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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 hours ago

On your own? Not much. You can stop using certain products, save money, and so on. But that's mostly going to help make your individual existence a bit better/less bad. The CEO's aren't gonna give a flying fuck.

But our strength is in our numbers. Get organized. Maybe in a political party, maybe "just" in some sort of collective that helps in an area you care about. Help others in whatever capacity fits your abilities and your situation. And don't expect it to be a quick victory. That will only result in disappointment. As a wise man (?) once so succinctly put it: "Apes together strong."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

Halt excess spending. Don't spend a single dime more than necessary to survive. You are gonna need every penny in your bank account if you hope to make it the next 2 years.

Oh, and don't count on democratic politicians to do anything about anything. They fear progressives more than a fascist Trump regime because they are all in the pockets of those tech billionaires.

If you're a person with brown skin, I hope and pray for you and am donating what little I can to organizations who are trying to protect immigrants and non-whites.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago

try spray painting a cock and balls onto a Tesla

[–] [email protected] 45 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

All billionaires should be required to prove they’re not made of cake.

Billionaire cake testing apparatus.

[–] [email protected] 64 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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Big Bertha
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firearms manual

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German 88
ram
Vulcan automatic cannon 
[–] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago

Shit. You said my trigger word.

https://youtu.be/yRGgl9KT9rE

[–] [email protected] 10 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

I refuse to recognize a trebuchet as a form of catapult. Just as you have had to separate handguns and rifles, one should also recognize a trebuchet's superior siege ability at range

[–] [email protected] 10 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

I will send a strongly worded letter to the random website from which I copied and pasted this.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 14 hours ago

Tie your letter to a rock and trebuchet it at them, or whichever cloud they live in.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago

Send it with a trebuchet.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Thank you kind person. May every road rise up to meet you, and every building you siege fall hastily

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 day ago

Stop using and/or buying their products comes to mind.

Adblock, Firefox, don't buy new phones, etc etc etc

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Individually? Nothing. Therefore: Organise, organise, organise

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago

Computer, who is Luigi Mangione?

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