cross-posted from: https://50501.chat/post/93776

We are building a massive, visible, national rejection of this crisis—and today’s numbers are proof that the people—the majority—are taking action to stop a hostile government takeover.

Because let’s be clear: We do not have a functioning democracy anymore. Trump and his billionaire allies have dismantled our system of checks and balances, stacked the courts, silenced dissent, and declared themselves above the law.

They are disappearing people, attacking universities and the free press, and purging agencies meant to protect the people—from the environment to civil rights to public health.

This is not politics as usual. This is a hostile takeover by billionaires, corporations, and authoritarian enablers.

They are gutting the country for parts—and selling us out in the process.

They are not leaders. They are traitors to the people of this country.

So we are building a People’s Movement. And history shows that when just 3.5% of the population engages in sustained, peaceful resistance—transformative change is inevitable.

But we have to earn it. And we have to fight for it.

We may no longer have a functioning democracy—but we still have a chance to restore it. The window is closing though. And we are the ones who must rise to meet this moment.

So here’s what you can do: 📱 Use the 5 Calls app or Resist Bot to contact your elected officials—every single day.

🎤 Demand town halls. Show up at their public appearances.

🚫 Boycott the corporations funding this hostile takeover.

🗣️ Talk to your friends, family, coworkers, and neighbors. Don’t let them sleep through this moment.

📸 Share protest footage, updates, and facts on social media. Amplify the truth—because the billionaires are trying to drown it out.

📲 And follow us to stay connected, get updates, and join future actions.

We are not alone. We are not powerless. And we are not backing down.

#50501movement #PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne #50501 #ImpeachTrump #HandsOff #April5


Originally Posted By u/FiftyFifty1Movement At 2025-04-05 07:56:36 PM | Source


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    “Caring about Operation Gladio and the lack of democracy in your country means you love dictatorships”. It’s so obvious that you don’t actually care about democracy, you’re just a racist american/European supremacist who believes Chinese people are a hivemind that “are forced” to like their government

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      So then why do you instantly default to whataboutism if you don’t like it?

      Or you just don’t like it when I do it?

      Yeah keep making excuses to suck fascist cock

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        I’m making legitimate criticism of my “democracy” when you bring up controlled opposition, to show you that calling my system a democracy as opposed to China is fucking ridiculous. You don’t accept criticism of your system and you call it “whataboutism”, when in reality we’re discussing two different political systems because you’re calling one of them authoritarian which is comparative to the other. You just can’t answer with anything reasonable other than “Gyna bad” so you end the conversation with the thought terminating cliche of whataboutism.

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          So when does somebody besides Xi take power, whats the date when his term ends and he steps down?

          People who claim power for life are dictators. It shouldn’t be hard to aknowledge that but the psychological control China has over its shills is terrifying.

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            The only measure for democracy is being able to choose which of the two billionaire-approved candidates with functionally identical policy against the working class on the other hand.

            whats the date when his term ends and he steps down?

            Aren’t people concerned with Trump doing this and quite literally just waving hands about it?

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              You’re right, not having any choice and accepting a life as a slave is way better!

              Lmao you are the one here who wants no rights slave, what a pathetic way to live, to have to contort your mind to accept slavery instead of understanding it’s wrong.

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                Chinese people are well on the way to have more rights than we do. While the EU elects far right leaders (courtesy of the oligarchic antidemocratic media conglomerate) and the US literally elects a Sieg-Heil Nazi (courtesy of the same media), China just passed serious legislation on regulating and protecting citizens from facial recognition.

                Calling Chinese people slaves is extremely racist BTW

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                  I don’t care how racist you are lol

                  If you willingly accept a dictatorship then you are a slave

                  s l a v e

                  By definition

                  Go move to China if you aren’t just pretending to be American, I’m sure once you figure out the reason everyone is so “happy” (implied threat of dissapearing at all times) you will have such low social credit you won’t be allowed to leave the country again.

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                    Straight from the state department propaganda, with the “threat of disappearing” and the “social score”. My man, you open your bank app and it will tell you how worthy of a citizen you are with your credit score, the “social credit” is just anti-china propaganda that dumbasses like you will uncritically swallow whole.

                    I’m not USian BTW, I’m European. Good luck in your current democracy, the one with concentration camps for immigrants, the one beating university students for protesting, and the one murdering black innocents en-masse for daring to talk to a cop.