for Musk's same bullshit in Europe.
  There's been reports that Germany's AFD party fell out of favor after their news got to see how Trump played out. I seriously hope that ends up being true in their next election.
- That being said, if you have a hard time getting the word out on your protests, then the suppression is working.
  Publicizing your actions is part of the protest.
  
  You’re making the assumption that these protests don’t have designated people to cover and publicize their actions. We already know Meta and Twitter have been literally suppressing and shadow banning leftist associated tags and keywords on their platforms.
  
  People need to be sharing info here and through other channels. Pictures, videos, links to organised groups.
  
  There have been. But, if I come across some I’ll try to remember to send you a link.
  
  Thanks, I'm not from the US so have only seen little snippets.

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