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[–] 121 points 10 months ago

Of course he does. Silencing the press is a vital part of the fascist agenda

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  • [–] 86 points 10 months ago (3 children)
  • [–] 72 points 10 months ago* (2 children)

    This senile fuck has no idea he's turned up the water too fast and everyone is noticing the boil. Firing Kimmel didn't go well, what makes him think this will be any different? Same day as the Qatari air base? Bold move.

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  • [–] 22 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    But what can people do about it?

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  • [–] 19 points 10 months ago

    What can we do about it?

    First of all, recognize that the most cowardly creature on the planet is an American politician - every last one of them. They are feral animals, and the only thing they understand is fear, which is why they use it on us so often. They think we are just as cowardly as they are.

    So put the pressure on them, and they will back down every single time, and if they don't, then pressure them harder, and then you vote them out, and if they don't leave, you CRUSH them mercilessly.

    These people work for US, and that is not rhetoric, it is literally the truth. They need to know that we expect them to do what they are told, because if we are forced to do their jobs for them, it will be very, very bad for them.

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  • [–] 18 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    What did people do last time and the time before that and the time before that? This isn't new we know the outcome of these sorts of things.

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  • [–] 11 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    A key milestone of the Dark Enlightenment agenda is to scapegoat (per mimetic theory) Trump after he has dismantled democracy and have him replaced by Vance by way of 25th amendment.

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  • [–] 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Hard to believe anyone buys into that "Dark Enlightenment" bollocks, but apparently some of the most powerful people in the world do. We should probably do something about this now.

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  • [–] 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

    A general strike. The country would be brought to its knees if suddenly deprived of profit and labor. That tactic was extremely effective in Chile in 2019, and had they not fallen for the trick of liberal reform, they would've had a successful revolution on their hands with virtually no bloodshed.

    If you aren't in a union (or even if you are, it's worth dual-carding), please consider joining the IWW to unionize your workplace (bonus: you'll get higher wages, better benefits, and more time off if you succeed!) to strengthen a general strike if we manage to enact one.

    And for our international friends, you should join one as well, as fascism is gaining momentum globally. If your country isn't listed below, just contact the IWW directly in the link above.

    • 🇦🇷 Argentina: FORA
    • 🇦🇺 Australia: ASF-IWA
    • 🇧🇷 Brazil: FOB
    • 🇧🇬 Bulgaria: ARS, CITUB
    • 🇩🇪 Germany: FAU
    • 🇬🇷 Greece: ESE
    • 🇮🇹 Italy: USI
    • 🇳🇱 🇧🇪 Netherlands & Belgium: Vriji Bond
    • 🇪🇸 Spain: CNT
    • 🇸🇪 Sweden: SAC
    • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: UVW
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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago

    They'll start with MSNBC. People will complain but if they stay the course it will become the new normal. Other news networks will adjust their programming to avoid the same fate. Part of why the Kimmel thing failed was because it was indirect action - the threat was to not grant approval for the Nexstar merger, but the media and publishing backlash made them reinstate Kimmel.

    If they start directly revoking licenses then the "kill chain" is basically 1 or 2 links long and the order coming right from Trump's office.

    Personally I think he could get away with it. Americans are still mostly too comfortable for the kind of action it would take to actually stop him.

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  • [–] 42 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    We're about to have underground and pirate news networks.

    What a time to be alive.

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  • [–] 32 points 10 months ago

    And of course he's the one who decides which are which...

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  • [–] 30 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Notice he didn’t mention CBS.
    Yeah Skydance/Paramount/CBSViacom just bought the Free Press for $150 million and installed Bari Weiss as CBSNews editor-in-chief.

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    yep. was thinking the other day, we need to be aware:

    when he dies, no matter the cause, when people celebrate, they'll be doxxed by rightwing fuckwits.

    so that's a future we have to look forward to.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago

    I'm imagining about 32% of the country doxing the 50+% of normal Americans that won't exactly be sad about Taco's passing...I would say I don't believe it would be a thing, but I am watching the unfolding of their hysterical overreaction to a Z-list podcast "star" getting shot and people that don't agree with Nazism getting fired for quoting the Nazi, so....sadly, you are probably correct.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Trump’s dead in this scenario, though? Worth it.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    I hope so.

    Truly. Because it would REALLY REALLY FUCKING SUCK to find out after he keeled over from hamberder that a fascist dictatorship run by a bumbling moron is preferable to a fascist dictatorship run by half competent types.

    or god forbid even a fascist skilled at the tools of governance.

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  • [–] 28 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Good. Start with Fox News.

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  • [–] 23 points 10 months ago

    Trump's return to the White House this year has brought a revival of his adversarial relationship with the media.

    Keep calling a nuclear bomb a stick of dynamite. That’s how the news will die.

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    So Fox "News" will be taken off the air? Because that would be the correct interpretation of his words.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    Fine by me. CNN just sane washes everything.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    Chimo says what?

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    I hope he does it during nfl playoffs.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago*

    the 'fake news' networks don't have them, numbnuts.

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