Clearly, left-leaning Americans are exhausted, but a lack of protests on the streets shouldn’t be taken as a sign of complete apathy
won the 2016 election, left-leaning people across the United States and around the globe vowed to take action to challenge him and the politics they felt he represented – misogynist, racist, grievance-fuelled, and wrapped in a blatant disregard for American democratic norms. The resistance in November, 2016, was immediate and clear. It started withand grew from there. The day after Mr. Trump’s inauguration, on Jan.
Eight years later, there just isn’t the same sense of agitation, determination and vocal public resistance to a second Trump presidency. Instead, the tone and tenor of the postelection American left is one of quiet resignation, disappointment, and disillusionment.There are some notable exceptions, of course. Mere days after the election, the American Civil Liberties Union took out ain The New York Times to write a letter to Mr.
Yet, the lack of protests on the streets should not be taken as signs of complete apathy and disengagement. We can turn the debilitation of this loss into smaller, more deliberate and strategic actions. Issue-based advocacy organizations, such as the, have vowed to continue the fight. We can look to and support mutual aid organizations to fill in the gaping holes of the social safety net, which are bound to become larger and more dire for the most vulnerable among us.
It’s okay to be tired, to regroup, to choose our battles, to rethink priorities as we face another four years of a Trump presidency. Mass protests were a key element of the resistance eight years ago, but they are not the only, or even the most effective, tool in a democratic arsenal. Don’t underestimate the value of small moments and the individual actions of ordinary citizens. That’s the real power of democracy.
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