I attended a Tesla Takedown in St Louis County. The organizer had stated that he hoped for 25 people. A little over 100 protestors showed up and many people driving by honked, waved and gave a thumbs up. The supporters far outweighed the detractors. I've seen references to a summer of protest and I think it's beginning.
I’m sorry, but Tesla Take-downs are such an insufficient response for the situation we are facing. Tim Snyder and Jason Stanly have moved to Canada in response to a “Don’t obey in advance” that hit too close to home with Columbia setting the stage for mass Ivy League capitulation to Trump that will spread through our entire higher education system like wildfire.
Anne Applebaum, in an interview with NeverTrumper (they are NOT our friends) Charlie Sykes, said… “They call it boiling the frog. You make little changes and nobody notices and nobody notices and then… the frog is boiled and then you’re not in a democracy anymore. What we are watching is not that the frog is being slowly boiled. The water is boiling right NOW! The lid is on the pot and STILL I’m not sure everybody sees it.”
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of Turkish citizens protested forcefully in the streets at a single protest event against Erdogan.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of German citizens protested forcefully in the streets against the Far Right in Germany.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of Israelis citizens protested forcefully in the streets against the Netanyahu “Court Reforms” in Israel.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of South Koreans citizens protested forcefully in the streets at the martial law declaration.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of Serbians citizens protested forcefully in the streets at their authoritarian government in Serbia, population 6,600,000. If that many people protested against our authoritarian government in the United States, population 340,000,000...
It would be OVER 15 MILLION Americans... OVER THREE TIMES the size of ALL the Women's Marches across the entire United States following Trump's first inaugural in the streets ... AT ONE PROTEST!!!
Does it look to you like over 15 Million Americans are protesting in the streets on a single day at a single event?!? I
MEANWHILE… in the “world’s greatest Democracy” the “opposition party” Democrats have been pathetically unable to win the messaging battle against against the most outrageous imbecile to ever be elected to high office burning down everything that matters in this country and its citizens think a few hundred or MAYBE one thousand people at a single Tesla dealership pandering for honks with their clever Instagram-ready signs… is an appropriate response while Democracy and the Rule of Law is getting stabbed to death right before our eyes… we are WITNESSING IT and… everyone I know is just waiting around to see what happens next.
I am unable to watch live when you have Ruth Ben Ghiat on to discuss the authoritarian threat we are facing, but if I was… I’d like to ask her if she’d like to add her voice to Tim Snyder’s and Jason Stanly’s and Anne Applebaums to the reality that it is WAY too late for stunts like Tesla Take-downs to do anything against the irreversible march towards authoritarianism that we are in the middle of right now.
It is not to say that we can’t do anything. We HAVE to keep fighting! But it has to be in the framework that there is nothing we can or are doing to STOP the Fascism, BUT...
IF we can stop burying our heads in Netflix and shopping online long enough to fight as hard as they have in Turkey, Germany, Israel (about the Court take-over), South Korea and in the stunning “punching above their weight" example in Serbia… when the Project 2025 MAGA overreach FINALLY goes to far and creates a gap... our frighteningly uncomfortable, abnormal, sustained massive, risky, overwhelming protesting forcefully in the streets energy will be ready to rush through it and FORCE the institutions in this country to JOIN US and do something about it!!!
Consider this, one North American car company will not suffer a major disruption in its supply chain when the auto tariff is formalized this week.
TESLA
They are predominantly made in the US, as a result of Federal funding. NO TARIFFS on TESLA. They have a none union work force, and their major shareholder owns the Presidency .
The North American auto industry is being attacked to benefit one company and one individual
There's an app called Minimalist Phone that visually strips the phone. My phone screen is now just a list of apps or app folders on a black background. It's a huge relief. Simpler to enact than the factory reset suggested, so I'm sharing
Thanks for introducing me to Jacob Collier!! What a fascinating man. His energy is infectious! I watched it a second time and paid attention to the faces of the musicians. It was interesting to see the all the different expressions…some were having fun, but others seemed to be enduring an unpleasant exercise in childish whimsy, far beneath a serious musician.
I protested in Tucson Arizona. We had almost 2,000 protesters! It was inspiring!
