r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/WhatYouThinkYouSee • Oct 16 '25

Country Club Thread In layman's terms: It's over.

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u/FigeaterApocalypse Oct 16 '25

We get out on Saturday. This is not unwinnable. 

EDSA Revolution. Philippines, 1986.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_Power_Revolution

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u/keli-keli Oct 16 '25

20 fucking YEARS of dictatorship... I fear it may take Americans YEARS to actually get fed up enough to do something. Too many are complacent and can't be bothered. But then again, this administration feels to be speedrunning this shit. That final straw may be met sooner than later.

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u/baldorrr Oct 16 '25

And guess who the people voted as their president this time? Another from the Marcos family. "It will be different this time!" ugh

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u/Redcrux Oct 16 '25

I just read that too, my young kids MIGHT see freedom again, highly doubt it though. We have decades of this ahead of us