We Have Been Here Before And We Will Overcome Again

[@dawnalawrence6584]

I'm 75 and THIS is WORSE than anything in my life!

[@OscarLangleySoryu]

This is worse than Jim Crow? This is worse than ignoring the AIDS pandemic because it was perceived to be killing gay people? This is worse than women being basically owned by their fathers and husbands…?

[@kodeoda2011]

So mate, do you feel it gets worse and worse with every new Republican regime?

[@humanitarianly]

I'm 50 and I feel the same.

[@JoeL-zb1yd]

I will be 75 in February. I take my hat off to you and shake your hand, friend!

[@IngramSnake]

I love you elder lefties ❤

[@standingalone001]

I do not think we have been here before. I was born in 71 so I remember Reagan and Bush but this is something new. Partly because Democrats are not an answer or an opposition.

[@db8658]

100%.

[@oldstix]

I agree. Just like climate change, the social changes we are seeing are big and violent and unpredictable.

[@TheHesseJames]

When Democrats are not the answer to the people’s questions they will find the answer in something else. Not sure it’s going to be a good one.

[@bsadewitz]

I keep telling people that the reason we have trump again is because the Democrats refuse to run a left-wing populist for obvious reasons. They could have won if they made Walz the candidate or Sanders. There is no way that no democratic strategists, etc. don't understand this. I'm not some genius. Walz could have TROUNCED Trump. But Democratic elites are high on their own supply.

[@bsadewitz]

​​​@@TheHesseJamesWhat Democratic elites seem to be unable to understand is that people can come to other conclusions than they do. Their answer to every loss is that the people don't properly understand. Blame it on the voters. But wtf sense does that make in a democracy? But they are running on "save democracy". They did that last time. I mean, did Harris even explicitly pick up any of Biden's unkept promises?

[@matthewogorman7291]

A million people died in Iraq, we went trillions into debt, taxes for the rich were slashed, everything got privatized. They won. We didn't overcome.

[@CharlesHailey-l8f]

We didn't "survive" - we were forever changed by Bush Jr. We still live in a jack-booted world largely started by W's insanity.

[@kushclarkkent6669]

Finally an injection of realism. This isn't Bush. Trump may be dumber than Bush, but Bush didn't have an Elon Musk. We are royally F*CKED if all we do is leave sharply worded comments on the internet. We're gonna have to organize and get in the streets to stop the insanity that's coming our way. The billionaires want ALL of our money.

[@stephaniesanderson6190]

Homeland patriot act is a open door 🚪 for a ??? government

[@richardarriaga6271]

Bush's underlings define the Supreme Court. A lack of environmental policy is his fault.

[@gugurupurasudaikirai7620]

Shit goes back to Reagan. The attacks on the education system, the stagnant wage growth and upward transfer if wealth from deregulation, making stock buybacks legal (that's a big one that isn't talked about enough), the war on drugs, ignoring the AIDS pandemic for years...

[@dingusdingus2152]

Dubya had a lot of help from dick Cheney

[@David-mk5yq]

Remember MAGA: Elon and Trump are your daddies, and having two daddies is woke.

[@michaeloftaoism]

👏👏👏

[@heatherfitzgibbon]

BRAVO!!!

[@TheBlackPanther05]

LMAO YOU ATE THAT!!

[@SmilingIbis]

It's hot too!

[@Dellaluna13]

I loved that Alex Cole tweet.

[@annjepsen1621]

We've started down this road before (Tea Party), but we have never traveled *this far* down it. We're much further down and Trump has made it much harder to stop, turn around and change direction.

[@richardarriaga6271]

Trump is in Jacksonian territory

[@pickledragonrebel]

Agreed. We've never been in this position like we are now. THIS IS DIFFERENT.

[@mariegumpel4955]

yep.

[@thenutella8846]

I haven't watched the video yet as I'm writing this, but that title irks me. We never "overcame" the problems ushered in during the 70's onwards under guys like Reagan and Bush (who were more the figureheads rather than the sole causes of our struggles), we're still dealing with them. It's just that it's been so subtle/insidious that the system they upheld has become the visual norm. The bits of progress we made so far since then is still not enough.

