Iran’s top diplomat warned Sunday that the U.S. attacks on its nuclear sites “will have everlasting consequences” and that Tehran “reserves all options” to retaliate.
It’s fair game to blame citizens of fascist countries for the politics they helped to bring forward. And the "democrats and republicans are the same"-crowd that is very vocal on Lemmy definitely helped to enable this.
It's a form of inaction and doomerism. "I voted the right way. My hands are clean.. as we all march towards authoritarianism while nobody bothers to resist." I don't care how you voted. Get on the resistance train now or I guess see you in CECOT.
The best way to resist fascism is the way that YOU will actually do. So if, for you, it's calling your congresspeople from the comfort of your home, do that. If it's going to protests, do that. If you'd rather be the hero escorting migrants from their court hearings, do that. If you're the type of person who gets a kick out of making a giant ruckus outside the hotels where ICE agents are staying so they can't sleep and ultimately get evicted, do that. And if your preferred means of resistance is, let's be honest, a little more naughty, do that.
The best way to do any of the above, IMO, is to get involved with a local resistance or advocacy organization. (Here's one place you can start.) Strength in numbers and everything.
My point though is that this is an all-hands-on-deck moment. It's not the time for infighting or purity testing or hand wringing. It's the time to fight.
Have you ever once thought "maybe I/we didn't do enough to stop the genocide"? Blaming the D politicians for supporting genocide? The D voters/financiers for not condemning the genocide?
Maybe try that if you ever get another chance to vote, lol. Good luck!
Or you can just continue blaming the people you failed to motivate against a fascist sociopath, twice. I'm sure things will turn out differently next time!
The reminder doesn't actually accomplish anything, though, given the gravity of the fascism we're facing. If this were a standard election cycle, sure, whatever, blame away. But we're not in a standard election cycle and we may never be again at this rate. So instead of pointing fingers, it's a lot more useful for the left to unite against the fascists and try to resist their relentless encroachment.
we're all suffering because of people who protest nonvoted right now. So fuck them. They're just as much to blame as the maga voters. They fucked everything up. Its fucked. Its all fucked. So yeah, were going to be pissed about it.
My point is, regardless of fault, all this backwards-looking, performative infighting on the left accomplishes nothing at this particular moment. We've, uh, got bigger fish to fry. So let's focus our animus (and resistance efforts) on the fucking fascists whose boots are on our necks, shall we?
Fuck yes. It’s more than performative infighting, it’s some self-congratulating back patting nonsense while ALSO accomplishing nothing and making a cohesive resistance much less realistic. It’s so fucking self-serving and pointless. A self ego stroke.
Maybe we'll end up with Trump again after this if people don't change the way they RESIST. Now is the time for active fucking resistance, not hand-wringing about past voting.
Look dude you are talking about actively resisting, so thats why I asked how are you doing that. And if you think I'm an fbi agent or something just say what someone theoretically can do, how can I actively resist?
Oh, well you should've asked that from the start! I'll copypasta one of my earlier comments on this topic:
The best way to resist fascism is the way that YOU will actually do. So if, for you, it's calling your congresspeople from the comfort of your home, do that. If it's going to protests, do that. If you'd rather be the hero escorting migrants from their court hearings, do that. If you're the type of person who gets a kick out of making a giant ruckus outside the hotels where ICE agents are staying so they can't sleep and ultimately get evicted, do that. And if your preferred means of resistance is, let's be honest, a little more naughty, do that.
The best way to do any of the above, IMO, is to get involved with a local resistance or advocacy organization. (Here's one place you can start.) Strength in numbers and everything.
My point though is that this is an all-hands-on-deck moment. It's not the time for infighting or purity testing or hand wringing. It's the time to fight.