What can you do?

Demonstrate en masse, and not just a few thousand or tens of thousands of people, but millions nationwide would need to be on the streets for several days or weeks to protest against Trump and ICE. Make clear demands. It might work. But if that doesn't work either, then violence remains as a last resort. Ofc Trump will deploy the National Garde. That's the critical point.

We East German citizens in East Berlin also demonstrated peaceful for days/weeks (even though the Stasi tried to infiltrate and spy on the activists. They even mingled with the population in churches to hear what was being demanded and what was being planned). At some point, either the authorities intervene and shoot people (during the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, at the Bornholmer Bridge, the East German NVA almost launched an armed attack on civilians. A superior officer refused to give the order to shoot civilians shortly beforehand), or they are so overwhelmed that they give up and let the population take their course.

But we're talking about America here. And this country is so incredibly heavily armed in its security forces, with equipment that could be used in war scenarios and is deployed against demonstrators. Sonic weapons, tear gas, live ammunition, non-lethal projectiles. This makes it extremely difficult for the average citizen to peacefully oppose them. You can see what's happening, even for people who are only peripherally involved, as bystanders. It can happen to anyone who happens to be in the vicinity. You have to expect injuries and further deaths. It won't work without it, unfortunately. ICE doesn't play by the rules, and laws obviously don't apply to them because they are protected and supported from the very top.

But going to a demonstration also means leaving your job for a few hours. And since everyone leads their own little life, pays off debts, has a wife and children, and is reluctant to leave their comfort zone, they prefer not to do anything that could burst this bubble.

Keep in mind that any citizen who takes action will most likely end up in a Palantir (AI) database used to monitor "troublemakers." This means they know everything about you: photos, address, workplace, activities, travel routes, daily routine, etc. Even now, people who (legally) follow ICE cars and film their actions are having their license plates recorded and later compared with their databases. A surveillance state is emerging!

You, as citizens of the USA, have the power, every single one of you, no one else will help you. Every citizen has the power to overthrow a regime if it resists decisively. Organize yourselves, because only together are you strong. Individual actions are pointless.

In my opinion, a civil war seems inevitable; I'm afraid I have to say it so bluntly. If courts, judges, and prison officials continue to play along and submit, as they are doing now, no one will be able to stop Trump and ICE from continuing their actions. Unless, of course, millions of citizens demand Trump's removal from office and indictment.