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Voltaire2

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4. even a major prolonged disaster is no guarantee

Reply to kimbutgar (Original post)

Sun Mar 30, 2025, 03:00 PM

Mar 30

we simply cannot count on some other group, or some great savior, to turn this around.

The regime will fall when millions of people are willing to risk everything. It will take a general strike, or a massive prolonged economic boycott, or massive prolonged protests, or perhaps all three, to turn this around.

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Do you think we will have a turning point when people say [View all] kimbutgar Mar 30 OP

No. It will take a major fuck up johnnyfins Mar 30 #1

My NextDoor local site occasionally has posts from MAGATs Diamond_Dog Mar 30 #5

This is my answer to the "more time" bs. johnnyfins Mar 30 #13

Thanks! I'll have to remember that. Diamond_Dog Mar 30 #17

And the real problem is that he johnnyfins Mar 30 #2

Perhaps but it willl not be soon enough. efhmc Mar 30 #3

even a major prolonged disaster is no guarantee Voltaire2 Mar 30 #4

No Cirsium Mar 30 #6

Hell, might take world war 3 before bluestarone Mar 30 #7

It wouldn't surprise me if it were really Gen Z or Alpha who turn the tide sakabatou Mar 30 #8

He is bringing manufacturing back. Old steel mills will reopen and car plants will bloom all over. Srkdqltr Mar 30 #9

Not until we hit rock bottom. aeromanKC Mar 30 #10

I feel the truth of his abuse and intent to be a dictator ..... FarPoint Mar 30 #11

Neither Berlin nor Tokyo surrendered until: Irish_Dem Mar 30 #12

Not a chance Mpo4261 Mar 30 #14

I was at my next door neighbor's party last night. Some folks are way too far gone. Initech Mar 30 #15

It will be after the fact when they say hell no, no more orange dictator. And nothing will change. taxi Mar 30 #16

Looking at history, as some have done above, usonian Mar 30 #18

No. I don't see any scenario where the cult wakes up. BlueTsunami2018 Mar 30 #19

I was at my next door neighbor's party last night Initech Mar 30 #20