• RaskolnikovsAxe@lemmy.ca
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    14 days ago

    Dear Americans,

    I know there are some of you that are still good people, but the polls show that over 80% of Republicans and 30% of Independents (edit… Fixed this) support this President. Overall is about 40%. Fucking two in five. This is fucking insane.

    Know this: If you invade Mexico, it will very likely be WW3. If you invade Greenland it most certainly will be. Everyone that I know in Canada is preparing.

    If you are a good American, you are at a turning point RIGHT NOW. You may be past the point where protest matters. Maybe a general strike is the next step. And maybe that cherished 2A, which you’ve paid for in the blood of dead children, needs to be exercised. The point wasn’t just to look cool shooting your guns. You know what the purpose of the 2A is, and it’s ugly and it’s hard.

    I’m telling you as a Canadian that if you talk about it and deliberate it, and talk about how people are acting and talk about how people are talking about it, you’re wasting precious time. You need to ACT and you need to ACT NOW. I’m sorry, but it has to be you guys. You have friends and support in other countries, but YOU are the ones that need to lead it.

    Edit. Looks like I upset some Americans. That’s really unfortunate for you. If you think you didn’t ask for this, think about how I feel in another country. You have the means to upset things, I do not. Take some responsibility.

    Edit 2. To all of the good hearted and suffering Americans who read this, I want to pull back a bit. I know there are good people, I have family and friends in the US. In my defense there is a lot happening very quickly, and the potential for actual, existential impact to me and my family is becoming real enough that I’ve started a trigger based prep plan and have started reconnecting with my CAF contacts. In the last few days this has ratcheted up to a new level. I’m really fucking angry. I’m angry at everyone. I’m angry that I couldn’t give my kids a future in a better world than I had. Yes I’m angry at you but not at you in particular. In fact I want you to have courage and strength because I realize what you face is also an existential threat. I want you to succeed. I need you to succeed. Please look past my anger and realize that you do have people around the world who will rise up and support you, who will fuel the fire. But we can’t light it. That’s all on you guys.

    • magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      15 days ago

      How? Its not like we got here because the people okay with this are capable of being reasoned with and we refused to.

      We’ve literally been trying to get people to wake the fuck up and smell the fascism for over a decade at this point.

      • RaskolnikovsAxe@lemmy.ca
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        15 days ago

        You know how, but it involves personal sacrifice and you don’t want to do it. You don’t want to lose your job, you don’t want to be jailed, and you especially don’t want to turn to violence. But I’m sorry to say that all of these things are possible, and it’s the risk you have to take.

        Find trusted like minded people and start reacting. A critical mass of visible resistance is needed, and that critical mass is made up of small visible actions.

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          15 days ago

          So you’re going to pay for my trip to the other side of the country and a gun when I get there, right? Or are you just going to continue blaming people who are not at fault?

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            15 days ago

            If your American sorry you are at fault at some level.