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   Charles U. Farley (freakazoid@retro.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 05:11:31 JST Charles U. Farley

   Not to trivialize any of the things Trump has done already or the harm that they are already causing, but you do realize that 99% of it is there purely to tie up our attention and resources while he and his buddies use the government to further enrich themselves and permanently insulate themselves from accountability, right?

   Literally none of these fights is going to end up mattering if we don't do anything about the massive and accelerating concentration of wealth and power that is happening right now. The system as we know it is ending. And it didn't start ending on January 20 or even in 2016. It's been accelerating this whole time, and this election has just been a minor inflection point.

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     Charles U. Farley (freakazoid@retro.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 05:11:29 JST Charles U. Farley

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     As long as we remain on the defensive, we have no chance of winning. We're fighting like hell to preserve a status quo that was always ephemeral.

     It's time to stop playing defense and go on the offensive. And not using Trump's rules.

     It's time to become ungovernable.

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     Charles U. Farley (freakazoid@retro.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 05:11:30 JST Charles U. Farley

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     Trump doesn't give a shit about abortion, trans rights, or even immigrants. He doesn't care about America or making it great. For him, all of those things are just convenient distractions.

     Even if Biden hadn't blazed the blanket pardont rail, you can bet Trump would have anyway, for himself and his buddies. I'm sure he's thrilled that Biden blazed the trail, because nobody will be able to challenge his without also challenging Biden's.

     bhaugen repeated this.