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While this is definitely a positive, be aware that ICE is just the latest outgrowth of a fundamentally broken system where a small proportion of people control the rules by which we all operate and the violence that compels us to follow them. I hope people don't stop at merely voting with ballots and wallets because history shows that doesn't work for fundamental change, so I think we need more action like step 3 here.
Yup, but you got to stop a bleeding wound or you will never have time to quit smoking.
I think we should try to organize a run on the banks. The bootlickers won't participate, so they'll be the losers when the banks don't have the money to cover their deposits.
If everyone moves their money to credit unions, not only will you get better rates, you'll fuck the status quo. Imagine the aneurysm djt will have when he causes a colossal bank failure.
I've wanted to do this for a long time, really, truly.
When I look, credit unions advertise great savings rates for balances of up to $1,000. After that, it's depressingly small: 0.05% or 0.10% vs. competitive rates of 3%+ which I currently get at my evil-corp-mega-bank. 3% doesn't even come close to inflation and fractions of a percent feels like pissing my money away while saving for the pipe dream of owning my own home. Maybe I'm misreading something? "Finance" is not something I'm particularly confident about.
Do you know of any tools that would help people shop for ethical, local credit unions? I don't trust any results from a web search at face value these days and I don't have the patience to research every result to see how legit it is and do a background check to find that their board or whatever is run by fascists or something.
I found my credit union through nerd wallet. It is not local to me, but has reciprocal ATM agreements with credit unions that are local to me. The only hassles I have run into have been related to large deposits by check (inheritance) and even that wasn't too bad (had to go to a local credit union when they were open and talk to a teller). Mine doesn't cap my interest rate.
This is an excellent idea. I've wanted to do this for a while. I will start researching local credit unions tonight!
I don't love the QR codes, it would be easy for someone to create a modified poster with malicious QR links. It should be human readable web addresses.
The part where it's suggested to give your full address when calling law-makers could backfire, no? Do you really need to do that to get the call tallied?
I don't know about stop in their tracks, but it will slow them down and save lives.
Idk why more people aren't advocating for using the second amendment to take down the tyrannical government like gun nuts have always dreamed of
1.) Any resistance group that wants to use the 2A needs to be very well-organized. A lone wolf here or there will quickly be pounced on by hundreds of ICE goons who have the entire federal government behind them.
2.) Violent resistance would give Trump a justification for declaring an insurrection and imposing martial law. Say goodbye to the 2026 elections (and beyond) if that happens.
While point 2 is correct, I'm not entirely convinced he won't declare it anyway and make up whatever excuse he wants
Because the American oligarchs have invested in astroturfing campaigns that encourage people to "resist" in ways that won't result in meaningful change ("let's all show up for one weekend to protest, keep to our designated areas, clean up after ourselves, then go back to work on Monday like nothing happened. THAT will show them!") and discourage forms of resistance that actually have an effect ("don't do anything the Fascists won't like, or they'll use that as an excuse to do the thing they are already going to do. Wait for the election that is definately still going to happen. Absolutely nothing can be done without the election.")
I sincerely hope this government goes away soon. I also acknowledge it is much easier to ask someone else on the Internet to do it than it is to do the work myself. The more you have to lose the harder it becomes to risk it. Everyone has something they don't want to lose. I think there is a balancing game to be played here by everyone. Support as much as you can while not over extending yourself. Doing nothing is the wrong answer. I don't think one person will come in and save us. A tidal wave of small actions could.
I think politicians are obsessed with messaging and media over actually doing anything. I think protests make for good TV/visual messaging that politicians can't ignore. Perhaps a real path forwards is massive protest turnout and speaking with reporters. Catchy protest signs. I think that is how you speak a politician's language without lobbying money.
Because the bad guys have bigger guns.
Politicians have very successfully convinced the demographics that would be against ICE that they should be against the 2nd amendment.
epic
I'd add to arm yourself and train, prepare to go underground if needed.
There's not a single thing that you could get every American to do.
Doubt.