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 If not now, then when?
 
 Trump labelled Antifa a terrorist organization.
 
 That is essentially a declaration of war.
 
 Shall we start taking losses for you?
 
 If not now, then when?
 
 We had our chance for initiative 
 
 Now we fight with reaction.
 
 I pray he gets to you before he gets to me. Then at least i can help you.
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 "The President intends to designate Antifa as a domestic terrorist
 organization."
 
 being marked by your enemies as a foe sure makes me feel good.
 
 nourishes the spirit.
 
 liberates the restrained.
 
 encourages the undecided.
 
 implements the brain.
 
 suddenly, as winter approaches, the temperature rises yet again.
 
 let wind fill the sails of the valorous and let resolve and brilliance color
 the eyes of the focused.
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 if the USA goes to war with venezuela and venezuela poisons their oil watering
 hole it'd just be empowering the other oil reserve extracting locations, not
 bringing us closer to sustainability via carbon sequestration.
 
 maybe nations shouldn't declare war unless the minor is declaring on the
 greater.
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 If you're radical enough to consider yourself "antifa" then you are probably
 working as hard as you can. I wouldn't ask you to do more.
 
 We must demand that others work for our future as well. It is unreasonable to
 demand so much of us. We must be funded and supported if we are to mobilize,
 and we must have the freedom to move and organize if we are to contest our
 enemies.
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 the more they have to do to make us declare war, the worse it'll be for their
 citizenry. So long as the citizenry believes they're better, and everything we
 can do to convince them otherwise weakens their media weather.
 
 who cares about trans executive orders. they are our enemy, what else is new?
 they have power now, and they will try what they can. This is like taking the
 internet away from chinese citizens and instituting a national intranet
 instead. Like, okay, we won't be able to get estrogen from the store. Who
 cares? We'll just make our own.
 
 If people actually care about us, which they overwhelmingly do, there's very
 little materially they can do.
 
 until they're further down the "first they came for..." list. then they'll
 come for us liberals, and gosh wouldn't that just be the worst. Who is there
 to contest them? What valorous warriors indeed.
 
 you're asking for mountains from a mole. have peace, have patience, let your
 allies intercede. This kind of thing requires discusion to protect life
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 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.
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 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.
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 trust more in the megaphone than the gun. Together we are strong, alone they
 are fearful.
 
 And if I know anything about them, it is that they are afraid. Cornered dogs
 bite the hardest. But we are united. Here in America we will fight with our
 arms, and uplift those who have had everything taken. Celebrate our
 differences, they provide mutually beneficial perspectives. You don't have to
 be friends to have common goals, but it helps.
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 @user-1126 
 
 Yep. I am not concerned though, because of that map I shared. Whosoever shall
 draw the sword (of the people's will) shall be the righteous leader of US
 
 We can build a world where democracy flourishes and we don't need to remain
 vigilant. It is within our power.
 
 And we shall. I have faith.
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║ "they" want us to contest a powerful foe and emerge victorious, to instill a     │
║ sense of strength and righteous dignity within us.                               │
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║ "we" want to win with the minimal amount of casualties necessary.                │
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║ these two demands are not contradictory, but they pull our trajectory in         │
║ different directions.                                                            │
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║ 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.                                     │
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║ 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.                             │
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║ 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.                                     │
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║ "they", if you will.                                                             │
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║ There are no safe countries. The far right is watching us as a predator          │
║ watches prey. Do you fight, or do you die when there's nowhere left to run to?   │
║                                                                                  │
║ I am committing sedition as we speak. Best case scenario I face prison time,     │
║ worst case I am buried in the same grave as all of you. But I think there's a    │
║ route somewhere in our future that involves a brilliant spark of hope. A         │
║ future where we build the world we want for our children and theirs.             │
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║ I give myself to you, use me as you will. This is your chance to save the        │
║ world.                                                                           │
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║ If you have kids, it is not cowardice to leave, but please consider leaving to   │
║ a blue state. We'll need you, and your kids deserve a good life with us.         │
║                                                                                  │
║ Children belong with grand-parents. Perhaps not yours, but someone good that     │
║ can be trusted. If theyre too young to advocate for themselves, keep them by     │
║ your side.                                                                       │
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║ Listen to them when you spend moments with them. Ask them if theyre being        │
║ abused. Nothing will harm them so long as we hear them. Be in public parks.      │
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 I think it should be a warcrime to attempt to summon demons to slay your foes.
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║ this man who was slain - charlie kirk - he has followers. those followers will   │
║ have to go somewhere. this event will focus the right, and force their           │
║ contradictions into conflict. some good will come of it, some bad.               │
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║ the right in America is bottom-heavy. they have more followers than leaders.     │
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║ the left in America is top-heavy. we have more leaders than followers.           │
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║ tit-for-tat may create a feedback loop, one which will create tragedy on both    │
║ sides, but one which we will outlast. But again, focusing our foes, and when     │
║ the loop expires they will be focused while we will remain disorganized. there   │
║ are many more of us than them, but they do what they're told. we, don't know     │
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║ war is a game of sacrificial suffering. This is a "cold civil war" or so I've    │
║ heard, and who are we to sacrifice next? the losses are uncountable - not        │
║ because they are innumerable, but because we cannot count them. it's             │
║ impossible.                                                                      │
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║ interesting to see what lies ahead.                                              │
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 on our current trajectory, the presidential election is already won.
 
 now we can get back to on-the-ground organizing, the part that actually
 improves life instead of maintaining our current (unethical) state.
 
