People are being imprisoned under terrorist charges for life for standing up to this government in peaceful protest

I would say that people are doing stuff, but we're constrained by several things:

1. Fixed election cycles: Once in office, only the fellow officers of the federal government, whether Congress or the top tiers of the Executive, are able to recall, expel, or remove officials in the government. Since all the branches of our government are held by one political faction, the chance of this is vanishingly small

2. Lifetime appointment of judges: As a consequence of the actions of some key figures (cough cough, RBG) we're stuck with an extremely conservative and Trump allied Supreme Court that won't block or overturn any of the administration's actions

3. The leaders of Congress have decided not to exercise their power which for the 249 years prior to 2025 has been the main check against something like this happening. Per point number 1 there's no recourse for citizens until this November essentially. I don't know the statistics in countries like the US vs Canada, but at least here in the South, Senators or Representatives in leadership positions get essentially a free walk at least to the general election, most of them through to reelection

4. Due to how it was set up, the US Senate, whose main roll is essentially being the red or green light on much of the President's agenda, changes extremely slowly because we don't elect them all at once. Luckily this year, a majority of the Senate incumbents facing reelection (20 out of the 35) are Republicans, so the Democrats could (in theory) make significant gains or at least have more of a chance to

5. This administration has shown that it really doesn't care about popular opinion at all about anything

6. As others have mentioned in this thread, the administration has made it a habit of locating and locking up under terrorism charges people that publicly speak out against it and has made it practice to murder people in the street trying to help those in need, so the stakes are significantly higher than political change has been in the past

The main thing Trump has done is exposed just how much of our government has been de facto. I think one of the main issues is that the founders of the country basically assumed good faith in much of the mechanics the built into the system because that was more of a component of high class culture back then.

I think it's important to remember for us Americans too though that almost to a man, most of these guys hated each other and did everything in their power to undermine each other. People talk about polarisation in politics today like it's a new thing and totally unprecedented. The Era of Good Feelings lasted like 5 years people, democracy needs disagreement to survive

Let me speak in my American voice: “lol, what are you doing? I’ll follow you.”

And I’m saying this in a voice that just sprinted a mile and is out of breath.

Gotcha overthrow the government in bloody Civil War for your convenience.

fair.

This post is probably a bot. If you think you're tired of it, just imagine how we feel.

I think it boils down to a lot of frustration on our part. Every time he threatens us or another ally everyone says how sorry they are, but nothing comes of it and it just keeps happening.

We're trying to while avoiding terrorist charges for simple things like carrying pamphlets that isn't right wing approved

what is the 2nd amendment for?

I agree. Globalism is the best way forward for the whole planet. A universal collective moving forward positively into the future. The powers that be, however, make "globalism" sound like a conspiracy by the elites who eat children. Fuck this timeline.

Sure. Canada is looking like the better vessel for basic humanitarian concerns, though.

It is always the working class who pays in these conflicts.

If it's the "vast majority" then why did you vote for him twice? Potentially three times if he has his way.

Yeah, we've known that. See citizen's United ruling.

but they hatched and raised a lot of like-minded selfish|hateful|racist kids, who in turn are doing the same.. especially in the rural parts of the u.s. where people often stay their entire lives, and doubly-so for catholics and others against birth control.

So many people think things will get better without them taking serious, drastic, and extreme action. You're delusional. It'll get worse unless you make it better.

Silly Lemming, evil never dies

IDK man did you see Gen Z's numbers in the 2024 election? They might be a little evil too. Debate culture really fucked them up.

Please don't leave your issues on our doorstep. You need to make your own change. We really don't want to deal with your country on those terms. Leaving Canada or someone else to 'take / save you' is why that criminal is in your white house in the first place. No one is coming to save you. So move here yourself, or get out in the streets and start yelling.