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That is exactly my point. People outside of the US are expecting it to be easy and want immediate results. It won't be easy nor will it be immediate.

I don't disagree. But people generally don't want bombs dropped on their heads and will avoid it until it becomes the final option. Until that time comes, small groups will be shot or imprisoned. Just like what happened in Texas last week. Just like what happened with BLM. There are countless examples of people rising against, only to be stomped because the fed arrives. Trump would love any excuse to fuck over the midterms, and would be happy to kill some left leaning opposition if given the chance.

Further, the US is very spread out. The cities and urban areas are relatively easy to get together. It's everywhere else that needs the ability to join the crowd. It's not like Europe where it's fairly easy to travel around, unfortunately.

If you want my thoughts on what we should do, it's to actually hurt what they care about most: their wallets. A general, nationwide strike would work well. However, to make it so people don't just starve to death, we need to set up a strike fund or food network. With that, the strike could last long enough to affect their bottom lines, and people would actually be willing to participate, knowing that their family won't starve to do it.

Do they? They're getting bad right now, and yet, I've not seen much reacting.

Do you see the problem here? If you're not in it, you cannot possibly know for sure what the average person is doing. Not when our media is owned by the same fascist billionaires.

Americans may have guns, but we also have the highest funded military. The military is controlled by the very fascist we need to fight against. Plus, Trump is counting on violence before the midterms so he can stomp out all opposition domestically. Is that something you'd want, the opposition dead so he truly has full control?

And when CBP, the national guard, and police show up and shoot everyone when Trump declares martial law (you know, exactly what Trump wants before the midterms)? What then? I'm taking notes.

Ah yes, laughing at the lower class dying will surely teach the billionaires and millionaires a valuable lesson.

You do realize that's what you're doing, right? Laughing at the poor dying, the same thing that the polluting billionaires and millionaires in the US are doing?

Let me really spell it out for you: the polluters of the US (and world) are not the ones without A/C, and they're not the ones that will suffer from lack of food due to drought. No, they will just come to your country once they've extracted the resources in the US, and laugh at you dying. Just like they're doing to the lower class in the US.

Some of them have already moved. Hope you're ready, and not just laughing at people dying.

Sure, but that doesn't mean it's not getting worse in the UK as well. I haven't seen much action on the UK's part either, but unlike most people leaving comments like the one I replied to, I'm willing to admit that I don't live there to see what people are doing on a daily basis.

Similar things could be said about the UK.

You got any money for those of us that can't afford it and are trapped in one of the most capitialist hellholes?

What happens when fascism knocks in the new country? Fascism is rising globally.

Western Washington is one of the bluest areas in the country. Western Washington certainly didn't vote for this.

About? Imagine my surprise when I logged into my WM portal to see if they picked up, and boom, full HD video of them dumping my trash into their truck, my property in full view.

Yeah. I fucking hated every minute I lived there. The only positive is the outdoors, but that too is slowly being polluted and dismantled. Stay strong, I believe that you'll get out of there at some point if that's what you desire.

Could be some shit like "Iran interfered to get Biden elected"

In case you don't know what 1.0 does:

What is it?
A temporary derogation from the ePrivacy Directive that allowed (but did not require) providers to scan private messages of unsuspected users for potential child sexual abuse material.
Is scanning mandatory?
No — voluntary. In practice used mainly by unencrypted US services such as Gmail, Facebook/Instagram Messenger, Skype, Snapchat, iCloud Mail, and Xbox.
Does it touch encrypted messages?
No. End-to-end encrypted communications were never scanned but providers could deploy client-side scanning under this law.
Status today
Back in force. After expiring on 4 April 2026, it was reinstated on 9 July 2026 when Parliament failed to reach the absolute majority of 361 MEPs needed to reject the Council's fast-tracked "new" law. Only 314 MEPs voted to reject it, so suspicionless mass scanning is permitted to continue until 2028.

https://fightchatcontrol.eu/chat-control-overview

The board is chaired by Trump (and I'm pretty sure Trump appointed his yes-men as well)

I also don't drink, but I bought some liquor just for occasions like this.

Fuck Catholic hospitals. They're intentionally hard to avoid, and the care is always fucked. I say this as someone who unfortunately had to get two surgeries in a Catholic hospital. This was right after they were caught not caring about the literally oozing and damaged beds in the labor and delivery unit.

No joke: https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/least-its-kind-gross-mattresses-tacoma-hospital-oozing-fluids/JBNFDKLBPNHNFHGYMYG3RQ7EC4/

The only way a noncitizen could vote in WA state is if they literally steal or forge a ballot of a citizen. To register to vote, you already have to prove citizenship.

I know that's not the point of what the DOJ is doing, but just had to say it.

They're so adorable, very smart as well. Their spacial awareness is insane.