• pfr@lemmy.sdf.org
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    11 days ago

    They did that before there was the internet. The need to adopt alternative decentralized media platforms is now extremely important.

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    12 days ago

    We’ve already crossed three thresholds, and the last two loom uncomfortably close. The rhetoric of “purging undesirables” has shifted to coded language, but the intent is unmistakable. Calls to target specific groups—whether immigrants, LGBTQ+ individuals, or marginalized communities—are thinly veiled attempts to normalize exclusion and dehumanization.

    As for expansionism, it’s no longer about borders; it’s about influence. Economic imperialism and cultural domination are the modern equivalents. The playbook hasn’t changed—just the tools.

    The question isn’t if we’ll cross these lines but when. Without resistance, the machinery of oppression will grind forward, cloaked in patriotism and “values.” We’re watching history’s shadow stretch over us, and pretending it’s not happening won’t stop it.

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    12 days ago

    Regarding #5, he’s explicitly expansionist by his own admission, and he’s already limiting the rights of transgender people, and deporting immigrants. Not sure it’s at Hitler levels quite yet, but jesus christ.

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    13 days ago

    3 already lowkey happened with BLM and then blaming immigration in order to beef up the police and “law and order”. But I have a feeling it’s going to happen again in a second stronger wave.

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      This is why active physical protests are being discouraged. It’s playing into their hand and won’t accomplish what we want.

      We have to play smarter because even if we are perfectly good and peaceful and somehow right wing jackoffs aren’t sneaking in to stir the pot? The media will frame it as a barely contained pot about to boil over.

      • Initiateofthevoid@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        11 days ago

        The media will frame it as a barely contained pot about to boil over.

        The media has already been framing US cities like this for quite some time. Do not let that stop you. If they do not have enough civil unrest to justify oppression, they will manufacture it. If they can’t manufacture it, they will fabricate evidence of it. Do not discourage protests for the sake of appearing civil and moderate.

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    13 days ago

    Why isn’t 5 circled or possibly crossed off? We’ve identified “illegal immigrants” as the enemies of the state, are shipping them off to essentially black-site prisons, and are threatening/attempting to annex Canada, Mexico, Panama, and Greenland. The argument for Greenland is to protect our borders.