It is now safe to say that we are are either in a dictatorship or on the rim, sliding in faster than a chainsaw through a sapling. Knowing this, it’s clear something must be done. And fast!
Yet somehow, the American people have decided to just keep cool, occasionally scream and shout on social media and occasionally organize a protest or two, lasting a few hours and disappearing for weeks. Don’t get me wrong, the recent “No Kings” protests was a doozy; millions participated in the US alone, as did many around the globe. And my heart swelled with hope and pride!
However, that swollen heart quickly deflated when I heard reporters talking about “a jovial atmosphere with dancing, singing, and refreshments”, which everyone loved as a sign of non-violent protests. I nearly screamed into my cofee mug when I heard that.
What are you all doing?! This is NOT the time for dancing in the streets while carrying pithy signs and colorful placards, joking and laughing the entire time, before going home and getting back on social media until someone organizes another one. What exactly have you all accomplished with all that? Made the news for one day, tops. And that’s all.
Listen, good people, I admire your pluck and your organization abilities, but you’re not doing it right! These are not joyful times, and the issues we are protesting are severely dire; history changing, in fact! For the first time in history of the world, our country is a hair’s breadth away fro a full on dictatorship by a president who cares only about his own enrichment and doesn’t give two shits about us, the American people whom he’s meant to serve, except when he’s dropping shit on protestors in a badly made AI clip.
THAT IS WHAT HE TRULEY THINKS OF US!!!
But where’s the rage? Where’s the rampant ire we showed so easily after George Floyd’s death? The LA riots? After some team wins the Super Bowl, for crying out loud?!
Look, I’m not advocation violence or destruction of property, especially that of honest hard working people, and definitely not personal harm. But come on, people, you have to show you’re pissed and have had enough of that orange clown’s bullshit! You have to scare these fucks before they pay any attention to you all. Numbers don’t scare dictators, unless those numbers are carrying torches and pitchforks and set up camp in their backyard for weeks and months… you get what I’m saying?
I know this is all new to you Americans, so why not look up some proper protests and even revolutions from the recent past to get a better idea what should be done in the face of tyranny? I grew up in Tehran during Iran’s Islamic revolution, a fresh faced babe smack dab in the face of mobs angry at the Shah’s corruption and lack of leadership, experiencing curfews, random checkpoints, and massive protests either peaceful, where people chanted angrily while marching from one end of the city to the other, day after day, or horribly violent ones, where people resorted to the last resort, throwing rocks and bricks, set cars on fire, and faced down the army, suffering beatings, mass arrests, tear gas, and live 308 caliber bullets.
Okay, so maybe our uprising won’t go that far, for many reasons, but watch those videos and you will get a good idea how far people go for their country; how big a sacrifice they are willing to make when they want their country; their native land, free from despotism.
Here’s an idea: why don’t we ‘occupy’ DC? Just like people did a while back in NYC and elsewhere, except organized possibly by the talents who brought together the “No Kings” gatherings. Let’s force their hand, make them react and show their true nature for the world to see?
All this is to say… DO SOMETHING! NOW!!!