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[โ€“] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 week ago (3 children)

What resistance? It seems to me that there is not one big organised resistance that is taking members.

Find a local event and network but be careful about it. The US had that "no kings" thing early in the summer (or before?). That was just a bunch of people against tyranny. No real organisation to it. So you'd go to something like that and just talk to people.

It helps if you have an anonymous way to chat. Something like Signal or Matrix or one of the others. Even Telegram would be better than using something public or corporate-backed, like SMS for the former or WhatsApp for the latter. But be careful with Telegram, read up on it, it's not a solid recommendation but it's better than nothing. Fortunately there are alternatives. Even if the other person isn't tech savvy โ€” you probably are by being on Lemmy. So, show them the way.

Occasionally contact them through anonymous chat, just see how they're doing, and discuss future plans.

Also, aside from demonstrations, places where like minded people meet. For the authoritarians and conservatives, that's church, the local BBQ spot, and other, more obvious groups. I feel like they feel they can operate more openly since the US president is one of them. Used to be, these guys wore masks and were hidden, joining them wasn't about finding them, they'd find you, that kind of thing. Nowadays it's all out in the open. But I think liberals and progressives have meeting places, too. In response to church, for example, you should know that The Satanic Temple is not about devil worship, they're about resisting Christian imperialism. They're the ones fighting churches trying to get the Ten Commandments posted in every classroom. I'm religiously neutral, so they do not interest me, but they're certainly an option. For the anti-theist/"hard atheist," they're a good option.

[โ€“] WindAqueduct@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No, don't use Telegram. Chats aren't end to end encrypted by default, you have to specifically request a secret conversation. It's also not possible to encrypt group chats on telegram. Matrix, signal, session, simplex, and many others are much better.

Yeah, I know about Telegram's limitations. Been using it for ages, just to chat with my wife since she uses Android and I'm on an iPhone, and I don't do social media. It was the best way for us to message back and forth and we haven't moved off of it.

I have Matrix, Signal, and Session as well. Nobody chats me up on them but I keep them as options because why not? My phone has 512GB. Most is music and video. Apps are nothing to me.

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[โ€“] WindAqueduct@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Your number one step is privacy. Privacy is the foundation of freedom; it "protects the right to be left alone".

If you're a beginner, Naomi Brockwell's videos have very good tips. If you're not a beginner, read Michael Bazzell's book Extreme Privacy. Read it in full and decide the level of privacy you want (you likely will not need every single one of his tips).

[โ€“] chobeat@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

lol, there's no privacy in a fascist State because the state doesn't feel compelled to respect the law and doesn't recognize fundamental rights. Nobody is going to leave you alone. Get real.

[โ€“] WindAqueduct@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Encryption requires no respect from the State

[โ€“] chobeat@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago (4 children)

yeah, that's a microscopic element of privacy in a situation where the state can come and kill you with no accountability. You still have a body, you still need to inhabit a space, eat food and exist in the world. Encryption won't help you with that.

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When you find out, let us know.

[โ€“] bizarroland@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I know guys, let's like all form a resistance group and we'll all meet downtown on Thursday at 6 o'clock. That way we're all done with work and everything and we'll have a big fucking meeting. Like every resister, all over the country, we're all gonna meet downtown.

Think about it. There will be too many of us for the cops to do anything about it.

Like, even though they'll know where we are and when we're gonna be there, it'll be all of us versus only however many of them can actually show up.

[โ€“] darcranium123@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Check out generalstrikeus.com. Also the peoples Union

[โ€“] Brahvim@lemmy.kde.social 5 points 1 week ago

If you're in the US, please come help expand [ https://consumerrights.wiki/ ]!

Right now I think it's more just a collective of individual action, not so much a group of people that meet up. It's also near impossible with how monitored everything is these days. Be careful where and how to talk about this stuff tho. Anything that has a speaker has the potential to listen, even if it's "turned off".

[โ€“] skrlet13@feddit.cl 4 points 1 week ago

Be kind by default, and turn to defense mode when proven to be necessary. Helping and loving each other is resistance against cruelty. <3

Eat more rubber and glass.

[โ€“] josefo@leminal.space 2 points 1 week ago

start resisting, you will find the others quickly

[โ€“] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Look up the group Indecline and see if they have any suggestions for civil disobedience around you.

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