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[–] werefreeatlast 0 points 2 days ago

When is the general strike and protest?

[–] [email protected] 136 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Internet disinformation is making this regime seem far more popular than it is. Don’t let that bullshit dishearten you, that’s what the fascists want. The majority is not cool with this, and we can stop it.

[–] HKPiax 59 points 1 week ago (17 children)

It's hard to believe that "the majority is not cool with this", because that fucker did win the elections. The American people voted for him, how could it be that the majority doesn't want exactly what he's doing?

[–] trougnouf 47 points 1 week ago (4 children)

There was at least some fuckery involved in their win, admittedly.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Gerrymandering and them nullifying voter registrations definitely had a pronounced impact.

[–] trougnouf 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Indeed. And I was referring to Trump's weird rambling that "Elon Musk knows 'those vote counting computers'". There is also this report pointing to vote manipulation in Clark County, NV : https://electiontruthalliance.org/clark-county%2C-nv (and hopefully more reports to come)

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I’ll note that he didn’t win a majority, just a larger majority than Harris. This win was narrower than his first one iirc, the swing state bullshit just made it seem more dramatic

[–] Lemminary 4 points 1 week ago

None of this would've happened without the electoral college bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago

A plurality of the people who voted is not the same as the majority of people in the US.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Because the voting system of USA is bad at reflecting what people really want. It was designed from beginning to not be fair.

[–] x00z 3 points 1 week ago

I think Proportional representation was a checkbox on some of the ballots in the USA.

It is so much better.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

I mean not voting is often/in many places the most popular American presidential candidate, obviously not just because plenty are stupid or apathetic, but also because it's been made pretty hard to vote in many places.

It's more accurate to say that the majority didn't (manage to) vote against him. So the conclusion is more like the majority didn't care enough to prevent this, instead of the majority wanted this.

To you it might feel no different but seen from the outside it very much is different. The consequences are still bad, but your consequence shouldn't be resignation, Americas citizens failed themselves sure but they aren't overwhelmingly monsters.

With the amount of fuckery in terms of media and the whole election process in the US this is a more fair assesment.

[–] rockettaco37 3 points 1 week ago

Because unfortunately we're a selfish country. That's just how it is...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Remember these are all human beings, many of whom have complex motivations: it is unwise to make assumptions about the one choice you know they made. Try just asking them why they voted for him and what they expect to happen.

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[–] ME5SENGER_24 54 points 1 week ago (1 children)

BRING BACK LUIGI!!! 😚👌

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Bring back Ryan Routh

[–] sturlabragason 40 points 1 week ago

That’s some cool graphic design there.

[–] 800XL 37 points 1 week ago (3 children)
  • Make a simple solid stencil with this image on something thick like cardboard, plywood, or foam board
  • Tape the stencil to the bottom of a large paper or cloth reuseable bag and cut out the bottom of the bag so the stencil shows thru.
  • Put a can of spray paint in the bag.
  • Put the bag up against walls, sidewalks, etc.
  • Spray paint stencil on things
[–] MutilationWave 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The big sides of beer cases are lightweight, easy to conceal, and perfect for this. If you have a jacket with a liner, you can cut a thin line it with a razor knife and nobody will find your stencils.

[–] WhatYouNeed 8 points 1 week ago (4 children)

*Spray paint stencil on tesla's

[–] Sir_Premiumhengst 24 points 1 week ago

You mean swasticars?

[–] Gammelfisch 8 points 1 week ago

There was a photo of a Tesla in Vienna, Austria with a swastika sprayed on the hood. It's started.

[–] model_tar_gz 3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

You are aware that very many Tesla drivers bought their cars before Elon went full-retard.

I’m on your side, but I’m not selling my car.

I do hope you’ll notice the anti-nazi sticker on it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

They wont. Its irrational but a large group views your car as a drivable hate symbol. Irrationality is kind of how strong emotions work. (Kind of like how truck bois would coal roll and slash the tires of prius owners)

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[–] WhatYouNeed 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah but in total war, you take the fight to the enemy anywhere you find them.

[–] model_tar_gz 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I’m not your enemy. Tesla drivers are not your enemy. Look for actual signals, not false signals.

By the logic you’re stating, all Ford drivers should be harassed too, because Henry Ford did business with Nazi Germany. Toyota drivers should be harassed because Toyota got their start with military trucks for the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. By that reasoning, we’d have to scrutinize nearly every major corporation for their historical ties.

If we’re going to address systemic issues, let’s focus on meaningful actions and accountability rather than blanket blame or misdirected hostility.

[–] TseseJuer 6 points 1 week ago (9 children)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Just don't forget the cameras :)

[–] trougnouf 3 points 1 week ago

Excellent plan!

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago

aren't they just symptoms of a manipulated electorate done by financial and political elites aligned with specifically right leanings (Rupert murdoch et al)?

the people that rise to the top of a shit system are indeed pieces of shit but we neglect the 70million idiots that will defend them because fucking Jesus and guns.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No one voted for him. Why defend him?

Once Trump dies in his sleep from medical, where’s this guy going to be? Vance is Theil owned. Theil and musk do not get along, going way back.

[–] Lemminary 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I have a feeling they all mostly put up with each other but can't stand the other one bit. I can't remember how many times some petty news broke about their squabbles only for them to call each other the greatest of friends when it's convenient. Like Ramaswampy saying all this shit behind Trump's back, getting on his good side only to get his face eaten later. And Greene accusing Boebert of stealing her thunder. Good god, they all sound like toddlers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

There’s this idea of developmental arrest. Zuckerberg is cited as such. Instead of growing up and developing normally, as a human, past the age of 25, a landfall hit, sure, from his own machinations, but as such his further brain development outside the focus of his business was halted. And this is how you get a mall ninja entrepreneur who carries a samurai sword around the office threatening to chop everyone for not doing a good job. In his 20s. I can’t imagine the lack of effort involved in growing up incredibly privileged isnt a factor, depending. I say that not as a guaranteed happening but as the easy path without checking yourself, like water naturally running downhill.

Same with Elon. The obsession with X as a name seems like an exemplar item on that. It’s like the name you use for something when 420-69 is already taken. He tried it with PayPal. He tried it with Tesla. He finally gets to use it on Twitter as a grown ass man decades later. I liked stickers as a kid, but I’m not slapping them on all my belongings at 40+.

Developmental delay doesn’t necessarily mean you can’t be smart, capable, or even genius. Broaden the parameters. It can mean you are a genius coder but have the emotional intelligence of a cucumber.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Lemminary 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] biofaust 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Can we do a HAL/IBM trick here and go for

Colon?

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