The president-elect’s first term brought a wave of protest. This time, visitors to New York’s Washington Square Park are struggling for energy to resist

Summary

Anti-Trump Americans, especially on the left, are showing a more subdued response to Trump’s 2024 reelection compared to the activism of 2016.

Exhaustion, disillusionment with repeated setbacks, and negative media coverage have led many to disengage from politics or shift focus to personal priorities.

Activist groups, like Women’s March, are planning protests but acknowledge lower enthusiasm and more localized efforts.

Experts suggest this “tune-out” may be a coping mechanism, with some hoping new, non-political participants will lead change.

Many feel drained but believe activism will eventually regain momentum.

  • Dkarma@lemmy.world
    105·
    12 days ago

    It’s a shit take and here’s why:

    At no point in the past 30 years have the Democrats been able to do anything because of the filibuster even when they controlled both houses of Congress. The only thing that’s held us back from moving any policy to even remotely the left is the Republican obstructionism and that’s it plain and simple

    • SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today
      61·
      12 days ago

      And to that I ask, why do the Democrats not also use the filibuster? Or when they have control of the Senate, rewrite the rules to disallow a procedural filibuster and make it so if you want to filibuster something you have to actually stand up there and read the phone book into the record for hours on end?
      If the filibuster is the problem, why is there not a large public campaign for filibuster reform?

      I’m sorry but this is an excuse plain and simple. The procedural filibuster, which I personally think should be abolished, can be used as a weapon by either side. If GOP filibusters the school spending bill, Dems should filibuster the defense spending bill. If GOP filibusters the medical care bill, Dems should filibuster the warrantless wiretapping bill (well, they should do that anyway, but you get the point).

    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      12 days ago

      At no point in the past 30 years have the Democrats been able to do anything because of the filibuster even when they controlled both houses of Congress.

      This excuse has always been garbage and here’s why:

      Democrats, at any point in which they controlled a simple majority of the Senate, could have closed the loophole that permits the filibuster and ended this bullshit forever.

      • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        12 days ago

        Another reason it’s garbage is that it’s the Democrats’ job to win elections and get control of Congress so they can do things, and they just fail spectacularly about 80% of the time.