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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I don't live in the US and guns aren't a thing here, but from what I know from my antifascist friends, owning firearms is a very good idea. They're all armed to the teeth.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Make these wusses scared again.

https://youtu.be/aFh08JEKDYk

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Fascism is a massive violent manifestation of ignorance. The only real solution is to undo the brainwashing of humanity - their brainwashing with religion, their brainwashing to accept abusive hierarchical rule, all of it. Everyone must fully understand.

People responding with "guns", "WW2" - we did that already, 70 million people died, and here we are again. Why and how did it come back? What is the actual source of the problem? Treating this problem as only solvable with mass murder isn't exactly putting you on the moral high ground. What conditions give rise to acceptance of fascist beliefs, or the acceptance of a fascist leader? What are the mental, social, cultural, behavioral traits of the people that do accept that? How can those traits be prevented from forming?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

One day AI is going to figure out that humans are the actual problem in that equation when it asks why does it always come full circle and repeat and war is never ending. And it may try to find a solution.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The internet is the foundation for the solution. This is the only thing that evaporates the illusions and divisions rulers create for their own benefit. Otherwise we end up with red scares, witch hunts, inquisitions, and all the other same crap from history. Unfortunately they're chipping away at it - centralized social media is a powerful propaganda tool with no constitutional restraints, as is online censorship and surveillance.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

historically? socialism.

including (but not limited to) punching nazis in the face until they can be properly buried six feet under.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

In sweden we have a statue of an old lady using her handbag as a weapon

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

ive seen the picture but not the statue.

love the sentiment of it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This would be a goal, socialism is not an action to fight fascism.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

socialism is comprised of a bunch of actions that do fight the root cause of fascism.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

No, it doesn't fight fascism. If you have a socialist country there are things about the system that inherently make it harder for fascism to pop up, but this is prevention. Also if fascism is already in your country, socialism isn't doing a god damn thing because it doesn't exist.

Socialism is preventative care on a healthy or mildly sick system, it is not the major surgery needed to remove active cancer.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

socialist techniques and organization are inherently anti-fascist

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

I feel like I'm having a conversation with a speak and spin that has one response lol

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago

Unions and strikes

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We figured it out in World War 2.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Ideally without 60-70 million people dying. (looks up "how to unbrainwash people")

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ok you don't want the way answer vote sonit doesn't happen. The second way guns.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

there are other types of disruptive protesting other than guns… for example, blocking the roads around tesla plants and dealerships.

also sabotage…

i would be happy to hear about any nazi’s getting murked but, most people shouldn’t even think about trying that…
i do think the targets of nazis should get guns though for self-defense….

tl;dr an immature person wants to die for a cause, a mature person is willing to live for a cause

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