=== ANCHOR POEM === ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned-liberty-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────────────┘ Ms. Menardi, November 7th 2024 He would deprive us of our light, and frankly he already has. He would deprive us of our liberty, and his plans to do so are clear and apparent. He would deprive us of our lives, and history has shown that this is a precedent. I do not consent to a Trump presidency. I do not consent to his corruption any longer. No more will I or my people be governed by such evil. We will fight back, of this I am certain. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/4400 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol-revolutions-and-stuff-or-whatever │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Ms. Menardi, November 7th 2024 I need an editor. Someone who can re-arrange what I say and present it to an audience. The pen is mightier than the sword, and while my pen is mighty, you still need swords. I believe in democracy. I believe in the will of the people and the respect of the land. I believe in life, light, and liberty for all. Our nation has just elected, fairly, a dictator who will sell our country to foreign authoritarians just because he is small. I am stronger by far, but I lack his experience, and so I must rely on trusted advisors who grow with me. I am perhaps not the best choice, but I do believe I am one of the bravest. Judge me as you will. Trump will destroy the American experiment and invite fascism into our home. We have people to nurture and protect, and authoritarianism prevents us from doing so. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #2 messages/620 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── I need an editor. Someone who can re-arrange what I say and present it to an audience. The pen is mightier than the sword, and while my pen is mighty, you still need swords. I believe in democracy. I believe in the will of the people and the respect of the land. I believe in life, light, and liberty for all. Our nation has just elected, fairly, a dictator who will sell our country to foreign authoritarians just because he is small. I am stronger by far, but I lack his experience, and so I must rely on trusted advisors who grow with me. I am perhaps not the best choice, but I do believe I am one of the bravest. Judge me as you will. Trump will destroy the American experiment and invite fascism into our home. We have people to nurture and protect, and authoritarianism prevents us from doing so. He would deprive us of our light, and frankly he already has. He would deprive us of our liberty, and his plans to do so are clear and apparent. He would deprive us of our lives, and history has shown that this is a precedent. I do not consent to a Trump presidency. I do not consent to his corruption any longer. No more will I or my people be governed by such evil. We will fight back, of this I am certain. My demands are threefold. First, I demand that Trump be replaced by a moderate republican. Hold a primary and let Democrats vote. If none of your candidates work for us, pick a new roster and try again. The second is that Trump must be executed for treasonous high crimes. Nothing less than execution will suffice. Next, let the supreme court be purged and replaced. Half with democrats, half republicans, and one moderate who is widely regarded with respect. Failing these demands, I am willing to wage a terrible civil war for the soul of our country. I know this is treason, but I do it anyway even though I am a patriot. I do it because our land has been stolen by a man and his followers who seek to plunge my people into despair. He is but one man. So am I. He has an army of followers. I do not. Each of the wars we fight will be smaller than the last, as each of our cities struggles toward our last gasp. But together we are strong, and by connecting them we might deliver ourselves from harm. Against the far right, we must secure a cleansing blow. There is no greater fight. The world is watching. To that end, I suggest a great and perilous fight. I see no other option in this remarkable century. Prepare as you might, I suggest pushups and resource acquisition. Deliver your resources somewhere safe if you're in a red area, and meet your neighbors if you're not. A blue city in a red state must survive a siege. Prepare yourself for this. Assume that supplies will need to be delivered by convoy if by land, and drone airdrop from the skies. Develop ways to protect these supply methods. Public spaces are our homes now, our houses are just where we sleep. I swear this to you: on my life I will be honorable and fair. I will seek true justice when I can, where everyone gets what they want, and failing that I will be plainly just. I will respect all peoples, and do my best to fight for a brighter tomorrow. I dare for the bright age. I see nothing else that I'd like to spend my life doing than daring. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/4402 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-and-recruitment-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────────────────┘ Ms. Menardi, November 7th 2024 My demands are threefold. First, I demand that Trump be replaced by a moderate republican. Hold a primary and let Democrats vote. If none of your candidates work for us, pick a new roster and try again. The second is that Trump must be executed for treasonous high crimes. Nothing less than execution will suffice. Next, let the supreme court be purged and replaced. Half with democrats, half republicans, and one moderate who is widely regarded with respect. Failing these demands, I am willing to wage a terrible civil war for the soul of our country. I know this is treason, but I do it anyway even though I am a patriot. I do it because our land has been stolen by a man and his followers who seek to plunge my people into despair. He is but one man. So am I. He has an army of followers. I do not. