Gonna need to do a lot more than just punching pussy-ass fascists. Why don’t you go ahead and peacefully occupy a sidewalk that Nazi oligarchs never walk on, or maybe do an interpretive dance while you’re at it. If you think the rise of fascism can be stopped with punching pussy-ass fascists then you’re clearly not taking the situation seriously enough. Where’s your gun?
Nah I think peacefully occupying a sidewalk that oligarchs never walk on or care about even maintaining is the best idea, we should keep doing that for 40 more years, that’ll work!
Me too, and in my 17 years of living there many people were trying to tell them what was happening, but their “American Exceptionalism” and “I don’t care about politics” or “I’d rather just work on myself” mentality they used to ignore the writing on the walls makes me feel for them a lot less. If anything it makes me more afraid for them than ever now that it’s gotten this bad and there’s still nothing close to the 1960’s in terms of leftist movements. It’s just hard to organize in a country that’s willing to drop bombs on Philadelphia in 1985 when people start organizing.
But then I remember how okay Americans are with all this, and that in reality all along they’ve been a fascist country that has wanted and practiced fascist ideals for a long long time now. I remember what Americans do to people that try to help - not just kill them, but worst of all ignore them afterwards. A big part of me thinks America needs to go through an unspeakable horror of their own making, otherwise they can never wake up. And you can bet that Russia and China will rush in to give weapons to both sides of the next American conflict (one could argue they already are.)
You and what army?
I wonder how police will respond when groups start arming themselves.
Remember how in the 90s “The Dude” Big Lebowski, the laziest man in Los Angeles County, was still able to afford his rent. That wasn’t even considered unrealistic back then either, like a few mid-20 year olds could afford a loft in Manhatten off a coffeeshop salary (FRIENDS) the only complaint of realism was their loft was too big.
“What do you think is gonna happen in a civil war? You think the army, marines, and coast guard are all gonna be on the same side? What do you think happens in civil war, that half this nation is clammoring for? It’s police departments against military, military against government, people forming their own militias against the police force. It’s the randomness of killing.”
There’s a lot of the “atheist” tech bros that still peasant-brain worship the market with human sacrifices as if it will bear them miracles. I like to tell them “You’re an atheist just like me, except I go one god further.”
There’s no Red Army to save us this time.