JokersUpdates.com: Current Affairs - Political organizing rarely sees as good a day as Saturday, Oct. 18. No Kings protests brought millions of Americans into the streets, some for the first time. Organizers moved through crowds,

getting signatures, passing out info, finding new members.

That's one of 6 things No Kings accomplished:

October 18 saw one of the largest protests in US history, with about seven million people across 2,700 locations expressing opposition to President Donald Trump’s authoritarian abuses under the label No Kings. In the aftermath, some have asked what, if anything, the protests accomplished. For anyone wondering about or encountering that question—in anything from genuine inquiry to sneering dismissal—this article offers an answer.

The political emergency of the United States backsliding from democracy into fascism isn’t over, of course. But who thought it would be? I doubt many No Kings protestors decided to attend while thinking “this will fix everything on its own, by the end of the week the country will be in great shape, I’ll never have to do anything else.”

Gaining control of governmental institutions requires elections, but a lot of the fight against authoritarianism is happening in civil society. With that in mind, here are seven things Saturday’s No Kings protests accomplished:

1–Tons of Americans Think Something is Wrong
The Trump regime’s efforts to control civil society depend on fear. They sue media companies, withhold university funding, send masked ICE officers to violate rights, and pump out an endless stream of propaganda. But they don’t have the capacity to impose their will on all American society. To make up the difference, they project an aura of popularity, domination, and inevitability. It’s false, but some buy it, and obey in anticipation, making the regime’s totalitarian desires closer to real.

Massive protests punctured that image. Millions of Americans showed they aren’t afraid, or if they are, that they won’t be intimidated. Trump may fantasize about shooting protestors, but soldiers didn’t try to put the demonstrations down with force, indicating he isn’t confident enough in his undemocratic power to order it. And counterprotests were nearly nonexistent.

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