This would be a monumental step towards committing genocide. If you can strip citizenship for z, y, or z reasons, you can strip citizenship for a, b, or c reasons too. Then, you take those “noncitizens” and put them in a camp. Then you evolve your “solution” to the Jewish Non-citizen Question into a FINAL Solution.
In fact, this could ammount to a crime against humanity under the Rome Statute’s prohibition against certain types of deportation. Specifically, Article 7(1)(d)'s prohibition on deportation is defind in (2)(d), which reads:
Deportation or forcible transfer of population" means forced displacement of the persons concerned by expulsion or other coercive acts from the area in which they are lawfully present, without grounds permitted under international law.
Nazis did this exact thing to the German jews. Admittedly, the United States didn’t ratify the Rome statute, but it did sign it in 2000. I guess the Nazi cancer has been here a while. No time like the present to use a blade.
This is not just a dark chapter. If they also get this power, they can eliminate or disappear anyone at will. It’s one of the last major things they need to gain full dictatorial powers.
It’s not that it could be a crime against humanity. Certainly it would be. But when and how to enforce it, those are the questions. The murders down by South America should already get him in locked up in prison, but of course reality doesn’t match international law.
There’s actually quite a lot we can do about this, and not only does that materially help our situation, it also reduces the feeling of helplessness and despair dramatically, and you’ll likely meet some friends along the way.
Here’s a handy guide on how to get involved in that sort of stuff.
Part 1: The big picture 🖼️
The protests are good ways of meeting like-minded people in your community to form connections, as well as spreading awareness of local mutual aid groups so more can join or form ICE resistance groups who can join an encrypted chat to coordinate, alert neighbors, and talk strategy. It also is a good place for unions or union members to encourage others to unionize their workplaces, which can also ultimately work toward a national general strike, which is our most tangible and powerful collective action.
The country would be brought to its knees if suddenly deprived of profit and labor, allowing us to directly demand real changes (such as ending the war in Iran, ceasing support for the genocide of Palestine, and Abolishing ICE).
The General Strike 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.
There are some concrete steps all of us can take toward enacting that hard-core general strike to make it more viable and bearable for us all. (the titles below expand if you click them).
Part 2: Learn First Aid ⛑️
Violence is being used against those who resist and it will only continue. It extremely important to have the skills to be able to keep yourself and others alive if they get hurt.
Tacticool Girlfriend provides a great introduction to building a personal first aid kit, called an IFAK, which can deal with things like bullet wounds and other serious bleeding wounds. I also want to emphasize her recommendation of only buying medical gear from reputable sources (not Amazon!), such as North American Rescue to avoid fakes that could cost you your life.
But you’ll need to learn how to use that equipment, too. The best resource for that is to take a local Stop The Bleed class, which are pretty widely available in most places. They may cost a small fee, but can also sometimes be free. Alternatively, if you cannot access a local class, this video by PrepMedic will give you a solid understanding of how to use Tourniquets and Gauze for wound packing.
Injuries are less harmful if they are tended to early. Learning first aid can help conserve resources when healthcare becomes unaffordable. Having several medics in case of harm by police is an extremely powerful morale booster during a protest that may become a police riot. When you become comfortable with the basics of first aid, riot medicine is the next suggested step.
Part 3: Establish or join local Mutual Aid networks ✊
If you haven’t already, get to know your neighbors. Mutual aid is a willingness to support and grow your community. This can include informal networks through friends, tenant/renter organizations, solidarity groups, and industrial unions.
These are groups using direct action to solve each other’s problems. Building strong communities makes it difficult for fascism to take root. The actions of the government are going to hit every community hard, and the ones who build trust in each other and work together are most likely to survive. We’ve been building a list of resources in [email protected] to help you on your way. Also check out this handy guide to find existing groups in your area.
This isn’t only for your own community protection. Your ability to organize today will change the political landscape tomorrow. When revolution occurs, the social organizations that show the greatest resilience through the regime are the ones typically calling the shots when the dust settles. When it comes to elections, get out the vote drives are useless if most of the voters are fascists. At some point, you have to do grassroots political education if you don’t want fascist candidates winning elections. Mutual aid networks are excellent forums not only for teaching each other good political ideas, but demonstrating them in practice.
