California would be better off without the billionaires.

Keep telling yourself that. Moral abstainers make up an unbelievably small percentage of Dem voters. Event if everyone who voted third party or abstained because of genocide support had actually voted for Kamala, she still would have lost.

No, I blame all of you who were content to let the Dems force a status quo candidate on us while quashing progressive movements. If y’all actually had some balls and held your politicians to account, maybe you could have shifted your candidate’s position on genocide or made space for an actual progressive.

Instead, you were all focused on your fears of Daddy coming home and beating everyone with his belt.

So now we get the worst of both worlds. Trump is thrashing American, and there is no effective opposition, because you all voted for no effective opposition.

So, the system working as intended then.

Given the widespread support for the Bolivaran revolution in Venezuela, MAGA is going to have a hard time gaining full control.

Both sides primarily serve rich people at the expense of working people, and both sides support genocide abroad, but the Dems don’t want to kill gay people, so they are totally different.

Genocide is a good reason not to vote for someone. 🤷🏼‍♂️

General strikes, mass persistent protests, and other targeted non-violent actions. Mass movements that have actual commitment behind them are more effective.

But also, the state will never hesitate to use violence, so it is the right of citizens to self-defense. The Black Panthers were very effective at preventing police violence by patrolling their neighborhoods and providing an armed citizenry presence during police interactions. (That’s why Reagan made it illegal to open carry in California.) We need similar militias who can provide deterrence to ICE violence now.

We’ve never had a government that put the needs of the people ahead of the wants of the rich. The closest we had was FDR, and even he only pushed the New Deal to stop us from demanding an even better deal.

Find and join or create a local community based organization and talk to your friends, neighbors, coworkers, and family about the fascist threat. Spend your free time building a strong group that can unite with other strong groups when the time is right.

Political power is not something that can be given with a vote in this world, it must be taken by strength. And in the face of the strength of billionaires, our only chance is solidarity and the strength of a united resistance.

This line of reasoning is now solely an excuse for cowardice. Trump will escalate no matter what.

At this point they are openly collaborating. Opposition, my ass.