courageousstep

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[–] courageousstep@lemm.ee 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

That’s my hope: Americans get fed up with this and fight for our rights and needs.

But I’m worried that propaganda will continue to placate the masses.

[–] courageousstep@lemm.ee 37 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

“Illegally boycotting.”

Trump is hilarious. Like the government can stop me from NOT BUYING something.

Sounds like if he had it his way, we’d be forced to buy only what he declared and in the quantities the law stipulates, regardless of need or ability to pay.

[–] courageousstep@lemm.ee 9 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

So much for “government financial efficiency.“

[–] courageousstep@lemm.ee 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

This is detrimental to community, especially community organizing against fascism.

Like it or not, community is shown to improve mental health.

I’ve been listening to a lot of indigenous teachings on community. It’s really impactful.

[–] courageousstep@lemm.ee 16 points 12 hours ago

What the absolute fuck.

[–] courageousstep@lemm.ee 19 points 12 hours ago

I noticed this phrasing as well. Our government is taking this money from the poorest half of its citizens, and Trump either doesn’t know that or is intentionally clouding the waters for those who still dont know what tariffs are.

[–] courageousstep@lemm.ee 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’m frustrated at the ultra-zoom-in of the charts. The stock isn’t even back down to what it was last year, yet.

There is a lot further to go.

[–] courageousstep@lemm.ee 56 points 1 day ago (1 children)

“Nazi-like salute…”

Ugh.

[–] courageousstep@lemm.ee 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

When Trump refers to “us,” he isn’t talking about everyday Americans. When he says “we aren’t worried,” I’m confident that he’s referring to the ultra wealthy and/or Putin, not his administration.

[–] courageousstep@lemm.ee 28 points 1 day ago

We’re on our way to state-sanctioned physical and emotional torture. They won’t stop at trans people, or gay people, either. When one group loses their rights, everyone does.

[–] courageousstep@lemm.ee 74 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Women choose the bear. The bear kills for survival. Men degrade women as a grotesque show of unearned power.

[–] courageousstep@lemm.ee 69 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Good. We Americans need to learn the lesson that, in fact, we are not, have never been, and cannot be individualists. We are dependent on our neighbors: personally, nationally, and internationally.

We also need to learn that we cannot sustain ourselves by constantly taking: taking from each other, taking from nature, and taking from the future generations. We have become a nation of consumers, not citizens, and that is morally wrong. We expect to take with no consequences, and that’s just not how Earth works.

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