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Elon Musk is making technofascism a reality before our eyes (therealnews.com)

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Musk and DOGE are bulldozing the administrative state, and building a harrowing new reality for working people.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

What do you think the average person could do, besides luigiesque activity, to help stop or slow them down? Like, little things they could do a few times per week. I’m open to possible misdemeanors, but I’d like to avoid felonies. Any thoughts?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

besides luigiesque activity

Actually even that (usually referred to as adventurism) is just pointless. Luigi's alleged actions were the talk of the news for a month straight, it united both left and right online, yet are there any protests for the release of Luigi right now? Has healthcare improved in any meaningful way? Did anything meaningful come out of it besides a few CEO's being spooked and removing their contact data from websites?

There are no little things that can be done on an individual level, even if they result in felonies. Collective action is necessary and joining/getting involved with local protests is as good of a starting point as any - it won't achieve any meaningful change alone, but if it's used to gather more and more support for an eventual escalation that would light a fire under the government's ass, only then would any kind of change happen.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Such a lazy non-answer.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

is America, all dissent charges are felonies now