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[–] 11 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Write down your name and ICE information with a sharpie on your body. Use a rugged phone case.

Don’t bother going to peaceful protests, they don’t work against post-truth authoritarian governments.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Going to peaceful protests are useful because it can help you meet some more like-minded folks.

    Not to mention sometimes a protest starts peaceful and then goes to shit.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    I participated in plenty of protests but haven’t made any acquaintances. I think internet is a better space for meeting people.

    Not to mention sometimes a protest starts peaceful and then goes to shit.

    Taking a look at the Tesla protests it’s just no-impact feel-good thing. Liberals have too much of disdain for non-economic violence.

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    I participated in the biggest protests since the fall of Russian occupation in my country. I helped people organise and prepare, I joined a political party and ran in local elections. Results? None, because there was no path to those and leadership up top is mostly concerned about their position. It was actual virtue signalling even though I hate everyone who uses this term.

    What is your plan exactly? There is raising awareness but are you actually convincing anyone? Is someone unaware of what’s happening? What I’m seeing is that libs assume everything Trump supporters say is wrong and vice versa, there’s no discussion so how can any of you convince each other? It was similar here and we’re still stuck with this setup. In a polarised world people picked their sides based on criteria that were important to them and then pulled into a boxing match between liberals and fascists. You could have even agreed on some things but you hate each others guts to the point where you assume all positions of your political football team. If you engage in those ineffective ways of political activism you’re just going to have people run out of steam for nothing.

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