To put into perspective: South Korea declared Martial Law during the end of 2024 which was short lived as their citizens were awake, not asleep (since a similar thing occurred in 1980 that lasted until 1987) it only ceased when a new president was elected, so they know what their parents have been through back then not letting it slide in modern times which was met with stiff resistance & protest from Gen Z Koreans.
Their president was impeached right after he enacted it as he’s abusing his power via blocking legislators by using both law enforcement and the military averting them from entering their national assembly, including him ordering the arrest of both the judges and supreme court justices whilst illegally declaring martial law (all in which violate their constitution). People there protested against martial law.
What do you think those people should do instead?
checks what instance we’re on
No comment.
Strike. Protest during the weekday. Throw molotov cocktails. Revolt. Storm the capital. Anything at this point.
Scenario:
Me: throws molotov
White Americans: "See, these immigrants are violent! He’s probably a CCP member. Lets deport all the Chinese! "
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Chinese_sentiment_in_the_United_States Am I supposed to do things that would provoke more incidents to this wiki-page?)
I mean, first thing would to hide my identity and try not to be caught. Have other like minded inviduals. Do it when theres more people around to hide from authority. Idk. I dont have the answers but peaceful protests havent done anything. The admin just keeps getting worse and worse.
This is a great way to get thrown in prison and accomplish nothing. Building cohesive local mutual aid networks and progressively larger protests accomplishes way more as far as resistance to Trump
We’ll get thrown in prison sooner or later for being considered antifa. Too late for a peaceful approach.
What have you done?
I was very active last year with being an organizer with 50501 and Indivisible in my city. Ig people need an outlet, but no one I met wanted to do something more then help for the next protest. The leader of my city Indivisible stated they would only do events that national approved. 50501 dissolved because they were too paranoid to be in public.
On the assumption you’re American, where’s your molotov?
If you aren’t, you really don’t understand what you’re asking. Most people would have to drive hours or days to be anywhere worth rebelling, lose everything they care about in the process of just not showing up for work regardless of actions taken, and do it all alone because everyone else is under the same threat. All against the most powerful military in the world.
The US is big. Someone in LA coordinating with someone in NYC is culturally and geographically similar to someone in
BarcelonaLisbon coordinating with someone in Berlin. And they have safety nets.Barcelona and Moscow are closer to each other than LA and NY, fyi
Otherwise, I totally agree with you.
Oops, you’re right. I meant Lisbon, not Barcelona. Dat American education right?
Edit: To clarify, the first time I cooked up this relationship (copying someone else), Lisbon to Berlin was what I landed on. Barcelona to Moscow also works.