It’s always just enough Democrats. If it weren’t these, it would be others. You’ll know the pattern changed when the party starts supporting primary challenges to the “defectors”.

Maybe the fate of the US will inspire a different course. As an American, I definitely support our demise serving as a warning to others.

LOL, Russia brutality crushes protest and America doesn’t. Point Russia? You guys are hilarious.

The reality in America is a bit more complicated. There are two kinds of protests, those that are pointless and easily brushed aside, and those that might actually achieve something.

America sets up “free speech zones” and a whole myriad of laws to make sure the second kind of protest is always illegal, and it has no problem using brutality to shut them down.

Protest in America is almost always performative and relatively pointless. What matters is political activism and educating and energizing voters. That’s the only thing that has ever made a difference in the US. For protest to be effective at all it has to move voters, but opportunities to do that with corporate media pushing back are rare.