r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 1d ago

Soft Paywall Obama Breaks Silence on Trump’s ‘Unimaginable’ Presidency - “Imagine if I had done any of this,” the former two-term president said.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/obama-breaks-silence-on-trumps-unimaginable-presidency/
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u/TheMarkHasBeenMade America 1d ago

So what about all of the protests that have been happening time and again across our massive country since all this started? They don’t mean anything? Nothing counts until there’s one million people storming the capital while Trump is golfing in Florida?

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u/sammythemc 1d ago

So what about all of the protests that have been happening time and again across our massive country since all this started? They don’t mean anything?

I wouldn't say they don't mean anything, but most of those demonstrations have been relatively small, a few hundred people here and there. Nothing you could compare to eg the George Floyd protests, which unfortunately were taken by many as an object lesson in how people power hitting the streets is more likely to be met with bear mace than an open policy dialogue with the powers that be.

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u/TheMarkHasBeenMade America 1d ago

There have been many that were several thousand-strong at numerous points over the last several months.

Hell, some of the rallies AOC and Bernie hosted pulled in several tens of thousands of attendees.

If you haven’t heard about those you haven’t been paying attention.

Are you attending any of these protests and marches? Or are you just complaining that other people aren’t doing enough?

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u/sammythemc 18h ago

I'm not complaining, I'm just describing the reality of the situation. These protests are substantially smaller than other recent protests that didn't work, people are substantially more cynical about the effect of a few hundred people in the streets (or thousands at a rally, which Harris pulled before losing) than they were even just 5 years ago.