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cabbage@piefed.social 9 hours agoI’m just saying that the fact that America tends to lose its wars is very meager comfort for those on the receiving end of them. You can’t really win a war as a civilian.
Protests and strikes are working. Organize locally in a positive and constructive manner (maybe get active in a union? Do you still have those over there?), build community and dedicate time and effort to that. Be the opposite of the fascists, don’t just echo their ideas of violence.
It might not feel so badass, but you’ll do more good as a living organizer than as a dead agitator.
Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 9 hours ago
How tone-deaf do you believe this is?
Two “agitators” have been executed in the street, nevermind the thousands kidnapped and disappeared by this regime. The war is here already. I’m not advocating starting violence, I’m advocating ending it.
And when you say the protests and strikes are working, what does that mean exactly? How has it worked? Because again, people are still being disappeared and more people are being executed in the streets. Make it make sense.
cabbage@piefed.social 8 hours ago
Going out guns blazing will be seen as an escalation, even if that’s what they’re doing already. That’s just the reality of the situation. Hell, they’re currently trying to justify their killings with arguments such as “he held a phone” and “her foot fell on the gas after she died”, and parts of Trump’s base are nevertheless buying it. If anyone actually came at them with weapons they would be having a blast.
You don’t end violence with violence against footsoldiers.
Pressure against the regime works. Trump and Vance are not afraid of ICE agents getting killed, they would be overly excited about it. They are not, however, excited to see the country rise in pritest against their fascist takeover.