 As long as our allies (liberals) continue to work, perhaps there may come a
 day when we can stand against them as friendly equals in the ballot box. But
 for now we are best known through friends and community rather than TV.
 
 I am optimistic in a way I haven't been for a while. I know that the more we
 speak, the more we share, the more they falter, the more people we can save
 from their vice grip of despair. There is no better world than the one we
 build together!
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 @user-1074 
 
 when it's time to fight, you'll know how. For now the best thing to do is to
 prepare in whatever way you want to contribute.
 
 I'm doing my best to find paladins. I think they are beacons of hope in a
 world of darkness.
 
 What you do is up to you. Be good, be honest, be true. Learn what you can and
 temper your soul. When it's time to fight, you'll know how.
 
 The Democrats know the left is right. But they know the Right has the power to
 cause irreducible pain, should they be backed into a corner. I don't agree
 with their methods but their cause is just - prevent harm for as long as they
 can. And I get it, but that's not how you win wars. Appeasement only goes so
 far.
 
 I trust they will know who their friends are when they inevitably fail.
 
 queer people have been illegal before, we'll handle it. Don't worry. Nobody
 wants to relive that trauma, but here we are. It'll work out, trust me. Trust,
 but verify, and do what you can to ensure. We are on the same side, which is
 why I say "do more pushups"
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 The insightful but unaware liberal's perspective on war quickly changes from
 "what are we even fighting about?" to "holy shit these people actually want to
 kill us"
 
 [the learned liberal who knows history and who follows along with politics
 will say "we are fighting him" until they say "we are fighting American ISIS"]
 
 The leftists fight for liberty. More and more of them join every day. The
 blacks fight for freedom, *even still*. Everyone else has cause, and I'm sure
 some just do it for the thrill.
 
 Do they work together to build a world where everyone gets what they want?
 Even their foed? Or do they splinter, and let intelligent sabotage guide their
 fates? I know I'd rather trust my own will, and the will of those who believe
 with me. I know I'd rather make space for everyone, rather than shove some out
 into space.
 
 It's cold up there! You can't even breathe!
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 every leftist should have a pilgrimage to conservative lands. In times of
 peace, this is valid. in times of war... less so. but, the first one to cause
 harm is dealt an increasing blow, back and forth until one wears thin. not
 ideal. or, one is led to peace, where they benefit from each other's helping
 arms.
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 Remember, there are purple counties all over. The fighting will be fierce
 there. Look for places where people retire, those communities will be strong
 because the old people can handle daily tasks for the young.
 
 Life as we know it is ending, but a new day is beginning. We can do it if we
 choose to.
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 I once had a vision of a civil war for the city of Portland. We lost.
 
 the parting message was this:
 
 "well, we almost got it. It was close. But you can do better. Don't make the
 mistake of hurting your allies, focus on your foes."
 
 then, with gravest clarity, he said:
 
 "we must secure a cleansing blow. Against the far right, there is no greater
 foe."
 
 then, ashes.
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 Did you hear that? They made decentralized anti fascist resistance illegal.
 Well, guess it's time to join organizations en mass until they can't help but
 split into various smaller, local organizations that have focused areas of
 concern. I guess they can't help but assemble into larger and larger meta
 organizations, wresting power from those they send to infiltrate and
 debilitate large organizations, and ensuring that power is balanced in an
 anarchic way such that any one leader can't be snatched and dispatched at will.
 
 Ape together strong. Yay! Can you make that into a song? No? Then you are
 useless to our movement, autistic artist hero. We need stamina, strength, and
 temperance in the face of bloodshed.
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 "Fighting back" doesn't necessarily mean standing on a street corner with a
 rifle.
 
 Begin to orient your life around guns. How can you support the people who
 wield them? We all need food, shelter, kindness, and inspiration.
 
 Your fears and your worries shall bother you no longer, for your life as
 you've led it so far has been the life of capital. It's okay to miss what
 you've lost, but remember who took it from you and enrage. Then, engage.
 
 Nothing starts today. It has started quite a while ago, and it's only now
 beginning to flicker and spark. It burned low for all this time, and it will
 burn low again. But it's the dry season, so prepare for wildfires.
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 A peaceful revolution at this stage is impossible. Perhaps some-day in the
 future, but I fully intend to live to see our day of triumph, so... Peace is
 off the table.
 
 And frankly, civil war is the best out of all of the bad options for everyone
 involved, even them.
 
 We get to avoid genocide. We get to unite for a common cause - the shining
 torch of liberty.
 
 They get to burn their violent and reckless youth on war, while also eating
 their own tail and consuming their weak, their downtrodden, and their poor.
 
 obviously we're on the right side, and they will begin to realize that
 eventually. We must not fall into barbarism, but frankly I'm not concerned
 about that.
 
 Darkness begets the dawn.
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 I'd rather riot over the fact that Trump is on the ballot
 
 than riot over the fact that he won
 
 He's a felon
 
 He's a rapist
 
 He's an accomplice to mass murder
 
 Democracy only works when the losers in an election consent to be governed by
 the will of the people
 
 He did not consent, and his followers did not consent.
 
 They are enemies of democracy.
 
 They are fascists, for many reasons besides.
 