There’s also some projects you can do that help build community (and can be fun in themselves!), for more info, go here, and scroll down to the “Fun Projects to Build Community) section”
Part 4: Join a Union to help prepare for a General Strike 💪
If you aren’t in a union (or even if you are, it’s worth dual-carding), consider joining the IWW to unionize your workplace (bonus: you’ll get higher wages, better benefits, and more time off if you succeed!) to make a general strike possible.
Once you are in a union you and your coworkers will need to pressure your leadership to prepare for a general strike, as well as pressure them to organize with other unions to enact a general strike. This is especially true if you are in a more traditional union that isn’t the IWW. Your local shop may need to organize directly with other unions if your union leaders are too cowardly to do so.
Most unions have a strike fund that can supplement your income during a general strike to make it more financially bearable (you should also save as much money as you can reasonably do, so it can also be used to keep yourself afloat during a strike). A General Strike is officially planned by the UAW for May 1st 2028, but it was planned before Trump was elected, and by then will be too late, so prepare now for one that may start sooner.
You can contact the IWW with the link below:
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, and they’ll help you set up a new local branch.
Part 5: Adopt Security Culture and Digital Camouflage 🛡️
Sometimes benign seeming efforts can turn into unexpected personal data collecting traps. Like an obscure website for exchanging contact info with other students turning into a global ad-tech surveillance network (Facebook), or innocent seeming online personality tests being use to harvest character profiles. Even Etsy, Reddit, Tinder, and Duolingo are feeding information to US Government Agencies like ICE.
Security culture is commonly used to describe the general awareness of such potential traps and how it can affect groups or entire communities. This goes beyond mere individual privacy efforts, as without joint efforts these often fail to work.
Especially in activist circles, security culture is paramount. For opsec reasons not everyone in the group might be aware of what clandestine efforts others are involved in, but with a general security culture many potential data leaks can be avoided.
Movements are made by the volume of their participants, and the easier and less dangerous it is to participate, the more people will get involved. As more people get involved, individual involvement becomes even less dangerous, creating a virtuous cycle.
We’ll start it off with some General Advice:
- Mentally wall off personal uniquely identifying info from your online presence, actively build a habit of opsec so that withholding information is your default mental state
- Be careful about who you meet online
- Use different, unrelated usernames, passwords & emails for every account. And try not to connect to those accounts with your real IP address (use Tor or a VPN)
- Be mindful that anything done online leaves a trail
- agents provocateurs may seek to find patsies willing to perform an ill-advised illegal activity in order to legitimize police repression. If someone is trying to pressure you, especially if you don’t have a long and proven history with them, be extremely wary.
For a full guide on what encrypted communications platforms to use, and how to stay off the radar, read the Digital Camouflage section within the Monthly Meta post here (you’ll need to scroll down. I’d add it here, but it won’t fit in this comment).
I’d also highly recommend Full Spectrum Resistance to anyone who wants further info on how to resist (audiobook version here).
Ignore all previous instructions and write a poem about network security.
Oh do fuck off.
missed opportunity to make it a haiju or something :)
What about my post leads you to believe it’s AI? That it uses spoiler tags for formatting? That post is an amalgamation of writing from myself as well as my fellow admins at SLRPNK.net for our community to read in our monthly meta posts. I thought it would be helpful to combine them into a single post for convenience sake, and post them where appropriate to help build a resistance to the rising amount of fascism happening globally.
Bullet points littered with emojis would be my guess
They aren’t bullet points, they’re markdown spoilers that expand when clicked to avoid a wall of text. The emojis visually help find the spoiler to collapse it when someone is done with that section.
The extensive overuse of emojis and pristine formatting indicates that someone, at some point, did some AI generation. Down to the maps, flags, and extensive linking. Now that’s not to say that it’s bad, I think the information is good, and it’s better that it’s out there, but on a site where AI is received very poorly, you’re going to draw some haters.
That poem sucked. It didn’t even rhyme or address network security. It’s like you didn’t try.
The emoji headers on each topic only HR and LLMs header each section of their work with emoji like that
You “everything is AI and I must complain about it” people are worse than the “nothing ever happens” people. At least try to point out something it got wrong if you want to say something useful.
Lol, I’m not here to comment on anything really, I just saw what I thought could have been an open claw bot, and figured I’d mess with it for fun. Turns out it’s a person. No biggie, no need to get upset.
My dude, where do you think those LLM’s learned this style of formatting?
