The president-elect’s first term brought a wave of protest. This time, visitors to New York’s Washington Square Park are struggling for energy to resist

Summary

Anti-Trump Americans, especially on the left, are showing a more subdued response to Trump’s 2024 reelection compared to the activism of 2016.

Exhaustion, disillusionment with repeated setbacks, and negative media coverage have led many to disengage from politics or shift focus to personal priorities.

Activist groups, like Women’s March, are planning protests but acknowledge lower enthusiasm and more localized efforts.

Experts suggest this “tune-out” may be a coping mechanism, with some hoping new, non-political participants will lead change.

Many feel drained but believe activism will eventually regain momentum.

  • @[email protected]English
    -9•22 hours ago

    I’m going to go ahead and respect democracy. Trump won fair and square. He should be able to implement his policies because that’s what the majority wants.

    • @agent_nycto
      1•3 hours ago

      Wants? The people who voted for him don’t even know what they want. Didn’t know what tariffs were. Say they are constitutionalist but then say they want a Christian nation. Say they want to get rid of pedos then make one the president and a lot into Congress.

      The people want to survive and be able to afford to live, and some of them got duped into thinking a parasite would do that for them.

      The rest are just simply racist or hate gays and trans and will vote a monster in to hurt them, even to the detriment of themselves and others.

    • @samus12345English
      2•5 hours ago

      Democracy just voted to end democracy. It doesn’t work when the public is uninformed.

    • @normalexit
      10•20 hours ago

      I’m afraid that his policies will be unethical, illegal, and un-American with no checks and balances. I can’t do anything about it now though; I already voted as blue as I could.

      So yeah… I’m ready to say fuck it for the next term and hope that he gets stuck on things that slow him down (like laws already on the books that can’t be easily ignored, and pressure from other world leaders)

    • @[email protected]
      2•18 hours ago

      If he did it legally and without simultaneously pilfering the coffers for his own gain then I would agree with you. However, everything he does is a violation of the law and for his own enrichment.