There have been protests in every single state for awhile now. At least that is what I have heard through the grapevine. I'm Danish so I haven't seen the protests with my own two eyes, but I have seen pictures, read posts and talked to Americans who are out protesting. From what I have been told, it is unheard of that there are protests for the same cause in all 50 states at the same time. It is historic, but I'm not surprised that the greatest president who ever lived wouldn't want that information to slip out in the media. It would hurt his fee-fees bigly.

35k in Denver today

Same reasons people didnt act in germany all those years ago. First apathy and that will transition into fear of reprisal.

You also have to understand the sheer size of the USA. It's not like everyone can go to DC that easily. The protests are taking place in all states.

I think this is a factor of your media echo chamber. I've personally attended protests nearly every week since January. I'm going to one tomorrow. They are all over my news feeds.

Chicago has had a few. In particular at the protest for science there was a dude in a trump in diapers blow up costume.

There are, The media is own'd by the rich and now so is the government.

Estimates show 65-75% of households live paycheck to paycheck. We financially can’t miss a day of work, let alone long stretches. Or we are allowed so little time off that it has to be saved for sick/emergency days (if you get any at all!).

That’s setting aside things like long hours, multiple jobs, unaffordable daycare, lack of medical care on top of hard hitting inflation without any wage changes.

It’s by design. It’s like intentionally under feeding slaves so they don’t have the energy to run away.

where are you? are you in the US, outside the US, rural, urban? I'm in a relatively small urb and even i see protests, and have attended them. if you're not seeing them reported, you need to change your information sources. if you're not seeing them in person, well, that's a question of whether you're in a dense enough area for protests to make sense

There are. I've been to a few. They don't get covered by the media.

There are, they are being reported. I couldn’t speculate as to why you are missing them.

I am convinced people have to die for it to be big enough in the US. I'm not trying to be difficult or obtuse. I think with the state of things, it's the only thing that is going to unify us enough to take to the streets and revolt together.

50501 is hard at work! Also check out https://www.mobilize.us/

Millions protested against the invasion of Iraq, the USA invaded Iraq anyway. Mass protests are ignored by the oligarchs.

Now if the USians grew spines and organized a general strike, that might get the ruling class's attention.

r/50501 (I'm brand-new to lemmy so idk what it is here yet) Check out Indivisible

There's been a lot of protests. How massive is mass is up to you though.

Although, a lot of people really like the way things are going, and a lot of anger is just terminally online bozos who don't even live in America.

50501 is very active, we're hitting the streets all the time. I've been at a demonstration almost every week for the past month and a half. Please, join us!

Edit: From one of my other comments in case you're uneasy about getting involved:

I don’t even like talking to people in the first place.

SAME SAME SAME. When I started confronting these [Trump supporters] people in my life my anxiety would flare up to the point my voice would shake lol. And I never in my life thought I'd be out marching in the streets.

It gets easier, but it takes practice (Prozac helps too). Now the anxiety has become anger. But not anger at them, rather anger at the system. Anger at what we let this country become. Anger at how lazy and complacent I've become.

Do your best, stay safe, and most important of all don't get scared. Get angry.

Bread and cicuses, when those run out people will be in the streets.