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  Chris Real (_chris_real@kolektiva.social)'s status on Friday, 20-Oct-2023 20:06:24 JST Chris Real

  • Håkan Geijer

  @hakan_geijer

  When the riots began in Detroit in '67, I watched soldiers in camo wave to me as they passed over us in Huey helicopters.

  All the way from Viet Nam! I thought.

  Then I saw the tanks rolling through Detroit.

  "How did they get tanks here so fast?" I asked my dad.

  "Well, there's a tank arsenal just up the road, a few minutes away."

  When newspapers described the attack on MOVE in Philly, years later, as the "first time" the military attacked civilians, I chuckled bitterly at the naivity of mainstream media.

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  Steve :verified: (woodknot@universeodon.com)'s status on Saturday, 21-Oct-2023 14:34:55 JST Steve :verified:

  • Håkan Geijer

  @hakan_geijer
  When you say
  "The politicians who send money and arms to such people have names and addresses."

  I would hope the intention here to send written protest not physical menace,

  If politicians operate under threat of physical violence, stalking or threats to their families, fewer women will put themselves forward to represent and others may make themselves unapproachable as they hide behind increased security.

  Other than that, I fully agree with the sentiment
  "think global, act local"

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  ch0ccyra1n (ch0ccyra1n@emeraldsocial.org)'s status on Saturday, 21-Oct-2023 14:36:50 JST ch0ccyra1n

  • Håkan Geijer

  @hakan_geijer yeah I don't want to be arrested :blobcatgooglywtf:

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  ch0ccyra1n (ch0ccyra1n@emeraldsocial.org)'s status on Saturday, 21-Oct-2023 14:42:29 JST ch0ccyra1n

  • Håkan Geijer

  @hakan_geijer I know, it's just that I don't want to risk my safety like that. I'm too afraid and feel utterly powerless.

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  ch0ccyra1n (ch0ccyra1n@emeraldsocial.org)'s status on Saturday, 21-Oct-2023 15:15:41 JST ch0ccyra1n

  • Håkan Geijer

  @hakan_geijer Nobody else I know is particularly willing to do anything of actual consequence, nor do they have decent enough opsec to be trustworthy in my eyes. I don't particularly take issue with the ethical necessity of doing something to fight the system. The state will throw the book at me, especially as I am marginalized in multiple intersecting ways. I also don't really see how my actions would lead to anything getting better anyways. I guess I'm destined to remain an armchair anarchist

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  DirtWood (betacuck4lyfe@kolektiva.social)'s status on Saturday, 21-Oct-2023 15:29:51 JST DirtWood

  • Håkan Geijer

  @hakan_geijer Peter Thiel is a fed