[@ashicks]

Yes, exactly. They're acting as if Clinton wasn't president when congress (and Clinton) sold American manufacturing out. The one guy even pointed NAFTA out yet they speak as if that wasn't a major force, along with the bank deregulation the democrats brought in, in building the complete oligarchy we're living under now.

[@Pigeon_Flipper]

I don't want to overcome it again I want to fix it so it doesn't happen again.

[@vipermad358]

We tried that. The Dems would not let Bernie win.

[@alviverdeus]

Neither Reagan nor Bush violently resisted leaving office.

[@stvinney]

We haven't been here before We just haven't But I do appreciate the optimism We are going to need all we can get

[@TheDesertRat31]

I can only hope that trump and his circus of idiots screw stuff up so bad that even right wingers get fed up.

[@fighttheevilrobots3417]

How many others have lost friends and family by setting healthy boundaries with the Trump supporters around you? This is correct to do. We must protect ourselves and they must know the consequences of their actions.

[@TheHesseJames]

I think this is completely wrong and unhelpful.

[@vipermad358]

I don't hang out with assholes. Never have. Is this NEW to you?🤷🏻‍♂️😂

[@vipermad358]

@@TheHesseJamesWho cares what you think about somebody else's life? For real. STFU. 😂

[@stormhawk4277]

@@TheHesseJamesWhat's unhelpful is to argue with cultists who are beyond reason and sanity

[@jasonmiller6800]

Your high horse mentality is akin to ws

[@ArchArturo]

I'm cautiously optimistic, but I think the same. These people are just the new Oil Barons and Bankers... Hell, they might be their offspring, but, there is always a cycle. And Progressives shall come stronger. Much love and Hope from Mexico.

[@LindaMcification]

Thank you for the optimism and Much Love from New York...

[@Hapa4life87]

Thank you for that hope and optimism from California!!!

[@tylerhackner9731]

It’s gonna be even harder this time around. But we will overcome.

[@bbo7002]

I hope ur right 😔

[@TheBlackPanther05]

God I fucking hope you're right, because I'm not feeling very optimistic about the future of our "democracy" right now, if there's even any of it left.

[@LindaMcification]

@@bbo7002 We definitely will overcome this. Keep your chin up and believe...

[@straybullistic]

it's hard not to feel like we're in unknown territory. the Dubya years felt like we were in the abyss. Did we ever get out of it?

[@rubymeaddle]

It will pass It's gonna pass like a kidney stone But it will pass

[@tonywords6713]

I mean, we "overcame" it in the way one "overcomes" a traumatic brain injury.. a lot of what we see today is the logical culmination and trajectory of the Bush years, just like the Bush years were an evolution of Reaganism.. Nixon.. etc

[@MJH-kr4zg]

From the outside looking in the current state of the U.S. labor movement is giving me some reason for optimism. Teamsters currently striking Amazon lots of on the ground organizing. HOPEFULLY something positive can come out of that movement to combat not only the right but the Democratic Party as well.

[@stephanier.tinney343]

I'm thrilled over this development

[@Hapa4life87]

Unions going on strike and the fact that congress passed a CR with little to none of Trump/Musks demands met is sign that it won’t be smooth sailing for this new regime and we have to build upon this

[@charlesparr1611]

There has always been an oligarchy. What distinguishes today is that firstly, the Oligarchs seem to have forgotten that the lower classes are SHEEP, and not CATTLE. The difference is that sheep are key alive and nurtured, so the shepherd can harvest the wool. Cattle are slaughtered. The oligarchs in their greed have started to care less and less about the well being of their flock. They never cared about the flock, to be clear, but they did recognize and value the wool, and thus cared for the sheep out of self interest. Secondly, the oligarchs have more power than ever before. Their control of social media cannot be overestimated in it's utility for social control of aggregate populations. It got Trump elected. And it's not just social media. The ruling class today control security services that are effectively small private army cadres that can 'rent' foot soldiers from the public security forces (national guard, police) to protect the capital class. More than this, the ruling classes today are transnational in their source of wealth and power. Gone are the days when a robber baron could be wiped out by s strike, nowadays they gain their power wth financial instruments that are immune to attack. It has become immensely more difficult for those NOT in the ruling class to effectively resist, refuse, or even avoid the demands of the ruling class. Meaningful non violent resistance has become far more difficult and far less effective. The law more than ever enables the ruling class, but binds the working class. Thirdly, oligarchy is best overturned by attack from outside. But today's oligarchs are transnational, there IS no 'outside' for an invading army to come from. This time, The victims of the oligarchy will have to rise without outside help. We will have to over come the effective brainwashing of social media, the drag of fearful complacency, the class traitors who will support the oligarchy for their thirty pieces of silver, and the rational fears of those who know any resistance will lead to their probably impoverishment, their likely execution, and the subsequent ruination of their families. It is hard to be the one to stick their head out when the consequences are so severe and the chance of victory so slim. I am old and nearly dead, and my generation is the one that left you all screwed over. I wish you all luck, but I would be lying if I said I thought much of your chances.

