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[–] rekabis@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 hours ago
  • get a sniper rifle
  • train to take out targets at a large distance
  • know where and when ICE will be, especially where they will muster before one of their “raids”
  • in many cases, there will be little to no difference between ICE and LEO. Both are putting on brown shirts and violently attacking their own communities.

Fascism can only be perpetuated when fascists do not fear being killed. If you are not with them, they will gladly kill you -- it’s time you took steps to protect yourself and your community.

[–] AidsKitty@lemmy.world -2 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Is the USA enabling genocide?

[–] bathing_in_bismuth@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 28 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Unless you're a billionaire or willing to go full Player 2, there's nothing you can do on a macro scale.

You can, in your little slice of the world, do good things. When ICE asks you if you've seen someone, you tell them you haven't. If you're walking past a business getting raided and see a brown person, you tell them to turn around and get away. If you run a school and ICE shows up, you stand up for the kids they're trying to kidnap. If you see ICE kidnapping someone, at minimum, film and post it. If there's a group of people willing to physically intervene, join them.

That's it.

Voting doesn't solve this because all Democrats have to offer is strongly-worded letters, and Donald uses those letters to wipe Elon Musk's ass. Their choice was aiding and abetting fascism or getting richer, and they chose the money.

[–] systemglitch@lemmy.world 25 points 21 hours ago

Become Luigi.

[–] MyNamesTotallyRobert@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (4 children)

I don't know, but I know of one thing citizens SHOULDN'T do to prevent their country enabling genocide. That is forfeiting their future by electing a dictator that might genocide poor people on the other side of the world a little less in exchange for giving up freedoms. I get it. Voluntarily making our lives worse/harder because it might help poor people in another country sounds like a grand and noble thing to do. But now they're sending American citizens to concentration camps. If you think this was a fair trade, just block me right now. Don't be like gen Z and swing voters in the 2024 US election. Sometimes you just have to choose to save yourself first.

[–] GoodWaterBottle@lemmus.org 1 points 3 minutes ago

You do not deserve being saved.

[–] GoodWaterBottle@lemmus.org 1 points 4 minutes ago

60000 gazans had died by june last year according to the lancet. Remind me who was in charge then?

This is shocking to me. The person is genuinely asking how to stop genociders and some idiot comes and tell him to vote for them.

[–] ryan_@lemmy.world 65 points 1 day ago (14 children)

Vote with your wallet. Money is the only thing that matters to the people in charge here

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 6 points 3 hours ago

Voting with your wallet is a lie, like recycling plastic

You can't do collective action individually. You can make the house hurt a little bit, but you'll never force them to change through what you buy. The house always wins, unless you get together to change the rules

[–] the_q@lemm.ee 42 points 1 day ago (3 children)

This but big. Large scale disruption to the economy would do a lot toward fixing problems.

[–] 69420@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Exactly. Here's a thought... and I'm just spitballing here: tariffs. Then take them away. Then add them again. Then take them away. Then add them again. /s

[–] StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Someone get this chap to run for office!

[–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 7 points 22 hours ago

Look, we don't just elect anyone, here. How many pussies have they grabbed? How many bankruptcies? These kinds of things are the bedrock of our election standards, established in 2015, and cannot, in good conscience, be unanswered.

That's some cool stable genius shit!

[–] AreaKode@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

The harmful corruption must be torn down before peaceful negotiation may take place.

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[–] puppycat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 54 points 1 day ago (1 children)

join your local protests today :)

if protests didn't work they wouldn't try so hard to fight it/buty it

they say violence is never the answer but historically, well, history disagrees.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

My issue is I never know there ARE protests until like 4 days after it happened.

[–] Keeponstalin@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Check for any local organizations such as DSA. Their mailing lists can keep you posted on protests near you

[–] puppycat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 1 day ago

ugh. for real though lol

I've been recommended 50501 and mobilize.us

there's also !50501@piefed.social and !Mirror@50501.chat on lemmy

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The Spanish went on general strike to stop their country's complicity in genocide, but failing that you can start with these guys. You can just write BDS on Wikipedia if you want to know what they're about, but this site has plenty of concrete, actionable steps you can take to reduce your, your community's, your workplace's and—with enough people on board—your country's complicity in genocide. I'd suggest looking into apartheid-free zones as a start. I also want to note that the best thing you can do for Palestinians is to spread the word and get more people on the side of humanity.

Also, if you're not already doing so, organize in your community and workplace, and use your collective leverage to push for causes you care about. Be an active participant in the fight against fascism and for democracy, equity and solidarity. These values, I should add, are already mutually exclusive with Zionism, so you'd be hitting two birds with one stone.

Edit: In case anyone wants assurance that this works (or just wants to enjoy some economic schadenfreude), enjoy.

[–] daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Spain did not go to general strike.

A general strike was convoked by a small union (as it is their right) and basically no one seconded the strike.

I don't think I could, on good faith, call it a general strike if basically no one stopped working. Was a very minoritarian thing. General strike was called as it is a right unions have, but if workers decide not to follow there's not a real strike to talk about.

Source: I'm Spanish and I clearly remember first hand what happened.

Second source: https://funcionpublica.digital.gob.es/dam/es/portalsefp/funcion-publica/dialogo-social/seguimiento-huelgas/27_9_2024_Datos_Huelga_General_convocada_por_CGT_y_SUO.pdf Strike supporting numbers for AGE workers. As you see about 1% of public workers followed the strike.

[–] Emergency3030@lemmy.world 5 points 22 hours ago (5 children)

Next election vote EVERYONE OUT. No Republicans (MAGA) should be left in Congress to make sure they give a hell to Trump and force him to quit (almost near impossible) but that's the only way

[–] GoodWaterBottle@lemmus.org 1 points 2 minutes ago

60000 people died in gaza by june last year, asshole. Remind me who was in charge then?

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 hours ago

Someone is feeling positive and adventurous, talking about voting and stuff... Do you really think that you'll be able to vote in a fair election next time?

The work that I've seen done to sabotage voting before and after last US elections ntrlls me that cheeto&co are hell bent on making sure no one in the US will be able to vote honestly ever again.

The time to do something was 6 months ago, now its too little, too late

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[–] angelmountain@feddit.nl 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Speak up, tell people what you think and why.

If that doesn't work: something was added to your constitution for this situation, the second amendment. You can use your six shooter to go up to the government's tank and gunships. Good luck.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

We don't put it in the tourism brochures, but it turns out guns are really expensive. Which sucks because the fash seem to have all the money at the moment.

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Buy a gun, and start learning to use it. Now is not the time, but be prepared should it.

[–] K1nsey6@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

Stop supporting the right wing duopoly that enabled it

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

On an individual level one should also start getting fit and learning basic defensr/boxing.

E: To be clear I am not saying we should start fights, but fitness is overall useful and healthy. Being able to defend oneself is important to confidently defuse a situation too.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fuck I'll say that. The best thing for everybody is if Nazis are physically afraid to walk the streets.

[–] centof@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Bold of you to assume they walk anywhere. This is America not communist China with public sidewalks and transit.

/s

[–] Crazyslinkz@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sing a bar of Alice's restaurant...

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