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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago

We’re in a weird fucking situation and we’re all about to learn how we’d have acted if we lived in 1930s Germany. Will we be the cruel ideologue who actively causes harm? Will we resign in protest and become essentially irrelevant? Will we try to work within the system to prevent small cruelties while supporting large cruelties (i.e. Schindler)? Will we apathetically continue to support the economic system of cruelty? Etc…

You're right. The best thing to do, though, is resist. Simple disobedience will slow their plans. There's so much power in simply not cooperating and being a nuisance. If you haven't read it already, the OSS (precursor to the CIA) has a great guide in simple sabotage for everyday people (Simple Sabotage Field Manual) that when done can stymie them. This was written back in the '40s during WWII to help occupied countries resist.

And I agree that there are some people in ICE trying to lessen harm. To that, I say that we should find them and support them and give them whatever aid. That goes for anyone who works in the federal government. A low level person at State can "accidentally" approve changes to trans people's documents. An office worker at DoE can ask annoying questions and derail meetings. It's little acts of sabotage that when added up can bring this to a screeching halt.