that’s the last time anyone chose to use it instead of treating it as some form of hegemonic default

the roman structure of violence was a police state even if it didn’t go by that name. “no cops” includes cops who didn’t call themselves cops.

further, the roman patrician created a patriarchal racial hierarchy in which they violently oppressed anyone they deemed too different from themselves. the primary necessity of the roman legion was to create a standing army to enforce the senate’s strangle hold of rome’s control of “their” region. they even created illusory merit based positions amongst their ranks but still treated proletariat and plebian who demonstrated merit as an under clase to the patricians called the “novo homo”

the thing you gotta understand about Ur-Fascismo is that it has been present in every civilization since grain was first domesticated. the only thing that changed in the 1840s is that we named opposition to it “anarchism” and in the 1920s it named itself fascism. i even think we ought to stop calling fascism fascism since that’s what it wants us to call it and start calling it by a name that is inherently embarassing like “groompftisch grunglitime” but that’s net necessarily an expedient way to go about life since you’d have to explain to groompftish grunglites why you’re calling them that

great operating system, terrible roll out, horrible delusional pricing schedule

yeah i was hype about it until MS basically big timed everyone and was like “everyone will switch when they see how good the OS is, and then people will HAVE to make apps for it”

all while charging a fee

oh for sure. it’s horrifying. people are just existing with overt fascist propaganda around them all the time, and Google has been pushing it hard since 2019

for that reason i block it via uBlock origin because it is an operational reality that i need to see that shit sometimes. the only uBlock origin origin that never gets toggled is wix. that shit can stay the fuck off my screen

i dislike how those of us who aren’t okay with this are just supposed to get on board because “big tent.” nazis operate by getting their foot in the door and acting respectable. then after a little bit, suddenly they’ve taken the whole place over. it’s what they do with bars, it’s what they do with music scenes, it’s what they’ve done with past open source projects, it’s what they did with the Reform Party in the united states. i need people to stop making room for nazis as long as they behave themselves

goddamn this entire thread is annoying:

• yes the hexbears are annoying and create problems
• no they’re not just as bad as overt fascists. their hearts are in the right place, as demonstrated by this post
• being a scold when they do something good won’t get them to do more good, it will entrench them further into the things they do that are problematic

so good job hexbears. you did something good this week. keep stuff like this going

Number one thing: Go out into your community and get away from your screen. I say this and sometimes people tell me I’m telling people to put their heads in the sands. Quite the opposite. This stuff is happening everywhere. It’s happening near you. The more time you spend looking at your distraction rectangles, the less time you’ll spend looking up and witnessing that which you’re not meant to witness. The more time you spend looking up and seeing with your eyes, the more you’ll start to see patterns and learning counter measures that you can share with people to this shit.

The other thing is in your community there are probably already people who are acting against this. They may not be people you see everyday, but they’re still your hometown everyday heroes. They will also become, in time, the very best friends you ever had because they are caring and compassionate in ways that you cannot even fathom. It is their kindness that the right wing wants to stomp out from the world, and the right wing wants to stomp that out by destroying the concept of community entirely. So go meet those people where ever they are. You won’t find them sitting at home.

Next, gather supplies to share and share them. The low budget items that go the furthest are:

• rice
• beans
• condiments (especially salsa)
• fruits (citrus, malus)
• avocados
• detergent (both dish and laundry)
• water filters (brita is going to be the easiest to just get ahold of even if it doesn’t have the most efficacy, it’s still going to help someone a lot)
• paper towels
• toilet paper

The things that are in short supply right now that you should still put some effort into acquiring because they’re useful are:

• narcan
• first aid training
• cold hard cash

At work, talk to your coworkers about organizing a union. None of this works if all of us stop working. But in order to stop working in a way that doesn’t get some of us killed at a time we have to all stop at once. The best way to facilitate that is with a union. If you’re based in the United States here are some unions that coalition together that you should know about:

• CWA
• USW
• UAW
• UMW

If none of those seem to apply to you, look into IWW (the wobblies).

And remember this:

1. No one was born into this world to be alone. Set out through your front door and go find your people. They’re waiting for you. They’ve been excited to meet you since the moment you first drew breath
2. They’ll kill everyone one at a time until everyone is dead. The best way to stop the bleeding is to make it so that they can’t stop one person. Make them stop everyone.
3. 1 million years ago there were 100,000 humans left on earth. The entire world population was Roanoke, Virginia. The ancestors who lived then wanted better for you than this. You are being denied your humanity. This government wants to control every single one of us. They narrow their control and narrow their control until there’s nothing left. The feeling that you’re feeling is the feeling of suffocating. I feel it too. I don’t know if I’m one of those people who’s electrified with the anticipation of meeting you out in these streets, but I’m at the very least excited for you to meet them

this is one of the examples of how electoralism can only ever give us some breathing room, but never our full liberation. even a “good” politician is still a politician. they may have entered government to reshape government, but eventually working in government will reshape them.

i encourage others to work to get the best possible politicians into positions of power, but to also work on coagulating people power in order to topple those same positions of power. here are some things you can do:

• organize a union
• learn first aid
• participate in mutual aid projects
• become acquainted with self defense and community defense mechanisms
• learn about reducing your digital footprint at protests

yes. the strong union protections in California is why Tesla opened all their manufacturing in California and hasn’t busted any attempts to unionize those factories. so glad you know better the history of labor in california than the workers there fighting for their rights

the only real narrative that matters is the consensus you and your neighborhood reach. all politics are local first

you could email corporate though to say you will not be purchasing any McChickens due to a negative experience you had at location #<the location numbers are on plaques near the bathroom>

that’ll tend to happen as long as art is based on life

if you live in a common law tradition country like the United States, go read about Jury Nullification right now. and then shut the fuck up about it. if you are summoned for Jury Duty don’t bring it up unless directly asked about it.

everything really went to shit when Andrew Jackson just broke the constitution because he hated the Cherokee so much

see also FD Signifier’s video about how american conservatism is a death cult

no i know. this is just something i have to explain frequently to people who bought the NRA propaganda

“well regulated militia” means “a militia the state approves of”