[@stephaniesanderson6190]

You are wise 🦉,🗽🌍👀⚖️🗽

[@colonialstraits1069]

These broken systems are older than you. It’s not any single generation’s fault. Your generation took to the streets and actually fought back. If this generation is willing to fight as hard as the Boomers did, we stand a chance.

[@charlesparr1611]

@@colonialstraits1069Oh, we tried. I am not ashamed of my effort, I gave my best, I protested, I boycotted, I marched, I participated in Direct action, and I punched quite a few Nazis. I bled, I got bruises, I risked life and limb, I suffered legally and economically. I will die poor because I was blacklisted for anti racist action in a very racist area and a largely racist occupation (construction). I did what was right and it cost me dearly. It would have been nice to at least be poor and hurting BUT victorious. That is not the case. The thing is that while I am not ashamed of my own efforts, the fact remains that too few of my generation ever fought, too many were actively complicit class traitors, and in the end those of us who did fight, lost. And we knew we were losing the whole time. We watched it happen, no matter hw hard we fought it was never enough. You're right, it isn't the fault of those of us who fought that we failed. But we did fail. It was our responsibility to hand on a better world than we were born into, and instead we have saddled the next generation with a world and a political reality that is worse in every single way than the one we were born into. Inequality is worse than ever before, democracy has never been less prevalent or more threatened. The few advances we made, women rights, anti-racism, anti-fascism have been erased by the rise of the oligarchs, used as manipulative memes to enslave the right and the centre, and to confuse the left. Everything I fought and bled for is now called 'woke' and denigrated by those that (briefly) benefited from, who then allowed it to be taken from them without a fight by the simple age old distraction employed by the ruling class for thousands of years: "Lets you and him fight!', as they paid one half of the working class to fight the other half and laughed from their wine cellars and sixth homes and third yachts.

[@zzzT.]

Agree with everything you wrote. Even the media and high profile Dems are surrendering. Bad times are coming, not just for the country but the whole world.

[@charlesparr1611]

@@colonialstraits1069 My reply to you was deleted by youtube as being against community standards... Hilarious. I hope you had a chance to read it. It seems youtube will not be allowing resistance to the trump fascist administration and the rule of the oligarchs to be spread on their site. Time to start figuring out how to fool their bots, I guess.

[@EduardoRodriguez-du2vd]

It is not the same. My impression is that America has already lost democracy, and history shows that dictators do not relinquish power willingly, and in cases where this is possible, it takes several generations to recover it; moreover, part of society remains poisoned, longing for the autocratic regime.

[@vipermad358]

Are you a white collar Democrat?

[@EduardoRodriguez-du2vd]

@@vipermad358 Nope. I lived under three types of dictatorships for several years.

[@richardarriaga6271]

This is true in the post-Soviet post-Confederate space. The people responsible need to be held accountable or else they will write the history books.

[@stephanier.tinney343]

The United States was defeated by Russia in November.

[@Hapa4life87]

If it takes several generations then we better start fast and set up strong stepping stones to come back from this

[@professorprofessorson8795]

AOC is the future. We all need to do all we can to support her.

[@Glaaki13]

she is a liberal like the rest

[@LazyEyePolitics]

She was the future. Before she started taking part in the establishment. Now she's been taken.

[@ryanhubbard1885]

AOC started her career by trying to increase congressional salaries even though they’re already making $174,000. She’s told y’all from the start that she’ll do whatever for more money.

