Is there any hope for an successful pro-democracy movement in the 21st century?

[Hardkill]

For over 5 decades, we haven't had a pro-democracy movement like the civil rights movement like in the mid-1900s. We desperately need a hero who is gifted enough to lead such a movement like Dr. Martin Luther King. I am getting more and more scared everyday about the day that 99% of the people in the world will become oppressed and exploited by the billionaire crime lords, corporate tyrants, and extreme right-wing authoritarians.

We thought that Obama would be the hero who would lead our country out of the decades long extended era of Reaganism/neoliberalism and into a new decades long era of liberal politics, but he failed to do so, because he never had a strong enough liberal/progressive movement or a strong progressive media ecosystem to truly support his vision for "hope and change" in America. Even after he left office, he either hasn't been able to or willing to lead a serious pro-democracy movement, which is a damn shame.

The progressives such as Sanders and AOC, have been trying the best for several years to lead the revolution against corporate greed and the toxic conservative movement, but for the most part they still haven't been succeeding.

The Democratic Party, liberals, and progressives keep losing the messaging war to the Republican party, conservatives, and right-wing extremisms because the left-wing still doesn't have their own media ecosystem that is able to compete with corporate mainstream media and the right-wing media propaganda.

Now, we are on the brink of authoritarianism and we may under the dictatorship of Trump if Trump or Trumpism wins next year. 

I fear that if we don't have an incredibly powerful movement that is highly organized and is highly devoted to saving and promoting democracy then not enough Americans will not realize the profound crisis we are in until it's too late. Moreover, if America falls into any kind of authoritarian rule, then that will set a horrific precedent for the rest of the world to fall under authoritarian rule.

 

 

Edited December 11, 2023 by Hardkill

[Hardkill]