u/KyleBerthoud

Hello all!

So, whenever I scroll through social media lately and happen upon some comments from people, I have noticed a very common one that has been pretty hard to escape. It's usually some version of "you can't vote your way out of fascism" or "authoritarians don't have lame duck periods" or "the fact that you think voting will work is insane/hilarious". It's all over social media, everywhere you look. I've even seen versions of it on Reddit.

Whatever the comment says, the central theme is clear: voting does not work to get fascists out of power, and the only effective way to get out of authoritarianism is an uprising. And, it's easy to see why people can feel this way. With everything that's been happening lately, it's easy to feel deflated and hopeless, and like your vote doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things, especially since it can feel like Democrats are doing next to nothing to rein in Trump.

But, let me pose a question to all of those who post these types of comments:

If voting wasn't an effective way to deal with fascism, how do you explain Hungary? They had a hardline authoritarian in office for SIXTEEN YEARS, and are arguably much less equipped to deal with fascists than we are, and they just voted to electorally kick him out of office. Not only that, he ACCEPTED the results of the election and left with no fight. It sure seems like voting worked out there.

Also, how do you explain how Brazil, a relatively young democracy, not only voted their fascist out of office a few years ago, but survived an attempted coup to delegitimize the election results (sound familiar?) and sentenced their former president to jail time for his crimes, where he will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars?

If voting didn't work to stop a fascist, how is it possible that Chile voted out Augusto Pinochet, a ruthless dictator who killed MILLIONS of people, after which he stepped down, was arrested, and spent the remainder of his life dealing with criminal charges for his many crimes against humanity??

In those instances, people making their voices heard at the ballot boxes worked to put an end to fascist regimes, and they couldn't do anything about it, so they had no choice but to accept the results, or in the case of Bolsonaro in Brazil, were arrested for attempting a coup to remain in power. Now, there will be those who say, "Oh, but Trump won't accept the results anyway! He'll just stay in office illegally!"

Umm....okay?? Then, we'll FORCE him to leave! It's not like that would be the first time in history something like this happened. In the Phillippines in the 1980s, after Ferdinand Marcos illegitimately won an election, the citizens became fed up and started a revolution, forcing Marcos to flee the country. The same thing happened in Serbia in 2000 when Slobodan Milosevic lost an election and refused to accept the results. The citizens of Serbia started an uprising and were even joined by the police, and Milosevic was so outnumbered and against the wall that he was forced to accept the results and step down. If Trump refuses to accept the election results in 2028 and remains holed up at the White House, we the people will become pissed off enough to rise up and kick him out. And, that's assuming he's still alive by that point in time and isn't a vegetable.

Now, should we be concerned that Trump and his toadies won't accept any election results in 2026 and 2028?? Absolutely!! He's done it before and he will absolutely do it again. But, the thing is, whatever happens, whoever wins what election, he CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT! He can whine and cry and bitch and moan and claim fraud by the Democrats all he wants, but, at the end of the day, WE THE PEOPLE decide who we want leading our country! Not the other way around! If he won't leave, we will make him! And the same goes for every other Republican whose seat is up for grabs this November and beyond. If we have to drag them out of office, we will. I mean, look at the "No Kings" protests, and how many people showed up for those. Do you really think that any amount of Republicans can outnumber THAT??

This is where I MUST put a disclaimer, though. Violence is NOT the answer to our current problem. Violence is and must always be seen as a last resort when all other options have been exhausted. No matter how much the naysayers want to claim otherwise, voting still works, and, if we all show up at the ballot boxes this November and in 2028, we can finally kick these traitorous narcissists out of office and reclaim our country! But, again, if they won't leave, we will make them one way or another, because there are more of us than there are of them, they have almost no popularity left, and they KNOW it!

So, let's get ready to roll up our sleeves this November, vote in droves big enough to make it "too big to rig", and show the GOP what we really think of them! Together, we are strong, and we...will....WIN!

Sincerely,

K.B.