[@LabGoats]

​@@LazyEyePolitics I wish Tlaib or Omar had the popularity she does. I feel like with the right media team Rashida could get there, but AOC could run in 28 and i think she'd have a half decent chance.

[@Swedishpolymath]

@@LazyEyePolitics She is still the future stop being such a drama queen. She young what 31.

[@benzell4]

I feel it as well, Sam! Not only because the Extreme Court of 2000 ordained W. as President- now it’s 20+ fucking years later, plus 4… So, yeah, demoralizing as Hell; enter the Rubicon/ true Oligarchy!?!!!

[@Farmers-Almanac]

I don't feeeel like we've been here before though.

[@yayobill3159]

Thank you guys,love yall!

[@Ophelia381]

My heart goes out to those who aren't going to make it through.

[@stephanier.tinney343]

My God it's incalculable. I know I'm target one. P2025 is already here in the state I live in. I check all the boxes . I'm poor , in Alabama, and not Christian, never married, unable to get a single job because I have a possession charge. I'm already completely on the edge of being priced out of life

[@rmrz0011]

​@stephanier.tinney343 reach out for help! You're not alone 🙏

[@goarmysleepinthemud.]

Thankyou.

[@willboler830]

Basically, this is going to be a long fight and some of us won't survive it. Same or worse as last time.

[@TheOneSin489]

Sorry i am no longer part of this fight im moving when i get the chance unless some serious progress is made and im not going to stick my neck out when i am by myself in the middle of maga territory

[@BenedictMHolland]

A bunch of people didn't survive. We got into more wars and continued drone strikes that killed a million people. Bush also was not a dictator.

[@vipermad358]

Drones during Bush?!😂. They did not exist.

[@richardarriaga6271]

​@@vipermad358Predator drones were very expensive, but they very much existed back then.

[@AndyNassab-e3j]

​@@vipermad358Bush ordered a few drone strikes in his last year I believe.

[@BenedictMHolland]

@vipermad358 that's a new one. Are you of the type to ask where Obama was on 9-11?

[@goarmysleepinthemud.]

@@vipermad358 They absolutely existed. The Predator drone was used in the Gulf War in 1991. When I was in the army in Iraq in 2005 we had drones. Google it and you will see. We have had drones in use the size of humming birds since the 2010s. They were used in Afghanistan.

[@sunnyday237]

6:09 We are gonna need some communicators! Meanwhile Pelosi within the Geriatri-verse: let me prop up the ancient, cancer riddled dude instead

[@richardarriaga6271]

She surrendered to the power of the One Ring.

[@annjepsen1621]

@@richardarriaga6271 I wish I could ask her when enough will be enough. Enough power, enough money from her insider trading, enough stepping on other people!

[@JoeL-zb1yd]

Rick Perlstein is great. Thank you.

[@Alltime2050]

Except the climate is going to forgive another decade of wasted time thanks to those idiots. We had a chance after Bush was gone, and we blew it.

[@harrygrosomanidis9699]

Wall St Bankers should have been prosecuted by Obama, that would have been a start.

[@Kristopher2022]

Also it may not be modern history but the US has been here remember Andrew Jackson

[@Damacles9]

Gilded Age

[@amberanderson528]

Smart people leave america. this country is NEVER going to change.

[@Swedishpolymath]

Just remember that Europe does not take in refugees anymore.

[@TheOneSin489]

Exactly for this country to change it must fall

[@ailblentyn]

And lots of us will die… again…

[@vipermad358]

you are still alive, right? Who's "us" to you?

[@ailblentyn]

@ To me, “us” is all living things. The needless deaths from COVID, the deaths in the Middle East, the holocaust of ecosystems. All these things that occur under U.S. administrations. Saying “We survived past horrors” is survivor bias at its most literal!

[@zzzT.]

Palestine is a lost cause that doesn't inspire the masses. Thats just a fact. Both parties agree that Israel is an American ally it's right wing government controls it's military. The protests did nothing but waste time.

[@jasonmiller6800]

Hindus have that luxury 😂

[@3eyedfish]

The cancer is metastasizing. Cars and tv are not the answer.

