• Cows Look Like MapsOP
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      94 months ago

      Protesting and organizing is a start instead of the defeatist “it won’t do anything” or “but it annoys people.” Proceeds to do nothing but annoy people online.

    • @cygnus@lemmy.ca
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      84 months ago

      Look at countries that have successfully enacted change when they are angry with their government: Serbia currently, France whenever pensions are threatened, the Maidan Revolution, the Arab Spring (for what that was worth). What do they all have in common? Hint: it isn’t posting from the comfort of your couch.

      • DominusOfMegadeus
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        04 months ago

        Well, I see how you reached that conclusion. Unfortunately the US is socioeconomically completely different than any of those places, and our own oligarchs have engineered the system to keep us in our place.

        • @cygnus@lemmy.ca
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          74 months ago

          How true, Americans are much more oppressed and less free than Ukrainians under Yanukovych or Egyptians under Mubarak. People everywhere are saying they’re the biggest victims by far — yuge victimhood.

          • @inv3r5ion@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            124 months ago

            Americans are fed insane propaganda from birth to death about how they’re powerless to change our government. It’s a total lie. And curiously, a large chunk of them are really into the second amendment to protect themselves against tyranny (wtf are they doing the tyranny is here). I guess we’ll see what happens when president musk finally goes after social security, Medicare and Medicaid.

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      4 months ago

      Perhaps The things Americans should be doing are the things you shouldn’t post publicly about doing.

    • @Dtules@lemmy.ca
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      Here are some ideas:

      • Do a risk assessment for your specific situation and relationships and work to reduce your risk
      • Form stronger bonds with people in your community
      • Read history and the mechanisms of similar situations
      • Work to reduce fascists radicalization where you can (hint: probably not online)
      • Stop enabling whiny “there’s nothing we can do” bullshit