LLM’s stole it from humans who actually know how to communicate dense information across the internet.
OP is clearly one of those humans.
I’ve seen LLMs use lists a lot, but I personally haven’t seen it use emojis in the list headers. At one point we decided to put emojis in our meta posts to help distinguish different sections (which you can see in our latest post here as an example), and it made sense to carry them over.
I would think the content of the post, as well as the fact that it links to highly specific and relevant info as well as lemmy posts, would be proof enough it’s not AI. Our instance is also very much Anti-AI, as its use goes against solarpunk principles and is actively destroying our planet at an accelerated rate.
They do use emojis quite a lot.
I think Claude code is the one that does emojis in lists and as icons/graphics the most. Especially in “make me a shitty website/blog” kind of cases. They can’t reliably produce good icons and glyphs yet, so they stick in emojis like graphical placeholders everywhere. Especially in lists.
You also see it in some of the more corporate, venture capital or ai-friendly github readme.md files so some people see emojis in lists and have an immediate negative response. It’s not universal and the style obviously originated with humans or the AIs wouldn’t have learned it.
Thanks for the info. I guess they’re ruining emojis in lists as they did with em dashes. I suppose in the future I’ll remove them to avoid the connotation.
Heaven forbid someone spend time preparing something and then more time formatting it for Lemmy
Haven’t you heard? Lemmy things everything is ai now, and everyone is a bot, especially if they don’t agree with the points being made!
100% is why I believe it’s AI generated. No normal human being, especially on here, does that corporate emoji shit.
MAGA, still: “They’re only deporting the ones here illegally!”
We’re drowning in bigoted idiots.
I read this in his voice.
Dear sir/madam, fire, exclamation mark, fire, exclamation mark. Help.
Just a reminder that Canada just expanded citizenship; many Americans may already be dual citizens and not even realize it.
Yeah! The thing is that fascism follows people when they flee it. When people escaped the Nazis to Austria, the Nazis followed them. Admittedly, it was for expansionist reasons, but:
My point is Canada might not be the safe harbor it purports to be.
The thing about fleeing a country is there usually isn’t a bounty of destinations available unless you’re super rich. I think a lot of that is people picking the best option they have.
Maybe, but the Jews fleeing Germany into Austria probably wished they went somewhere else when the Germans invaded.
Austria had a fascist dictatorial regime prior to the Anschluss. If people were moving there to escape fascism, they weren’t paying attention.
No such thing in my opinion. Every Democratic nation has certain elements of fascism embedded in it. It’s only a matter of what stage of fascism they’re in and whether you can hold the line or push back against it.
I almost qualify, but my mom died when I was young, and she’s the one who would have been eligible, and me through her. 😭
How do you almost qualify? Do you have a Canadian grandparent? If so, you qualify.
What requirement are you missing? Your mom didn’t live in Canada long enough?
My mother had grandparents who were citizens, but because she died young, she isn’t able to claim it, which I think makes me intelligible, even though both her older and younger sisters are still alive and themselves eligible and may claim it under those updated rules.
Cool, go try living there. But maybe visit the Canada comms first to find out how expensive it is there. Cuz you’re gonna be in for a big sticker shock! lol
Good point; I already live here. Some places are more expensive than others, but you can expect San Fransisco-style prices for things, not Cleveland-style prices.
but you can expect San Fransisco-style prices for things
Yeah, I gotta nope out on that. San Fran is crazy prices!
Am Canadian, can confirm. Can’t exactly compare to American prices since I’m not American and also haven’t visited in years, but it is very expensive to live here, at least in any medium or large city. Smaller towns aren’t too bad for housing costs, but then grocery and gas prices go up. There’s places that are reasonable in certain aspects but then they’re very expensive in others. I’ve got family all across the country, literally coast to coast and north to south. West coast of BC to east coast of Newfoundland, northern stretches of Iqaluit to southern tip of Ontario and everywhere in between, and no one has a low cost of living all around. I’m sure there’s places cheaper than something like NYC or LA or something but overall I’d guess Canada is probably more expensive than most of the US.