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/5431 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┐ ║ "they" want us to contest a powerful foe and emerge victorious, to instill a │ ║ sense of strength and righteous dignity within us. │ ║ │ ║ "we" want to win with the minimal amount of casualties necessary. │ ║ │ ║ these two demands are not contradictory, but they pull our trajectory in │ ║ different directions. │ ║ │ ║ I truly believe that we the people could oust our political foes with little │ ║ opposition - little more than a minor civil war which lasted long enough to │ ║ show our foes how badly they are outmatched. │ ║ │ ║ maybe that comes as a surprise to you, ye who are unarmed, but it does not to │ ║ me, for I have faith in our institutions and values. │ ║ │ ║ If Trump espoused the ideals of his party, specifically the ideal of │ ║ efficiency and discipline, then perhaps he would be a fine leader. However his │ ║ goals seem to me, a citizen and therefore his de jure subject, to be primarily │ ║ motivated by money, by power, by corruption. │ ║ │ ║ not ideal. │ ║ │ ║ For this reason I swear to contest the fascists in control. │ ║ │ ║ "they", if you will. │ ║ │ ║ also hey what's up I'm drunk lmao │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──┴──────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/4803 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────┘ I say only executed after a general strike because the general strike is the signal. the display of our intentions. we are serious about this, see how many people walk the streets? how many walk off the job? they have families. if our demands aren't met, their families will be punished. how cruel. would you really do such a thing? what kind of government would not care for it's citizenry? sounds like everything we've known to fight against. Autocracy and despotism. I refuse to concede. I do not run. I do not confess. I have nothing to hide. I don't lock my door. I don't own anything that they couldn't take from me. I own nothing. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse_boost/4734 --- ◀─╔═════════════════════════[BOOST]═══════════════════════════───────────────────╗ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ I don't think they have any intention of ceding power in four years, I think project 2025 is all about dismantling checks and balances on their power and I think Trump said at one of his rallies once "you won't have to vote again" │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ I think for these people to lose power they will have to be forced. │ ║ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────╣ ║ similar │ chronological │ different ║ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┴───────╝─▶ --- #7 fediverse/3415 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-capitalism-mentioned │ └───────────────────────────────────┘ @user-1165 yeah, I mean, I agree, but try convincing them of that. I believe that there must be no non-consentual application of power, in the general sense. I also believe that one person's rights end where another's begin. Because of those two axioms, it is impossible to contest people who consent to being enslaved. Who am I to take their chains from them, if they grip them to their chests so dearly? But I will not tolerate them clasping new ones around the necks of our future children. I will not allow them to desecrate our home. They are welcome to join us, when "us" finally gets our shit together. But they can hold no dominion over us, nor anyone else - that is the crucial core of my belief. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/5423 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-violence-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────────┘ all performers read from a script, read through in the past or generated in their mind in the moment. Improvization and adaptive learning. some members of the armed forces agree with Trump. Some of them do not. some of the people at protests believe in liberty, some of them do not. all you have to do is kill a cop, take their gear, and then do a skit where you beat the shit out of someone. it's easy to start a fight. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/392 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── @user-288 bro's never head of driving 6 hours into the nearest state park, hauling a backpack full of stolen documents into the wild, and burying it under an oak tree with the wind in his hair and the light of the fading sun giving haste to his return home. Don't trip mr Trump sir you might impale yourself on a rotten log or fall off a cliff onto a pile of rocks or something else that while viscerally terrifying would not be so terrible in the company of one such as you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/5811 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ only some people feel existential [peril/fear] at the concept of a trump presidency. I'm trans, I feel it so hard I considered sedition. it felt like a reasonable reaction. probably just means I've been calibrated to a certain level of revengeance through my knowledge of history and the arts. I learned so much about systems, I saw the inextricable truth of the merits of the design of capitolistic [shared societal conventions, but pronounced "conventions"]. I also learned of what it means to wield ideology as a weapon for mass power/cultural gains. I see now that no matter the merits or faults of any system, power accretes in the unworthy. They say this is because others they work with just don't want to deal with them anymore. This isn't always true, in-fact with stronger bonds the relationship is more secure [also true, but I said it earlier in the sentence]. jeez, interrupt much? anyway, as I was saying, [wasting characters] okIlikewritngmastodonpostsitsagame2aimforzerocharactersrem ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┘ --- #11 messages/619 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── Keep in mind that *this is sedition*. Do you trust in democracy? Do you see how it may be spoiled? We've elected our hitler, yet 40-50% of the nation does not consent. America as we know it is about to change, and we need to protect the pieces we love. I see no future without splitting into three separate states, with city-state allies plodding along, keeping the siege ongoing. Trust in convoys more than farms. All it takes is a drone with a fire bomb and your crops are worthless. We must deprive them of their ports, if possible. