Younger people have probably never experienced it but good old snail mail (as well as in-person talks) is still private by default (that too is in the law, at least here, doesn’t l mean it’s above the law, which is fine, but at least it’s private). Also, it’s not tracked or algorithmically quantified and validated by anyone.

Contents are not tracked, the metadata sure is. They scan every envelope. They will know who sent a letter to who on which specific days and how frequent do you send letters.

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Jobs are just for money. Don’t worry about the “contribution to society” propaganda. They are using you.

Its okay to feel like you don’t want to work, that’s fine. The oligarchs around the world baredy do any work and exploit the average wave-slave to fullfill their luxurious life. Don’t feel guilty for feeling that way. However, do realize that, while this capitalistic machine runs, you kinda have to perform “work” to obtain resources for survival (aka: “money”). It’s not fair, it’s the cards we get dealt with.

The real “contribution” would be to tear down the system of oppression and advance human rights, not feeding an arbitrary desire of the oligarchs to grow their assets. That is not contribution, that is being a willing wage-slave.

Life is not fair, its up to the people to make it fair, by any means necessary.

“A Riot is the Language of the Unheard” -Martin Luther King Jr.

“When peaceful revolution becomes impossible, violent revolution become inevitable” - US President John F. Kennedy

So you either resist, or you comply and get a job. It is what it is.

Committing a “crime” like shoplifting is a way of resistance, but it all depends on what your moral compass allows. Don’t kid yourself, the only reason why people don’t just rob the corporate chains is the fear of consequences (from the legal system).

So, if you are willing to take your chances and resist, go ahead. I’m not advocating crime, just saying that it is an option.

But even a life of crime is still technically a “job”, abeit an unlawful one.

You can’t really do nothing and survive. Either legal or illegal methods, you gotta pick one way to acquire resources.

Sorry if this is incoherent, I’m struggling with similar issues as you. Good luck.

Edit: TLDR: Just do the minimum possible to survive, don’t overwork yourself.

I like my monarchs cut.

Wait, wrong thread.

_{Viva la Revolutión}

Yea sure. I eat the banana peels too. Idk why people look at me like I’m a weirdo.

/s

Lol this looks lile an April Fools prank.

Ctrl + V is paste, and most browsers do not require permission for the website to copy something into your clipboard (as opposed to pasting from your clipboard).

So a paste would just input code for your OS to run. Sus. Its obviously either malware or a prank.

If your friend perhaps a German?

(I heard they have no speed limits 👀)

Alternatively, you can do worldbuilding, and write story with a self-insert as one of the characters. 🫠

I mean… yea… just because someone did a good thing, doesn’t make them a perfect human. I mean even the famous non-violent leader Gandhi slept with his niece (allegedly)

and pardons Snowden on his way out

Lol, imagine the villain wanting to cause chaos and inadvertently doing the right thing. While the protagonists stick to their “norms and traditions”, even if the norm are wrong. Ironic.

DEFCON?

Next event is apparantly August 7-10, 2025.

Perhaps the official app has issues.

Some VPN providers have wireguard protocol. (I think nordvpn does)

Search “[VPN Provider] Wireguard” for info.

Usually you log in to the account on the website, you choose some servers then create a configuration file.

Then you find any app that can create a Wireguard tunnel. There are many open source ones on F-Droid. Import the configuration file in the app and you have a VPN. I use “Rethink DNS” which has both a Firewall and VPN via Wireguard (and various other features). If one doesn’t work, just try another, there like 3 different wireguard apps at least.

Bruh

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FYI, you can just ignore any “No Pets” rule once you moved in, especially with individual landlords, if you already have a cat, just lie. They don’t have the leverage to do anything such as trying to evict becuase it would lead to a lot of money lost because the time being empty in between tenants which mean they won’t be making any profits. So most would just not enforce the rule since its much easier. Especially in blue jurisdictions where eviction is much more difficult, tenants have much more leverage. Landlords aren’t gonna evict unless you damage the house, or stop paying rent.

I know this because I have an aunt that owns a few properties and I heard about how they conduct their “bussiness”.

Everyone have different roles. The truck drivers who transported ammunition during the fight against nazis is just as important as the soldiers on the front line.

As I said in my other comment, this era has one of the best tools. Cameras. Record protests and share videos so there is evidence of popular resentment against the regime, and also proves any acts of police brutality. Information can sway the “court of public opinion”. Use social media to counter corporate propaganda.

Oh yea, it seems like Motorola also doesn’t have it the last time I checked. Samsung still has it. Not sure why, but I’m guessing it has to do with Pixel not having an SD card slot, so Google stopped developing those part of the code and its OEMs to keep those code maintained.

I’m curious, which OEMs/ROMs still have it?

Okay, I think you spend too much time on the internet.

