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[โ€“] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 1 points 2 minutes ago

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[โ€“] cecilkorik@piefed.ca 14 points 4 hours ago

I think he makes a good point. Nobody is asking anybody to take superhuman, over the top actions to stop this, when we say you are responsible it doesn't mean you are responsible for fixing all of it on your own, we are all responsible, yes, but we are all responsible for fixing just a little bit of it. All anyone is asking for is for people to provide a little resistance. Even token resistance helps. Do something, try to think of something you can do to apply the brakes, put up obstacles, even small ones, to do anything that slows this train down. It may seem inconsequential but it isn't. The more people who do that, the more resistance they face, the harder it's going to be for them to continue. Minneapolis has the right idea, watch them and learn. Yes there are risks, and the risks are not fairly distributed. Some people will pay the price for no obvious fucking reason, and that's really scary and horrific.

Unfortunately, even more will pay the price in the future, the more desperate they get, and that will be true whether we do anything to resist or not. Don't get hung up on "what am I supposed to do, I have no power to stop them" yes you do, we all do, in very small ways, there are at least 100+ million other people who will have to do their part too, and eventually we hope they all will, but you can at least make sure you do yours. Do something. There are so many people who have been made to feel helpless, overwhelmed, scared, or convinced to just wait until something or someone else fixes things and that's on purpose, to make sure they don't try anything. But we have to. Just try anyway.

[โ€“] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 23 points 5 hours ago

"We know enough"

[โ€“] Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

I feel like a set of something like these could go a long way slowing them down https://a.aliexpress.com/_mqniheZ