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Easier said than done. There's no clear point of leverage for people to lean into. The cops are ruthless. The liberal opposition is toothless and lame. People don't really trust one another. There's a strong attitude of "I'm just going to keep my head down until it blows over". But we're not even really in a crisis per-say, just yet. Trump's a fucking menace, but the economy is strong and we're not currently at the peak of a pandemic and there's no hurricane about to decimate a random corner of the Gulf/Atlantic Coast.
I suspect we'll see more points of galvanized opposition when the winds change. But for now, looks like Americans are going to lay back and think of England.