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  • BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    America is a joke.

    The rest of the world is actively rejecting your bullshit, and you are going to be worse off for it.

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      I would say politicians are using the rise in anti American sentiment to solidify their positions in more nationalist forms of government. I would warn my comrades in the west. This rise in nationalism can be dangerous. Even if it is directed at being against America (which is good) it can also be leveraged to build fascist policies in your own country. Be wary of your “liberal” politicians and parties. They likely do not have your best interest at heart. They know material conditions will decline with the fall of the American empire. They will do everything they can to keep their power. And they’ll do it off the backs of your working class.

      Do not substitute class solidarity for Nationalism. Tarrifs are a direct attack on the working class of the world. We pay those. No matter what country we reside in.

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      Trump is a joke. And so is the majority of American voters circa 2024. Don’t confuse the situation, however, or you’re just strengthening Trump.

      But hey, do as you will. It’s a free world, my friend. They don’t control us, they just try to. Fuck the fascists, and those who would tell us how to speak, act, and think.

      Yet, never live in their world, or a world of your own miscreation. We’re better than him, are we not? America is not your enemy, Trump is. His power is fleeting, but you must fight him, not all of us… Or else, all is lost, and all of us lose.

      Unite, my friends. Fight the villain, not the masquerade. Or don’t… And find out how far down the rabbit hole we can descend. They want us divided, so you could oblige their demands. It’s up to you.

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          22 hours ago

          To be fair, Trump is not the source of the problem. He’s a Heritage Foundation puppet, and those psychos kind of have people everywhere right now.

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                He’s a patsy, I’m grateful that at least it isn’t Vance. Could you imagine a tyrant funded by Billionaires that wasn’t in cognitive decline?

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              21 hours ago

              The will and the resources have been there trying to move in this direction for a long time. I do agree that he’s absolutely fast tracked the process. His complete disregard for civility, shameless willingness to grift, and transparently transactional nature have enabled the absolute worst in us. From hateful, racist poor folks to deranged religious nutjobs to narcissistic billionaires - they’ve all been given the green light now.

              I just hope that everyone takes note of which side people are on and, when this is all over, make sure that the memory of those who stood on the wrong side of history are so shamed, ostracized, disgraced, and hated that this shit doesn’t happen again.

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          The ones that would be classified as gun nuts are the same ones that are fine with what he’s doing. Except when the leopard goes after them.

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            Oh for sure, I completely understand that. But that’s just because they don’t have the spine to actually bite their bark—theory-wise though, it’s a pretty sound plan to end tyranny and people with more backbone could freely follow it.

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          22 hours ago

          Their banging on was always more about racism. Their definition of tyrannical government is “government with gays, trans, women, and brown people in charge.”

      • Maeve@kbin.earth
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        We already know and various users from other countries have very explicitly told us. We’re just waiting for more answers palatable to us because most of us aren’t willing to risk anything.

        • calabast@lemm.ee
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          I assume you mean having the citizens rise up and overthrow the government? Problem is, if you try to do that in your own, you’ll get arrested/killed without really stopping anything, and if you try to organize with people online, you’re really likely to be get arrested before you can pull it off. So I think it’s not quite as easy as “we know how to fix it we’re just lazy and scared”

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          22 hours ago

          For the people downvoting you.

          On a regular basis, when Italian partisans killed Germans or blew up bridges, Mussolini ordered 10 or so from their village killed. Pregnant women, children, didn’t matter.

          After an attack on an empty german car (no german casualties), 15 partisans were executed on a square, their corpses left to rot for the rest of the day under the sun. That is the square they transported Mussolinis corpse to, together with the corpses of his lover and fifteen other fascists.

          The square is now known the fifteen martyrs square after the dead partisans. Although many in Italy now probably call it so for the dead fascists.

          Person who ordered the killing later worked for the CIA and the german version of the FBI.

        • Cyrus Draegur@lemm.ee
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          23 hours ago

          Oh this must’ve been before they strung his carcass up upside down

          You know it’s in a fancy mausoleum these days? Under guard?

          It would be justice if that cursed shit hole were leveled to the fucking ground and then the soil burned and poisoned.

        • Shiggles@sh.itjust.works
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          solving the whole issue

          Trump’s inevitable death won’t solve the issues that caused him. I don’t know what will. We’d have to go pretty far down the chain of succession to hit “not a fascist”.

          • BigxRedxHusker@midwest.social
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            You would have to ban podcasting, youtube, blogs, and fox news.

            I was at a hardware store today and behind the employees at counter was a TV that blares fox 24/7.

            I couldn’t take it for 2 minutes

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              21 hours ago

              Yeah, I was just on a flight and saw a dude across the aisle that was mainlining all the worst people on twitter. Space laser lady, the racist cat, the nazi automaker…this dude was just liking everything and replying frantically. He was flipping through everything and replying so quickly that I felt pity as much a loathing. It was absolutely pathetic. Dude’s brain is melted.

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                20 hours ago

                I left x which sucks because blue sky doesn’t have the sports reporters I follow or not nearly the amount of other interests.

                Who’s the space laser lady besides MTG?

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            23 hours ago

            Well, go down that chain, then. Haven’t they been going on for generations about how their second amendment is for exactly this situation?

            Solving the underlying issues are important too, of course, but that’s a long term solution. I’d like to see a short-term patch be applied before America literally launches wars of conquest against its neighbours.

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          I hear what you’re saying, but Little t is a symptom, just like Hitler was a symptom.

          It’s like “Goddamn it, I wish my stomach didn’t hurt all the time.” Doctor: “You have pancreatric cancer.”