If the scenario explained in this video takes shape come this November, I think we need a term for it. Maybe the “Netanyahu effect”. Israel’s genocide in Gaza tanked Dems in 2024 and, ironically, what they are doing in Iran may very well have the complete opposite effect this year in the midterms. And, with all the polling of Trump and Israel among average Americans, there is very real reason to believe this is the case. The definition of coming full circle

Oh look another thing that the administration does or says that’s meaningless in the grand scheme of things lmao! Donald, your desperation is showing

Hello all!

Just wanted to let you know that the playlist I posted about making yesterday is now live and available to be listened to on both YT Music and Spotify. Depending on what you have, you can follow the links below to start listening and vibing to these songs!

Some are my personal preference, others are based on what people requested, and some I put for fun and because they seemed to fit the theme, based on title or message. Let me know what you think, and, if you have any suggestions you weren’t able to get out yesterday, let me know in the comments! Hope you all have a great day!

YT Music: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8Vz-MXtB4i6cxnkzGPiv\_R5eCMs2lNtT&si=fdzgKFHqhVapmUxg
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/36szxdEn2SHQgP33aIIcMR?si=y0e4q-CRQzqIkYJZP49nPA&pi=FUxATmHDSB-Ar

Hello all!

So, I love music (who doesn’t?) and I’m thinking of making a music playlist for people of this subreddit. A sort of “revolution playlist” filled with uplifting music, protest songs, songs that make us feel good. I’ll add anything I can think of, but, also, you guys can play a part as well.

Let me know any songs you guys would like to have in the playlist, and I’ll add them. They can be anything that comes to mind. I’m gonna make it public on both Spotify and YouTube Music for anyone who wants to listen and feel good and keep faith in these trying times.

Also, feel free to suggest a title for me. I may call it “revolution playlist”, but I’m open to any suggestions. I’ll comment under this post with links so that people can listen at any time.

Thank you, and have a wonderful day!

Hello all!

Let me start off by saying that I know that some of you may be reeling from the terrible Supreme Court decision on Wednesday, where the VRA was gutted and red states were given permission to toss out mostly Black districts, yet another terrible decision from this Court after overturning Roe v Wade, throwing the Chevron Deference in the trash, and creating immunity out of thin air for President Trump after his various crimes. It is undoubtedly horrible and sets a terrible precedent. Louisiana and Alabama have even postponed their primaries so they could redistrict. That's the bad news. The good news is that Democrats seem to be ready to meet the moment. There will no doubt be lawsuits and challenges related to this, and Hakeem Jeffries has even stated recently that Dems will be targeting even more states to redistrict after California and Virginia passed new congressional maps to counter Republicans' gerrymandering.

And, also, we will make things no better by dooming. After all, this decision, while terrible, is not likely to impact this year's midterms in a meaningful enough way to deter our blue wave, and there are other avenues that Democrats can find around it. Also, I wanted to share something with you guys that has helped me be more positive in these challenging times.

It's a strategy that Kamala Harris and Tim Walz deployed to great effect during their 2024 campaign, a tactic that seemed to genuinely excite the Democratic base and motivate them in a very important election year.

What was that strategy? Well, you see those people yelling about trans kids using kitty litter in schools? You see those morons saying that immigrants are eating pets? You see those ridiculous dweebs who act like they're the smartest people in the room even when it's clear that they are the dumbest idiots alive? Just point and laugh at them!

We saw this during the 2024 election when people were making jokes about JD Vance having sex with couches, or when Kamala was seen laughing at Trump during the debate when he went on about how Haitian immigrants in Springfield were eating cats and dogs. In fact, when the campaign strategy was "laugh at the fascists", that's when the vibes were highest and Kamala was leading in the polls. When the message started to shift towards "Let's try to get some fascists into our tent", that's when the polls became closer, and that arguably cost Kamala the election, as well.

Now, look, fascism and authoritarianism are both scary. Taking rights away from people and punishing the innocent is no joke, and, when it happens, we should call it out and prevent it from happening. But, here's the thing: these are also some of the most unserious people on planet Earth. They may make a show out of being "tough" and "serious", but scratch beneath the surface and what you realize is that these people are some of the most insecure, incompetent, and idiotic. I know that may not be reassuring because they run the free world, but that's also what makes them easier to beat. Apply the slightest pressure to them and they'll fall over like a house of cards and play the victim.

