• @[email protected]
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    7720 hours ago

    No we haven’t been here. Last time was just prep work for this. And we didn’t dismantle that work. We’re primed to efficiently implement the wishes of tyrants.

    • @[email protected]
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      86 hours ago

      Well, we have been here before, but they picked the wrong comparison point.

      The correct parallel is the Weimar Republic in the early 1930s.

      And yes: I’m saying this is likely the inception of the first American Reich (or whatever it ends up being called), only this time it’ll be theocratic too, so the hardcore fanatics will also know they’ve got god on their side. Wcgw.

    • Omega
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      4319 hours ago

      Exactly, last time the question of “can we just shoot the protesters” was answered with “no”.

      This time the answer is “obviously yes”.

      • @[email protected]
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        515 hours ago

        The answer is we shouldn’t be protesting we should be doing other things that im not willing to detail in a public form.

    • @[email protected]
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      1317 hours ago

      Please tell me why we shouldn’t all just collectively kill ourselves then? All of these comments on reddit and lemmy are making me think that none of it is worth even being alive anymore. Why shouldn’t we just kill ourselves if it’s going to happen and there’s nothing we can do about it?

      • @[email protected]
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        1214 hours ago

        I think once we start seeing people being dragged out into the streets, put into camps, or whatever crazy shit they plan on doing, that will be the time to make this kind of decision. Right now, there may be some kind of response that we can take that might help. It’s a toss up right now, but just know, your life is valuable, and to not doing anything drastic until the first signs of the regime come into light.

        For what it’s worth to you, I do have a last ditch plan for myself if I truly do see this death march in action, but I will not enact it unless it is truly the last option I have.

      • @[email protected]
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        614 hours ago

        Think of it like being diagnosed with cancer. It can be a death sentence but you can also recover with treatment.

        We are facing the truth that nothing is permanent in history but change doesn’t always mean death. It’s very scary, but live your life. You have today, make it mean something.

        • GHiLA
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          614 hours ago

          Nothing is permanent in history.

          Climate change: hold my beer

          • @[email protected]
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            213 hours ago

            Climate change isn’t permanent. It has changed before and will change again. This will all sort itself out in the next several million years, you’ll see.

            • GHiLA
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              112 hours ago

              Unless you intend to live several million years, eternity might as well be 1000.

      • @[email protected]
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        212 hours ago

        Look into local mutual aid groups and do what you can for those around you. That will go a long way to help you and your mental health, plus having a strong network means you can help when things start to get bad.

        • @[email protected]
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          110 hours ago

          You’re going to spend time and resources setting up hot meal deliveries for the elderly in your neighborhood, and then Skip The Dishes is going to lobby the government to shut you and everyone else with the same idea down because the elderly should just be paying them to deliver their food, and what you’re doing is anti-business.

          You’re going to google John Brown Gun Club and that’ll be enough for them to put you on a list for closer monitoring. If you actually attend a meeting you’ll be picked up in an unmarked van driven by hand picked agents from the department of corrections and ICE.

      • @djsoren19
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        415 hours ago

        What use is there in taking your own life?

        If you cannot flee, then prepare to fight.