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[-] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 9 hours ago

We've had plenty of examples of what happens when you let autocrats take power. It's not like Trump didn't tell us who he was. For that matter, it's not like the Republican Party hasn't been obvious about who they are since Reagan.

And yet we keep electing them.

Maybe we do so because it's macho, and voting for anyone else is effeminate. Or we do so to punish the Democrats when they're wishy-washy. Or we do so to own the libs (and in 2026, to return non-whites and women to non-citizen status.)

It's a fine mess we've gotten ourselves into, and I'm unsure we can't get ourselves out without a whole lot of people suffering and dying.

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 8 points 5 hours ago

People are gling to suffer and die no matter what at this point, so we'd might as well go down swinging.

I'm gonna see what happens in November, but history tells us that violent dictatorships are rarely brought down by peaceful means.

[-] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 4 hours ago

Oh, there are peaceful movements that work. But then the autocrats can sometimes be eager to fire the first shots. Take January 6th, 2021 for example.

As Nelson Mandela put it, A freedom fighter learns the hard way that it is the oppressor who defines the nature of the struggle,and the oppressed is often left no recourse but to use methods that mirror those of the oppressor. At a point, one can only fight fire with fire.

[-] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 7 points 7 hours ago

This is a good take. America owns all of this shitshow.

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