I attended a Tesla Takedown in St Louis County. The organizer had stated that he hoped for 25 people. A little over 100 protestors showed up and many people driving by honked, waved and gave a thumbs up. The supporters far outweighed the detractors. I've seen references to a summer of protest and I think it's beginning.
Please ask Ruth Ben Ghiat about this...
I’m sorry, but Tesla Take-downs are such an insufficient response for the situation we are facing. Tim Snyder and Jason Stanly have moved to Canada in response to a “Don’t obey in advance” that hit too close to home with Columbia setting the stage for mass Ivy League capitulation to Trump that will spread through our entire higher education system like wildfire.
Anne Applebaum, in an interview with NeverTrumper (they are NOT our friends) Charlie Sykes, said… “They call it boiling the frog. You make little changes and nobody notices and nobody notices and then… the frog is boiled and then you’re not in a democracy anymore. What we are watching is not that the frog is being slowly boiled. The water is boiling right NOW! The lid is on the pot and STILL I’m not sure everybody sees it.”
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of Turkish citizens protested forcefully in the streets at a single protest event against Erdogan.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of German citizens protested forcefully in the streets against the Far Right in Germany.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of Israelis citizens protested forcefully in the streets against the Netanyahu “Court Reforms” in Israel.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of South Koreans citizens protested forcefully in the streets at the martial law declaration.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of Serbians citizens protested forcefully in the streets at their authoritarian government in Serbia, population 6,600,000. If that many people protested against our authoritarian government in the United States, population 340,000,000...
It would be OVER 15 MILLION Americans... OVER THREE TIMES the size of ALL the Women's Marches across the entire United States following Trump's first inaugural in the streets ... AT ONE PROTEST!!!
Does it look to you like over 15 Million Americans are protesting in the streets on a single day at a single event?!? I
MEANWHILE… in the “world’s greatest Democracy” the “opposition party” Democrats have been pathetically unable to win the messaging battle against against the most outrageous imbecile to ever be elected to high office burning down everything that matters in this country and its citizens think a few hundred or MAYBE one thousand people at a single Tesla dealership pandering for honks with their clever Instagram-ready signs… is an appropriate response while Democracy and the Rule of Law is getting stabbed to death right before our eyes… we are WITNESSING IT and… everyone I know is just waiting around to see what happens next.
I am unable to watch live when you have Ruth Ben Ghiat on to discuss the authoritarian threat we are facing, but if I was… I’d like to ask her if she’d like to add her voice to Tim Snyder’s and Jason Stanly’s and Anne Applebaums to the reality that it is WAY too late for stunts like Tesla Take-downs to do anything against the irreversible march towards authoritarianism that we are in the middle of right now.
It is not to say that we can’t do anything. We HAVE to keep fighting! But it has to be in the framework that there is nothing we can or are doing to STOP the Fascism, BUT...
IF we can stop burying our heads in Netflix and shopping online long enough to fight as hard as they have in Turkey, Germany, Israel (about the Court take-over), South Korea and in the stunning “punching above their weight" example in Serbia… when the Project 2025 MAGA overreach FINALLY goes to far and creates a gap... our frighteningly uncomfortable, abnormal, sustained massive, risky, overwhelming protesting forcefully in the streets energy will be ready to rush through it and FORCE the institutions in this country to JOIN US and do something about it!!!
Anything less is just fooling ourselves.
Bravo. You should write your own substack.
Consider this, one North American car company will not suffer a major disruption in its supply chain when the auto tariff is formalized this week.
TESLA
They are predominantly made in the US, as a result of Federal funding. NO TARIFFS on TESLA. They have a none union work force, and their major shareholder owns the Presidency .
The North American auto industry is being attacked to benefit one company and one individual
Can you Guess who?
What an absolutely glorious deep breath segment! Tx u!
There's an app called Minimalist Phone that visually strips the phone. My phone screen is now just a list of apps or app folders on a black background. It's a huge relief. Simpler to enact than the factory reset suggested, so I'm sharing
How to I see your LIVE?
(F)Elon sees Empathy as a weakness but not WHINGING!
BRAVO
Thanks for introducing me to Jacob Collier!! What a fascinating man. His energy is infectious! I watched it a second time and paid attention to the faces of the musicians. It was interesting to see the all the different expressions…some were having fun, but others seemed to be enduring an unpleasant exercise in childish whimsy, far beneath a serious musician.