I upvoted both comments, because I’m torn on this

“well go do it”

Bugs me too. They don’t seem to realize the complexity of it.

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Yeah, large formations wouldn’t work, but I don’t understand your lone gunmen comment. How would individuals form a resistance within a surveillance state? The surveillance state’s powers are currently being revamped with greater mass analysis abilities. The difficulty in organizing a resistance beyond protesting will probably mean more individuals taking drastic actions on their own, than if organizing was easy.

Yeah, a civil war of mass action will never happen, and if it did happen, the left would be crushed with millions of casualties. The great majority of the violent power is in fascist hands. They will command 80%+ of the military and civilian police forces. The majority of civil armament, training, and callous disregard for life is on the right. Those somewhat in the middle will shift rightward when their friends and families who are military and police get attacked.

The MAGA base, cops and military are mostly idiots or brainwashed zealots. They are used as pawns. They are not the puppet masters.

Attention needs focused on the Epstein class.

Who should be the targets of this non-violent direct action? Who are the players?

Interviewer: Margaret Atwood, what are your thoughts on the trend in the US?

Atwood: I’m Canadian

Oh, they do trickle down on ya! Not with what want ya though

I bet those sales douches are happy with the bonuses they will get.

I don’t like sales dudes.

freedom to insult others

Sure, why not?

smear their names

Libel is not legal in the US.

This is brilliant

It would work out to be a bit of mutually assured murder of their families.

Thugs A and B are never allowed to know each other.

If thug A decides to kill oligarch A, and then travel a long distance to aid thug B in killing oligarch B, then they could likely fail, because oligarchs A & B worked out a means to communicate their proof of life to each other. Many ways to do that, including dedicated messengers. If oligarch B hasn’t received a timely proof of life, then they murder thug A’s family and tell thug B that their family is in danger from outsiders overtaking bunker A. Thug B will likely travel to bunker A.

The thugs would have to collude. A major goal of the oligarchs will be placing many obstacles against collusion.

their families all held hostage in the bunker as well

Now, someone is starting to think like evil.

Better yet would be some cooperation between remote bunkers, where family for workers of bunker A are held far away in bunker B, and vice versa.

What??? That makes no sense.

Are you for age (ID) verification? Are you fine with no channels of privacy? Do you support things like chat control in the EU?

If you do, then you are blind to how these people think and operate.

“Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.”

MLK

I sense a dangerous level of willful disbelief. Things in the UK and EU are going to get worse. The fascists don’t follow rules, and most of your politicians have the same weaknesses as our controlled opposition.

Do not be complacent, because they are already in your midst with blades to your throats. They are preparing to cut.

Ask yourselves, why do officials need ICE protection when they have the Secret Service?

Yeah, EU countries really, REALLY, need to check themselves. Our human frailties are their frailties too. Their shit hole populace is rising. We are evidently go to start funding the parties that will be their demise.

So far, the response to what has been happening has not met the reality of the situation. If I was to bet at this moment, then I would bet that a large part of the EU is going to fall to fascism.

Yeah, many people do not realize what we are up against. There is a GIANT imbalance of violent power. Any violent resistance would be lone wolves, or small groups that may not be able to coordinate. Most people who give a fuck about everyone’s future will be shot, blown up, or jailed. Everyone else will feel bad, yet go along to get along. They will value their family’s comfort above everyone else’s. They probably won’t consider past grandchildren. They will consider their time overlapping their children’s and grandchildren’s lives, but no further. Their foresight is short, and selfish.