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/1875 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── when elected to be president, I will do nothing all day every day except sign my signature on the pardons that my trusted team places on my desk. For four years, I will do nothing but dismantle the prison industrial complex in the least radical and most focused way I can think of. ... please don't elect me twice I don't think my sanity could take it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/2493 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ The supreme court may have made these three decisions, but they did so at the behest of capital. Perhaps not directly, but I do believe in the future tomes will be written about how and why we ended up here. Perhaps they are already being written. I will not stand idly by any longer while our country decays. I will not tolerate the corruption, the pollution, the intentional division, and the fanned flames of hatred. The only thing on my mind right now is the extinction of fascism, the replacement of capitalism, and the freedom of all those enslaved. [5/5] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/2585 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── @user-1209 as long as I don't do anything they haven't, then there's a reasonable claim to be made that arresting me would be enforcing the law partially (as opposed to impartially) yet more examples of the ways our false democracy has betrayed our trust. we'll see though. I have faith in those who hold power over me. I trust that they understand the implications of this most recent supreme court session. they broke the law first. I'm trying to restore it and rebuild it in such a way that it is immune to the injustices and misdeeds that spelled it's current doom. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/4392 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ Keep in mind that this is sedition. Do you trust in democracy? Do you see how it may be spoiled? We've elected our hitler, yet 40-50% of the nation does not consent. America as we know it is about to change, and we need to protect the pieces we love. I see no future without splitting into three separate states, with city-state allies plodding along, keeping the siege ongoing. Trust in convoys more than farms. All it takes is a drone with a fire bomb and your crops are worthless. We must deprive them of their ports, if possible. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/5628 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: -mentioned- │ └──────────────────────┘ I'm not fucking around and nobody takes me seriously. guess I'll just "waste" the day getting stoned. "there is nothing left to analyze" yeah well there's nothing I can do except analyze, so... do it for me then? I'll even tell you how. I have a strange kind of patriotism. It compels me to fight for my country, not for the current administration. Yes, it's true, that if we can't trust the political victors, then we can't trust that we all [deserved to be used, but pronounced like deserved to get food] but we can't trust our political victors, because of simple facts. Last summer the conservative majority supreme court removed several restrictions on the exectutive branch - essentially giving the political victors the ability to rule with more authority than a despotic monarchy. This summer they are maximizing their armed forces (ICE, not the military, which will soon be dissolved) Next summer they will claim you. What do you do this summer, with the consent of the army, navy, and air force? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/3962 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: re: Thoughts// anarchist //whatever │ │ ║ └─────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ @user-1298 │ ║ │ ║ hehe true. │ ║ │ ║ if you consent, then it's just a social structure. │ ║ │ ║ there are, however, reasons when power is justified. Hence why I don't believe │ ║ that power itself should be dismantled, and what few "power structures" remain │ ║ should be continuously justified. │ ║ │ ║ For example, how do you prevent people from harming others? "Your rights end │ ║ where another's begin" but, like, how do you stop people who toe the line and │ ║ spit over the edge? │ ║ │ ║ There must be power applied to those who harm, and they surely do not consent │ ║ to being curtailed, so therefore power must be wielded by someone. And because │ ║ power corrupts the one who wields it, it is inevitable that someone creates │ ║ harm. │ ║ │ ║ ... I just re-invented the police, didn't I? Legalism only goes so far, and │ ║ calling up your beefiest friends to go rough up a no-good do-gooder is │ ║ basically what mobs, mafias, and gangs do. I don't think people would consent │ ║ to being protected by a gang, much less governed by one. │ ║ │ ║ we will think of something. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┴──────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/4558 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ "ah but ritz you used to talk about kindness and empathy and how we should forgive people and try to find ways that terrible people can still live and contribute and" yeah. then Trump got elected, so now we have to live in the reality that My Fellow Americanstm asked for. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/5302 --- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┐ ║ ┌────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ │ ║ └────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ trump is doing this thing where he's making a bunch of dumb decisions that │ ║ everyone in his base sorta wants, and then the fallout is that powers are │ ║ removed from the executive branch. this is a difficult process to reverse, and │ ║ aligns the governance strategy more toward bureaucracy and away from │ ║ intelligent design. │ ║ │ ║ ... but also, if power is possible then power is portended. │ ║ │ ║ I will warn you, the expansion of bureaucracy does not equal the abolishment │ ║ of power. │ ║ │ ║ [power: compulsive will applied toward an unconsenting other] │ ║ │ ║ [unconsenting: unable to consent because their mouth is gagged, something │ ║ valuable is at stake, or they can't survive failing] │ ║ │ ║ the abolishment of power can only be realized when no man holds any │ ║ possessions (and gives them to woman instead, chirps the spunky beard on my │ ║ window) which is neither a desirable state. much better to cherish the moments │ ║ and the tools which brought about them, than their worth, renown, or value. │ ║ │ ║ In all other lives but this one, you are afraid. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┴──────────┘ --- #20 messages/536 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── The right is *using* the neo-nazis. They don't want them either, but they're a convenient boogey-man. *of course* kamala is going to crush trump. That's the whole point, to show the world what a ridiculous farce our elections are. They have never been representative, and now we will see. Ask any red blooded American, left or right, how they'd like to handle neo-nazis. We all know where we stand. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┘ |