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So the Left rolled out “No Kings 2: The Sequel Nobody Asked For,” and folks… it had all the cultural impact of a screensaver from 2003. You remember those? Floating pipes, no purpose, just… there. That’s this movement. Floating. Drifting. Making noise without saying anything.
Let’s walk through the spectacle.
According to The Guardian, these “No Kings” protests were supposed to hit 3,000 locations nationwide. Three thousand. That’s not a protest, that’s a franchise model. That’s Subway sandwiches. That’s “Would you like to make it a combo?” levels of scale. And the flagship event? St. Paul, Minnesota.
Now that’s an interesting choice. St. Paul… ground zero for scrutiny over Somali fraud scandals, ICE enforcement issues, and a local political structure that’s been doing the bureaucratic cha-cha while real problems pile up like unread emails. So naturally, the Left says, “You know what this place needs? A protest about monarchy.”
Because nothing screams “relevance” like yelling about kings in a country that fought a war to not have one nearly 250 years ago. That’s commitment to the bit. Revolutionary War cosplay with worse costumes.
And let’s talk turnout.
When you plan something months in advance, pump it through media channels, coordinate across thousands of locations, and the result looks like a middle school talent show where half the kids forgot their lines… that’s not a movement. That’s a production problem.
See, real movements don’t need this much choreography. They don’t need a Google Calendar invite and a Slack channel to get people to show up. Real movements are messy, inconvenient, alive. They pop up because people feel something, not because they were emailed a PDF with protest instructions and a color palette.
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So the Left rolled out “No Kings 2: The Sequel Nobody Asked For,” and folks… it had all the cultural impact of a screensaver from 2003. You remember those? Floating pipes, no purpose, just… there. That’s this movement. Floating. Drifting. Making noise without saying anything.
Let’s walk through the spectacle.
According to The Guardian, these “No Kings” protests were supposed to hit 3,000 locations nationwide. Three thousand. That’s not a protest, that’s a franchise model. That’s Subway sandwiches. That’s “Would you like to make it a combo?” levels of scale. And the flagship event? St. Paul, Minnesota.
Now that’s an interesting choice. St. Paul… ground zero for scrutiny over Somali fraud scandals, ICE enforcement issues, and a local political structure that’s been doing the bureaucratic cha-cha while real problems pile up like unread emails. So naturally, the Left says, “You know what this place needs? A protest about monarchy.”
Because nothing screams “relevance” like yelling about kings in a country that fought a war to not have one nearly 250 years ago. That’s commitment to the bit. Revolutionary War cosplay with worse costumes.
And let’s talk turnout.
When you plan something months in advance, pump it through media channels, coordinate across thousands of locations, and the result looks like a middle school talent show where half the kids forgot their lines… that’s not a movement. That’s a production problem.
See, real movements don’t need this much choreography. They don’t need a Google Calendar invite and a Slack channel to get people to show up. Real movements are messy, inconvenient, alive. They pop up because people feel something, not because they were emailed a PDF with protest instructions and a color palette.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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