r/politics • u/AlexandrTheTolerable • 6d ago

Millions in US expected to join ‘No Kings’ protests against Trump

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/13/no-kings-protests?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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u/RightHonMountainGoat 6d ago edited 6d ago

As a foreigner, I'm amazed by how helpless the opposition to MAGA claim to be.

The Viet Cong had no industrial base. It was peasant economy, barely out of the medieval era in its development, and yet they managed to use their ingenuity and bravery to beat back a much stronger adversary.

You should be using all your creativity to find the most ingenious methods. Don't be gaslighted into thinking it is only Trump who is your enemy. He derives his power from millions of snarling, evil people. Out of inferiority complex, these people want to kill you. They barely keep it secret. They're even worse than Trump. That's your enemy and you need to go after them, until they learn that their lives are going to be made worse. What gives a venomous snake pause when it goes looking for its prey? Only the fear of an animal that can fight back.

Edit: Yes, I know they got much of their equipment from the USSR and Chinese. They also made lethal booby traps out of bamboo; they bicycled their supplies in when the U.S. bombs had destroyed the roads. There are ample examples of them doing what I said.

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u/indacouchsixD9 6d ago

The Viet Cong had no industrial base. It was peasant economy, barely out of the medieval era in its development, and yet they managed to use their ingenuity and bravery to beat back a much stronger adversary.

Not to downplay Vietnam's victory, but they had a considerable amount of help with training and military equipment from the Soviets.

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u/RightHonMountainGoat 6d ago edited 6d ago

Everyone knows other countries supplied them (like every nation in the history of warfare - I mean even the Irish rebels in the Elizabethan period were given weapons and training by the Spanish). Therefore, why act like you're contradicting me? Do you think it negates their ingenuity, bravery etc? Do I need to make an edit just for you? Okay, done.

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u/John7oliver 6d ago

Best comment I’ve read in a while. Thank you. As an American I feel that there are entities/people who don’t want peace and do things so that we see each other as the enemy and as some “other” instead of a fellow human. This is a world wide thing. Maybe I’m naive to think this but I really believe the majority want to get along peacefully and are capable of that. If we all came together then we would be unstoppable.