We found this out when Trump started the Iran war, and, then, when he tried to back out and get the Strait of Hormuz reopened, Iran refused to back down and wouldn't give into any of his concessions. So what did he do? He went into defense mode and ranted on social media demanding that the strait be reopened, because he knew he was losing and backed into a corner. That's why he posted on Truth Social threatening to wipe out Iran's entire civilization. And that post, while very scary and unacceptable for a President, was more a flex job from Trump than anything else. He wanted to project like he was the scariest man in the room and frighten Iran into giving into his demands. It didn't work, because, unlike Trump, Iran knows what they're doing.

Another important point is that the regime WANTS you to be afraid. They WANT you to cower in fear. They WANT you to think that they are strong and that they are unbeatable and that nothing you try to do to stop them will work. Because that's when they can take the most from you. When you are afraid, backed into a corner, and desperate. That's something ABC learned the hard way when, after they settled a lawsuit with Trump, the chair of the FCC tried to force them to cancel Jimmy Kimmel. Settling that lawsuit didn't get Trump off their case, it just made him come back for more. Meanwhile, what has fighting back against him gotten people? Well, let me tell you:

Public pressure from civilians and some Democratic lawmakers forced the regime to back off their (many) attempts to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Janet Mills filing a lawsuit against the administration forced Trump to release funds withheld from Maine meant to go to young transgender people

Governors like JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom applying the slightest bit of pressure caused Trump to back off his sending the National Guard to Los Angeles and Chicago

Democrats refusing to back down during the DHS shutdown got Republicans to agree to a deal that funded DHS WITHOUT funding ICE

Outcry from the public resulted in the regime backing off on their attempt to deport Rumeysa Ozturk for writing pro-Palestinian journalism

Artists refusing to play at the Kennedy Center resulted in Trump announcing that the newly-named Trump-Kennedy Center would be closed for "repairs"

The anti-ICE protests in Minneapolis resulted in both Greg Bovino and Kristi Noem being fired in an attempt to save face for Trump and his administration

It's a tale as old as time, but, if you give a bully an inch, he'll try to take a mile from you. If you don't give him anything at all, he'll crumble like paper in a rainstorm. And, let me get to my point about laughing at the regime, because you're probably wondering to yourself, "What does this have to do with laughing?" Well, an approach that I have taken recently is, whenever I see something ridiculous that Trump and his sycophants do, instead of getting angry about it and dooming (something I would have definitely done at this point last year), I have tried to find the humor in it. I mean, think about some of the most absurd things that have happened during this second term:

Trump has tried to indict, filed lawsuits, or threatened legal action against critics like Letitia James, James Comey, Don Lemon, Ann Selzer (the Iowa pollster), and Trevor Noah, all of which have gone absolutely nowhere, even as he loses pretty much every lawsuit filed against him.

The warmonger-in-chief entered into a public feud against the POPE of all people, posting on Truth Social a diatribe about how he's "weak on crime" (that one will never not make me bust a gut), and an AI post of himself as Jesus Christ healing a sick man (which he laughably tried to pass off as him being a "doctor" rather than Jesus. Sure, buddy. Sure)

The former attorney general Pam Bondi was grilled so hard on the Epstein files by Congress that she resorted to screaming that the Dow is at 50,000. Even the best dystopian fiction couldn't have called that one.

The FBI director Kash Patel has failed at pretty much everything, and no one takes him seriously anymore other than himself. No one in MAGA likes him, either because he's brown or because he botched the Charlie Kirk investigation. In fact, he recently threatened a lawsuit against The Atlantic for an article they published referring to his alcoholism. Yeah, good luck with that one! I'm sure that'll go your way, pal!

Right-wingers have tried to get Jimmy Kimmel and other comedians fired for telling jokes. Again, a year ago, this would have been concerning to me, especially with Kimmel's suspension, but, now, it just comes across as desperate flailing from a movement in its dying days.

