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Related: About this forumNEW ELEVEN FILMS: Only action will save our kids
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NEW ELEVEN FILMS: #AwakenDawn
No more thoughts and prayers.
Only action will save our kids
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NEW ELEVEN FILMS: Only action will save our kids (Original Post)
Budi
Jun 2022
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magicguido
(6,315 posts)1. Are there alternative ways to solve this issue without waiting for the government to to do it?
Budi
(15,325 posts)2. I know of none. If the horrific result of such violence doesn't move the needle,
..then gov't seems to be the only solution, I guess.
Magoo48
(4,717 posts)3. Yes, there are ways, but masses of people would be required to act in unison.
This requires being inconvenienced. Americans will accept anything from creeping fascism to eventually dying of there own way of life to loss of voting rights to half of us losing control of their own bodies so long as they are not inconvenienced. So,. On and on.
When the people lead, politicians will follow. So, direct actions and peaceful civil disobedience must be massive and sustained. It must do damage to the morbidly rich where it hurts them the mostthe bottom line. Government wont just do it. In our situation now, they cant just do it. They are afraid to really lead us, because most want to keep their jobs.
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,334 posts)4. Stephanie Ruhl covered this video on the 11th Hour
Budi
(15,325 posts)5. K & R Thanks *LetMyPeopleVote
TexasTowelie
(112,252 posts)6. K&R!
I'm running behind watching videos, so here is a late kick.