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[–] PagingDoctorLove 7 points 22 minutes ago

I don't understand what it's going to take for someone to do something. Protests are not going to work when they're holding all our money, services, rights, data, etc hostage, and threatening all our public servants. We already had a hard time protesting before this, because health care is tied to employment. It's not a coincidence that they're going after Medicare and Medicaid. They want an entire nation of indentured servants. Unable to own anything, including our own freedom. When we can't work anymore we can just go die in the wilderness like animals I guess. Hmm where have we heard that before?

Everyone is terrified and exhausted. It seems pretty evident that the election was outright stolen, and I have a hard time believing nobody in power suspected something that many of us immediately called, not with the mountains of evidence that's been stacking up for months, years even. So why didn't they do anything? Why did they wait until Trump was sworn in to even talk about it?

I see Canadians online talking about Americans like we chose this. But we didn't, it was forced upon us, and we're begging for help! Who can we turn to if not our allies? What is going on???

[–] [email protected] 15 points 59 minutes ago

An actual use. Yeah send help!

[–] niketunic 26 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

people need to start seriously protesting

[–] SocialMediaRefugee 7 points 1 hour ago

Their house reps, not just the president.

[–] Gammelfisch 87 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Kudos to the person who is sending the correct message. Everyone who believes in protecting the US Constitution should fly the US flag upside down.

[–] maxoakland 13 points 2 hours ago

I think we need to do more than that. The flag is a distress signal. We have to help the people who are distressed

[–] [email protected] 43 points 5 hours ago

Is that the State Department flag or is it a flag near the State Department?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

They say the world is turning around, I say the world is upside down—Joe Higgs

[–] ClanOfTheOcho 259 points 7 hours ago (21 children)

That seems like a very bad sign. Someone wanted a message to get out to the public, but I'm not entirely sure what can be effectively done about it. Credit to the person with the balls to send out the warning, though.

[–] [email protected] 111 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (3 children)

I'm not entirely sure what can be effectively done about it.

History offers no control groups; there is no "right" way to proceed. What's certain is that "nothing" is not the answer.

[–] Plastic_Ramses 3 points 55 minutes ago

Maybe we shouldnt vote. Thatll show em

[–] Fedizen 2 points 1 hour ago

People should get creative. Imagine if they backed up every sewer in DC

[–] Allonzee 28 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe we should double down on capitalism again.

It's the only move the US has used in living memory.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Like when Elon gets rid of "all regulations" make private bounty hunters/hitman legal again?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

Anything is legal if it's not prosecuted.

And with a dismantled government, how much can they really prosecute?

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

Prosecution is one possibility. Getting gunned down is another. Getting sent to Gitmo is another. Having your family retaliated against is another.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

They won't - that's why your military will soon be a judicial militia.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

I assure you the last thing to be dismantled will be methods of enforcement on the populace.

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[–] T00l_shed 274 points 8 hours ago (25 children)

I mean the US is certainly in distress

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[–] Xaphanos 18 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

The State is in distress. Who will answer the call? Who will come it's aid? We have all been summoned.

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[–] [email protected] 91 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Imagine being the person running this up the pole at the fucking state department.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

The gravity well produced from the balls of this person (all genders included) is pulling me from miles away.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 37 minutes ago

For real. Serious props to this person.

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