[@iak706]

Diogenes of oenoanda spent his entire life's fortune on having an 80 meter x 4 meter inscription carved on the wall facing the market in 120 AD which outlihed the epicurean philosophy which brought happiness to his life. A part of this inscription was to argue to those in the market that they would not find happiness there.

[@davidriley2828]

We have not been here before.

[@ibnwarraq7826]

I think the ongoing climate catastrophe is going to make coming back even harder. We are on the precipice of an ungodly amount of chaos and suffering. Buckle up people.

[@marisabenson1222]

The question will be ; does America have the attitudes required to organise and resist in sufficient numbers or are they too centrist and naive. The labels left and right are pretty restrictive and the reason that divisions cause movements to fracture. I also think tbeyre outdated . Lastly those descriptions are vastly different when applied to other countries and America starts from an extremely conservative base. You are in deep trouble.

[@GeorgeVaaeth-kc9wc]

There is a book called "Revolutionary rehearsals" which is a book about defeated attempts at revolution in several countries, including Chile. It's available at Haymarket books. It's a compilation of essays and it's very interesting in that it's conclusion is that the reason why they failed is they didn't have an organized revolutionary party. Maybe we should talk about this too.😉

[@johntaylor4817]

I’ve been posting this for years on KZbin and other forums -There has to be some kind of understanding at the highest level of conservative groups - federalist society, Heritage foundation, RNC, Koch brothers, the Supreme Court that they will eventually autocratically govern the United States. They all have to be confident that they will eventually rule the U.S. without opposition. Otherwise how do they think they can get away with what they are doing.

[@Damacles9]

Marshal law

[@johntaylor4817]

@ that would be martial law but yes it could be next.

[@KyleRuggles]

I think overcome is another word for sweep under the rug and try and forget about it.

[@vipermad358]

That's definitely what the "outraged" 6-figure-earning Democrats will be doing.

[@TurtleTimeVoiceOvers]

Dear Guests - Please be sure to let hosts finish speaking before you talk. Otherwise we often can’t hear what you’re saying.

[@standingalone001]

This seems a lot like current day Argentina to me.

[@michaelthelen4750]

The US isn't anything like Argentina. Argentina suffers from decades of socialist misrule, creating hyperinflation. Milei is now in the process of leading Argentina out of that abyss, but it is going to be painful. There is a price to be paid for all those years of poor choices. The good news in that inflation has ebbed to almost normal levels. Now the process of economic rebuilding can start.

[@iak706]

Because melei has been implementing similar policy to that of project 2025. There is a good article about this connection, but i cannot find it or remember what publication.

[@richardarriaga6271]

​@@michaelthelen4750Austerity destroyed the UK. It is why Poland will likely outgrow the UK by the end of the decade.

[@jasonmiller6800]

Without the drop dead gorgeous women 😂

[@TheOneSin489]

​​@@michaelthelen4750nah its worse than before and mile is just doing project 2025 and extracting the nations wealth to its oligarchs and ruling like a tryant crushing dissent

[@LazyEyePolitics]

We didn't have a full blown oligarchy before no.

[@vipermad358]

We've had one since the beginning.

[@ronbock8291]

It’s just stepping into the sunlight demanding admiration now.

[@davidbrockmeier9538]

Many of us know what's coming. Many of the people who voted for him don't. This is the most heavily armed nation in the world. And most have all been cheering on Luigi. Deny. Defend. Depose.

[@MartinJames389]

Don't look for leadership from *anyone.* Built community instead. We are are the people who can solve our problems, as long as we do it *together* and make supporting each other our highest priority.

[@kushclarkkent6669]

OMG I JUST READ THE ARTICLE "MY DINNER WITH ANDREESEN" YESTERDAY NOW HERE'S THE AUTHOR. That is crazy. Marc Andreesen is a menace. People need to read that article. It is very illuminating.

[@benbrown1366]

See discussion of immigration politics at 2:45. Often the Majority Report points out disjunctures between popular policies and what the corporate- and elite- influencedDemocratic Party does in practice. But in this case, the Majority Report is not taking seriously the reality of public opinion polling on immigration. A Siena College poll of early December found that 54% of registered New York State voters said that "New York State should support the federal government's efforts to deport migrants." Only 35% said the State should oppose those efforts. New York is a deep-blue, Democratic state.

