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   Laffy (gottalaff@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Jan-2025 01:16:43 JST Laffy

   Important via Elie Mystal:

   Really good advice. Esp abt utility of small acts…& ubiquitousness of snitches

   I’d tell ppl to always remember some of those snitches are gonna be elected Dems & minstrel people of color. Be aware👇🏼
   🧵via Tor Ekeland, lawyer:

   My dad was tortured by Gestapo for 4 days & thrown in concentration camp for being in Norwegian Resistance. Growing up, he wd tell me things he learned in Resistance. I thought, I'm never going to need this stuff. Here's some of those things 1/

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     Laffy (gottalaff@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Jan-2025 01:16:58 JST Laffy

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     2/ First, you're never going to win a head on battle with an adversary that's got you outgunned. That's not the point of the Resistance. The point is to create friction, make it hard for your adversary to operate, to increase transaction costs.

     2nd: resistance doesn't have to be a dramatic act. It can be a small act, like losing a sheet of paper, taking your time processing something, not serving someone in a restaurant. Small acts taken by thousands have big effects.

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     Laffy (gottalaff@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Jan-2025 01:17:06 JST Laffy

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     3/ 3rd: use your privilege and access if you've got it. He and his buddies stole weapons from the Nazis by driving up with a truck to the weapons depot, speaking German, acting like it was a routine pick up, and driving away.

     4th, and this is part of the third point really, sometimes the best way to do things is right out in the open. Because no one will believe something like what you're doing would be happening so blatantly. All good Social Engineers know this.

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     Laffy (gottalaff@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Jan-2025 01:44:34 JST Laffy

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     4/ (He misnumbered, so I will too)
     6th: and this is a no brainer, operate in cells to limit damage to the resistance should they take you out. Limit the circulation of info to your cell, avoid writing things down and . . .

     7th: be very careful with whom you trust. Snitches and compromised individuals are everywhere. My Dad was arrested because of a snitch. His friends weren't so lucky, the Gestapo machine gunned the cabin they were in without bothering to try and arrest them.

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     Laffy (gottalaff@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 06:31:53 JST Laffy

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     5/ 8: use the skills you have to contribute. Dad was an electrical engineer. When the Nazis imposed the death penalty for owning a radio (the British sent coded messages to the Resistance after BBC shows) he said he became the most popular guy in town.