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Peaceful nonviolent protest is the most effective way of fighting fascism. There have been many studies on this. I'm not just making it up.
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The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world
Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change.
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January 28, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Peaceful nonviolent protest is the most effective way of fighting fascism. There have been many studies on this. I'm not just making it up.
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Big tech needs to be prosecuted, regulated, and subjected to massive anti trust cases. Then placed under public and/or workplace democratic control.
January 24, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Big tech needs to be prosecuted, regulated, and subjected to massive anti trust cases. Then placed under public and/or workplace democratic control.
Ok Musk I’ll play your stupid game, why did you give a “socialist” salute last year?
January 24, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Ok Musk I’ll play your stupid game, why did you give a “socialist” salute last year?
I feel like the summary of Musk’s entire life is basically “man tries to destroy democracy rather than go to therapy”
January 15, 2026 at 7:26 PM
I feel like the summary of Musk’s entire life is basically “man tries to destroy democracy rather than go to therapy”
“As a reasonable centrist, I think the camps… sorry detention facilities should be required to have gender neutral restrooms”
January 15, 2026 at 4:41 PM
“As a reasonable centrist, I think the camps… sorry detention facilities should be required to have gender neutral restrooms”
So would an antitrust crackdown be useful if it was combined with stricter regulations and public tech development?
January 6, 2026 at 8:09 AM
So would an antitrust crackdown be useful if it was combined with stricter regulations and public tech development?
We need to be talking to people outside the U.S. about what it would take to rebuild trust. And above all we need to realize this is going to take a lot of time and effort. The old normal is gone and that’s scary but the old normal also kinda sucked so this is a chance to make things better.(2/2)
January 5, 2026 at 6:35 PM
We need to be talking to people outside the U.S. about what it would take to rebuild trust. And above all we need to realize this is going to take a lot of time and effort. The old normal is gone and that’s scary but the old normal also kinda sucked so this is a chance to make things better.(2/2)
I’d advise reading some of the posts by @skiles.blue he’s the ex federal employee who’s warning about the full implications of DOGE’s data theft and deregulation I mentioned earlier.
December 31, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I’d advise reading some of the posts by @skiles.blue he’s the ex federal employee who’s warning about the full implications of DOGE’s data theft and deregulation I mentioned earlier.
Honestly I was born here and I’m considering getting out of the country for the next few years if I can. Ultimately though my original point was doge was about data theft and deregulation why settle for one when they could have both?
December 31, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Honestly I was born here and I’m considering getting out of the country for the next few years if I can. Ultimately though my original point was doge was about data theft and deregulation why settle for one when they could have both?
Personally I do think it was also about data theft too, I read a warning from a government employee who specifically said that the private data Doge was accessing and downloading to external servers and worse in someways consolidating on people is terrifying.
December 31, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Personally I do think it was also about data theft too, I read a warning from a government employee who specifically said that the private data Doge was accessing and downloading to external servers and worse in someways consolidating on people is terrifying.
I think it was also about dismantling regulatory agencies. Especially ones investigating Musk.
December 31, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I think it was also about dismantling regulatory agencies. Especially ones investigating Musk.
I enjoy the nuances of that idea, instead of just a generic “things were better or things were worse” approach.
December 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I enjoy the nuances of that idea, instead of just a generic “things were better or things were worse” approach.
Makes sense, cool idea.
December 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Makes sense, cool idea.
Well I’d be curious if that prevents the American civil war or makes it come earlier. But this is an intriguing idea, I honestly wish I’d thought of it for one of my timelines.
December 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Well I’d be curious if that prevents the American civil war or makes it come earlier. But this is an intriguing idea, I honestly wish I’d thought of it for one of my timelines.
That’s an interesting concept, I’d be interested in reading more about. Has someone written this timeline or is it just the basic premise?
December 30, 2025 at 10:52 AM
That’s an interesting concept, I’d be interested in reading more about. Has someone written this timeline or is it just the basic premise?
Yes but if you close your eyes plug your ears and say “nuh-uh” over and over the basic laws of economics and finance will become irrelevant, at least until the magic machine finally gets finished.
December 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Yes but if you close your eyes plug your ears and say “nuh-uh” over and over the basic laws of economics and finance will become irrelevant, at least until the magic machine finally gets finished.
We don’t understand consciousness so let us force our data theft algorithm into your communities.
December 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
We don’t understand consciousness so let us force our data theft algorithm into your communities.
Case in point, Walt Disney for all his faults and problematic views refused to make sequels to his animated films in his lifetime. Whatever his ideological positions I doubt he’d be happy with the idea of a Gaston sequel.
December 15, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Case in point, Walt Disney for all his faults and problematic views refused to make sequels to his animated films in his lifetime. Whatever his ideological positions I doubt he’d be happy with the idea of a Gaston sequel.
Which doesn’t excuse the current Disney but it reminds me to try and not automatically extend any organization goodwill just because at other times other parts of the same group did something I enjoyed and/or agreed with.
December 15, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Which doesn’t excuse the current Disney but it reminds me to try and not automatically extend any organization goodwill just because at other times other parts of the same group did something I enjoyed and/or agreed with.
It helps me to recognize that these organizations are controlled by ever shifting generations/factions of people. The Disney of now isn’t the same as the past, which can be a good thing but can also be a bad thing when the current faction allies with the worst people.
December 15, 2025 at 11:32 PM
It helps me to recognize that these organizations are controlled by ever shifting generations/factions of people. The Disney of now isn’t the same as the past, which can be a good thing but can also be a bad thing when the current faction allies with the worst people.