This is a tangent but, I find it baffling that Americans are one of the most tolerant democracies of abuses of power against common citizens and corruption. Their country was founded precisely to stop both. Their constitution was almost utopian for the time, writing about the irrefutable rights a human has. And look at it now, capitalism and oligarchs have trashed their country. They lack even basic infrastructure such as health care, transportation a functional education system, etc. All for the benefit of rich people who can bypass the broken country by buying normal services and amenities, while less fortunate people are left to fend for themselves. It is a broken country because only nobility can afford human-worthy living standards there. The nobility and oligarchy in the USA are so very effectively blocking the country from having infrastructure that every other civilised country on planet earth has had for decades or even centuries. How the american middle class could let this happen is baffling.
is that mr T ?
Yeah we really Need to wake up and fight. Even alone, like luigi. Make them scared.
There are People Who can and probably will, but in many platforms(aside here) Like reddit you cant Say this and i think that really slows It down.
Y’all can do it for Greta. I’m still fighting for Harambe. DICKS OUT!!!
U guys are buying weapons right? It’s still legal as far as I know. For self defense
I love your optimism. Keep up the good fight. FOR THE MOON!
Except they only post about their imaginary heroics on the internet, and then sit back on their couch doing nothing.
You can do both, I don’t see the problem with doing anticapitalist propaganda on the internet, it’s probably what pushed me most towards organizing
WRONG! They are CONSUMING! Gotta mainline that hedonic treadmill shit on Klarna before your credit runs dry, my man WOOOOOO! big winner energy
If only. All the American leftists with guns are tripping over themselves to explain why it’s not time, and why the second amendment doesn’t apply when the government is rounding up and disappearing American citizens and sending federal troops to cities. They won’t even unify to vote against trump, let alone fight him
Democrats have been anti gun for decades and are now reaping the consequences, sadly.
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I’m not American but know plenty, you’re all pro gun. It’s kinda crazy. Even democrats will defend gun rights. I saw a figure that said something like 61% of democrats are pro gun control, not ban but control. So that leaves 39% that are pro gun, on top of the pretty much 100% republicans who are pro gun rights.
Oh yeah, banning guns is far outside our Overton window for sure. It’s a career killer for any politician. Just look at Beto O.
I used to be pro-gun control due to the prevalence of school shootings. But seeing what Trump is doing with ICE (literally masked men throwing you into a commercial van) and reading the history of armed resistance (e.g., Black Panthers protecting each other from police brutality) I think it’s time we acknowledge that we are not going to vote our way out of this mess. Let’s not take a means of legal resistance off the table.
Being against a civilian arms race seems like a pretty sane policy in a country where school shootings is a national pastime.
Losing that arms race on walkover while simultaneously losing democratic institutions, that is… unfortunate.
So are you going to be the general, inspiring and gathering people, and picking targets? Or is this just yet another call for generic violence against any targets so you can feel that others are “doing something.”
I’m not a killer. I’m not interested in killing random conservatives. I’m interested in things that reduce pain and suffering in the world. Murdering people who don’t agree with me is not the way I want to live my life.
As a general call it would be killing ICE agents to stop them from kidnapping people and the national guard members deployed to cities.
Though you’re correct in your assessment for change to be made through violence.
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And all the conservatives who “own guns to prevent guberment tyranny and fight oppression!!!” are also doing squat all.
The US is a bit FUBAR ain’t it?
Be the change you wanna see in the world.
Bit OOTL, what happened to Greta? Is she still being held hostage by the Israelis?
She has been released and stated that the flotilla crew ( her included ) have been subject to mistreatment and abuse. Israel is now accussing the flotilla to be part of hamas.
Snopes article : https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/10/07/greta-thunberg-israel-arrest/
TL:DR israël commit atrocities yet again and try to say it’s due to hamas again.
Greta is part of Hamas now?
Lmao real
Pick a location.
Figure out their word.
Everything they don’t like is that.
Is this an everywhere thing? Or a certain kinds of people thing?
Is this an everywhere thing? Or a certain kinds of people thing?
It’s in-group/out-group psychology. So, it’s everywhere (including here) and one must be mindful to counteract it.
I’d say it’s a universal tendency. But education can fight this tendency.
I wonder what aspects of education fight the tendency, like if there end up being any things that specifically help more than others, or if it’s more like an overall-function thing. Or maybe humility??
Or what if it’s just an extremely commonly learned behavior that most people just have to unlearn
I wonder what aspects of education fight the tendency
For the individual, mindfulness and instilling a sense of belonging to a global in-group (e.g. “human beings”) is key. Avoid language that directly compares social groups as inherently good vs evil, as that’s where bad things start to creep in. Teaching empathy, critical thinking, nuance, and generally encouraging curiosity are crucial to maintaining this broader world view.
At the macro-level, it’s about maintaining that sense that there is no race, country, or populace anywhere that is top-to-bottom “evil.” So we keep educating our peers with counter-examples to bad behaviors, and shed light on lies and rumors when they reinforce negative narratives. Leading by example through charity, empathy, and compassion can help, provided the story gets out. Unfortunately, all this goes up against power structures a lot of the time; these arbitrary divisions and biases get used to great political effect. It’s hard as hell to do.
The latter. It’s easy to cast blame, it’s hard to understand the problem.
Yeah, that’s standard conservative strategy - you are either with us, or you are aligned with whatever group is the current Boogeyman. AFTER 9/11, you either supported everything the government did, including two unfunded endless wars, or else you were an Al Qaeda Terrorist.
Today there is a choice. If you don’t support Israel and genocide, you are anti-Semitic and Hamas. If you are against MAGA, you are ANTIFA. If you protest, you are a domestic terrorist.
Wait, part of hamas? I thought the accusation was being in contact with hamas, which the flotilla itself had claimed
Thank you! I asked my gf what happened to her and we simply didn’t know
“me at my parents age” is in the future. It’s a hypothetical where Elon has a moon palace, something happened to Greta, and an organised resistance has formed.
^this
Even in The Resistance one does not simply abandon Nike branding
It’s got a swoosh!
She’s the goddess of victory, seems appropriate!
Rapi is best girl.
NIKA NIKA NIKA
Just do it
