The protest movement in the United States is growing, but so is the global authoritarian playbook it’s up against.

  • VagueAnodyneComments@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    20 days ago

    you understand that war with Iran and the escalation of ICE raids in response to No Kings protests is significantly worse and in no way impeded by people marching with signs right?

    embarrassing Trump is kayfabe to let the Volk blow off steam

    they’re doing a fascist imperial war expansion whether people “peacefully protest” or not, so it is time for better tactics or removing oneself from the conflict so as not to be useful to fascists

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        20 days ago

        yes this is why they are ineffective against a regime that started a war yesterday and readied their deathcamps a month ago

        you can’t instantly build a peaceful resistance movement after abandoning the one in 2020 and increasing funding for the violent police

        USA’s shot at doing peaceful resistance is over, that’s not the shape of the problem anymore

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          20 days ago

          Is this based on a careful study of violent and non-violent protest movements under regiemes in many countries? Or did you pull it out of your ass?

          • VagueAnodyneComments@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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            20 days ago

            most of my knowledge base is WW1 stuff like Tuckman and the various anarcho-communist stuff you get into around Graeber and Occupy era guys, i did significant graduate study in english and spanish studying the history of Chile, then i participated in movements for about a decade

            so yeah completely out of my ass, fritz

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              20 days ago

              I don’t beat up cripples

              EDIT: he did indeed slide into my DMs proposing violence

              • VagueAnodyneComments@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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                20 days ago

                interesting context about the scottish guy

                i was injured in peaceful activist efforts i took part in 2016-2022, wasn’t able to get real treatment in my region, tried to flee the country during Biden years, failed, now i am watching the thing i fled take shape while i try and get back on my feet with an old “war wound”

                so i’m spent, i was in the movement that got abandoned 👍

                the USA is doomed to a fascist imperial collapse and non-violent mass protest is not going to change that

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              20 days ago

              After taking a second look at his comments and some of the weird phrases he used in his DMs to me, that guy is 100% not an American