Rebecca, if they beat Trump why is Trump unbruised and elected
yeah I'm like generally on board with "we should keep protesting" and "unpopular tactics are often effective"
But clearly just disorganized protests and riots didn't move the needle that far, they got us biden, who was so shitty and unpopular it lead us straight back to trump. A diversity of tactics is needed, and step one of that is the libs need to stop punching left, and the left needs to get serious and organized. The libs and radlibs should still protest but they should also learn that we need to go further. And if the protests aren't completely on-rails boring snoozefests, if people are really upset, then engaging in them will be a radicalizing force.
This liberal notion that we just have to fight (and by fight they mean protest every so often and maybe do some feckless boycotting), to maintain the status quo and that's proof that the system works, not that the system inherently trends towards fascism whenever it's left unchecked, is wild to me. I guess it's a sign of their comfort with the status quo... even as they talk about how much it sucks for marginalized people, they'd rather keep what privileges they have and do endless attempts at incremental reform that at best make a small dent for a limited number of years, than take risks and fight in earnest for fundamental changes to the structure of society that would reverse the inherent drive towards fascism