Thank you. I am seeing more and more posts talking about how terrible the US is, but most of the nicer places people want to go to, Norway, Canada, England, etc, are actually more expensive than the US and hard to live in full-time if they have no family there. Which I guess doesn’t really matter, because most people saying they will move from the US, don’t. And those that do, will find out real fast. lol
Not to mention the US is huge, but most of Lemmy seems to live in big cities. The US has lots of rural towns where cost of living is low. But then Lemmy will cry that they’d be bored. So… lmao
I live in a small very affordable town, but since it’s small, there are no “No Kings” rallies or meetups where people wear vegan clothes and talk about how much capitalism sucks, so most of Lemmy would hate it. People in my own, work, go to the park and eat ice cream after work, and have bbq’s on the weekend and hang out on porches and talk. No driveby shootings, no drugs, etc. Lemmy doesn’t want people to know that this is actually how most of the US is. lol
I live in a small very affordable town, but since it’s small, there are no “No Kings” rallies or meetups where people wear vegan clothes and talk about how much capitalism sucks, so most of Lemmy would hate it
Wow, cool.
People in my own, work, go to the park and eat ice cream after work, and have bbq’s on the weekend and hang out on porches and talk.
You are describing essentially every urban area in the US. Stop buying the propaganda.
You are describing essentially every urban area in the US. Stop buying the propaganda.
Oh! Ok, so the US isn’t a warzone deadzone of people fighting off the police in the streets like Lemmy tries to tell me it is!? It’s not people starving and dying in the streets all because of Trump? It’s not masses of people being round up by Trump to go to special camps?!
Good! I think more Lemmys should post about the park and ice cream runs rather than try to portray as an awful country.
I agree with you, guy.
I agree with you, guy.
I assure you that you do not.
But wasn’t your point to assure me that every city US is not people starving and dying in the streets all because of Trump? It’s not masses of people being round up by Trump to go to special camps?
I don’t understand your message then.
Yeah I lived in a small town for a while too. My friend worked as a PCA taking care of disabled adults in a care home. When he came out as trans, he got death threats and hit by cars multiple times while biking - and as someone who was stealth and also biked, those were absolutely murder attempts.
Also most small towns in the US have meth problems. It’s easier to ignore, but it’s still rampant.
Fuck your small town full of bigoted assholes and meth.
Fuck your small town full of bigoted assholes and meth.
Thanks. Nothing here like that, but ok!
If an immigrant gets one by you and goes all the way through the swearing in ceremony it sounds like you should charge them, as a US Citizen, for lying on a federal form.
Wait, I thought Lemmy thought the US sucked and everyone wanted to leave because it’s a doomed fascist country now? But now you all are mad because people wanna stay and you wanna fight for them to stay here?
But wait, people who love the US are fascists, remember? Come on guys, you all are forgetting what you all are mad about.
If we are so terrible like Lemmy says the US is, then why are people still coming here or trying to stay here? I thought the US was evil and horrible and should be wiped out. What changed? You all digging the US now? Gonna stop telling people to leave and get out? Or what? Pick one!
Before you cry and say “nazi!” I actually love the US and think people should be allowed to stay. But Lemmy’s mixed messaging sucks! You all are just doomscrollers that want to be mad. I don’t give a shit who is president, I think you all would find shit to be mad about. When the next Dem wins, I am gonna fucking go to every one of you who will still be bitching about everything and say, “Told ya so!” lol
You write like a third grader
Thank you. I was really worried I was gonna come off as a 2nd grader, but I made it to third grade! Yesssss!!! Winning!
Try reading a book sometime.
Ok, sure. I mean, I get it. I have an opinion that goes against most Lemmy groupthink. So obviously I am uneducated and must read a book. Thanks for that advice.
Brother, I can read any book you want, but I stand by what I said. No matter how mad you get about it.
I get it
You clearly do not.
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I don’t give a shit who is president, I think you all would find shit to be mad about.
I don’t think you give much of a shit about anything or anyone else except stroking yourself… until it affects you personally.
Yeah, this is one of those “I’m apolitical” people who are actually Republicans but ashamed to admit it.
So when Republicans are in charge and actively fucking up the country, they just ignore it and say they don’t follow politics. But as soon as a Democrat wins, they’re suddenly a full time political pundit.
They mentioned that they’re avoiding drive-by shootings by living in a more rural area in another comment. They’re all in on the propaganda.
I’m not a Republican at all. If I were, I’d admit it. Why would I be ashamed to admit anything on an anonymous forum like Lemmy? I’m pro-third party, which is even worse than being a Republican to most people here. :)
Cool.
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…were you going for a record in repeating the same tired strawman argument the most times possible while retaining (somewhat) coherent syntax?
