I love how language has evolved in a way that makes this bit feel like it could've been written yesterday about our current reality

Alternatively:

What's the meme? The average American has three friends?

I can't blame my UK based mutual who shared this for not knowing all the nuances of American politics. But this is the rhetoric of people who told others not to vote in the hopes the subsequent suffering would lead to a "burn it all down" moment. Shut the fuck up, all protests are real protests