So do you suppose Trump is allowing Russia or Isreal to interfere in our elections for him? Considering every accusation is a confession with Republicans but especially Trump.

Like I think Protests like No Kings and 50501 were great protests to get over the first hump of organization. Still is I suppose for those late to the party. However when they didn't evolve to armed protestors, then evolve further when people like Pretti made the news dying in broad daylight, documented from multiple angles. It ultimately became a resting place that misdirected our energy into pointless busy work.

It was a great first couple of steps, but everybody started getting comfortable staying there even as the government, and namely The Republicans and ICE kept escalating. Always fearing their escalation, that inevitably kept happening even without The Insurrection Act.

Our due process was the social contract that stopped us from just taking power from them, letting them represent our country, earn a salary, without the need for citizen violence to enforce order. They broke that contract. And they keep breaking it everyday. They are no longer protected by the contract. They do not deserve to benefit from the same contract they wipe their ass with.

To put it bluntly, people should have already organized and prepped already. What happens as midterms head towards election day, and the aftermath is likely to be violent either way. I really do not see Republicans giving up power willingly. Though I hope to be wrong, and everything just gets better without the need for bloody violence. I just don't see it happening currently. Even if The Dems win, there will be violence.

God I hate how much news is just not shown here in the U.S.. This and the recent No King protests are really only found in alternative places. I keep trying to explaining that marching isn't enough, that it doesn't generate enough fear/anxiety to make them want to change.

That previous "peaceful" protests like MLK's had targeted strategies that disrupted life on purpose. And still had Malcolm X and the Black Panthers as the muscle of the movement.

We're just not doing enough, and allies that are willing are just too far apart distance wise to properly coordinate without getting caught. And random acts of violence can be useful, but only if they are actually shocking enough and have follow up. Luigi enacted a small amount of change for a short amount of time. Companies were denying less for a solid year afterwards. The problem is that there wasn't enough follow up. The violence wasn't coordinated enough, or organized with a wider group so they could continue to lay on the fear.

We're just too passive, too domesticated, and lack the will to properly organize. The only good news is Trump is making these points more salient as time goes on. Especially with his talk of interference, and using the national guard for voter intimidation. I believe the mid terms will be a breakpoint for many depending on how they go. Or I hope it will anyway, as nothing else has been enough so far.

Sorry, can't do it....

Because I've already done so. Our votes went in on the 19th.

I have to agree. The people I've organized with are also waiting to see how mid terms shake out.

One of is certainly terminally online, but it's not me. Take your projection and fuck off. I've already lost family members to the Concentration Camps, so kindly take your privilege elsewhere and try being useful for once.

Could happen to anyone of us. If ICE agents don't start taking bullets to the face soon, then that probability increases exponentially over the next few months.

They kill us through fraud And theft, and are surprised that we celebrated Luigi's deeds. The truth is they will only start to care when more of them start to drop. How many more millions need to die because of this BS before we're ready to bring justice down on their heads as a collective class?

If they are going to process you as terrorist anyway, then you might as well make moves that are worthy of the label. After all the only real difference between a freedom fighter and terrorist is the narrative.

Just a reminder for every incident caught on camera, there are 10 more that aren't filmed, or have been scrubbed from the internet. This is happening in every state that ICE has presence in and has been happening since the beginning of last year.

Unlike Jimbo's and Ned's joke. They really are coming right for you, and they will not stop till you are dead or being subjected to historical horrors in a concentration camp. They will find any reason to make it happen.

Defend yourself by any means necessary.

Forgive me, but I'm just trying to wrap my head around how many people have been sleeping and still are.

Tyranny is already here. It's been here since they started taking people to concentration camps. Like how do people not get that? The line has already been crossed and then some. Tyranny is here and will continue to reign until you and everybody else who is asleep or groggy are willing to wake up and do the hard but correct actions.

History is filled with these moments lol. Whatever entity that is writing our story would benefit from learning wtf subtlety is.

"The difference between reality and fiction? Fiction has to make sense." -Mark Twain

Why would the legal system built for the ultra wealthy, by the ultra wealthy come down on Trump?

Frankly this is proof you cannot use their legal system to bring them down. If we want Justice then it's going to need to be Mob Justice or some other form of Justice that exists outside of their legal system.

"Yet you live in society, curious."

I can barely afford to pay attention, now they want 4x as much? Who the fuck can afford 4 * $0 in the current economy?!

Assuming this title is true, it warms my heart to see. Hopefully next time it can be a member of ICE melting into the pavement.

I'm far more interested in a wage cap. Top level earner can't earn more than 10x the lowest level earner in the company. And a it doesn't matter the amount the wage is, if it isn't also tied to inflation as we'll be back fighting this fight again in short order if it isn't. That of course is take all of this at face value, and pretending it's not just theater.

Though overall I would still prefer people rejecting the current business structures and making employee-owned businesses the new way. Go Pirate with the whole thing, everybody works for shares. Unions/Min. Wage are just compromises from realizing the true potential and pay of the working class.

Video of Aliya Rahman's Testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrcW8SZtYpI

Which shows you what they are afraid of.

If you haven't already, I would start talking to your neighbors and organizing.

We already know the camps exist, and if you've seen some of the images that have been leaked you'll know the conditions are inhumane and cruel. These new labels can be applied to anyone, for any reason. And make no mistake, you don't even have to be in left-wing spaces to be accused and disappeared. So it's not just you in danger, it's everybody around you. It's your co-workers, your family, your friends. All it takes is a wrong place, wrong time.

Organize now, before you don't have that option anymore.