The US is not a democracy. Some, such as myself, might point out that it has never actually been one either. The US is an oligarchy, as the oft-cited research study suggests. Successful movements have always targeted capital rather than political power. Capital controls political, so targeting political power is largely useless. Target capital if you want to change anything.
There are two types of capital that support fascism: opportunistic and mandatory.
Opportunistic do not need fascism to continue to exist, but believe that they will profit from fascism. They also may believe that if they do not conform to fascism, they will be sanctioned by the state and their profits will suffer. Tech is a big example of this. Government contracts are highly profitable. Resisting the state risks such contracts, so they benefit from ingratiating themselves to fascism. However, if it becomes unprofitable to continue to support fascism (or profitable to resist) then they will withdraw support and could even switch sides.
Big tech is critical to the modern military industrial complex. Google, Microsoft, and Amazon all vie for military contracts. But they also sell other things, and it's unlikely that any of them could transition to government contracts entirely without causing a shareholder revolt. Boycotts, protests, occupations of offices, and other actions can create an economic disincentive that can split them away from the fascist core. Capital seeks stability, and may do so even over short-term profits. Fascism is not stable. Tariffs and trade wars significantly increase operating costs and may even sink some companies. If these rifts can be exploited and widened, capital will force the political system to comply with any demands that allow it to go back to making money.
The mandatory set is a different beast. Fossil fuels and the auto industry will either be killed or make complex human society impossible. This is a zero-sum game. We exist or they do. Grifts like cryptocurrency and (most) GenAI products would collapse without massive financialization. They will never be self-sustaining. As such, they attach themselves to fascism (which is itself a type of grift) in order to get what they need to survive as long as possible. These industries must be destroyed.
Oil is not profitable, even at this point. It requires massive government subsidies to stay afloat. Anything that increases the cost of operation or decreases the investment takes us one step closer to the collapse of this industry. There will be no "electric transition" of the auto-industry. It is not possible from a resource or grid perspective. In that way, the auto industry (even with electric cars) is an extension of the oil industry. It's no coincidence that used car dealers are one of Trump's big funding blocks.
Push for mass transit, protest all highway spending, occupy car dealerships, protest gas station construction, protest all drilling and pipeline construction, protest fossil fuel extraction shareholder meetings, block roads and occupy highways. Shut this industry down by making it too expensive to operate and by making alternatives viable. Destroy oil or die. #JustStopOil
Attack grifts by calling them out. We have mounting evidence that GenAI cannot possibly fulfill its promises. Larger models become less secure, but the smaller the model the less useful it is. We've been promised that more data will lead to exponential improvement, but instead data shows us that there is an exponential drop-off in effecacy as data grows. Anyone investing in GenAI is either a grifter or a mark.
We've seen the same with cryptocurrencies. The cryptocurrency bubble has become a mechanism for fascists to loot the treasury under the guise of legality. Divest from these, call out those who do invest, make involvement in these industries unprofitable. Pop the #GenAI bubble (or help it finish popping) and pop the cryptocurrency bubble every time it starts to inflate again. Demand GenAI safety and security regulation (which will be impossible to meet because GenAI cannot be safe or secure). In this case, sunlight is the best disinfectant.
Force opportunistic capital to shed grifts like GenAI and cryptocurrency in order to maintain investment. Split them from oil in order to salvage what they can of capitalism. Make them choose between supporting fascism or continuing to make money.
Companies love money more than any political ideology.
