Correlation is not causation though. Better and more popular candidates are naturally going to attract more donations. Especially the corrupt donations from the rich who don’t care who wins and just want to curry favor with whoever will be in power.

I’m not saying it has no effect but it’s hard to tease apart exactly how much.

I just read some journalists are working on a list of ICE employees. Could be useful for this…

PSL sucks but come on is this really the most important take from this situation? Fascist attacks on freedom of speech and freedom of assembly are a threat to everyone, even if you don’t like who they’re targeting.

I think the comparison to Germany is apt, but the solidarity needed to resist this needs to start by setting aside some of these differences for now.

It’s never too late. They can still be stopped before more people are hurt.

When we ask for housing for our homeless neighbors there is no money. But when they decide they want to deport millions of immigrants without justification suddenly we have plenty of funding for shelters.

There are plenty of examples where protest movements have forced the resignation of authoritarian leaders without major acts of violence. So this is not accurate.

Also, the most effective movements violent or nonviolent are large and diverse. So the main actions need to be building the movement first rather than direct confrontation—unless that confrontation is strategically designed to further grow the movement.

It’s almost like a singular vehicle crash isn’t due to the specific actions of any president…

Sex workers’ rights are human rights.

Thanks for sharing, that does sound good. I really wish people would take a stand on Palestine though. That might be enough for me to vote for someone else alone if there is another option. We’ll see. It’s gonna be a long 4 years before we really dive into this stuff. I don’t want to fear-monger but there is a real chance the next election will be subject to major interference.

I think it’s more important to focus on organizing resistance to the new administration right now.

Maybe. I don’t know a ton about the guy. He had a few zingers but not sure what his background is and whether he’s authentic or not. I didn’t investigate him much because VP barely matters but if he runs then I will.

She could definitely win as governor I think. President is a long shot.

You might be right but it’s worth a shot. I’m not sure who we’ve got that’s a better option at this point.

I didn’t watch it but I already know the answer to this one: yes.

This seems to be mainly about billboards. I’m talking mainly about a sign on your door that explains what your business is. I hadn’t initially thought of this as a form of advertising but it technically is.

I’d be open to discussing a broader ban but my current thinking is that this very basic type of advertising which is primarily informational may be do more good than harm.

Sure. I was thinking of advertising in media but I don’t have a problem with a sign on your business or very basic things like that. So I guess not quite all advertising but the advertising industry needs to go.

Why don’t we just ban all advertising? It’s a waste of human labor that not only contributes nothing to society but actually makes it worse.

No, it wasn’t, even by the extremely biased and undemocratic standard of the electoral college.

By percentage of electoral college votes, Trump’s victory ranks 44th out of 60 elections. This is a solidly below-average victory and far from a landslide.

It wasn’t a landslide, people who are saying that are just ignorant.

Well only when compared with the other candidates combined together. He still got more votes than Harris.

The crackdown against activists in the UK is getting very serious. If people don’t wake up and push back it may be the beginning of a very dark time.