[@TheOneSin489]

But you are also leaving out that another poll says that a majority when given an alternative to giving them citizenship status even more popular. Stop being dishonest by only painting a narrative that there is only one option

[@alexkats30]

With all due respect, no you haven't

[@numbakrunch]

IMMA LET YOU FINISH SAM AND EMMA

[@anactualcloud]

Just looking at the title. I think that is incorrect.

[@zzzT.]

Agree. This is new territory. 🤠

[@MJH-kr4zg]

Mark Andreessen saying what JD Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy was REALLY about with that OxyContin and video game quote.

[@WhyEvenBother-t4w]

Maybe after we're all forced to suffer for awhile, we''ll fight for change. All over again.

[@vipermad358]

"We"? What is your education level? What sort of job do you have?

[@philmarks4254]

Question for anyone that has a good line on cross border oil sales. If 52% of petroleum (60% of crude) imports to the US has a 25% tariff on it, how bad would a 25% export tax that the producers will charge direct to the customer, affect oil prices and general inflation?

[@avel1491]

The libs and even some leftists are going to need to accept that there's going to be (hopefully) resistance that isn't going to be very pretty. We're going to need to be prepared to permit or support some things that you may not find morally acceptable. This Mangione thing gives me a little hope.

[@vipermad358]

Leftists have been in favor of Left violence for a long time. Liberals, not so much. They side with fascists, as history shows us.

[@X2LR8]

Bad idea. Things like that tend to backfire and come back 10 fold.

[@avel1491]

@X2LR8 I'm saying they're going to happen and we should be open to changes around where our lines are. I meant we should hope we have some provocation that isn't just a parade. Anything past that seems to get the scorn of most people who fancy themselves progressive. It doesn't matter if you are or are not correct.

[@Alsatiagent-zu1rx]

I was working at Fentons in Toronto when I heard Mimi (who later cooked for musical legends when she bloody well felt like it) exclaim: "He's a "B" list actor!" That's how I knew Ronnie was a problem. Dunno how she forgot the old "affix bayonets" order by Governor Reagan in order to handle harmless hippy peace protesters some ten years earlier.

[@bkbland1626]

You'd think that we would learn. Naw....

[@davidjames2083]

*Y'know... Like... Right... Y'know... Like... Right... Y'know... Like... Right... Y'know... Like... Right... Y'know... Like... Right... and on and on in an effin' tornado of child-speak!* 🌪

[@TheHesseJames]

SA is a hell of a democracy.

[@shadowspond3488]

I totally expect my husband and I will die. Not even going to be a surprise.

[@jasonmiller6800]

Immortality is overrated 😂

[@corvus1970]

"What can men do against such reckless hate?"

[@jasonmiller6800]

Elect a dangerous woman 😂

[@PositronicCrouton]

I have been saying this, we have been here before. Can it be bad enough to draw lines that pull us out of the threats we perceive but not so bad we never recover?

[@GermanLeftist]

I think you guys are naive if you think this will be like Nixon, Reagan or Bush.

[@gugurupurasudaikirai7620]

It's much more Hoover

[@adambram]

I’ve been saying the Constitution failed for several years. It’s failed to stop fascism and oligarchy from happening, and it will fail to eradicate the problem. Therefore, the only solution will be a new constitution. We’ll have to go through this before we fix it, I guess.

[@Megarobotsquadron]

Those guys didn't "joke" about taking Canada. That should alarm the entire planet

[@squirrelsmom9090]

Not prison labor.. Child labor.

[@Jacob-hk6to]

I don’t think we’ve quite been here before

[@enriquehernandez650]

But what about the "trump is bad" is not reason enough to vote Democrat crowd? Hello guys?

[@maxhollenbeck9074]

Wait…when did overcome in the first place?

[@pizzacrunch4632]

Everyone swept up in his mass deportation mess will jist end up in a modern work camp.

[@aiatgamer375]

This time it is different, this time half of America is extremely stupid.

[@ghost-in-the-ciel]

I've heard of an Italian guy who has been known to take care of problems like Elaan Musk

[@vipermad358]

Who? Are you bigoted against us Italians?

