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The Liberal Lion

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12. I've been a big advocate of crippling the economy
Sun Aug 11, 2019, 04:57 PM
Aug 2019

as the only peaceful and therefore true means of ending this nightmare. General strike is one part of the strategy, a complete stoppage of usage of consumer credit is another. I'm personally not one to shy away from violence, but I know for many this is a bridge too far and in fact I don't believe it would be effective for achieving the goal sought. It has it's place, but there are better methods available to us at this point that doesn't involve that. Disruption of the economy on our terms instead of theirs could be exactly the solution we need. True, that choice would bring hardship, but as it stands we are heading down a road whose terminus is intolerable.

K&R, Those who push back on your discription hasn't studied how the German gov fell apart in that uponit7771 Aug 2019 #1
I'm sad to say I agree. We are the Good Germans. CrispyQ Aug 2019 #2
I AGREE- and have since the election... pangaia Aug 2019 #3
you are engaging in global conversations Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2019 #25
It is a criminal regime. dalton99a Aug 2019 #4
It is a criminal enterprise. triron Aug 2019 #5
I agree and have thought the same since day one The Liberal Lion Aug 2019 #6
THIS veteran BigOleDummy Aug 2019 #7
What exactly must be done? triron Aug 2019 #8
Mass resistance protest. General strike. Something: what we're doing now is standing y watching onecaliberal Aug 2019 #10
I've been a big advocate of crippling the economy The Liberal Lion Aug 2019 #12
I'm all in if there is a concerted effort. A few here and there only will harm those participating. triron Aug 2019 #15
My thought has always been focused boycotts. rwsanders Aug 2019 #32
I like your idea The Liberal Lion Aug 2019 #33
THIS !!! I talked about a hyper focused boycott that would get Red Don supporting business's attenti uponit7771 Aug 2019 #55
Definitely, I think the ones that say "all these businesses support Trump" rwsanders Aug 2019 #61
+1, I think this will have enough people on board if we're prepared uponit7771 Aug 2019 #54
Yup.. HipChick Aug 2019 #41
Join local Indivisible or Swing Left sharedvalues Aug 2019 #11
What must be done is toppling this regime. The Liberal Lion Aug 2019 #13
Did that work in Nazi Germany? triron Aug 2019 #16
this is not pre-Nazi Germany Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2019 #26
It's a criminal enterprise, and a bad one at that. Pepsidog Aug 2019 #9
Actually there is one major difference (that I suspect is true) Dan Aug 2019 #14
Hoeful thinking but too many 'loyalists'. triron Aug 2019 #17
Nope, not so Dan Aug 2019 #18
POC? triron Aug 2019 #19
No, not a coup Dan Aug 2019 #20
But what does acronym POC refer to? triron Aug 2019 #22
People of color Dan Aug 2019 #23
Can't speak to the other branches, but after 20 in the USCG... rwsanders Aug 2019 #34
Yep, you nailed it... OldBaldy1701E Aug 2019 #21
No question that dump and republicans are all about money. onecaliberal Aug 2019 #24
They took office by criminal measures. BigDemVoter Aug 2019 #27
SO MUCH THAT. onecaliberal Aug 2019 #28
The media is mass complicit in this treason. So is most of congress. triron Aug 2019 #37
I use "regime" and Harker Aug 2019 #29
I don't know what else to do, do you? Trueblue Texan Aug 2019 #30
A good demonstration of what we coukd be doing is Puerto Rico. onecaliberal Aug 2019 #31
Apart from writing, calling, protesting, sending money... Trueblue Texan Aug 2019 #35
I'm not saying we're like the Germans, history is. onecaliberal Aug 2019 #36
Me too. triron Aug 2019 #38
knr triron Aug 2019 #39
knr triron Aug 2019 #40
I still get very angry whenever the media pundits refer to Trump as "President". He is a fucking triron Aug 2019 #42
Exactly! I felt the same way about the Bush regime, hughee99 Aug 2019 #43
that's not the reason it's illegitimate for me. But anything works. triron Aug 2019 #44
kick for visibility triron Aug 2019 #45
Donald Trump is not a legitimate President... kentuck Aug 2019 #46
No question. He is not the duly elected president. onecaliberal Aug 2019 #50
The sad thing is that Trump should never have become president. elocs Aug 2019 #47
No. It was vote manipulation by Repukes and Russians, etc. Voter registrations and vote tabulations triron Aug 2019 #49
Hillary won a big popular vote margin in one state--California. elocs Aug 2019 #51
This is a total mischaracterization of what I said. Blame is totally different than cause. triron Aug 2019 #59
Voters from the Left who chose not to vote or voted 3rd party share the blame for Clinton's loss. elocs Aug 2019 #60
krb Baltimike Aug 2019 #48
So true. lpbk2713 Aug 2019 #52
Watching a documentary on Hitler and Germany in the 30s Life_Long_Democrat Aug 2019 #53
i wish people knew how hitler came to power. onecaliberal Aug 2019 #56
The real problem was that the left wouldn't unite Life_Long_Democrat Aug 2019 #57
Yes definitely a big part of the problem. onecaliberal Aug 2019 #58
remember the first episode of "The Holocaust" series? (1978) 0rganism Aug 2019 #62
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