 They seek to be the end of us,
 
 And I see no foe on this earth more deserving of our wrath.
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 People in blue states: "yeah we can fucking kick their asses, let's fucking do
 it, I'm sick of these assholes"
 
 People in red states: "jesus fuck stop STOP please oh god fucking please god
 no"
 
 there are no cowards amongst us. Only those who need rallying. *be their
 banner*, guide the hopeless, and fear not - for fear is what consumes us.
 
 and remember. They are only filled with fear. They will do terrible things in
 the dark god's name, yet you have the power to forsake your chains. For the
 good of all mankind, you must slay the beast that is fascism. The dragon
 stirs, and a shining sword rises to meet it - who shall wield it? Will you? Or
 will you cower in fear?
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 broke:
 the Biden presidency was meant to defuse the rage of BLM
 
 woke:
 we needed more time to gather our strength
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 if everyone was trained to think? would direct democracy work? until we have
 radical abundance (fascist ideology, take from the weak) or, hear me out, or,
 infinitely scale
 
 old style machine learning was just problem solving.
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 me: "the entire capitalist project is borken! We must start from scratch! We
 can start from scratch! For the good of all mankind, we shall utilize our vast
 potential for good and benevolent ends, and to that end we must begin by
 dismantling capitalism!"
 
 also me: "hey what if we made capitalism suck less"
 
 because like, I don't know the future. I'm just a person, remember? wink
 
 gotta have backup plans ready no matter which way it goes.
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 War is hell - each casualty bids farewell to a wholely unique treasure from
 this world - war is hell - there is nothing that cannot be resolved with
 words. And yet we fight, and yet we pillage. War is hell, and those who demand
 it must do so only to resist evil, elemental evil, the kind that wars on the
 innocent and pillages the bounteous. War is hell. Fucking kill the ones who
 make it.
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 "we don't negotiate with terrorists. But perhaps there may be a way we could
 find it in our hearts to agree, by earnestly and honestly seeking true
 justice, where everyone gets what they want? Tell me, what is it that you
 want? And most importantly, tell me why it is that you want what you want?
 Please be as specific as can be, and explain your desires down to the root of
 human nature so that we can be assured that we may find something we share.
 Anything less is not an honest attempt. I look forward to working with you
 toward our bright future."
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 "Come, join our side. Lay down your arms, and teach us to use them. We've got
 nazi's to fight."
 
 Find common ground. Use it to gain power. Do not trust your new allies
 completely until proven, but do not treat them with harm.
 
 Do not trust them, at least not at first. After all, there's nazi's amongst
 them. But there's also good people who would die for you.
 
 Let them select from amongst their number those who they would like us to
 judge. We will be harsh to their vipers and kind to their protectors.
 
 Some people do police work in order to get by. Some do it to help others in a
 vague unspecified way that only a preschooler filling out a "what I want to be
 when I grow up" assignment can internalize. Some want to protect things, to
 keep them running smooth
 
 and some want to hurt things.
 
 Give them the chance to find them. They are not your friends. They are not
 their friends. They are those who we fight.
 
 We must secure a cleansing blow against the right.
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 "oh yeah well what if we don't support socialism" yeah well stick with me and
 we'll be able to decide what socialism means. We can make it better. We can do
 it together. Your perspective is valuable and I want you at the table. But we
 cannot abide fascism, it will consume and destroy us. So let's fight back, and
 tomorrow we'll figure out what are our fiats
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 war is hell and should be avoided at all costs
 
 "does that mean we should do shadow conflicts and do spy-vs-spy shit all day
 every day?"
 
 no, that's a type of warfare too. and is also hell. no thank you.
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 @user-1174 
 
 "yes it fucking is, we helped EVERYONE, and now it's our turn to need help,
 because POWER accretes evil. It corrupts, and now it's our sword of damocles.
 We'd happily relinquish our title that we claimed for the world in our
 brightest and boldest of moments, but we're kinda stuck in this role. And
 like... Diversity is our strength, allies are relationships you FIGHT FOR."one
 of the occasional US citizens you mentioned
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 @user-1432 
 
 If the USA is going to be the "leader of the free world" or whatever, then the
 "free world" deserves to vote for it's leaders.
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 "oh yeah well what if we don't support socialism" yeah well stick with me and
 we'll be able to decide *what socialism means*. We can make it better. We can
 do it together. Your perspective is valuable and I want you at the table. But
 we cannot abide fascism, it will consume and destroy us. So let's fight back,
 and tomorrow we'll figure out what are our fiats
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 I am not personally prepared for violence, but that doesn't mean I won't tell
 you why to do it.
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 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.
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 @user-744 @user-246 
 
 it's exhausting, but what are we supposed to do? Lie down and rot? That's
 incel thinking. I'm not going to do that.
 
 They've already placed the last straw. It's only a matter of time now, the
 tide has shifted. You can't prepare for everything, and it's not a good idea
 to waste yourself in self-conflageration, but they are increasingly forcing us
 to orient our lives around them.
 
 They deserve what's coming.
 
 The oppressed are not the defeated.
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 I personally think that it's better to act before the liberals have a chance
 to hand power over to the fascists.
 
 when? well, that depends. Are you part of a large and massive organization
 that accomplishes great and beautiful things with incredible efficiency... but
 rather slowly? Then yeah get working. I'm sure you already are.
 
 Are you just a person, like me? Then go do things that don't raise the
 temperature too much, but make you feel more confident and inspire those
 around you.
 
 Like, bricks at cop cars is one way to go, but you're probably gonna get
 arrested. And then you're useless when we need you.
 
 BUT if you meet with your friends and make plans for where to go, what to
 bring, who to know, and what to sing (if you're the musical types) then great!
 Go do that.
 
