the worst dudes online are the guys who are like “the time for electoral politics is over, it’s time for guillotines.” yeah bud i’m sure you’ll stop posting and get the ball rolling on the guillotines any minute now.
I really hate it when some random leftist wants to start a revolution while expecting someone else to do the whole work for them. If you're going to revolt, at least give people some semblance of a plan.
Yeah, exactly--like, I'm open to revolution! *If* you've got a plan for how you intend to replace the existing system, an idea of what you'd like to replace it with, & a plan to develop dual-power logistics and governing systems to minimize civilian casualties from deprivation during said revolution
they hate the military and security services too, one or both of which you need to win a revolution
also reject working with dems cuz “they wont listen something something same as republicans” but it’s a far easier lift to turn the party into a maoist party than to start a protracted people’s war
People had better figure out digital hygiene before next January. It's not going to be your neighbor ratting you out to the Stasi, it's going to be you doing it to yourself.
i eman i think it’s very unlikely trump wins. every gop state party is bankrupt and trumps going to embezzle every dollar he raises to pay his legal bills. imo the polls will increasingly reflect this in the coming months
I have no idea, and I'm definitely not a doomer. I plan to just keep doing what I can to help others and build community, because we're going to need that either way.
True. Plus, Biden has been reaping tons of cash after his debate faux pas, giving him a bit of an edge. What matters is that we do our part to turn out the vote while hoping for the best no matter how dark things currently are.
christ i hope you're right. the polls are always so fucking tight. I can believe they're off, but it doesn't exactly help things.
my concern is not just losing outright but SCOTUS has made it clear they WILL just install him on the flimsiest premise by these assholes and their lawsuits.
They need the military and they dont have it to do any kind of extra legal maneuvers like that. If its a tight race maybe but i really do not think it’ll be a tight race. Imo a senator from nc and texas are both very possible
I guess this is the sticking point now--SCOTUS is being blatantly unconstitutional but we're still treating them like they're legitimate.
I HOPE, if it comes to pass that Biden wins but these fuckers challenge it and SCOTUS crowns Trump, he will NOT step down. Because fuck this noise.
and if that happens--
I'm not promoting it, but yeah, I think there's going to be civil war in some form or other. Even if Biden just meekly steps down.
Gore never should have fucking conceded. Goddamn it all to hell.
Sure, I’m hosed from that perspective too but we’re both farther down the gulag list than people openly musing about or threatening violent revolution on public social media. (I didn’t look at your profile - if you’re doing that, don’t.)
So like on the political enemies scale, i tend not to post armed insurrection stuff. But i tend to remind alt right types there are in fact armed leftists…
And yet so many people love to go with, "the system is irreparably broken, voting is worthless, there's nothing we can do" as if what their next steps would then have to be aren't obvious.
(The next step, obviously, is just whine loudly about it online.)
Oh, goodness yes. There's certainly been enough great pictures of people kissing in the middle of protests that you could get inspiration for a great cover, too.