• the_q@lemmy.zip
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    1 month ago

    Stop paying your taxes and buying shit? Violence? There I gave you a couple solutions go do 'em.

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      Cool, take care of my father with Alzheimer’s and I will get right to that.

      Good luck with his medical bills, I promise you, they are a struggle.

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        Exactly. You’ll always have an excuse to do nothing. Immediately going for the emotional excuse too! You expect change with no sacrifice just like every other person in this country. We watch day by day as Hitler Jr and his pals take away freedoms, rights, safety etc but your dad is what’s keeping you from fighting back… Yeah OK.

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          Uh, he needs 24/7 care, most of which I provide at present (I have to, ya know, work fulltime for food, utility bills and health insurance for medications).

          Despite your anger, I hope you do not end up in a situation like this. Enjoy, “freedom” while you can, it disappears in a variety of circumstances.

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            Oh fuck you acting like your situation is unique. No one is free in the US. You people prove day in and day out that you have no critical thinking skills and no fucking backbone. Good luck with you dad. Maybe when you have nothing left to lose you’ll wake up.

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          It’s easy to criticize. What are you doing to stop it? You should do more of that instead of wasting time being an asshole to people on the internet.

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          Upvoting all I can here. Like, they’re going to come for all your benefits, money, property eventually. Sticking your head in the sand is only gonna make it easier to kick your ass.

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            The downvotes are from people who know I’m right, but it makes them feel bad to think about.

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              The downvotes are from you being a jackass attacking the wrong people because of your own impotent frustration

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              No, all your suggestions will just accomplish nothing except get people who follow them into huge problem with zero gains.

              Not paying taxes, being violent, how is that a plan? Thats why the downvotes I think. You are just being angry and wanting change, but you also dont have a plan that will do anything. Just like everyone.

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        If our supposed NATO allies would actually you know help us out, that would be fucking fantastic.

        “Everyone else needs to put their asses on the line! Not me!”

        No one’s coming to save you. Maybe ask the fascists to play nicer, I guess? It’s worked pretty well so far.

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      The issue is mainly coordination. One person acting is going to accomplish nothing while guaranteeing that this one person loses everything. Everyone needs to act at the same time. We need a leader to start a movement that everyone can get behind.

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      Not paying taxes will do nothing but get a persona arrested, and then the tax money would be taken anyway. This is the dumbest idea I’ve read yet.

      And violence… Cool, not a bad idea, but how? Do you think the average or even above average person can get anywhere near the POTUS for an assassination attempt? If an elected official is murdered in their house, that doesn’t change margins. A number of people would have to be killed at almost the same time or everyone goes into lockdown.

      Say for a second someone pops Trump. Then what? JD Vance, that’s what. Then another slew of Republicans to take control.

      Getting violent towards the likes of ICE is also great in theory, but that did happen, and it was over almost immediately. They are better armed than the militaries of some countries. Also, the US is a massive place. It would take me a day of driving to get to DC where currently their are weekend warriors playing army.

      All that to say, it’s not as simple as pinch your pennies and get violent. If it were, we wouldn’t be in this situation.