"How many lives am I willing to sacrifice to achieve a better world?"
The answer should be "nobody" or "nobody except maybe the billionaires."
If not, then you don't want a better word for anyone other than yourself.
If your answer is along the lines of, "Well some losses will be unavoidable," and that loss isn't because "I will throw myself into the line of fire," then you're just as much a bigot and exploitor as the people who caused this mess. Because you're willing to sacrifice those "lessers," the unconsenting marginalized, for YOUR goals.
If that's the means that justifies your ends, then you're part of the problem. If your path towards a better world demands mass human sacrifice, then it won't be a better world. For anyone. Ever. You'll never get there. Because it's clear that you don't sufficiently value human life.
We will lose people, yes, but that should be because of the choices of our enemies, after we've done everything in our power to prevent it.
That's how we break the cycle. Any other
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The root question to ask yourself is:
"How many lives am I willing to sacrifice to achieve a better world?"
The answer should be "nobody" or "nobody except maybe the billionaires."
If not, then you don't want a better word for anyone other than yourself.
If your answer is along the lines of, "Well some losses will be unavoidable," and that loss isn't because "I will throw myself into the line of fire," then you're just as much a bigot and exploitor as the people who caused this mess. Because you're willing to sacrifice those "lessers," the unconsenting marginalized, for YOUR goals.
If that's the means that justifies your ends, then you're part of the problem. If your path towards a better world demands mass human sacrifice, then it won't be a better world. For anyone. Ever. You'll never get there. Because it's clear that you don't sufficiently value human life.
We will lose people, yes, but that should be because of the choices of our enemies, after we've done everything in our power to prevent it.
That's how we break the cycle. Any other path means a future where we haven't learned *anything*.
For all the Elon-funded trolls fucks out here showing up again all of a sudden to say that Dems are as bad as Repubs, GET FUCKED.
Harris, for whatever flaws she has, is a statesman. She wasn’t going to cut Medicaid, food stamps, the weather service, and veterans’ benefits. She wasn’t going to send ICE out in unmarked uniforms with masks to kidnap any brown person they find. She wasn’t going to build literal concentration camps. Republicans have done all of that in 6 months.
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"These are terrible numbers, but also, these are some genuinely impressive accounting gimmicks...." - you can say that again, @pluralistic; I think anyone with an iota of common sense would agree that this bullshit should be illegal.
We cannot allow "By the authority vested in me by being rich I declare that I am now even richer!" randos to control the common, even global #economy.
🛑 WHAT TO DO IF YOU WITNESS AN UNIDENTIFIED ‘OFFICER’ TAKING SOMEONE
📷 RECORD IT.
🚓 CALL 911 AND REPORT A POSSIBLE KIDNAPPING.
SAY: Someone is being taken. The individuals claim to be law enforcement but won't show ID or name their agency. License plate is ____.
✅ THIS FORCES VERIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT TO SHOW UP ✅ THEY MUST TAKE A STATEMENT ✅ IT PRESSURES THE “OFFICERS” TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES ✅ CREATES A PAPER TRAIL ✅ SETS UP GROUNDS FOR A CIVIL LAWSUIT
To call the administration’s “worst of the worst” claims a ruse is to give this administration too much credit. It’s not clever enough to run a con. Going after criminals wa…
🚨"The Trump DOJ’s goal is to force💔100,000 undocumented students to drop out of college & deport themselves." -A Reichlin-Melnick
"DOJ is suing MN over its policy of offering in-state tuition regardless of immigration status, following suits in TX & KY. MN is one of 27 states plus DC that provide in-state tuition for unauthorized immigrant students." -J Gelatt
You wanted to know what kind of people choose to be ICE agents. Here you are: Two Days Talking to People Looking for Jobs at ICE | Online Only | n+1 | Yanis Varoufuckice
This is a disgusting country, I thought, irredeemable visually, psychically, morally, and ethically, and whatever is likable about our people’s warm patter does not in any way forgive what we have done to the world.
"Two plus two equals four. There are twenty-four hours in a day. And when someone shows you who they are—when they defend ethnic cleansing, enable authoritarianism, and gaslight you for noticing—believe them."
I need to say something that will be deeply uncomfortable for many of you: if you have friends, family, or colleagues defending what’s happening right now, their old sane selves may not be coming b…
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Nice. I came to mention boltcutters but those have been mentioned.
If you're looking for material with sturdy welds I recommend shopping trolleys.
We made some new signs for our local No Kings protest tomorrow! 🚫👑🪧💪 I had to wrap them in plastic wrap tonight because we might get rain tomorrow. Maybe it'll hold off for us. Good luck everyone & please be safe!
In case you haven’t seen the entire episode, here is the #unconstitutional #arrest of US Senator #AlexPadilla, for rather politely trying to ask a question.
"Trump's Kim Jong-un–style celebration of this year’s #FlagDay ...
The Trumpian June 14, 2025 #parade and celebration will be the successor to that angry #insurrection of #Jan6, 2021...
If you want to see true #patriotism this #June14, turn away from Trump’s propagandistic spectacle and look instead to those responding across the country with a loud, proud chant of #NoKings! " thebulwark.com/p/no-kings-trum…
"And #June14 is Trump’s own #birthday, and thus a perfect occasion for him to perform his power—a power laced with the rhetoric of violence— ...linking his very person with the symbolism of the Army...
In response to Trump's birthday plans, a coalition of opposition groups... will be holding nationwide rallies on June 14—the “ No Kings Nationwide Day of Defiance.”"
On June 14—Flag Day—Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. It rises up everywhere else.
"June 14 is a special day. It was officially designated in 1949 as #FlagDay —not one of the federal holidays for which anybody gets time off from work, but an honored day to remember the adoption by the Second Continental Congress of the Stars and Stripes as the #flag of the #UnitedStates on June 14, 1777.
But Donald #Trump has chosen another event from 2 yrs earlier as the anniversary on which he is pinning his enormous military parade" thebulwark.com/p/no-kings-trum…
Water (hydration) Protein/carb snacks Full-size resist flag
Additional gear for lawful assembly in a totalitarian police state:
Helmet Gas mask Goggles Motorcycle gloves Padded jacket Boots First-aid kit Water + antacid (tear gas and pepper spray) Going-home-to-my-fam good luck charm
On June 14—Flag Day—Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. It rises up everywhere else.
Misleading photos, videos & texts have spread widely on social #media as #protests against #immigration #raids unfolded in #LosAngeles, rehashing old conspiracy theories‘ to support #Trump’s actions.
The flood of falsehoods appears intended to stoke outrage toward #immigrants & #Democrats.
The #UnitedStates has had a failing public #education system for generations. It has been evident in the #PISA global standardized test scores, and it is now evident in the rise of #fascist #authoritarianism in #USpol. Our #economy is next.