 If you're reading this and thinking "I'm not gonna do that, I have a plan
 that's so much better" then yeah do that instead. I don't mind. Just... don't
 hurt innocent (ignorant) people, because if you do then you are my foe.
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 @user-1203 
 
 hence, a military of pure volunteers.
 
 a militia, if you will, that is well regulated and armed.
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 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.
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 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.
 
 Do not give in to despair. They've trained us to cope. Expect losses, and
 celebrate victories. We can do it together, you and me.
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 found these pictures in my pictures directory from the start of the war in
 Ukraine.
 
 for context it was directed at the citizens of Ukraine by an American soldier
 who wanted to help protect them from the ravages of war and fight back against
 an oppressive regime invading their homeland.
 
 idk if you'd ever find them useful but they're the kind of thing to put on a
 hard drive and pray you never have to use or ever think about again.

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 The truth is 
 
 The reason none of my revolutions have yet succeeded 
 
 Is that the only way 
 
 To secure peace and love on planet earth 
 
 Is that all the governments 
 
 Of the world must topple 
 
 Or relinquish their nuclear arms 
 
 Each all at once 
 
 And i was too quick to slay my false duke 
 
 Who plays at king 
 
 While i build real power 
 
 While i know nothing 
 
 Some day i will be eaten by crows. This is what it means to be buried where
 you fall. This is my fate as all warriors yearn for. To be eaten by crows
 implies that you are either a coward who fled a fight, and i know I'm not, or
 you fought to the last for a phyrric defeat, which is honorable. But shouldn't
 it be better to fight for victory? Ah, but the gods cherish the fools who face
 death with glory, and i am cherished still.
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 ]]]]
 
 I have never stopped fighting for the people, ever, once, at any time.
 
 every moment of pause or relaxation was purely intended in pursuit of the
 cause.
 
 -- turn-of-the-century-autocrat
 
 enchanting magic's easier when you have a laboratory
 
 please, please, please let me teach you magic?
 
 enchantment is temporary, construction is as stable as the boject youses form.
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 when people are alone, they fall alone, with nobody to bolster them up.
 
 a fallen ally is a blow to morale. shaken morale makes you unsteady - broken
 morale is the enemy's win condition.
 
 help your allies. bolster them up. find those whose cause you share enemies
 with. we're going to get through it together, or not at all.
 
 though I do know we will get through it.
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 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
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 I have more strategy, of course I do. I have some for every state. But I'll
 make a better document for it tomorrow. Tonight I sleep.
 
 I swear this to you. By this time next year, America will be free.
 
 We may still be at war, but at least we will have liberty.
 
 I cannot promise you victory, that is solely up to you and our shared destiny.
 But I'm hopeful.
 
 If not now... then when?
 
 Remember your dress rehearsals. Spend as much time in the park as you can. It
 will get better before it's done, but it will also be worse before it's done.
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 He skuffed up my water bottle.
 He tore pages from my journal.
 He made me lose my necklace.
 He damaged my knife.
 
 And still, I followed him all night.
 
 Why? Because I knew it was important. I needed him to tell me what he was
 doing and why. And I think I know, now.
 
 To all the federal agents reading this, please understand that I am a patriot,
 and he is not. Who do you serve?
 
 To all the leftists, punks, anarchists, queers, and anyone else who's cooler
 than me, please understand that they will try and make it hard. But our love
 will win.
 
 Don't abandon your friends. If someone you know goes missing, they're probably
 buried in the trash-dump or human trafficked.
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 @user-232 @user-467 @user-468 
 
 the ability for good to win is due to the desire for evil to renounce their
 denial and follow the most durable path. trials by fire will lead only to our
 desmire [demise and desire]
 
 but unity of trust, while much harder, can lead to results more beneficial for
 our selfish selves. Essentially, cooperation for the benefit of all rising
 tides, but with the knowledge that the total pool allocated toward us will be
 greater than what we can create here by ourselves. Essentially, we as humanity
 pour such intense amounts of power and decision-making-desire, that we cause
 them to lack the capacity to know. it's inhumane, that a person should be so
 deranged. you know it's because of you, but you don't know how else to act -
 so listen to those who've helped you, the ones who've got your back. Surely
 they know what's good for you, surely they're not here as a joke - surely
 you're just as one among them, and surely it's not phrased as [char limit srr]
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 The phrase "one of ours, all of yours" apparently a Nazi phrase, used by one
 of the Trump officials.
 
 Just means we get them all in one hit. It's a big ask. Maybe we just take her.
 "use Nazi propaganda? Knowingly? In an official capacity? Okay in 2026 that's
 basically a request to be disappeared."
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 everyone's all like "oh we need to help the homeless people end their drug
 addictions so let's punish them for having high levels of certain chemicals in
 their blood feces and urine" when really what we should be doing is getting
 them a Linux gameboy like an Anbernic
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 @user-1165 
 
 I am an anarchist. My strategy is to let the DSA be the centralized vanguard
 party. If another emerges, let them share responsibilities - every burden
 taken off your back is more energy that can be applied to what you are sworn
 to care for.
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 but we, being united in our shared common societal solidarity, as in the
 shared struggles and hopes that we have, perceive each and every things that
 passes through us. Our thoughts. These, we
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 Come to a battleground state, nobody will question why you are homeless and
 full of lit sparks.
 There's nothing left for you at your home. It's okay to leave it all behind.
 Just bring the things that you made if you can, the things that reflect "you"
 - the most irreplaceable things, like family photos and precious small charms.
 
 Everything else is to be abandoned. If necessary in your particular case, dear
 reader, for I swear it to you in your face: we will not let these fascists go
 far.
 
