I don’t see why we would want to gatekeep the fediverse
OP’s account is less than a week old…
The worst part about Fediverse growing in spurts is posts like this; people who have no idea what it’s like, but “want to open discussions” about changing shit.
You clearly don’t understand any of what’s going on
It’s the only way to stop fascists from using violence against protesters…
If enough people do it, it would work still, but hundreds of people would go to jail first
Do you know what happens now?
That shit…
The shit that’s you keep saying might, it already does.
So what difference does it make?
Armed protestsvhave a chance, that’s the only difference. Stop fucking acting like we can’t do something new because the fascists might do what they already do.
Fuck that stupid learned helplessness shit
I literally just said it’s a possibility…
And you said, “nah, you’re right but you didn’t notice you were right”…
If you genuinely feel this lost and hopeless this close to such a huge election and are legitimately ignorant of all the reasons we should logically be optimistic right now…
It’s probably because of propaganda trying to depress turnout.
Except for like a month in 08 before Obama let us down, this is honestly the most optimistic I’ve been for America, fucking ever.
It’s gonna get worse, maybe a lot worse in the next three months. But over the next decade shit looks really good.
We’re pretty much guaranteed to get on some FDR type shit unless trump full on coups himself and tries to be a dictator.
So I’m optimistic, but people on the left are running out of time to arms ourselves for worst case scenario and far too many people still don’t own a single gun. Let alone a rifle, all the other gear, and the training to know what you’re doing.
Edit:
And before anyone says “you can’t fight the military”:
We can
It wouldn’t be fighting soldiers and fighter jets, it’ll be the local brown shirt ICE agents for the vast majority of the country. Showing up to a protest with an AR and plates is what prevents fascist from escalating to violence, they won’t attack openly armed crowds, because they’re cowards.
He’s already saying “if they’re honest” meaning if he wins. 100%
He’s already said he’s just been waiting for after midterms. 100%
Way more likely they let something happen. If they try to plan it they’ll fuck it up. ~50% chance they let it happen, 5% chance they pull off planning one.
It’s very likely he tries to send supporters to disrupt elections at the state level, but he doesn’t have the numbers to do it effectively, even if he sends ICE. 10%, I think he’ll be talked down by people planning long term and willing to punt Trump’s remaining two years.