• SupraMario@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Move somewhere else that’s not run by the Gestapo…it sucks but run… seriously. It’s dangerous now to have a green card or hell even have been born in another country and now be a US citizen. These fuckers are going after everyone… I’m waiting for them to start targeting people with foreign sounding last names.

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      2 days ago

      You know that feeling when you’re watching a horror movie and internally you’re just screaming at the protagonist “run!” ?

      This is exactly how it feels as a non-american watching everything unfold over there. I really hope it doesn’t and the people stand up and protect the vulnerable (read: not white) but yeah…if you could give the German Jews one piece of advice in the 1930s, what would it be?

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          16 hours ago

          It’s terrible this is happening and the only people who can do anything about is…you. everyday people.

          Billionaires have been stacking the deck for decades, keeping you poor and too exhausted to protest to demand better. Fascism has been quietly regaining strength and is now front and centre.

          Democrats will not step in and defend you, they’re collaborators (except a handful). I think the time for emails and lobbying your rep is quickly passing. I’m afraid you’re going to have to take back your country french style, loud and dirty.

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            16 hours ago

            Just wanted to add:

            I know there are more than a few armchair activists around happy to hand out advice. What’s happening in the USA has been a kick in the pants for me to get involved and protect my own country’s democracy.

            We’re all in this together. You are not alone.

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              8 hours ago

              To be fair, if I was any louder or dirtier with it, I would be in jail. Not all of us are sitting aside doing nothing. Some of us have actively been on the frontlines. It’s annoying having people from the outside assuming that no one is doing anything. Many of us are lobbying, educating, boycotting, making our stances known with our representatives, and doing everything we know to do. The thing is many of the people who actually CAN do something big about it are remaining quiet. But let’s not blame the ordinary, every day people because we are doing all we can.