Karen D 🇨🇦Please consider boosting.
David Scott Moyer@KarenDorman Nah. Every single business knows that you will still spend the money you would have spent that day, just at a later date. They don't care. Now if you want to stop buying from large corporate entities permanently, that's another thing. Stopping for one day is just masturbation.
The Sleight Doctor 🃏🍉@farbel @KarenDorman Well you'd know all about that, huh.
@ApostateEnglishman @KarenDorman Masturbation? sure. Are you 12?
@farbel @KarenDorman I was pointing out that your defeatist attitude was itself, masturbatory.
If we're to oppose fascism, we need to go full spectrum on it. Boycots, general strikes, protests, direct actions, subversion, sabotage, the works. And do you know what? It doesn't matter if no single one of these strategies is particularly effective on its own.
If you want to help, try making your own, constructive suggestions instead of dumping on those who are at least trying to do *something*.
@ApostateEnglishman @KarenDorman My suggestion, for Americans, is get your lazy, narcissitic asses out and vote next time, and not for a third party. It is people not showing up in 2016 and 2024 that got us here. I don't want to hear any bullshit excuses either. There was a clear choice both times. You Brits have your own problems. Maybe deal with them before meddling over here.
@farbel @KarenDorman We're a vassal state of the USA, hence the so-called "special relationship". It impacts us directly if our spineless PM decides, for example, to codify our trade relations, and our food markets are then flooded with dangerously unhealthy food that starts a bird flu epidemic. Or we support the USA in annexing allied territories or ethnically cleansing Gaza.
Sorry guy, but we have a dog in this fight. And spending your energy shouting at non-voters isn't helping anyone.
@ApostateEnglishman @KarenDorman If you really want to get down ad dirty, which is about as pointless as you trying to tell me what to do, The UK started absolutely every problem in the world today. You created the Middle East, You created Myanmar, You created India/Pakistan, You created us.
@farbel @KarenDorman Sure, but pointlessly raging about historic grievances doesn't provide constructive solutions in the present, does it? You're literally talking about everyone voting next time, when it's far from clear there'll even be a next time. There's a coup underway in the US, and whinging about low Democratic turnout last year isn't going stop it.
Also, I'm *Apostate* Englishman for a reason. I loathe the political and security establishment of this country.
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Let's see what this old brain can do... If you haven't done so already, acquaint yourself with the UKUSA agreement of 1946, Five Eyes (FVEY) - or probably 14 eyes now, due to participation of "third countries" such as Germany, Italy, Sweden. It's the most advanced global bulk collection operation ever, having been in construction for over 70 years. The Stasi on steroids. The infrastructure - a vast network of cable taps, signals stations etc. - is global, and used to be codenamed ECHELON. 1/4
@ApostateEnglishman @KarenDorman Yeah, the word coup gets thrown around a lot, most ly by people who don't understand its definition. What is going on is a minority of the US electorate elected a complete asshole who also happens to be ignorant, and he and his handlers are pushing every envelope to see how much they can get away with. It remains to be seen how much that will be. I suspect it will be far less than all the Chicken Littles are screaming. The tragedy is the innocents who will suffer
Strfnurfn@farbel How much have you been following? We've got a president making unprecedented power grabs (overriding a Constitutional amendment via memo?) and an unelected, unvetted yahoo claiming unlimited power, "deleting" federal agencies established by statute and accessing data that even presidents aren't usually allowed. None of this is legal or legally binding, except there's no one enforcing the law. The Constitution is toast. If this is not a coup, what is it?
@earthtoneone He has thrown a lot of shit at the wall. Most of it is being chanllenged legally. Judges have already blocked a number of things. Of course, he could refuse to obey, ot the Supreme Court could rule for him a LONG way down the road, but this is not the overthrow of a duly elected government. That is what a coup is. It is fucked up, and he is going to do a lot of damage, and people are already dying from his actions, but it is far from a done deal. It has been three weeks.