The more we treat it like a democracy, the more democratic it is. The more we treat it like an oligarchy, the less democratic it is.

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poszlem 14 hours ago | parent [-]

Treating a rigged game as fair doesn't make it fair, it just makes you easier to beat.

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JumpCrisscross 14 hours ago | parent [-]

> Treating a rigged game as fair doesn't make it fair, it just makes you easier to beat

Not playing at all makes you easier to beat still. Anyone pining for civil war should vacation in a war zone first. It’s difficult to encapsulate the privilege of peace until it’s been lost.

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fzeroracer 14 hours ago | parent | next [-]

What do you say to the people in Minneapolis demanding justice for the murder of Alex Pretti?

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JumpCrisscross 14 hours ago | parent [-]

> What do you say to the people in Minneapolis demanding justice for the murder of Alex Pretti?

Keep pushing your state investigators. Work to flip the House. And keep protesting and disrupting the browncoats.

Alex Pretti did more to stop ICE than anyone e.g. killing an individual ICE agent would do.

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SamLL 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I am a resident of the Twin Cities and I agree wholeheartedly with this perspective. I found reading the book Waging A Good War very educational about the deliberate, strategic use of nonviolence by the American Civil Rights Movement and its ultimate triumph as a means to win support and achieve social change. It was a clear and inspiring parallel for me during the worst times of this year so far.

	▲	JumpCrisscross 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I appreciate and support you. If I can help, let me know how to contact you.

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throwanem 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Brownshirts. I believe "browncoats" refers to a now-extinct space opera fandom from a few decades ago.

	▲	hackable_sand 10 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Firefly?

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poszlem 14 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Civil war or getting screwed by elites aren't the only two options. That's a false dichotomy.

	▲	JumpCrisscross 14 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> Civil war or getting screwed by elites aren't the only two options. That's a false dichotomy I completely agree. But political violence increasingly polarises the outcomes to those two. (The elites can buy gunmen faster than you or I can.) California has a referendum system. Get an AI measure on the ballot. Companies that are doing the things Anthropic got fired for refusing to provide are banned from doing business in the State of California. (Or with the State. Find a balance that gets the votes.)