• gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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    23 hours ago

    We have no ability to effect any meaningful change at this point outside of high velocity lead poisoning.

    I kinda want to leave for good.

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      19 hours ago

      You have. Go in the street in masses make sure that Republicans fear you.

      Our german constitution allows for violence from civilians to protect the democratic order if any other means failed.

      We have this for good reasons. To make sure we don’t ever end up with a dictatorship again.

      It will pe painful, it will be ugly, but if you wait to long this is the only way

      • AFaithfulNihilist@lemmy.world
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        8 hours ago

        In America, our system works like this:

        The police will shoot you, maybe burn your house or neighborhood down, steal everything you own, Lock you up without charges, and then if you can ever afford a lawyer to sue them you might get out of jail only to find the burned-out hole in the ground you used to live in was sold to a property developer and none of the money found its way to you.

        You also owe tens of thousands of dollars in back taxes on the burned down house for the time you were in jail, but all of the money for selling the house was given to some scam artist who knew you wouldn’t be able to stop them.

        You can’t afford to go to the doctor, but a third of your income is spent on health insurance. It takes 2 hours of work to afford a dozen eggs. You no longer have a car because they towed it from your driveway while you were locked up and you can’t even afford to get it out of impound despite the fact that every day the cost of storing the vehicle goes up by more than you earn.

        This country is a fucking nightmare for so many people.

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          6 hours ago

          The police will shoot you

          And that’s true of every repressive regime that has ever been overthrown by people power. Just remember: if we don’t resist, they’ll just find it easier to kill us. There’s no option where we’re safe and they still exist.

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        6 hours ago

        Good luck with AfD. Don’t let your problem grow to be as large as ours has gotten.

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          6 hours ago

          Thanks! We fight!

          We had millions in the street against the afd and we won’t stop!

          We will take any legal and civil action we can