• Miles O'Brien@startrek.website
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      8 hours ago

      But stabbing your neighbor isn’t exactly something most people are willing to do.

      And any sort of attempt at organization leads to Alphabet Squad raids and whatever bullshit charges they feel like throwing at you after deciding you’re guilty of being a dirty commie/socialist/librul/not them.

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        8 minutes ago

        And any sort of attempt at organization leads to Alphabet Squad raids and whatever bullshit charges they feel like throwing at you after deciding you’re guilty of being a dirty commie/socialist/librul/not them.

        This is simply false, at least in the western countries I’m familiar with. Most organizations will get monitoring at worst unless they’re an imminent threat, plotting clearly illegal acts or in an unusually strict region.

        Now, one could argue that effective organization will inevitably imply illegal acts or become an imminent threat, and that’s reasonable but that’s very different to claiming “any sort of attempt at organization leads to Alphabet Squad raids”, an unnecessarily and baselessly dissuasive claim.

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          7 hours ago

          How are you any different from an extremist right winger at that point? You want violence rather than solutions.

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            When peaceful protest is ignored or violently stopped, what other choice is there but to react violently?

            Protest is the alternative to revolution. When protest goes ignored just so the powerful can retain their power, violence is the only remaining solution.

            History tells us this time and time again.

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        7 hours ago

        If you want some violence, i’m sure you wouldn’t shy calling yourself commie and rallying under that red flag.

        I also would recommend preparing digital violence, less bloodshed but very effective. Although hacking is not for everyone either.