It was “refuse to leave their post” ;)

I doubt that it will stop the fascists if the good guys quit though.

I know the US is different than Europe, that’s why I mentioned my POV.

And I still don’t really understand it, because the numbers are really very different. Oklahoma City (without the metropolitan area) is about as big as my as my hometown Bremen. We just had protests because our chancellor-to-be collaborated with the fascist party - we were about 1500 people, with about 24 hours notice. Big protests are up to 25000-50000 people. And as you said, other protests in the US were way bigger.

So I don’t think “time for preparation” is an important factor, especially as it is not really a surprise that Trump became president and is doing shitty things. Unless protests in the US are more complicated for some reason I don’t see yet?

From an outside perspective, I would guess it’s more about work culture - people being burnt out, no protections from getting fired. This might lead to less of a protest culture culture overall maybe. Which is also weird, because the US also has seen some very well known and successful protest movements.

Bonus: current Hollwood movies always seem to make it a point that the protagonist is very much trying to not get involved. I wonder what that says about the (current) culture in the US.

Do you have any numbers? Because the numbers for the 50501 protests seem really small to me as a German.

Props to those who organize and participate of course!

In a war there are (at least) two sides that are fighting. This is more like a massacre.

Not just the economy. He’s also getting a lot of people killed, injured and traumatized.

So his approach to reducing bureaucracy is having everyone document and explain what they do?

“Spent some time with my kids.”

I was told there would be checks and balances.

From what I’ve read, bigger models don’t necessarily mean better results - at least not past a certain point.