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2A is for everyone (lemmy.world)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/34641538

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[–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (1 child)

For all your talk of asking others what they plan to do about it themselves, and that their solution will not work, it seems you too are doing the same. So, please, what are the alternatives you see to steer humanity away from the evils that continue to curtail other avenues of recourse.

I don't think many who oppose what's going on want violence, that's perhaps one of the key factors separating the two. I certainly don't, it seems like one of the more wasteful things we do as a species. But there's a line, there's always a line.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 child)

    What you can see of what I do is on a Lemmy forum, so I would not be so quick to judge. As others have encouraged in this thread, I'm pursuing the tactics of organizing community resistance, organizing labor, and political education.

    Actually, I am like you in that I don't want violence. We should use nonviolent methods of political change to their fullest extent until those avenues become fully blocked. Of course, we live in violence perpetrated by the state every day, it is just legalized.

    Studying the history of Leftist movements internationally, there is a repeated pattern of persecution though violence as well as outright purges. Those that were not prepared to defend themselves and their community were killed. Even those that were, were unfortunately often killed.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    So what kind of community resistance are you doing? Are you hiring or just bull shitting

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago

    'Hiring' in what sense? You can 'hire' yourself and start if you're sympathetic and not already engaged. You don't even have to like or agree with the 'gun part' if you don't find yourself so inclined.

    Knowing your neighbors and disaster prep is a good square one.

    If you'd like to get involved in in your area, I'd suggest mutual aid networks, rapid response, and harm reduction groups. If you're looking for relevant skill building SRA, Stop the Bleed/First Aid trainings, and Meshtastic communities are also useful.

    You'll find many of the same people are engaged in political actions, counter-protests, ICE watch, and labor organization. Helping organize responses, protests, and labor activity is a natural extension of building a broader community structure and helps connect the dots. When something like the Minnesota resistance to Metro Surge flares up, these sorts of networks are there to funnel the people's energies into productive activity.

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