“No Kings" Protests (Latest, 3/28/26)

[donbosco]

Fascism--The Seven Key Elements as Defined by Mussolini in "The Political and Social Doctrine of Fascism" (1935) -- Many of these ideas had been articulated by Mussolini as early as 1922.

1. The Fascist repudiates the doctrine of pacifism.

2. The Fascist loves his neighbor, but neighbor is not a vague or undefined concept.

3. The Fascist believes in the opposite of scientific or Marxist Socialism, i.e., materialist concept, the dialectic, as this does not explain history adequately.

4. The Fascist believes in holiness and heroism, actions influenced by no economic motive.

5. The Fascist denies the existence of class-war/conflict.

6. The Fascist repudiates the concept of economic ‘happiness’ as this is not a materialist state of being.

7. The Fascist “denies that the majority, by the simple fact that it is a majority can direct human society; it denies that numbers alone can govern by means of a periodic consultation, and it affirms the immutable, beneficial, and fruitful inequality of mankind, which can never be permanently leveled through the mere operation of a mechanical process such as universal suffrage.”



https://ia801705.us.archive.org/20/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.217879/2015.217879.The-Political_text.pdf

See especially pp. 10-20.

 

[Kingpin]

My dad would be 100 this year. He died at 95 but he would hold up a similar sign if he were alive today. He hated Trump with a passion. I’m just glad he is not alive to see Trump back in office.

 

[farce©]

The other thing I noticed about the No Kings protest in Charlotte was a lack of young people. The majority seemed to be gray haired folks who learned about protesting in the 70s. Older folks know we got out of Vietnam because Americans got out in the streets. I don’t think young people understand they can change things if they devoted less time striving to be seen online and decide it’s important to be seen IRL.

 

[donbosco]

The other thing I noticed about the No Kings protest in Charlotte was a lack of young people. The majority seemed to be gray haired folks who learned about protesting in the 70s. Older folks know we got out of Vietnam because Americans got out in the streets. I don’t think young people understand they can change things if they devoted less time striving to be seen online and decide it’s important to be seen IRL.

I was pretty tuned in to age -- of course I was in Burnsville and there was only about 300 folks there -- so I took note of the range. I had also heard the same criticism last time out -- just gray hairs. I'd say that 50 and over was about 1/2 of the crowd. High schoolers? Negligible. 20 somethings? Probably about 15%, many of whom were performing musically. The rest fell in the 30-40 age group I'd say (there were some pre-teens running around but I didn't really count them). I wonder what a college town or place with young professionals would ring up to? NYC looked pretty young from the photos I've seen, as did Chapel Hill.

 

[farce©]

I was pretty tuned in to age -- of course I was in Burnsville and there was only about 300 folks there -- so I took note of the range. I had also heard the same criticism last time out -- just gray hairs. I'd say that 50 and over was about 1/2 of the crowd. High schoolers? Negligible. 20 somethings? Probably about 15%, many of whom were performing musically. The rest fell in the 30-40 age group I'd say (there were some pre-teens running around but I didn't really count them). I wonder what a college town or place with young professionals would ring up to? NYC looked pretty young from the photos I've seen, as did Chapel Hill.

I mentioned this to my wife Sunday and at first she disputed my observation but later said she agreed the crowd skewed older. She just wasn’t paying a lot of attention to that in the moment.

The other thing that struck me was all the people lining the streets during the march. People who didn’t gather at the park for the speeches and music, but lined Tryon St with signs and drums supporting the crowd marching by.

 

[ZenMode]

See what happened here? You're no longer talking about freedom. Look -- you're talking about tradeoffs. Policy considerations. Where's freedom now?

The freedom to not be forced to inject things into your body, just to have a job, should be assumed

Freedom is almost never an answer to a question. There are rare instances in which it is -- for instance, the deprivation of freedom in slavery is wrong, and there are no tradeoffs to justify it. But 9 times out of 10, "but freedom" is a distraction from the real issue.

Note also that it took me one post to get you to repudiate your own theory.

Nope. Me clarifying/expounding isn't repudiation.

 

[Calheel]

Older people are generally more tuned in to politics plus they have more free time on their hands on a Saturday. Parents are running to sporting events and kids activities. And young people don’t like to touch grass.

The age demo is pretty similar at Trump rallies, too.

 

[Callatoroy]

Just got a call from a friend who lives in Hendersonville, NC. She tells me that 5000 turned out. Hendersonville has a population of around 16,000 and is no bastion of liberalism.

Haven't seen the nationwide turnout but I'm guessing 9 or 10 million ?

So a little under 3%? Many of whom were paid. Strong statement there.