Summary

It’s time to reengage with politics as Trump prepares to take office again.

Unlike 2017, Trump now has a more compliant establishment, streamlined strategies, and influential allies like Musk, Zuckerberg, and Bezos.

Concerns include his administration’s potential for sweeping authoritarian measures, such as Project 2025, and media normalization of his actions.

Vigilance is necessary to counter efforts to dismantle democratic institutions.

  • Nougat@fedia.io
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    11 hours ago

    Politics and politicians will not help you anymore. You will need to [email protected], in whatever ways large or small you are able to. It’s going to get a lot worse before it gets better. Be prepared.

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      10 hours ago

      The best way to “resist” is to build parallel systems through Mutual Aid. If we cannot rely on the systems and institutions we traditionally relied on, then it’s up to us to build new, parallel systems from the ground up.

      That works far better than political resistance. We need to give up on direct resistance and start building the alternatives of the future

      Why waste energy “fighting” when we could be spending our energy “building?”

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        That’s one way, yes, but there’s also going to need to be obstacles put up in front of the brownshirts and jackboots.

        political resistance

        I am not referring to political resistance.

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          Of course, the Black Panthers started out as exactly that. The open carry copwatchers, there to protect the rest of the group practicing Mutual Aid from unfair interference by law enforcement. Which became white people’s first time they gave a shit about gun control.

          So yeah, absolutely, but like the Black Panthers, the plan should be protection and to be “those who watch the watchmen” more than violent resistance. It can turn to violent resistance if the cops won’t leave the group alone, but the overarching goal shouldn’t be violent resistance. That kind of resistance will be needed occasionally to prevent any Fred Hampton-esque violent law enforcement assassinations.

          Mostly because we have plenty of historical evidence that building the parallel alternatives works better than directly fighting the system. The system is failing, and you build a better system, then people will flock to it. In that way, you don’t need to fight, you can just show others a better way and have the old way slowly dissolve in importance. You are correct that on that path to irrelevance, the old system will try to stop a new system from forming.