General rule of thumb to gauge reality is:

People IRL are underreacting

People online are overreacting

While yes, fascism is a serious threat. The fact that a journalist could still expose the Signalgate proves that not all freedoms are gone, not yet. There are still a lot prominent critics, they have not yet been silenced.

The administration is fighting a lot of court battles, and each one delegitimizes their actions. Without the legitimacy, they can face a lot of protests, which in turn fracture the military. Even if fascists try to use the military to, say, impose martial law to suspend elections. That would be too obvious and there would be infighting in the military.

There are election observers in every polling station, an overt tampering with votes would spark riots.

I would say the US is in a 6/10 serious threat of democracy failing. People IRL see it like 2/10 threat, while the internet see it as a 11/10 as if the fascists have already won. They have not won yet, the battle is still ongoing. Unless you hear the democratic state officials giving in, its not over.

In 2026 and 2028 elections, we will see if democracy actually falls.

I mean… I feel you

I’m struggling with depression, and because authoritarians are using psychaitry against dissidents, I can’t admit I’m kinda suicidal, so the best meds I can hope for is for “depression” and not for my actual suicidal idealization.

I was born in the People’s Republic of China, an authoritarian regime. And I immigrated to the US when I was a kid. I have derivative US Citizenship from my mother’s naturalization. Then the US also started autocrarizing. Like… bruh, literally left an authoritarian country just to end up in another country on the same path. 😓 (Wtf people? Why?)

I’m constantly afraid of losing my citizenship. I’m a law-abiding citizen, but I’m afraid to even exercise my first amendment rights. I never even make any actual threats, but these fascists would see everything as a threat. I’m scared every day. And of course, it’s making my depression worse and worse, ever since November 6th, the morning I’ll never forget. I saw those results and I… I felt like as if my country foreign occupation. I just… I cried… I can’t believe this.

People died for the right to vote, and now my fellow countrymen are throwing away their rights.

Please Do Not end your life. Elections are not gone (yet). Do not lose your vote, if people start ending their lives, the votes for the lesser evil will go down, which makes it easier for fascists to keep winning continue destorying democracy, until one day, it would be truely gone.

States run elections, some of the swing states have democraric officials, its gonna take a lot of effort to tamper with it. Their most effective tool is the propaganda. The actual vote count is still intact, the independent and democraric observers have not reported a widespread election fraud. Voter roll purges can be counteracted with by checking your registration often. Make sure every detail is correct. Vote in primaries too (vote for who you truely believe is the best candidate amonst the top 2 leading democrats). If the state requires you to register a party to vote in primaries, register democrat, vote, then after the primary, change your registration to independent. This would make it harder for them to know who is a democrat, making voter roll purging harder. As for the propaganda… you can’t really do much except keep posting anti-fascist posts online to counteract the misinformation.

The US is an autocratizing democracy, but the fascists still have a long way to go to actually stay in power. trump isn’t a true dictator, he’s what I call a Pseudo-Dictator The military hasn’t taken an oath to the president (yet), its not totally hopeless. In 2020, the military recognized Biden’s victory. And judging by how incompetent these fascists are with the Signalgate, I’m gonna guess they are really bad at this fascist takeover attempt, they won’t succeed if people keep resisting.

We still have some free speech and free press. It is deteriorating, but not completely gone. Not yet.

There are ways to potentially make a difference.

We have cameras. Go near protests, but don’t actually get in the crowd if you don’t want to take risks. Not everyone has to be on the front line, and it’s okay. You can be the journalist. Record videos. Document everything. Share videos online (Scrub the metadata and use anonymous accounts). Ideally, use a burner phone, or the old-fasion cameras. If you decide to use a burner phone, you can set up auto-uploading or livestreams to ensure the recordings survive, but you could possibly leave traces to your movements and get linked to the protests. If you use a camera (and leave any phones at home), it’d be much harder to track your movements, but you’d also lose the potential to auto-upload. So pick which ever option that feels good to you. Make sure to cover your head as much as possible.

The more cameras covering the events, the more knowledge people have. It can really win the public opinion if we have evidence police brutality and suppression of peaceful protests. (Only do these things if your health is okay first)

TLDR: Cameras can be a powerful, non-violent, weapon against authoritarianism. Use them. Spread the knowledge.

(Also, if you aren’t in a blue area, leave now. Move to a blue city in a blue state, or blue city in a purple state to make your votes matter slightly more, your choice tho. I live in Philly, and I know there ain’t no open nazis around here. This city is diverse and has 40% Black population, and deeply blue city. Aint not way any nazis or klansman can walk in here doing salutes or wearing swastica armbands in broad daylight and not get their asses beaten.)

overwhelmed and doing nothing instead

I’m in this comment and I don’t like it