One of the most powerful tools of the resistance will be economic resistance. We may like to think that we can make some kind of moral argument with the uninformed apathetic masses who delivered this horrific threat to our doorsteps, and they will see the light and turn out to vote against the fascist GOP, but I don’t believe it.
There have been a series of blogs lately questioning the enormous, let’s politely say, irrationality of not only Trump supporters, but the apathetic people who simply aren’t paying attention to what’s happening around them. How do we reach them? I firmly believe we have to go back to a primordial approach, a primitive brain stem approach. They operate on feelings rather than a rational informed thought process. And more often than not they will turn out to vote against a bad feeling rather than for a good feeling. What this boils down to is, they will vote against anyone they believe has or will hit them hard in the pocketbook.
If we want to take back our democracy in 2018, we can’t help Trump make the trains run on time. The voters, and potential voters are going to have to be feeling economic pain and they’re going to have to point the finger at the GOP.
Economic resistance will be one of our strongest tools and any alliance with or assistance given to companies that are resisting the insanity of the GOP, will be a step forward in taking back our democracy.
The outdoor recreation industry has had enough of the GOP kleptocracy and is firing a shot across the GOP bow.
The nation’s largest outdoor-recreation companies are pulling their official trade show from Salt Lake City, citing Utah Gov. Gary Herbert’s push to rescind the Bears Ears National Monument’s federal designation.
Herbert (R) has joined with Utah’s congressional delegation in asking President Trump to undo federal protections that former president Barack Obama granted in late December to Bears Ears, a sacred ancestral Pueblo site in southeastern Utah.
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“This should send a clear signal to Utah’s leadership,” Miller said in a statement. “In the wake of ongoing political attacks on our clean air and water, wildlife and sacred places, we will stand united in our beliefs and our business practices.”
The more companies we can get to resist the GOP insanity, the better our chances of success. Support the companies who are taking action and boycott the collaborators of fascism.
RESIST!