[@wonpak4737]

W!..MD

[@futureglobal7258]

2:00 Democrats, don’t allow yourselves to be scapegoated

[@111nwp]

Musk reminds me of Grover Norquest from the G. W. Bush years.

[@justmenotyou3151]

We have not been here before. You're delusional if you think this is like anything we've been through before.

[@brendanhoffmann8402]

Sam should debate Rathbone.

[@Brinjal-yu1vi]

It's so Easy to Just Mention the Countries like Africa, going through Struggles but you Should Describe the Horrific, Cruelty Awful Inhumane Period the Poor Africans went through, Ofcourse Manipulated by the West. The Horrors of the African People have Suffered undefinable Cruelty. The Rich of the West should be Sooo Ashamed, if their is a Smidgen of Humanity in them.

[@JoeL-zb1yd]

You can say: "President-elect Elon Musk."

[@jasonmiller6800]

I can get behind that

[@oviivo]

YAKOV SMIRNOFF IN AMERICA WE LOOK FOR PARTY'S IN TRUMP'S AMERICA PARTY WILL LOOK FOR YOU LMFAO 🤣😂

[@dreadtrain2846]

No you haven't and no you won't. You've proven it with that statement. This IS 1939.

[@justincastillogayray]

We've never had an oligarchy before

[@RazorJamz]

Yes we have. Its just not been this obvious. The mask is off now.

[@aeo1976]

Not true, you had it in effect for generations. Now it has just gotten completely obvious because they do not even need to hide it after it got to big to fail. In my opinion it got to big to fail when you defunded NASA and privatized the ability to put satelites. Musk can not be removed now, without the goverment taking his company and that is never going to happen in capitalist USA .He has to many progams they need so he dictates the terms.

[@ArchArturo]

There were, before. The Oil Barons, the Bankers; hell, they even had the press on their side much like now. Trust me, this HAS happened before, to the letter. The only difference is the glitter we have now. We can Overcome.

[@111nwp]

I think we've had one for quite a while. It's not being hidden is all.

[@JhonNye96]

We've always had one it's just less hidden now

[@thegamerboneless2864]

Reagan the president that gave America to the corporations, 😂😂

[@brianburgess3231]

bush didnt try that

[@douglasmennella4525]

Emma’s obsession with tearing Biden apart is bizarre. Especially within a conversation about building back trust in government.

[@deucedeucerims]

I mean can you build back trust in the government without acknowledging lies One has to come before the other

[@douglasmennella4525]

@ Examples? I’m not saying there haven’t been lies but dropping it in this generality is precisely the issue being talked about. Oh wait. Are you Russian?

[@occamsaturn]

we will never "build back trust" we can only build new trust with new leaders

[@douglasmennella4525]

@@occamsaturn The point is that people still identify the system with people. I get that that has resonance with people but it’s also risky. Best to drop the cult of personality both positive and negative.

[@OldBK-x1u]

you know?

[@Psychonaut1001]

‘We will overcome’ Ok, come on now, you’ve gotten a conservative government in power for four-years, your not marching at Selma and getting beaten up by governor Wallace. This feels a little bit hyperbolic. 😂

[@thehellyousay]

you have not been here before.

[@KidFreshie]

LET EMMA TALK! This guy is annoying AF

[@MikeKirkpatrick-m2i]

Okay so what you are saying is the typical kiss up leftist response,, this is what i have learned over the years from being involved in liberal or leftist activism. You guys will respond to your own system with aggression, yet your actually opposition you talk about digging in for ten years and slowly chipping away. However in that 10 year period you will bow, you will chip away at democracy yourselves. Yet if it comes to Israel, you attach yourself without questioning, this helped MAGA. There are two areas of focus that comes to mind when thinking of future resistance here in America, or three if you include Trump, yet these three areas of focus are MAGA, they make up and feed the MAGA monster.

[@davidjames2083]

*It's not just crucial to have important and relevant things to say, for the whole world, it's also important to **_LEARN HOW TO SAY THEM!_** Stop butchering your Mother Tongue!* 🤬

[@cryptickitsune1876]

Hard disagree... we most certainly have not been here before...

[@vipermad358]

"We"? 😒