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[–] anarchiddy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 44 points 1 day ago (7 children)

I'm really confused as to why 'Russians' are generalized as the last domino here

Like, could have easily been 'Putin', but even then are we content with stopping at removing despots? Let's at least aim a bit higher, maybe 'oligarchy', or even 'capital owners' if we're being ambitious.

[–] toxiczombie@lemm.ee 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah. I've no problem with the Russian civilians as an American. But I do have a problem with Putin as he seems intent to make himself everyone's problem just like our wannabe dictators.

Fuck Tesla. Fuck Elon. Fuck Trump. Fuck corpo pigs

[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

Right now Canadians and Europeans are wondering “How do we stop America”. And, as an American, I’m certainly not going to obsess over splitting hairs there.

I don’t think there’s any kind of international aggression these days where it should be implied we’d “go after the civilian population”. Sadly, Israel disagrees.

[–] urandom@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Because for a disturbingly large segment of the American population, the Cold War staying cold made it not really register as over.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 day ago

Capitalism. Everyday russians have nothing to do with the problem.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

It should say Kremlin, imo.

[–] Petter1@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

I hope there will be revised version soon. I really like the style it delivers the message.

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[–] dumpsterac1d@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's really just X. Focus on X imo.

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

You mean Twitter, right?

[–] SolidShake@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago (8 children)

man. i dont think any of this would be happening if people weren't fucking lazy and just voted in November. like god damn who cares if the line is long for one night.

[–] OwlHamster@lemm.ee 4 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

People don't know how to participate in a democracy, it's ridiculous.

If millions upon millions of people in your country want to vote far right, you're not going to get Bernie, you have to compromise. You pick the one that has the most likelihood of pulling your country in the direction you want, because the alternative is that you don't get anything at all. You can't be entitled, because you have to share your country with 350 million other people. Fucking compromise or get fascism.

[–] Ferrous@lemmy.ml 29 points 1 day ago (8 children)

There are numerous ideological and philosophical frameworks that attempt to explain how fascism takes rise, so why do you just blame it on laziness?

Did Hitler come to power because of German industrialization, German embarrassment from WWI, the great depression, and other global economic hardships, or did Hitler come to power simply because Germans were lazy and didn't vote?

Our turn towards fascism was inevitable, and it can be explained better than with some nebulous concept of "laziness".

At the very minimum, start asking yourself why Americans are not enthusiastic about voting.

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[–] Wilco@lemm.ee 21 points 1 day ago

They purged voter roll, but only for democrats.

Technically legal.

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[–] fin@sh.itjust.works 54 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

It shouldn't be Russians, but Putin

Edit: You know what, some Russians are good people. Not everyone in Russia is a bootlicker

[–] PlaidBaron@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

Of course this is true but when youre in a conflict you dont have the luxury of making distictions.

This is like Americans reminding us 'not all Americans are like this'. Its like, yeah bro we know but your country is actively threatening ours, so tough.

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Russians are good the same way Americans are good, as in that a huge amount of them support a piece of shit.

[–] rdri@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

And probably for the same reason. Bad education, that's what I think as a Russian.

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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 62 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (7 children)

It's a nice thought, but unless toppling Tesla also somehow reverses destruction of the public education system, and also something about the complex systematic, and very much intentional, polarization of individuals through social media feeds then this won't stop Republicans or Russia in the end.

[–] ZagamTheVile@lemmy.world 48 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Think of it more as exercise. It takes a bit for people to get rolling. If we can take down tesla, then we learn we can do more. Revolution doesn't start at the finish line.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

This exactly, and more people need to understand it. A one day boycott of Amazon doesn't do much to Amazon, especially since many people will simply defer spending to the next day. What it does do is give a simple goal for people to participate who haven't done this sort of thing before. Then you expand it to longer time periods and more targets.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

The current Amazon boycott is 7 days and isn't over until the 14th, BTW.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm just saying we need to know the route to run the marathon, otherwise we shouldn't expect to win any prizes by the end of it.

Defeating Putin, Trump, and Elon Musk is going to have specific steps to accomplish. Educate, Organize, and Unify opposition, and this will absolutely involve playing politics which a lot of people abhor. This isn't one of those "hit problems with club until it stops moving" scenarios. At least not until we take away the enemy's bigger club.

[–] ZagamTheVile@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh for sure. But we need to get people off the couch and moving before we can start telling them about a marathon.

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[–] casmael@lemm.ee 24 points 1 day ago

Idk man melon seems pretty upset rn I’d say carry right on chaps looks like you’re going the right way o7

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Right, Twitter should be in there too.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Also worth noting, Tesla’s stock price skyrocketed when it was made clear Elon would take over the government. It is now basically back to where it was before this.

I will get excited when it starts losing years worth of value.

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[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This cartoon could be done in reverse with Russian Dolls.

[–] aceshigh@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

lol nested dolls where the little one is Putin.

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[–] europeanfan122@lemm.ee 13 points 1 day ago

I’m doing my part!

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Which foreigners are we gonna decide is the reason the US isn't a democracy to hide the fact the state is owned by the ruling class next? I vote for going back to the Japanese

[–] bishbosh@lemm.ee 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

I bet it's gonna be China, they've been setting that stage for years

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[–] LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's Arabs and Muslims this time. And the queer community as always. And obviously any commies that try to organize and resist.

And the Zionist Christians that run this country will absolutely love to deport the Jews to Israel.

And it'll just continue to anyone "unAmerican"

"The Nazis never really went away"

[–] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Swap Republicans and Trump

Trump basically is the republican party anymore

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[–] Klear@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Yeah, I'm pretty sure those dominoes are falling the other way.

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