07-07-2025, 09:19 PM
Quote:“Fascism is not creative,” said one former government expert in conflict. “There’s only so many ways to do it. That’s why it’s almost cliché to the point where we ask, ‘What are we, Darth Vader? The Empire? The Nazis?’ The comparisons draw ridicule because people who don’t know enough about it don’t realize there aren’t too many ways to do it. So, the tactics to counter them will still work, and there’s way more ways to be creative.”

Quote:Several conflict experts who spoke to NOTUS said that anti-Trump organizers are keeping an eye on what comes of United Automobile Workers President Shawn Fain’s call for a nationwide general strike in 2028.I can tell you right now nothing is going to come of it.
One expert who has taken on an advisory role in this effort said that a successful resistance would only push back in response to how hard it’s squeezed.
“A general strike is not something you flip on and off with a switch. The idea here is not to impose maximal disruption for the sake of it. The opposition has to escalate to the extent that the aspiring autocrat escalates,” they said.
