We are watching the collapse of the American Empire in fast forward time. The fact that a person like Trump could get elected in the first place and after four years, Joe Biden is the answer. Organize locally and stay in touch with allies around the country. These chuds don't stand a chance if we are committed whole heartedly to mutual aid.

The well has run dry and only we know how to harvest the morning dew from the leaves.

  • Nakoichi [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    I think we could but it would open up individuals to vulnerability to state spying but at this point I think the only way to combat this would be extreme decentralization which the internet helps to facilitate in general, even on private platforms. Just need enough layers of obfuscation and numbers to make it too costly to effectively monitor or infiltrate.

    • GlobalistCuck [he/him]
      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      The empireis running on empty. If it comes down to money we've already lost because the whole point is that money is not a substitute for morality. I'm not trying to be a downer but we are smarter than these people by a thousand miles so why do they have the upper hand? We should have had a plan for this a long time ago and we can't create one now among strangers online.

      • Nakoichi [they/them]
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        4 years ago

        Build up trust with local comrades and then from there connect semi-anonymously online through mutual aid organizations with the express intent of pooling resources. There's got to be a way. Crypto-fascism is a thing maybe crypto-communism could be as well. We're already pretty good at wrapping everything in a thousand layers of irony.

        Also I wasn't meaning trying to compete on economic grounds but exhausting their resources with numbers.

        • GlobalistCuck [he/him]
          hexagon
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          4 years ago

          That's my conundrum. I'm working on the road right now so there is no community. I know so many in the same situation. Willing and wanting to change the levers of power but so disconnected from those levers even on a local scale. I have nonviolent ideas that may make way for solutions but I have no outlet.

          • Nakoichi [they/them]
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            4 years ago

            At least this is a slightly less vulnerable outlet for posting theory. We'll never be totally free of the state but it's safer than twitter or reddit.

            • GlobalistCuck [he/him]
              hexagon
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              4 years ago

              It's just lines of buried fiber across the country that allows us to communicate right now. What is the lifespan of that and will the corporations still have the government subsidies to replace them when they deteriorate?

              • Nakoichi [they/them]
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                4 years ago

                That definitely gives us a time limit, all the more reason to get to work ASAP.

                • GlobalistCuck [he/him]
                  hexagon
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                  4 years ago

                  Not to get all electoralism on you but I have this crazy dream of getting all the travelling leftists and leftists that work from home to move to a certain region where we could capture 8 Senate seats with about 2 million people.

                  The area around where the Montana, South Dakota, North Dakota and Wyoming borders meet. Each of these states has less than a million people and they're all connected so we could build a coalition out there. Do you personally have George Soro's number for funding or do I need to call the antifa hotline?

                  • Nakoichi [they/them]
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                    4 years ago

                    Not bad, I'm also all for creating safe refuge spaces for leftists especially in the PNW and adjacent areas.