At this stage, I’d argue that we already failed to protect democracy, and now is the time to resist. There are a ton of different ways to resist as an everyday person. Ultimately, it comes down to small ways to impede, slow down, annoy, etc. the current regime. Malicious compliance and incompetence are the easiest, lowest level ways to resist. In the end, make it painful for them and work for every inch.
At this stage, I’d argue that we already failed to protect democracy, and now is the time to resist. There are a ton of different ways to resist as an everyday person. Ultimately, it comes down to small ways to impede, slow down, annoy, etc. the current regime. Malicious compliance and incompetence are the easiest, lowest level ways to resist. In the end, make it painful for them and work for every inch.
You can get some ideas from the old OSS Simple Sabotage Field Manual from WWII.