Memes as resistance by Ethan Pazmino

The government when we keep asking for the
Epstein files that they promised to release

The Biden administration never wanted to release the Epstein files because of bill Clintons friendship with jeffery Epstein and trump agreed to release them but even now there is no complete or comprehensive set of materials.

A patriarchy is a system where men hold primary power and dominate political leadership, roles, and control, often excluding women from these positions and privileges. Activism is when citizens organize campaigns to influence public policy, challenge laws, or hold governmental bodies accountable through protests. We are all controlled by the system that we were born into but I believe that its the best possible system there is because when you look around there are governments that have so much control over there people that there is no possible way to thrive unless you are born into a family that has governmental power. I think its very hard to get into a position where the powers have less control of you but its achievable through hard work and perseverance and even then you will still be controlled by someone.

Memes rang  ®∂≥e from anywhere between funny sports memes or still funny but more controversial political memes. They can help people fight back on the narratives that big news outlets can push on us and give us a way rebel and to change peoples point of views. According to vice "the ability for the meme to empower and push back can be really powerful. They're definitely sites of resistance against perceptions of abuse of power." We are lucky that we live in a country where we can speak out against the government if we feel that something is unjust without the fear or going to prison of worse. There are memes on both sides of our government and for most people which ever side they are on can still look at and have a laugh. According to vice " Most are rooted either in expressing anger, mocking trump, or collectively coping with the absurdity and even trauma of his presidency." You either hate or love trump but seeing a photoshopped picture of him displaying him as wearing a hair piece and it flying off with the wind with a clever caption attached can still bring an smile to your face.

"When used by activists, the phrase " stepping off the curb" refers to the moment that one leaves the sidewalk and enters the street to join a protest, but in a broader sense it means making the step from passive indifference into active engagement".

I like the phrase stepping off the curb because in its literal sense it's going to the street to stand up for something and in the broader sense it means the exact thing. when people decide to join the fight is when the cause gets stronger and real change can happen.

" According to political theorists, the model for modern democracy is the seventeenth- century European coffee house. In this public place, men of relative privilege and leisure sat around reading newspapers, discussing and deciding upon the important political topics of the day (like how to carve up Africa, Asia, and the Americas."

Ive never heard of this and I find it really interesting comparing our democracy to 17th century European man plotting on how they can conquer the world when originally our country started because Europeans came over here and did that exact thing. In a way its like how some people become their parents and I think its kind of a funny connection for political theorists to make.