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[–] 64 points 3 years ago (15 children)

Today's phrase is "garnish your wages." If their protest doesn't involve moving to another country it's not going to happen. I've thought about it too, but my contingency,for that definitely involves moving to Scandinavia.

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  • [–] 38 points 3 years ago* (9 children)

    Ah bullshit. Civil rights weren't achieved by threatening to leave and not be the oppressor's problem anymore, they were achieved by standing ones ground damned the consequences. No one wants to be a martyr, but that's how battles are unfortunately won, especially against today's brand of fascists.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

    Then people will just take their checks through an LLC and be independent contractors. Or go into business for themselves. Or just revolt.

    The last one is the most worrisome.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    The last one is the one we need the most.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    That's partly why it's so worrisome. 10 years ago, it would have meant something, but now it's too late, and I fear now it will only negatively contribute to climate collapse and cause the genocide we hope to avoid.

    I think it might be too late to save the country and we all ought to get several state governments to secede... and if a civil war brews because of that, then it would at least have some semblance of a positive outcome.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    More of this. It's time for mass protests instead of complaining and then working a 9 to 5 and browsing Instagram.

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