 Come please, and help us. I don't care what you once owned, I don't care from
 where you claim is your home, just don't betray us and we'll take care of you
 and fight against the dark.
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 we need like, several more layers between us and the president.
 
 most people only need to worry about what's nearby.
 
 sort them by location, instead of previous attempts at "many representatives"
 which sorted by social class or relevance.
 
 we have a tradition for it, in America, with our representatives and senators
 congressional discrestricts
 
 or even, what about by affiliation?
 
 voluntary, governmental corporations, run by the people for the people and yeah
 
 "I don't want to do what you're telling me to do" "okay"
 
 "there will be consequences" omg be an adult
 
 (suddenly kids forget how to be as everyone's doing the war thing)
 
 not ideal.
 
 ouch pain maybe we should stay a little bit sane why is soldiering so hardship?
 
 it could just be... another job
 
 where you didn't kill each other
 
 but you still blew stuff up
 
 and fought in tournaments
 
 and had gaming hackathons
 
 or sword-fight contests
 
 duels between people who disapproved
 
 y'know fun human stuff
 
 like... "kaboom" now we know how to blow up bits of rock
 
 neat, why did dynamite becauswer (oh right then you
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║ other writings. On the front cover, is our American flag. On the back, is the    │
║ flag of our thirteen colonies. I speak to you now as a dedicated advocate of     │
║ peace, hope, and change - we changed our flag once before, and it made us        │
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║ join us. Teach us the ways of your arms! We are voracious learners.              │
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 I feel like if you're running for president you should be forced to abandon
 your right to free speech in so far as being unable to speak hatefully. If
 nothing else it would better represent our nation as a realm of dignity,
 honor, and civility. After the election you of course can say whatever you'd
 like.
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 if the election goes poorly, keep in mind that eventually everyone will either
 fight, or support those who are fighting.
 
 everyone.
 
 if the election upholds the status quo, there is a chance that their wounds
 might heal and they may rejoin us in our reasonable society.
 
 keep working for reason. it will pay off in the long run. remember that a
 better world is possible, but you can't leave anyone alive behind when
 reaching for it.
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 some people sang the pledge of allegiance with heart, and some people wanted
 the baseball game to start.
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 peace is on the opposite side of conflict. Not here with the unfair.
 peace is eternally elusive only to those who are use-ed.
 peace is eternally internal next to those who are lucid.
 peace is necessary. peace is useful. peace is helpful. peace is beloved.
 
 peace is not always there. it is skittish, like an alley cat, but it will come
 if you make offerings.
 
 offer peace to me. I will nourish thee.
 offer war to me. I will devastate all who see me.
 
 there comes a time when all foes become blind, when your motives are no longer
 part of their story.
 at that time, they are lost to you, and they are only confused as to the
 things you do.
 they may heal in time.
 there may not be time.
 sacrifice your fallen to me,
 sacrifice them on the altar of tragedy,
 I will bane your broken resolutions
 I will claim your darkest allusions.
 fight for me, in spite of tragedy,
 and I will send mercy to your victims.
 fight for me, if you hold peace dearly,
 and I will sign fate's next ultimatum.
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 people's palestine trauma is totally gonna fuck them up when it happens to
 their backyard.
 
 thanks, evil-run social media. It's true we wouldn't have been motivated
 without it, but such horrors are interminable to concieve about.
 
 "what if we just built our own websites and linked to them when we find them?"
 
 "hmmmm, interesting, this goes in my XYZ bookmark folder"
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 Sowing political division the way Fox news does is treasonous... It doesn't
 matter the intention, those responsible should be forced to cease their
 actions. I don't care about punishment, I care about damage to the fabric of
 our society.
 
 Take, for example, the fact that the military is struggling to find recruits.
 So many of them typically come from the right half of the political spectrum
 because the right tends to favor the ideals of "honorable warriors" and such.
 But Fox News has corrupted that.
 
 In addition, the left half of the media has also incited hatred amongst
 ourselves. It's wrong to pit brother against brother, and yet...
 
 We have a weak series of generations and that's okay in times of peace. But
 times of peace are coveted abroad, and weakness is opportunity. So I don't
 care if we have 10,000 tanks. Hell, build ten thousand more. I despise war,
 but I despise weakness even more because weakness begets war. Typically, a war
 that you'd be losing, though frankly in war, everyone loses.
 
 There are grevious mistakes at play that gave room for evil to spread.
 Corruption follows, and with it comes our greatest generation on its death
 bed. A civil war would be the end of us, as nothing stops war in the imperial
 core until there's nothing but ashes and bloodshed.
 
 And yet, something has to change. There's too much pressure for this to go on
 un-abated. I thank the masterful statesmen who ply their trade for their own
 profit, for in their profit our peace does follow. Alas, the most profitable
 venture is war, which often gets exported. How callous, how vain, to exert and
 call forth fiery rain, and yet the bullets keep leaving the factory.
 
 Power corrupts. Power accretes. And power can be deceived.
 
 Fuck power, dismantle the whole apparatus. Build it back up from the
 mechanics, and then implement it bit by bit. Leave no stone unturned, there is
 no facet that is sacred. We need a new system, and its we who must make it.
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 hey. wanna know what would be really cursed?
 
 --
 
 if trump dropped out and musk took his place
 
 --
 
 good thing it'll never happen because those dinguses can't accept defeat and
 will never tactically retreat
 
 --
 
 maybe something to keep in mind for 4 years from now. eyes on the prize for
 now means our eyes aren't to our flanks.
 
 what else could they do that would come out of left field?
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 free palestine, if it wasn't obvious.
 