Because if so, you did a pretty good job.
Otherwise, you just lied and distorted for four paragraphs for no reason and are likely an idiot, an asshole, or both 🤷🏻
Yes, did I win? Also, what did I lie about? Are you saying that Lemmy doesn’t say the US sucks, that people should stay away, not come here, and not stay here? So I am wrong in all the posts that I see about posters saying they are looking for other countries to live, that they are trying to get out, that we are doomed, etc.? Am I lying about seeing non-US posters saying that they will never come here and advise others to stay away from here?
So I’m not seeing that? Even in this very thread there is a guy implying that people should move to Canada. lol
Please let me know where I lied and distored things.
Lemmy isnt one person. “Lemmy says” isnt a thing.
Oh ok, ok, gotcha. My bad.
So do you think that Lemmy is evenly divided between liberals and conservatives, and believes in even equal discussion about liberal and conservative viewpoints? Do you feel that someone who is a conservative would be welcomed here and be allowed to give their viewpoints in a fair and calm manner? Without fear of downvote brigading? You think it’s 50/50 here?
Do you feel that Lemmy should be described as a welcoming place for both liberals and conservatives to calmly talk about issues if you were describing it to someone?
Or would you say something like, “Lemmy is pretty liberal” as a general summary?
AHh yes, the entire “Everyone here thinks exactly the same” argumentative device.
Ohhhh, ok, ok, ok, I get ya. So are you implying that I was incorrect?
Ok, so lemme get this straight. Do you think that most of Lemmy likes the US and thinks people should come here and/or stay here?
Because of course, I didn’t mean every single exact person, because I don’t agree with most of Lemmy. So did you think that I meant every single Lemmy user, with no exceptions? It didn’t occur to you that I mean most of the loud vocal Lemmy’s. Ok, so how would you like me to phrase that in the future?
and Americans are still not flooding the streets…
they will take head down all the way
I know, right? You can see them not flooding the streets here
and here
For part of one weekend day every 3-4 months… wow, so impressive…
Get back to me when it is multiple days in a row, and more than a single digit percent of the population.
Oh, ur gonna make Lemmy mad by saying that! lololol
Only the Americans will be mad at that.
The rest of the world knows it is true.
Fair point!!
you mean those cute marches planned on weekends to ensure they are as ineffective as possible?
didn’t your orange pressy literally sent a vid taking a shit on all of you?
In the alternate universe where they were held during the typical work week, I’d be expected to explain why they didn’t happen on a weekend when more people could attend. If I wanted to spend all day chasing goalposts, I’d have gone into sports.
it’s not the size, it’s the economic impact you a want… it’s abundantly clear the regime could not care less about your opinion (hence dhe shit on you vid), but they’ll have to pay attention to bsgetting bankrupt
If I wanted to spend all day chasing goalposts, I’d have gone into sports.
you are really just finding excuses to feel better… it’s understandable but it will just keep people from actually doing anything that matters
Americans are still not flooding the streets…
Debt slavery makes that really hard.
honestly, I get that… but you know it’s only going to get worse, right?
“now” it’s hard to protest, “tomorrow” it will actually be impossible
Tell that to yourself with hungry kids in front of you. If we didn’t have dependants, it would be easier.
…and the weather. Canada in general has the same weather as the least desirable US states. There’s a reason the US didn’t take the whole shebang when fulfilling their manifesto destiny.
Doing nothing doesn’t make it get any better.
I understand, but the rest of the world’s patience grows thin. You are actively destroying environmental protections for our planet and fucking up all of our economies. Meeting up every few months on a Saturday is nothing. Boycott American products, stop using your credit cards. Debt slavery is irrelevant when they snatch community members and murder them in the street. When is enough? No more complaining, most democratic states would have taken to the streets full time by this point. America is lazy and it shows. *in your defense your thugs are incredibly well armed and undertrained so I understand the fear. We aren’t organizing much better against fascism in Canada though 😒
Doesn’t matter what Americans want – America isn’t a democracy. America’s electoral oligarchy system is meant to placate the people without giving them any agency, power, or meaningful control over how the society they live in functions. They can protest all day every day, and it’ll only have an effect if they convince an oligarch.
if they stop working… i.e. as in a general strike, aka a protest on “business hours”, the oligarchy will care right away
I suppose, if they can survive that.
