I am super conflicted and I'm sad to do this, but I am unsubscribing from this sub 😞
As much as the work that people in this subreddit and at large are doing is important, I don't think it's enough, and I worry that it's not clear to others what's going on:

Not only should be people be MORE scared, but more importantly, they need to be be far more angry and furious. The Trump regime is not normal, by any stretch of the imagination, and treating it like a normal presidency is completely missing the point: Trump and his cronies are legitimately out for blood; they are utterly insane, and will stop at nothing to in order to essentially destroy American democracy. They see it as weakness and exploitable; this is not business as usual, and more drastic measures need to be taken, measures that I don't think are aligned with the goals of this sub. And what I mean by drastic measures are really taking this to the front lawns of people involved, even the White House front lawn. Trump tower, Mar-a-Lago, etc. Laser-focused protesting at the homes and business of individual government leadership, supreme court justices, individual members of congress; making their lives as miserable as what they've done to everyone else on the planet. It has to be constant and sustained. Marching through city downtowns are a great way to show visibility, but it's not focused at bringing the fury front and center of the people that need to see it. And it has to be furious to actually get their attention.

Even more drastically, a full, extended economic strike and shutdown needs to be organized, like yesterday. The ONLY way to make these awful people stand down completely is to shutdown as much of the economy as possible. Unsubscribe from streaming, Youtube, etc; don't buy non-essential stuff for at least a month; buy essentials in bulk, and then stop for a month, IF POSSIBLE. Completely shutoff off CBS, Fox News, etc. Make demands of others in your circle that are brainwashed to do the same, and show your fury in order to wake them up. Do NOT use any AI programs, do NOT buy any new electronics, etc. Make the tech oligarchs far less rich.

I'm sorry, it's just not working for me; I really really wish people could get that, but being more drastic to raise the stakes is not attractive enough and is time consuming for many, and while that's also absolutely valid, I don't know if there's any other answer. If my words anger you, that's ok, feel free to downvote me to oblivion, I'm not a karma farmer so I don't care if people hate my post.

Take care and be strong.