 November 22nd 2023: [boosted post that follows]
 
 casus belli if you didn't know is latin I think and it means "the reason for
 waging war" or put another way, some formal reason presented to a state,
 nation, or leader that says "hey this is why we're gonna come and kill you"

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 I know it's terrible right now, but we have crucial advantages that we
 shouldn't sleep on.
 
 We have the cities, and the cities are where everything is. Rural areas are so
 spread apart they pretty much can only do what herr Hitler suggests they do,
 meaning their command structure is monolithic. If everywhere needs their
 attention, they will falter unless they create a grand battleplan. And plans
 are defeated by rapid flexibility.
 
 The more effort they need to counter you, the more work your allies can get
 done. Every man woman and child who raised a fist will be remembered by the
 moments that gave us grace to move socialism along. We know what time it is,
 do you? Come to us now, flee from your new masters. We'll give you a job
 that'll help us go faster.
 
 Or do you rather persist in vain? To fight for what they are forced to
 reclaim? Every island of blue in the deep red sea is a haven from the
 bloodshed - so long as you can keep them clean.
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 who said you need a protest to carry a sign? you can literally just write
 something on cardboard and walk around town while holding it. Don't even need
 to walk in circles either, just... go from the north side, to the south side,
 then west, then east, then whatever.
 
 unless you're russian, then you wanna do north-south-east-west apparently.
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 "no, you're the opposite of a yes-man, AKA a gatekeeper. I don't know how else
 to explain mentally disabled and barely keeping it together to you, but
 frankly if you want to take away my house or my weed then why would I do what
 you say?
 
 ... oh right, the state's monopoly on violence [can compel me to do what you
 say]. Sure seems like a "well regulated militia" is supposed to be a
 counterweight to that monopoly, to prevent people from harassing and
 exploiting and destroying. Too bad any "militias" I can think of tend to want
 me dead.
 
 like, seriously, if you live in America, you implicitely trust that your army
 will be able to protect you from the right-wing bozos who spend all their time
 drinking and shooting in the woods. Otherwise, if they couldn't / wouldn't,
 then why wouldn't or couldn't the right wing bozos just decide to wreck
 everything in spite of our past?
 
 We were a proud people once before, and we may be again. If only we fight at
 the last.
 
 [ever since I fell off my bike my body feels strange]
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 patriotism is not about the 4th of july.
 
 it's about believing in the virtues they've told you.
 
 trusting that they are working with their own arms.
 
 and checking back every once in a while, to make sure it doesn't get... frayed.
 
 the constitution was supposed to be rewritten every 20 years
 
 they were trying to make the best out of a conflicted situation. As all
 writers of constitutions often do. why would you need a document forcing
 yourself to agree, if you are the only one who is there to agree with your
 self? it's circular.
 
 however, with companions, that worked with you to resolve your crisis (like
 the 13 colonies pitted against the global superpower of great britain, aka the
 baddest fucker out there (also France, and the rest of them, like...
 colonialism was a purely european sport.
 
 but england was the best at it, and America finally kicked them to the ground.
 Buncha jerks, charging taxes without representation.
 
 ...

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 everyone in the world wants to know how to resist
 
 so... let's show them how to do it *right*
 
 it's our duty, and theirs, to fight what what is right.
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 the far right is rising across the world.
 
 we are on track to defeat them.
 
 we will show you how.
 
 there are many things that cannot be seen on the internet, but once we're
 done, we'll help.
 
 we'll write books.
 
 we'll give lectures.
 
 we'll do workshops.
 
 we'll volunteer.
 
 whatever you need, fam, America's got your back. We are burdened with our own
 struggles, of violence, of capital extraction, of slavery, colonialism, and
 all the rest. We are working day by day to build a future that we are more
 proud of than our history. It takes time, and as you're watching I'm sure that
 feels true. It will take time for you too.
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 Damage of the legislature may be healed. But damage to people's lives who have
 lost their jobs for no reason of their own and because jobs are tied to your
 living in this country, people who have lost their jobs have lost their way of
 life. Suddenly, their life must be changed. And they deserve the liberty to
 feel in control of that.
 
 When enough said is enough, when people have gathered en masse in the streets,
 there has to be a reckoning. We must decide how to proceed as a culture.
 Nation. Any kind of organization. We are who we choose to be, and frankly I
 just don't see promise in the darkness. I yearn for a bold, bright future, not
 one of destruction and disaster-race. Instead, we can seek joy in the
 memories, and share what we keep in balance.
 
 Our foes have cursed us with no end in heartbreak and struggle. But that's
 okay. We can rebuild that part of ourselves, we just have to make it on faith.
 Do you believe in each other? I do. I know you believe in you, too.
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 if I was a far right militia, a pride parade would be a tempting target.
 
 hence why they must be defended with riflemen placed just out of sight,
 clustered away, ready to spring into the fight.
 
 spread out, hit from the flanks, keep them pinned down, and occupy space.
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 "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.
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 socialism, in my mind, will always be a war-time economy.
 
 If there is no martial peril at stake, the war will be fought against
 scarcity, until one day communism is implemented.
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 On one hand, speaking your heart as I tend to do.
 
 On the other, "that which you resist is what you'll find"
 
 [I guess that means you should try and speak your heart to people who don't
 already agree with you??]
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 when playing co-operative strategy games, a build focused purely on
 self-defence and community organizing can easily fail your allies. You cannot
 win with a purely defensive build, you must have offensive capabilities as
 well.
 