This administration has given us some of the most unserious people known to man. Trump himself. JD Vance. Kash Patel. RFK Jr. Pete Hegseth. Pam Bondi. Kristi Noem. Dan Bongino. Marco Rubio. Internet is flooded with memes about pretty much every single official. Outside of Trump himself, jokes are everywhere about how much makeup JD Vance wears and how he fucks couches, Kristi Noem's husband's fake boobs, Pete Hegseth and Kash Patel's alcoholism, and how RFK can't stop killing animals and bringing their carcasses home.

There are LEGO music videos coming out of Iran about how Trump is bought by Israel and Netanyahu. Please check these out, by the way. There's one called "Your government is run by pedophiles" I believe, and it is glorious.

The attacks against Zohran Mamdani have gotten so increasingly desperate that Republicans are resorting to saying that he's going to take your couch and your dog. I'm not even kidding.

Trump used the WHCD shooting as an excuse to advocate for his stupid, waste-of-taxpayer-money ballroom. And, that is going to go over like a fart in the wind.

Right-wing political commentators are falling apart and infighting every day. Erika Kirk has become a target of not just liberals, but also MAGA, for her increasingly bizarre behavior following the murder of her husband. TPUSA is even losing members, to the point where videos from an event where JD Vance was a guest speaker showed hundreds of empty seats. In fact, I believe Candace Owens has even filed a lawsuit against her. Alex Jones is crashing out over The Onion buying his show and having an identity crisis over everything Trump has been doing. Joe Rogan is hemorrhaging viewers daily, and those who remain are calling him out over his refusing to speak on the Epstein files and the Iran war. Dan Bongino is being confronted in public over his hiding of the files. Ben Shapiro is losing MILLIONS of viewers daily, and Nick Fuentes has seemingly waged war against him and his followers over Israel.

Yes, all of this stuff is pathetic and stupid, and it will forever be a stain on this nation that we allowed these people to have any position of power in the first place. HOWEVER, they are also so incompetent and dumb that I genuinely believe that they are fully incapable of running an effective authoritarian country. They are not united in the slightest and tripping over themselves every single day. What do we have to be afraid of at the end of the day? Yes, what they are doing is scary, but, also, it would be even scarier under a more unified and competent coalition. They don't even have a coalition at this point.

But, WE do! Yes, we do have some infighting, but all factions do. MAGA has infighting, incompetence, AND no clear plan for the future of their party. One side wants to keep sending weapons to Israel and fighting illegal wars for them, while another wants nothing to do with them. One side wants to move on from Trump, the other wants to stay the course. One side wants JD Vance for President in 2028 at all costs, the other wants him to stay the fuck away.

Meanwhile, if there is one thing that unites ALL of us in this sub, it is our hatred for this current regime and the desire to see them held accountable for their actions. And, you know what? One way or another, we will see that. We will stand ten toes down against this corrupt regime at all costs, and not let them scare us into submission. Because, at the end of the day, they are laughable, pathetic, sensitive crybullies who will wilt at the slightest amount of pressure and pushback and play the victim when pressed. And, we are tough warriors who will not let fascism ruin this country for us, our children, and our children's children. We believe in the future of this nation. We believe in democracy. We believe in health care. We believe in environmental protections. We believe in rights for all. We believe in immigration. We believe in taxing the rich. We believe in getting guns out of our schools. We believe in free and fair elections. We believe in no new wars. We believe in a better world for our children and grandchildren. We believe in the Constitution. And, goddamnit, WE BELIEVE IN AMERICA!!!

So, go on and laugh at our enemies, freedom fighters. They are pathetic, unserious, and everything we are not. And, at the end of the day, they will lose and we will win!

Sincerely,

K.B.

Hello all!

It's been a while since I've posted on here, but, even though the Iran war has, for the most part, simmered, it feels like a lot has happened. MAGA has tried to get Jimmy Kimmel fired (again), Virginia passed its new congressional map (which Trump and Republicans predictably freaked out over, which is pretty hypocritical given they started this), and there was an apparent attempted shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner, which Trump laughably used as an excuse to clamor for his stupid ballroom.

