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   Poloniousmonk (uair@autistics.life)'s status on Thursday, 29-Feb-2024 06:54:37 JST Poloniousmonk

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   • HeavenlyPossum

   @HeavenlyPossum

   They don't have to torture. They know all that shit already. Big data.

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     HeavenlyPossum (heavenlypossum@kolektiva.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Feb-2024 06:54:38 JST HeavenlyPossum

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     The most critical thing should be building networks of like-minded people who can be trusted and the second-most critical thing should be reading about the experience of the French Resistance. Like “how do I stay safe if someone in my network is captured and tortured to reveal identities of co-conspirators.”

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     HeavenlyPossum (heavenlypossum@kolektiva.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Feb-2024 06:54:39 JST HeavenlyPossum

     If Biden loses—or, more likely, if Trump coups his way into power—I fully expect that a lot of liberals will devote more of their energy into yelling at people online for not voting hard enough than in resisting the fascism they keep warning us is imminent.

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     HeavenlyPossum (heavenlypossum@kolektiva.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Feb-2024 06:54:39 JST HeavenlyPossum

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     I’m not downplaying the threat of fascism: it’s very real and has been a real and growing fact in the lives of many Americans.

     I’m mocking anyone who won’t shut up about how trump poses a fascist threat but also won’t change *anything* in their life as if fascism were an actually imminent reality.

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     HeavenlyPossum (heavenlypossum@kolektiva.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Feb-2024 06:54:39 JST HeavenlyPossum

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     “There’s a roughly 50% chance that I will be ruled by a fascist tyrant by the end of this calendar year. I will prepare for this by doing absolutely nothing.”

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     Aaron (hosford42@techhub.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Feb-2024 06:54:39 JST Aaron

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     @HeavenlyPossum The best way to address this, IMO, is to point out specific actions people can take right now in their own lives to make a difference. I think that's where the disconnect lies for most people.

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     Aaron (hosford42@techhub.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Feb-2024 06:56:21 JST Aaron

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     @HeavenlyPossum I would have never thought along these lines on my own. I'm also not sure how to go about it, aside from the reading part. I have basically no friends IRL, just family, and many of those can't be trusted.

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     Aaron (hosford42@techhub.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Feb-2024 06:58:10 JST Aaron

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     @HeavenlyPossum One thing I can point to is establishing ways to communicate safely. Encrypted communication channels, for example. Also geohashing-style drop points for thumb drives. But this presupposes someone you want to communicate *with*.

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     HeavenlyPossum (heavenlypossum@kolektiva.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Feb-2024 06:58:11 JST HeavenlyPossum

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     @hosford42

     Ok…let me think about this a bit

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     Aaron (hosford42@techhub.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Feb-2024 06:58:11 JST Aaron

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     • HeavenlyPossum

     @HeavenlyPossum By all means. It's not an easy problem, and I imagine a lot of folks are in similar situations, particularly those of us most at risk of extermination under a fascist regime.

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     Aaron (hosford42@techhub.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Feb-2024 07:09:40 JST Aaron

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     • Håkan Geijer

     @hakan_geijer @HeavenlyPossum I'm fine being alone (with my family) but you can't keep food on the table that way in this country.

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     Aaron (hosford42@techhub.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Feb-2024 07:09:40 JST Aaron

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     • Håkan Geijer

     @hakan_geijer @HeavenlyPossum And if you need something contraband, you are out of luck

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     Chris Real (_chris_real@kolektiva.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Feb-2024 08:11:25 JST Chris Real

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     • Aaron

     @hakan_geijer @hosford42 @HeavenlyPossum

     Resistance fighters, (as well as gangsters), know that the most secure method is face-to-face, with no record.

     We've been isolated and alienated by the convenience of the internet. It creates the illusion that words are a form of action.

     Action among people who organize face-to-face is the best strategy. (Which means I need to put down this phone—but we're not at the point you fear yet . . .)