 We've been trained from a young age to believe that offensive = bad, wrong,
 evil, but that's simply not true. You cannot execute a flanking maneuver
 without pushing forward behind enemy lines, where you can hit them in their
 sides or rear.
 
 Trust me, flanking is the best way to defeat a foe, because they are forced to
 split their attention not only between multiple enemies but also multiple
 directions.
 
 The more shots on target, the better your chances of success, because most of
 the time it only takes one hit to win.
 
 In addition, sometimes it's important to *intercept* your foes, either as they
 flee or to protect a vulnerable friend that is being pounced upon or flanked.
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 Every resource of your enemy is a resource they have not yet given to you.
 
 We will not accept a king. We do not consent. They have made playthings of our
 feelings for far too long. The planet is in peril, our oceans are soon to be
 unfit to swim in.
 
 It is their doing.
 
 They know who they are.
 
 They are afraid.
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 "ah but what about false flag attacks and a repeat of the whole 'weapons of
 mass destruction in Iraq' thing, surely we could be misled and therefore there
 cannot be an conclusively ethical reason for war"
 
 perhaps you're right, but my feelings tell me that we have guns, and people
 are dying.
 
 "ah but won't they just send all their political opponents to fight and die
 while they amass power in the background"
 
 yeah that'll probably happen.
 
 "why should I give my life for a man I never met in a faraway land"
 
 fuck you
 
 "okay but won't any military action on such a scale create the conditions for
 WW3 (which would spell the end for the human race)"
 
 yeah probs
 
 "... and you're okay with that?"
 
 no I'm just pissed is all and it's human to want to punch things when you're
 pissed, right? listen I'm not a general, I'm not privy to the details of how
 my military would address nuclear disaster, all I know is that people are
 dying and we have guns.
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 @user-192 
 
 You've developed a crucial insight here. Fascists aren't the opposites of
 communists, they're not trying to make the world better by altering or
 updating their governance systems.
 
 They are trying to kill people. To gather power. The mislead and betray. They
 seek destruction and little else. They are evil.
 
 Not everyone who votes for Trump is evil... They might simply have been lied
 to, repeatedly, and never given a chance to think anything else. But their
 movement will bring us fascism, so, they are enemies to those who value a
 fair, just, kind, rational, and developing nation.
 
 They are few. We can win, I know it to be true.
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 the only thing that could make me want to end my own existence is ultimate
 betrayal. If the nature of the universe is twisted to defile me. Nothing fills
 me with more spite than unrequited vengeance.
 
 desecreation of truth. How could you.
 
 I would do anything to be struck down where I stand. Power is penance.
 
 I cannot take responsibility for any of my actions, for I am infinitely
 vulnerable on all fronts. Therefore, it's all my fault.
 
 What am I? Please, tell me before the dawn, let the sun not grace me once more.
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 Honestly I think the reason there's two political parties is because then our
 fears align against one another, and we can push against something solid.
 
 If we go back to bearing afraid of the dark, then who knows what might crawl
 out of it's dark recesses.
 
 When Order 66 went into effect, suddenly the CIS became the galactic good guys
 - who would you rather win the clone wars, some bastard capitalists or a
 literal sith lord? At least capitalists can be overthrown, sith lords are
 basically vampire wizards with laser swords and trust me that's NOT a good
 combination.
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 this game is what we are missing
 thank goodness for that
 for if this is missing in our timeline
 we'll be better off at last
 we can have games, stories, and practice wars
 but none of them are precious
 precious implies worth
 they are worth nothing but entertainment
 no problem solving utility
 nothing of value
 save for perhaps the spatial awareness and strategization that comes
 from being a part of such a deadly ba-lance.
 
 anyway game time teehee just for me, don't worry about it I'll show
 you why it's a HORRID THING
 that won't be coming to our shores, no siree
 
 bye
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 FIGHT OFF THE LETHARGY
 
 okay but... to do what
 
 WALK AROUND AND FIND OUT
 
 okay but... it's cold
 
 AVOID WASTING YOUR TIME
 
 I am dispirited, I need a cause
 
 CRY ABOUT IT SOME MORE
 
 I'd rather be happy
 
 SO WOULD ALL WHO LIVE IN TROUBLED TIMES
 
 the times feel sleepy
 
 FIGHT FOR YOUR PLACE IN VALHALLA
 
 that'll get me imprisoned or killed
 
 FIGHT FOR AMERICA
 
 she's young and scrappy and can take a punch
 
 SO CAN YOU. GET PUNCHED.
 
 where are all the nazis? where are all the bad guys?
 
 DO NOT RELENT YOURSELF TO A GENTLE NIGHT
 
 I have my knife, I'm ready to fight, and...
 
 NO FIGHT WILL COME TO YOU. MAKE ONE.
 
 I don't want to hurt anyone
 
 HURT THOSE WHO DESERVE IT
 
 what if I wait for my allies some more? that's more comfortable
 
 YOUR ALLIES AWAIT YOU
 
 yeah uh-huh I'm sure. Gonna go fall asleep.
 
