• not3ottersinacoat@fedia.io
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    3 months ago

    The only thing that Americans can do is obvious and yet all I’ve seen online is finger wagging and “hot takes”. Fucking embarassed for you.

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      3 months ago

      There’s a reason every American was raised on the mantra of “violence is never the answer” and “if you fight back you’re just as bad.”

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        3 months ago

        Peaceful protest against tyrannical governments only work if they’re seen as an opening offer backed by the potential for non-peaceful escalation.

        Too bad one party decided that guns were bad and spent the last 50 years disarming itself.

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          3 months ago

          What are you gonna do when the government comes after you with your scrawny ass weapon? It’ll work against a neighbor, sure, but the military can see through your walls using wifi alone. There’s a literal helicopter above your house tracking your every move. They know more about you than you realize. This is the strongest army in the world we’re talking about.

          And, even if violence sounds tempting, there are so many things to do before any of that, like resist and organize. You can definitely fight back in man other ways besides a picket sign and a gun. I’m not sure why those are the only two options.

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            3 months ago

            You don’t get in a tank fight with a pistol. Pick your battles.

            United Healthcare just lost 80 billion in value when some rando took out its CEO.

    • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      If we protest we lose our jobs which means we lose our healthcare. Are you beginning to see how they have us by the balls?

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        3 months ago

        Wouldn’t that even more of a reason to protest? It’s almost a meme at this point, but the US is the only developed country without universal healhcare. But people keep voting for the party that countless times has threatened to cut even Medicare.

        And if a random dude in Germany knows this, every voter in Bumfuck, Nebrahoma should, too, but here we are.

        • _cryptagion [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          3 months ago

          I mean, the democrats haven’t given us healthcare either, despite having had the opportunity more than once. Best they’ve done is make a nationwide marketplace and told us we have to buy healthcare from one insurance corporation or another, or we get fined in the form of additional taxes for not contributing to billionaires.