UnkTheUnk

joined 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Fascists think they do

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I can't really imagine danger being particularly extreme for anyone other than trans people, for trans folk updating passports is likely a good idea. But keep in mind that blue states would still be relatively safe.

If shit truly gets to the point where it's death squads and fascist street gangs, realistically there would not be anywhere in the world that would be safe.

[–] [email protected] 132 points 8 months ago (17 children)

I don't think we need to be worried about full-blown civil war, but preparing for an increase in stochastic terrorism probably isn't the worst idea.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

truth is dead

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 25 points 10 months ago

new skill learned: "investigative journalism"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

That doesn't really respond to what I said

but it applies to voting, we can argue about the effectiveness of voting as a tactic but people who vote are more politically engaged than the type of person described in the quote

There are many people who vote, and do nothing else, and that is condemnible. But unless you have direct evidence that the quote originates with someone who explicitly denied the effectiveness of voting in totality I see no reason why the quote would not apply to forms of political advocacy you happen consider ineffective

I don't particularly want to argue about the effectiveness of voting, beyond to say that I strongly disagree with any bright-line distinction between "electoralism" and whatever other strategies you would care to mention, and that EVERY successful movement (leftist or otherwise) that had the option had the ballot as part of their strategy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (4 children)

but it applies to voting, we can argue about the effectiveness of voting as a tactic but people who vote are more politically engaged than the type of person described in the quote