In my head they are very normalburger if that makes sense. They think Trump can stop the war enough to affect the market, right?

  • MerrySkeptic@sh.itjust.works
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    There have been many organized protests against Trump since he took office. I’m not sure how much press they’ve received outside the US. Though many still support him because they are indoctrinated into the MAGA cult, I would say that most (over half) of Americans are against the war for a variety of reasons.

    The problem is that there is not much we can do in the short term to create change. Our system of government does not have an effective means to recall a leader.

    The threat of legal action does little to deter this administration. For one thing, it’s slow. For another, they’ve shown that they can and will ignore court orders and this far don’t suffer any consequences. Finally, the administration has done as much as possible to install loyalists and remove honest people in every part of government, including the legal system.

    Impeachment is a joke. Even if the process was started again, Republicans in the Senate would never convict one of their own.

    So the average citizen doesn’t approve of what is happening but don’t see any effective means to change. It’s a very helpless feeling. Many disgruntled communities have been able to create some change in their local government but even changing political parties is not real change. We still have 2 right wing parties bought by special interests. I think many of us just try to do good where we can in our own sphere of influence.