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stopdropandprole

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    Okay, who had Trump loyalty pins for Apocalyptic-Bingo this Sunday? Games just getting started, stay tuned!

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    Saturday April 19th

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  • but why not outside the oligarchs mansions?

    be the change you want to see in the world. just get some friends and go for it. we believe in you!

    seriously, ever consider there might be multiple steps in the process of overthrowing oligarchy?

    maybe participating in a siwy widdul pwotest is the first step towards getting people enough courage to do precisely what you're suggesting?

    or that your cynicism against the first step might be exactly what prevents us from getting to the next step, the one where people surround the mansions?

  • Microsoft total recalls Recall totally to Copilot+ PCs

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  • people keep using this 'interrupting your enemy' phrase incorrectly and it's really tiresome.

    it's like, "hey, your enemy is destroying your country, do something!" and braindead meme junkies are like "well actually, don't interrupt your enemy..." smh

    ig it gives them permission to do nothing... it grants validation for passivity.

  • liberal is a dirty word

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  • agreed. but also consider, which names appear on the ballot at all is largely the result of actions outside the election cycle (publicity events, fundraisers, grassroots door to door organizing, messaging, courting groups for endorsements).

    in other words, voting is necessary but not sufficient.

    not recognizing this is why so many movements lose momentum and fail to get their ideas in front of voters.

  • purpose

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  • me missing your point doesn't make your arguments correct. you are factually mistaken in your framing.

  • purpose

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  • Life doesn't give an F about balance

    you speak with the confident wrongness of someone who has no scientific understanding of natural cycles, equilibriiums, self-limiting reproductive rates, ecology, or biology. have you heard of chemistry? equilibriums?

    you are confusing a linguistic object , the word "balance" (like from an Oxford dictionary) with empirically observable, falsifiable hypotheses which are well established in environmental science. humans are late arrivals to the millennia of life systems on earth, and the first thing they did was begin destroying balanced ecosystems to grow surplus foods, exert population pressures on other species, reshape rivers and lakes, clearcut forests, and general terraform the shit out of everything, other creatures be damned.

    your comment suggests a stunningly anthropocentric hubris and a total ignorance to eons of geological time preceding homo sapiens which humans came along and completely fucked by rapidly terra forming the planet. go tell a black rhino or a dodo that only humans care about balance.

    humans cause imbalance in nature, it's literally our whole thing we do. transform the environment by whatever means possible, dominate other life forms to extinction if we feel like it, overcome natural limits or push others to extreme boundaries.

  • Today, over 3 million people stood up to the billionaire-backed hostile government takeover.

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  • it's really encouraging. I've thought a lot about it and I don't see many viable alternatives to mass mobilization/protest right now.

    lets consider a few of the most common alternatives to protests you hear from online leftists and dismantle them one by one: 1). General Strike 2). Guillotines/purge style violence 3.) Vote harder

    what preconditions are necessary for those things to even be possible? how will we get normal, apolitical people leading ignorant lives involved enough to overcome the doomerism/apathy/loneliness/passivity that undercuts our ability to take action? it's going to take enormous social pressure. social pressure is one of the most powerful motivators for humans, at a basic biological level.

    1- no one's going on a Strike until they believe that a fuckton of other people are doing it and they won't simply be fired.

    2- no one is running out to buy Purge supplies unless they are absolutely convinced that hundreds of thousands of other people are doing it too and they can disappear in the crowd to evade being caught and prosecuted.

    3- and as for voting... we all know that ship has sailed. elections are not going to be free or fair here on out (arguably never were). our current elected officials won't listen or won't actually put up a fight (Dems are ineffectual opposition party). and the govt is completely captured by corporations and insiders.. say goodbye to the courts and regulatory agencies who ensure govt accountability. how will winning an election alleviate these systemic problems?

    arguably, the strategic and controlled intimidation of government officials (after Jan 6th, trust me, theyre scared of big motivated crowds) using well orchestrated protest events, is exactly how you change things when free and fair elections no longer work.

    I'm open to all possibilities... but we need to realize that people have to get up off our asses and go into the world to accomplish any of them. attending a mom and pop friendly protest is a good starting place.

  • Today, over 3 million people stood up to the billionaire-backed hostile government takeover.

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  • Angry protesters from New York to Alaska assail Trump and Musk in 'Hands Off!' rallies

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  • "The president golfed in Florida Saturday and planned to do so again Sunday, the White House said."

    one might say, hypothetically , perhaps the next mass demonstration needs to be 20,000 protesters marching onto the golf greens in formation and providing this wannabe dictator piece of shit scumbag with feedback directly from his constituents.

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  • The next time you see sky, it'll be filled with eagles.

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  • "Let them eat Lembas bread."

  • Elon Musk's approval rating plunges to new low

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  • he deserves much much worse.

  • Elon Musk can’t take the heat

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  • Elon Musk mocked for trying to spin the Wisconsin election result: ‘You failed, you couldn’t buy the vote’

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  • Live updates: Trump announces sweeping tariffs

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  • wealthy people are not a monolith. some, those with advance warning (insider advantage) will benefit while others lose out. this is not just about rich vs poor, it's also ultra rich vs ultra rich, cabals of powerful elites vying for control of global markets in the chaotic aftermath of global financial restructuring.

  • Live updates: Trump announces sweeping tariffs

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  • in addition to buy low, sell high... perhaps even more lucrative, the crash will be used as an excuse for another massive corporate bailout benefiting the wealthiest business owners and will accelerate the transfer of wealth from govt (taxpayers/poors) to private interests (oligarchs and bankers). this happened in 2008, during Covid PPP, and it will happen again.

  • Live updates: Trump announces sweeping tariffs

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  • this would have worked in 2016, I doubt it would now. the oligarchs who put the administration in power want their pound of flesh, and they will get it regardless of whose name is in the daily headlines.

    hundreds of thousands of federal workers have been fired, research and education slashed, unprecedented damage done to institutions, and civil rights violations not seen in peacetime in generations. no, I'm afraid ignoring Trump isn't going to solve anything.

    the oligarchs must be stopped. one way or another.

  • Cory Booker crosses 17-hour mark in marathon Senate floor speech protesting Trump agenda | CNN Politics - Final time - 25 hours, 6 minutes

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  • amen.