And, especially in the past month, it has become very clear that MAGA is reaching its swan song. So much is happening all at once with this movement, it just feels inevitable, and, once the leader is gone, it's going to be pretty hard to keep things on the rails, especially with how utterly despised Trump and his followers have become not just in this country, but around the entire world. Once MAGA no longer exists, it will go the way of the Nazi Party in that there will come a day where pretty much everyone will be ashamed to have associated with it, and its name will be seen as an embarrassment never to be mentioned again.

I'm going to go through everything that has happened recently, and why all of this shows that Trump and MAGA no longer possess the power they once had in America, and why it's going to be harder than ever for any Republicans after Trump to gain any position of power, as well:

Trump himself is not only getting weaker physically and mentally, but in the polls, as well. His approval ratings are crashing to new lows everyday, and more and more of the public is fed up with him, even more than during his first term. He is underwater in polling on every single issue, including immigration, which is an issue that he always polled well at.

The warmonger-in-chief is backed into a corner in the Iran war. He can't find a way out, and Iran is humiliating him on a daily basis as he tries to get the Strait of Hormuz open. Why? Because he knows the economic impacts will be devastating, and, once that happens, more and more people are going to wake up and leave the coalition, and, then, he'll have no one left around him.

Speaking of the Iran war, it is increasingly unpopular among average Americans, with approval for it in the 30s as gas prices are skyrocketing and food prices are about to see similar increases.

More and more right-wing commentators are breaking with DJT, including Candace Owens, Megyn Kelly, Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes, and even Alex Jones.

People in MAGA are starting to question the credibility of the assassination attempt in Butler, and most Americans think the incident at the WHCD was staged.

Right-wingers like Candace Owens, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Alex Jones have called for the 25th Amendment to be invoked after Trump's psychotic threat to wipe out Iran's civilization.

Nick Fuentes and other commentators on the right are publicly saying that they do not support JD Vance for 2028. Fuentes is going as far as to tell his Groyper audience to vote Democrat in the midterms.

The administration is losing court case after court case every day.

Christian Republicans have been abandoning Trump over his post on Truth Social depicting himself as Jesus healing a sick man.

Countries around the world have been rejecting authoritarianism and fascism, like Hungary voting out Trump-friendly autocrat Viktor Orban.

Israel is becoming increasingly unpopular with the American public, even among young Republicans.

Voters favor Democrats on every issue in every poll, and current numbers project that the Republicans will lose the House this November, and possibly the Senate.

Democrats are winning elections all over the place, even in districts Trump won by double digits in 2024, signaling a dramatic shift in the tides even bigger than in 2006 or, indeed, during Trump's first four years in office.

All in all, Trump may project like he is winning and that the momentum is on his party's side for the midterms, but we all know that nothing could be further from the truth. And, the actual truth is that Trump knows he and his party are in trouble. He even said so himself back in January, when he urged Republicans that, if Democrats were to win the midterms, they would start impeachment proceedings against him. That is how you know he is scared and on the ropes. It's why his administration have been seizing voter rolls in swing states, because they know that, if they don't rig the midterms, they are screwed.

And, the fact that they are trying to rig November should be concerning to all of us. BUT! The important thing is that they can't successfully rig it if ALL of us show up at the ballot box and vote. After all, if voting and making your voices heard didn't work, Viktor Orban would still be in power. If Hungary can overcome its autocrat, so can America.

Our moment is coming. It's just a matter of time, and recent events have only served to confirm that. People all over the country and around the world are rejecting authoritarianism in favor of social democracy at a faster rate than anyone could have thought imaginable. The work is still yet to be done, and progress has been frustratingly slow to build our ideal nation, but, remember, Rome wasn't built in a day, and, at this moment in time, all of the momentum is on our side.

So, let's keep our finger on the pulse and remember what we are fighting for. Because, at the end of the day, through it all, somehow....WE. WILL. WIN.

Sincerely,

K.B.