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Historic simultaneous protests against Donald Trump at the capitols of all 50 states on Feb 5 (slrpnk.net)
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[–] Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 2 months ago

If protests aren't enough to sway a democratic system, then the democratic system is broken and resistance becomes mandatory. To quote what the german constitution established after Hitler to prevent exactly what's currently happening again in the US:

Article 20 [Constitutional principles - Right of resistance]

[...]

(4) All Germans shall have the right to resist any person seeking to abolish this constitutional order if no other remedy is available.

I do not know if there's something akin to this in the US constitution (I know your culture very much thinks there is every time it's about guns though). But even if it isn't, fuck it. The system is evidently broken, do what's necessary to regain the power of the people. Do it the French way if you must.