Whoosh

Again, only if you assume “What now?” is a rhetorical question.

Why not say, “Fuck this, I’m writing to my congress person and taking to the streets again with everyone who I can possibly convince.”

Because that requires organization.

No one is promoting defeatism, I think you might have a habit of assuming questions are rhetorical when they aren’t.

The question is that of organization. Just saying to organize isn’t an answer. How do you organize millions of people?

How though? You think people aren’t already calling, emailing, literally writing letters? How do we make them?

That’s not what I’m saying at all. I think you’ve lost the context here. Let me summarize the exchange:

“Who is going to hold him accountable when Congress and the courts won’t?”

“The people should rise up”

“How?”

“By using the courts and Congress”

This is where I’m confused. I’m not saying those aren’t things we should do, but this was explicitly a question about what to do when those methods are failing.

What does any of that have to do with the issues in question? How does suing help when he ignores the courts? How does pestering your congressperson help if they don’t, or can’t, do anything?

This kind of “Just rise up!” thinking downplays the very real hurdles to effective mass organization. We need specific, scheduled actions with points of contact and well-defined scopes.

Sure. How exactly do you propose to “rise up”?

How do low approval ratings translate to revolution? I could equally claim those ratings for incrementalism, proof that the progressive voice has become more empowered.

How’s that revolution working out for you?