First, I would like to preface this article by saying that while this is not the typical content Loki Nitro aims to provide, it is too important to ignore as other outlets have done.
I started seeing buzz this past week about a series of protests that would be happening at every state capital on the same day at the same time. These protests would be dubbed “50501,” to mean “50 states, 50 protests, 1 day.” The name is as direct as their goal – counter the noise being put out by the federal government with our own noise, everywhere all at once.
While it’s unclear what the outcome of all this protesting will be at this time, what is clear is that people are not going to silently watch the coup that is happening before our eyes. An immigrant entered the country illegally and now runs the treasury, something that has been fearmongered to the American public as an event we can never let happen. Yet it has happened with Elon Musk, and somehow a good percentage of the country is still blind to it. One iconic sign from the protests today shows Musk puppeteering Trump and pulling his strings, echoing a sentiment that Musk is the puppet master and is the true President by proxy.
Are major media outlets covering these protests? So far, most are not. Much of the media today is ran by these same oligarchs that would rather suppress information than let people rally together. I had feared that these protests would be filled with false-flag opponents that would turn them violent and “justify” physical action being taken against the protestors. Instead, I now believe the real goal is to create more apathy. Make the protestors feel like they wasted their time, and that they’re not being heard.
But they are being heard. Thanks to alternative media outlets and posts on sites like Reddit, there’s still been enough attention brought to the issue to rally people at the capitals. Real every-day people are getting fed up with the country being given away, even if the current administration wants us to bury our heads in the sand and act like it will all go back to normal in 4 years. There’s already been enough damage done that it will take decades to recover – what will happen if this goes on another 4 years at the minimum?
While this administration’s strategy is to overwhelm us with policies and actions that bureaucracy is too slow to stop, ours has to be to counter them just as lightning-quick. Do not be overwhelmed, do not say “this is making my brain hurt” and brute force everything like Musk does. Most importantly, do not give in to apathy and let it all wash over you. Speak up, be heard, and make your representatives hear you until you can no longer speak. Silence is to be feared, so use your voice to make some noise.
Is 50 protests in 50 states at once for a single day enough to change things? I think the answer to that is an obvious and empathic no. But, as the cliche goes, Rome wasn’t built in a day – even if they intend to crumble it in one. Every single person matters and can protest in their own way every day. There’s no objective reality without the truth, and right now we are literally fighting for our descendants to have the right to know that truth. Are we the last ones to have the privilege to be able to find the objective truth in reality? No. We won’t be. We can’t be. We must stop Project 2025.
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