How the World Can Push Back: The Playbook to Counter Trump's Second Term

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1. Nice, but while foreign countries can run interference, the true resistance must come from us

From Gene Sharp's From Dictatorship to Democracy on the idea of hoping for foreign saviors, page 7:

International pressures can be very useful, however, when they are supporting a powerful internal resistance movement. Then, for example, international economic boycotts, embargoes, the breaking of diplomatic relations, expulsion from international organizations, condemnation by United Nations bodies, and the like can assist greatly. However, in the absence of a strong internal resistance movement such actions by others are unlikely to happen.

https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/126900/8008_FDTD.pdf