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February 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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The Parallel Society vs Totalitarianism | How to Create a Free World
“The real question is whether the ‘brighter future' is always so distant. What if it has been here for a long time already - and only our own blindness and weakness have prevented us from seeing it ar...
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February 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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"People who have lived through a country's transition into dictatorship often reflect on the things they wish they had done to prepare or respond earlier. Common themes in their reflections include: ...."
People who have lived through a country's transition into dictatorship often reflect on the things they wish they had done to prepare or respond earlier. Common themes in their reflections include: 1. **Building a support network**: Many wish they had cultivated stronger relationships with like-minded people or underground movements. A network of trusted individuals can provide emotional support, information, and potential avenues for resistance. 2. **Learning how to adapt to repression**: Some wish they had developed the skills to navigate authoritarian systems more effectively-such as how to stay under the radar, how to protect their privacy, or how to discreetly share information. 3. **Documenting the truth**: A number of people express regret that they did not keep a record of events as they unfolded. Under dictatorships, information is often censored or manipulated, so documenting personal experiences, speeches, and events could be crucial for history and future resistance efforts. 4. **Securing resources**: Whether it's stockpiling food, money, or essential supplies, many feel they should have prepared for the possibility of shortages, curfews, or restrictions on movement and resources. 5. **Leaving earlier**: Some people wish they had left the country when the signs of authoritarianism first appeared, before it became too dangerous to do so. However, this can often be a difficult decision, as emigration isn't always an easy option for many. 6. **Engaging in early activism**: <cut for Bluesky ALT word count; please OCR image> 7. **Educating themselves on legal rights**: <cut for Bluesky ALT word count; please OCR image> 8. **Financial planning**: <cut for Bluesky ALT word count, please OCR image> The challenges of living in such an environment often lead to a deep sense of regret about missed opportunities for preparation. It's hard to foresee just how quickly and profoundly life can change when a country descends into dictatorship.
February 2, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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All politics is local. Get involved in local politics. If you don't want to run, get behind someone who does.
February 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Go to a drag show. Support the venues that hold them.

Ask women's clinics what they need, often times they need escorts.

Look into how you can be environmental steward for your area via rain barrels/native plantings/alternative transportation.
February 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Shop local, shop small (Etsy, eBay), don't give a F'n penny to the billionaire boys club companies. Boycott any companies (that you can) that licked the n@zi boots of dumpy. If you have to buy something, go to a thrift store. Low-buy, no-buy, if you can.
February 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM