If Trump wins the next election, take that as the signal of the point of no return. It happened to Rome, it can happen to America.
He can't run again.
How each pillar of the First Amendment is under attack
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#23This is a brilliant article because it is summarising how bad it is. They don't want you to know how bad! Lots of paper cuts and hopefully no one sees the amputation. We need one on attack on working class including all the loss of services esp. education and inflation caused by tariffs.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/03/donald-trump-new...
Everyone should at least watch this video. Taken in America. "Land of the free."
That this is only one of many such videos is terrifying if you know the history of fascist regimes.
I hope everyone here is familiar with the "first they came for the communists..." poem.
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#24As best I can tell, the simplest way to fight back via legal channels sans unlimited legal budget is to run for office. Like I’m seriously trying to figure out if that’s a sane option for me despite my total disregard and distrust of authority. Also my distinctly aggressive distaste for bullies, traditions or bullshit.
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#25I understand why these things have to be posted, but I would be lying if I said that I wasn't utterly exhausted by the constant shit that the Trump administration is spitting at us. I mean, I get it, bad shit needs to be reported on, the Trump admin does a lot of bad shit, it makes sense, but it's just extremely tiring. I know that's kind of the point, to bombard us with all this shit all at once so that we are exhau…
Run for office and aggressively fight back.
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#26This is a brilliant article because it is summarising how bad it is. They don't want you to know how bad! Lots of paper cuts and hopefully no one sees the amputation. We need one on attack on working class including all the loss of services esp. education and inflation caused by tariffs.
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Which bits do you think are wrong?
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sure. What are you doing outside of voting?
I’m an active DSA member. What about you?
Sure, but is that actually doing something?
This isn't meant to be passive aggressive; presumably if you're advertising it, you're doing more than "just being a member", I'm just curious what that is.
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#28This is a brilliant article because it is summarising how bad it is. They don't want you to know how bad! Lots of paper cuts and hopefully no one sees the amputation. We need one on attack on working class including all the loss of services esp. education and inflation caused by tariffs.
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Food for thought: elimination of basic rights impacts all citizens regardless of their political affiliation.
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#30This is a brilliant article because it is summarising how bad it is. They don't want you to know how bad! Lots of paper cuts and hopefully no one sees the amputation. We need one on attack on working class including all the loss of services esp. education and inflation caused by tariffs.
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If a different party did the same thing it would be the same.