The Best Way Out Is Always Through - Reflections On A Dark Week For American Democracy

Описание: Friends, after some time away from video content, this morning I'm sharing my remarks last night with over a thousand proud patriots of the remarkable community at Hopium Chronicles. I am going to let my words from last night speak for me on this somber day. Get to the video when you can. Below are a few additional notes.

We need to be very loud today. Congress must hear from us. They have to get a sense on the Hill that people are pissed. Pick your issue, whatever it is, and call, email, visit and then do it again. We need stories of phones jammed, angry callers, people demanding something better. This is vitally important. Make your calls today.

Minnesota Senator Tina Smith posted this last night, speaking for all of us: https://bsky.app/profile/smith.senate...

Perhaps this will be the week - the anniversary of Jan 6th, the killing of Renee Nicole Goode, Trump’s crowning himself Emperor of the Americas/Lord of the West Hemisphere and his seizing of Venezuela - that finally helps our national leaders overcome their reticence to fully engage Trump on his assault on democracy and freedom here and throughout the world. We can - and must - be both warriors for the middle class and great, patriotic defenders of democracy and freedom here and everywhere. For as I discussed last night those consultants and data bros counseling Democrats to stay focused on affordability and health care are wrong, terribly, historically, dangerously wrong. We know from those who study autocracy, those who have lived it in their own lives, that we must summon the courage and resolve to contest the nascent authoritarian on all fronts, contest every action. Failure to do so will be read by the regime as weakness, uncertainty, which then in turn invites escalation. Our failure to fight the regime’s rising authoritarianism head on actually emboldens them, and encourages them to do more, go further, and leave our great democracy further and further behind. Remember what they want more than anything else is for us give up, give in, disengage, obey in advance.

But that’s not what we do here at Hopium, is it? For Hopium is hope with a plan. We don’t just hope tomorrow will better than today. We put our heads down, despite all the shit, and do the work to make it so… keep fighting everyone, like, subscribe here on YouTube and join our community at https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/ - Simon