738
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 10 Jun 2025
738 points (99.9% liked)
News
36063 readers
3350 users here now
Welcome to the News community!
Rules:
1. Be civil
Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.
2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.
Obvious biased sources will be removed at the mods’ discretion. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted separately but not to the post body. Sources may be checked for reliability using Wikipedia, MBFC, AdFontes, GroundNews, etc.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.
4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source. Clickbait titles may be removed.
Posts which titles don’t match the source may be removed. If the site changed their headline, we may ask you to update the post title. Clickbait titles use hyperbolic language and do not accurately describe the article content. When necessary, post titles may be edited, clearly marked with [brackets], but may never be used to editorialize or comment on the content.
5. Only recent news is allowed.
Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.
6. All posts must be news articles.
No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials, videos, blogs, press releases, or celebrity gossip will be allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis. Mods may use discretion to pre-approve videos or press releases from highly credible sources that provide unique, newsworthy content not available or possible in another format.
7. No duplicate posts.
If an article has already been posted, it will be removed. Different articles reporting on the same subject are permitted. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.
8. Misinformation is prohibited.
Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.
9. No link shorteners or news aggregators.
All posts must link to original article sources. You may include archival links in the post description. News aggregators such as Yahoo, Google, Hacker News, etc. should be avoided in favor of the original source link. Newswire services such as AP, Reuters, or AFP, are frequently republished and may be shared from other credible sources.
10. Don't copy entire article in your post body
For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
I get the feeling that Saturday is gonna be fucking wild
Find your area here: https://www.nokings.org/#map
It costs them $134 million dollars to bring troops to LA for a weekend.
https://discuss.online/post/21624159
I say keep it up.
Fuck yeah! Bleed the fascist fucks dry.
Um, y'all know where they get their money from right?
Sure. Either force them to raise taxes, which will increase unrest further, or make them sell more bonds/take loans. Yes, it'll suck temporarily, but temporary suffering is the price that has to be paid to fight Fascists.
Clearly you don't understand how taxation works. Or what a Deficit is. This is literally the same logic the right is using to justify tariffs and mass deportations.
"We will just make the government waste our money until they can't handle it anymore!" As if we haven't been doing that for decades already.
What a silly take on all this. Zero thought.
Lol. Apparently you don't know how unrest works. It builds gradually... until it's too much to contain.
Also, you are leaving out addressing selling bonds to raise money, like I also mentioned. Taxes aren't the only way to raise money, though bonds/debt don't really cause unrest so not good for us in this scenario.
Yeah I'm the idiot for not believing I can outlast a United States government spending spree.
Have you seen all the wars we've been in the last 25 years? Have you seen our defence budget? Our janitorial budget? Our paper clip budget? Fucking hell. For all the financial suffering you are willing to "suffer through", most goes to corporations. Not the government.
You aren't even a rounding error in the feds books. To do that would make you a multimillionaire.
And the people around you? Yeah good luck. Just a fraction of a percent under fifty percent, believe it or not, they voted for this shit. They have been playing the 'financial suffering for the greater good' card since the tariffs started. And they are better organized and propogandized. Trust me, I've heard it a lot. And they even have hats!
Let's try to come up with some better reasoning before you think your personal morals and convictions can outlast the united states ability to throw money at literally everything...
Yeah, the better idea is to rally the population into a general strike (wishful thinking, I know). 3.5% is the magic number for how much of the population is needed to bring the entire economy to a screeching halt through economic violence.
That's the point. You aren't supposed to outlast it. You're supposed to see that it'll hurt you and do something about it. Fight them! It's not "suffering for the greater good." It's the government doesn't give a shit about you, so stop letting them take your money just to spend it enforcing their authority over the people.
I am going to a wedding Saturday in a big city. Wish me luck folks!
I'm going to a protest, maybe we'll see each other!
Yep. Making my kid and wife stay home
On the flip side if people bring their partners and children I think it emphasizes the intent to protest peacefully and deflated the rhetoric the right is trying to build
I'm torn on this, I agree with your point and think it's important to not do what the fascists want, provide an excuse to escalate violence further, but also they have been escalating all on their own and folks attending should be prepared for that escalation. Everyone has got to make their own decisions, I'll be there with bells on but shit could get really dicey so I cant blame anyone that wants to keep their kids at home.
I agree with the intent, but they're shooting rubber bullets at people. These are supposed to be bounced off the ground before hitting someone, but they normally aim right at people. You have to hope they aim for your legs, because they can, have, and will kill if they hit you in the head. With that in mind, kid's heads are usually around leg height, so right in range to take a poorly aimed rubber bullet to the head.
If they're teenagers, sure. Bring them with you. Anyone younger I'd say they're best left at home probably, or at least out of the fray. Maybe they can participate in a way that doesn't risk being shot by trigger happy cops.
I read in another comment that there is a type of rubber bullet that has a steel ball inside- if those are shot at the floor and bounce, the ricochet can result in something like the reporter that needed calf surgery. Either way, it is fucked. Bring a cup like you'd use for football to protect your groin, and I read that skateboard helmets tend to offer more protection from the side and back of your head. I wouldn't bring a kid if there is a chance of armed civil enforcement.
Your wife is an independent person and you shouldn't be trying to make her do anything.
Shes also as stubborn as I am. And a green card holder. My priority is her safety, not your up vote
Again, you shouldn't be trying to "make" her do anything. It has nothing to do with votes. You can try to convince her to do something.
Kid, I don't think you understand how little what you're saying matters. Go judge someone else you don't know
There's a pretty good chance that I'm older than you, kid.
Wouldn't change my statement , and it would be nice to be called a kid for once .