Speaking in terms of the popular response

  • FlakesBongler [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    15 hours ago

    Literally nothing has happened

    People are talking, they’re mad, but nothing has happened

    We’ve seen the rubber band get pulled and it’s snapping back into place

    The real question is whether or not we’re going to actually get people to actually learn about why this was an inevitable act

    • CommCat [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      14 hours ago

      I thought the Arab Spring taught us that Social Media isn’t the be all and end all. Mass media was hyping the Arab Spring as the first “social media revolution”, Mubarak was ousted, but the Army took over and then Morsi. Occupy Wall Street was the biggest leftist movement in America, maybe this will ignite something similar, but this time for fucks sakes, don’t let another Dem sheepdog like Sanders or AOC lead the masses back to the Dems.

    • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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      13 hours ago

      I could see another one in the next few years. And then another, and another. The conditions are only going to become more likely for them. My worry is we get some neoliberal release valve rather than revolution. There’s a lot of clocks ticking right now and none of them are counting down to anything good.