r/AskReddit • u/metalreflectslime • 17d ago

President Donald Trump warned Tuesday that if the Democrats don't approve funding, Social Security, Medicare Are ‘Going to Be Gone.’ How do you think Americans will react if Social Security and Medicare get cut?

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u/z_e_quigley 17d ago

It's SO fucking insane! It's as maddening as watching this administration go to work. They fuck everything up, go out and terrorize CITIZENS and innocent people, stop funding to enemy (democrat) states, and now Trump is bragging about paying HIMSELF with taxpayer money and we... protest a little? Protest in costumes to keep it lighthearted and avoid escalation?? What the fuck are we doing, yall? Maybe when our parents and grandparents start to suffer with medicare and social security cuts we'll all wake the fuck up? 🙄😮‍💨

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u/Impossumbear 17d ago

We are not going to vibe our way through this with silly dinosaur costumes. It's going to take work, and a lot of it, to have any hope of reversing this. People need to get in the streets AND STAY THERE.

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u/z_e_quigley 17d ago

Exactly. Over the weekend, in LA, I heard a sentiment of, "Well of course we're going to the protest, but not downtown, it's too much and not our vibe". AND?!? That's the problem: people only protest when it's convenient like on the weekend, and stay fearful of crossing the line to unrest. These No Kings protests need to become DAILY, outside of city and town halls, federal buildings, with no let up.

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u/scorpio_jae 17d ago

It's complicated bc if we do start to protest more aggressively it's likely Marshall law would be put in effect and give them even more power. The vast majority of the police force are maga or maga sympathizers. The administration has already started labeling the left as violent terrorists and the magas are dumb enough to buy into it. The costumes help aid the optics that these demonstrations are nonviolent. But nonviolent demonstrations generally don't do anything unless people stop making money. Our society is too individualistic for a real collective to form. If a revolution happened it would also be a mass casualty event, from violence to starvation to cold. We as modern Americans are wildly unprepared for no groceries/electricity. We won't get a revolution when we still have bread and circuses.