Episode 37
Shutdown 2/28 and 3/15: A Nationwide Call to Action
Summary:
Dr. Jim discusses how to resist the growing authoritarian trends under the Trump administration. He outlines vital dates—February 28 for an economic strike and March 15 for a economic shutdown—to combat the shift toward technocracy and theocracy. Emphasizing unity and action, Dr. Jim highlights the need for awareness and participation, urging listeners to stand against the billionaire class and political apathy. Tune in to understand the strategies for confronting this global trend and reshaping the future of democracy.
Chapters:
0:00
Concerns Over Trump's Policies and Historical Parallels to Dictatorships
1:29
Election Mandates and Power Consolidation
1:55
Economic Strike and Blackout to Challenge Wealth Inequality
2:50
Activism Against Political Actions and Corporate Influence
3:45
The Threat of Billionaire-Driven Global Authoritarianism
4:22
The Urgency of Resistance and Shutting Everything Down
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Transcript
And right now it's pretty clear for all of us.
the implementation of project:To a technocratic, theocratic dictatorship. That's the direction they want to take us. They want to engineer a society that looks like the fourth Reich.
at's coming out from various [:If we want to take it back to World War II era Germany, Hitler came to power. Winning 33 to 37 percent of the vote. And his argument was because he had a majority of the minority, he has a mandate to rule in the way that he sees fit. And he set himself on the course to consolidate power as much as possible.
What's the language that we've heard from this administration from election night going forward? That they have a massive mandate, right? They want you to believe that they want you to believe that a majority of the people in this country Want what's coming and that's clearly not the case.
So what can we do what we can do?
d and incremental in what we [:So what are we talking about? When we say there, the first date that I mentioned was February 28th. So this is a day where all of us
turn off the spigot, turn off the faucet, hit the billionaire class and the millionaire class in their pocketbook. That means we slow down or stop as much economic activity as possible
to demonstrate the power that we have and the force that we can bring to the front lines. In this fight
and we start with this and it's simply just shutting off purchasing power consumerism. So stop it entirely or reduce it to the point where you're only getting essentials for that one day.
The next date that we need to pay attention to is March 15th. And that is shut down 315.
that we're sending, not only [:And this is how we make ourselves heard now between now and february 28th and march 15th There's a lot of other things that we need to be doing one of which is constantly calling And if we can showing up at the offices of our elected representatives And demanding that they put A stop to what is going on in DC with respect to what Elon Musk under the orders of Donald Trump is doing that needs to be part of the playbook too.
And at the same time, we need to have both of these cards on the table as well, and be able to play them. And if that doesn't get the right approach, we extend this out longer and longer until they start paying attention because the alternative is something that none of us wants to deal with.
at they tried to pull off in [:This is a global trend that we're seeing, that is enabled and facilitated by the billionaire class and Russia in an effort to reshape the world into a new world order and a world order where the billionaires rule and the rest of us starve.
That's what is at stake.
And that's why it's critical that we put our resistance in motion on February 28th and March 15th. Shut it down. Shut it all down.