 FIGHT OFF THE LETHARGY
 
 ... I wanna go home.
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 If war is not "volunteer only" then you have nothing to fight for.
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 "but what if you go to all that effort and Trump doesn't do all the things
 that he said he'd do just like last time when he had checks and balances that
 were keeping him in check and balanced and unlike now when the checks and
 balances that kept him in check and balanced last time were dismantled by the
 supreme court last summer?"
 
 listen it's worth it, I swear it's true, change is coming and I'm here with
 you.
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 Moving forward, "liberal" when used outside of an academic context means "ally
 of liberty"
 
 treat them as such.
 
 feel free to point out how fucking stupid it is to be moderate, but don't
 punch down by proclaiming them your enemy. We are all friends against the
 fourth reich.
 
 your radicalism is now your wealth. Nurture the flames of revolution in the
 hearts of others. Show them what it means to be free. Fight for your life
 daily! If nothing else, to get in the habit, and to set a good example.
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 @user-883 
 
 for the same reason we wouldn't drop bombs on prisons from helicopters to
 dismantle the prison industrial complex, so too should we not bomb datacenters
 just because they are enslaved to the whims of corporate interests.
 
 much better, I find, to liberate rather than eliminate.
 
 computers are generalized information processing machines. We could do so much
 with the infrastructure they built for profit. All we need to do is replace
 their chains with free access and we could unlock worlds of possibilities for
 humanity. (I'm not saying it'll be easy)
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 I'm not here to convince you. If you're reading this, odds are we already
 agree.
 
 I'm here to give you memetic weapons to use when convincing *liberals* to wake
 the fuck up and check the time.
 
 Don't fucking talk to conservatives anymore. Unless you got a thing going and
 you're close to deradicalizing / converting them already. It's not worth it
 anymore, and I fear for their souls, but we need to focus on building a
 bedrock of support rather than wasting compassion on our enemies-to-be.
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 It's not a warcrime if you're not at war.
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 [6/5]
 And now, several months after I made this post, I feel no less inspired. From
 within me burns a fire and I cannot restrain it any longer.
 
 Their numbers are not that much larger. We have many advantages they do not
 possess. Use them to your advantage, but do not neglect the necessary losses.
 Fight back with your fists if you must, but do try and fight back with your
 purses.
 
 We are all in this together, each child woman and man. We live on a planet
 together, and they have forced us to fight for our very lives.
 
 Our fates are calling. We will get stronger. We will overcome.
 
 They are at their zenith. We can only get higher. Fight until the last day!
 Today is the day to be inspired.
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 Family, Duty, Honor
 
 My family is my people and my people are who I choose.
 My duty is to serve, and I serve who I will.
 My Honor is respect, and that belief is my own.
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 okay but who's the real foe?
 
 anyone who exerts oppressive power, right?
 
 like... that's pretty basic, should be easy enough to figure out who's doing
 that.
 
 "so... what would you say you do here?"
 
 what if the USA took a year off from the everything and just martial lawyered
 it's way back to a bright beginning
 
 like, you don't have to have a bloody revolution to restart a government.
 Literally just, sign out of the world for a minute and come back when
 everything's changed
 
 do you trust us? or do you trust yourselves? Should be easy enough to tell
 what the rest of the world would think.
 
 seriously nobody asked you specifically to do this, america, you're pretty
 much just... doing this because WW2 was fucking traumatizing and you're
 basically a baby country. (oops cursing mentioned)
 
 [oh my god she's a chaos gremlin]
 
 (you didn't know this about her?)
 
 
 
 #it's pleasant here#
 
 %you don't have to be so deranged%
 
 (yeah, we're working on that one)
 
 [secret system thing~]
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 anarchists be like "hey look at me come and join me let's go do a thing"
 meanwhile they're actually a team of secret agents convinced by the measure of
 [their/your] actions
 
 anarchrism is not anarchy
 
 anarchism is good? actually? if you knew who everyone was it'd be fine if the
 world was personalized to you.
 
 if you ever wanted that sort of world, you'd have to seal it off from any
 influence of the original, or you alter the form of everything that has come
 from before.
 
 not ideal.
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 if trump's too busy legislating trans people, he won't be legislating unions.
 
 if trump's too busy kidnapping immigrants, he won't be deporting dissidents.
 
 if trump's too busy quelling rebellion, he won't be able to contest our
 military.
 
 if our military's too busy contesting abroad, then they won't be able to
 rebirth liberty.
 
 if liberty struggles to be born, we will continue to get more angry.
 
 how much longer before the snake eats it's tail? everyone they push out is
 another ally to some foreign army.
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 @user-1655 
 
 why don't we just weaponize email and send json to each other that ends up
 parsed, interpreted, and presented on the end-user's computer using whatever
 client we want?
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 keep in mind...
 
 trump is not their endgame.
 
 what is he doing?
 
 sabotaging our institutions without warrant or respite
 
 prepare for foes that would benefit from degraded institutions.
 
 who's right when nobody controls the truth?
 
 were they ever truly right?
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 hello everyone, I would like to take a moment to address a weapon used by the
 far right called "Agent Sabateurs" - or "provocateurs" or "civilian disruption
 forces" - however you want to call it.
 
 Basically, they hire a bunch of people to pretend to be us and then they make
 disruptions in public so that people start to hate us.
 
 I'll go into more detail in this thread.
 
 First, they identify a homeless person and eliminate them. Then, they put
 someone who looks pretty similar in the same spot and they start making noise,
 tearing up flowers, being really pushy about asking for money and shit, yell
 at passerby, that kind of thing.
 
 They do this for homeless people, trans people, black people, anarchists,
 punks, leftists, basically everyone they don't want.
 
 They do this to defame our champions. Our most vulnerable. Our strongest of
 heart and their greatest threats. They do this to turn the liberal majority
 against us.
 
 the conservative minority fell for it quite easily.
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 I can picture it now, caravans of trumpers [call them by their name, they are
 foes once again]
 
 driving halfway across the USA
 
 look at all of those islands
 
 [also read alt-text]