AND: we don't have a quick, cost-effective way to cross thousands of miles to participate in a protest. No national high-speed rail network.
Showing up to protest in DC ends up being a luxury for well-to-do ppl who can afford to take days off work & pay $200+/night for hotels. Cf: Jan 6 protesters.
Dear all foreign friends outside the United States,
Our country is big. Like really big. Like so much bigger than you ken. Our states are bigger than many countries, and there's 50 of them.
So when you wonder why we are not all marching on DC
I live 2,500 miles (4000 km) from the White House
I think everybody understands the geographic limitations of protest organizing in the US. BUT the DEMs & civil society also have so much more resources than opposition movements in Turkey or Serbia or Hungary could ever dream of. I still think it's fair to ask why we don't see mass organizing
Having lived in Europe for 12 years, it is my experience that people who have not lived in the US really do not understand AT ALL how huge the country is and how difficult it is to get around. Europeans visit the US for conferences and holidays and think they understand. They do not.
OK, we don’t understand then… 🙄 But we do see 500k protests in DC from time to time, the 2017 Women’s March was one of them. If there ever was a time for organizing, I think this would be it. As I said above, it’s not like there are no resources
Mar 30, 2025 16:39
