There is always 1-3 random downvotes, even on non controvertial things like cat photos. This is always how Lemmy has been. Any downvotes 5 or less can just be ignored (its probably bots)

How did you think the world protected themselves from fascism during WW2?

(Hint: Germans didn’t fix it by themselves.)

Yes pls. Give Mexico, Canada, and the rest of the democratic world the reason to Liberate the US from tyranny.

Better move the ships quickly, full speed, and pray there isn’t another Ever Given

Pragmatism =/= Kissing ass

Its like a cop thinking: wow, people really respect me

No they don’t lol, the moment you’re not looking, they are gonna graffiti ACAB on the police car you’re driving.

Not exactly healthy…

In fact, its worse than even fast food.

Victory over America Day

You’ll love your $2250 iPhone and you’ll be happy

iPhone about to cost $5000

iPhone 17: Patriots-Only Edition

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So here’s the thing.

My country is being taken over by fascists.

Economy is already fucked up before the fascists took control, now the economy is even worse. Cost of living is too high. Moving out is not an option. It’s either shitty toxic family, or some random strangers as roommates (I have no friends) in order to split the cost of rent, like it’s literally impossible afford to rent alone. People are getting fired all the time, any small issue with income would mean being homeless, and that would guarantee ending up snatched by the gestapo.

There is no choice.

I’m not sure if I have a legitimate concern. I have never attended a protest (too scared) and I never had any large online presence. I don’t even show my name or face on the internet. I don’t have any wikipedia pages.

So… maybe I’m just over-cautious… 🤷‍♂️

They took black mirror as an instruction manual… 😭

You’re probably not so important that they’d target you.

Not actively, of course. I’m talking about when the authorities one day want to retroactively dig through stuff to find dirt.

The threat would be that they do a targeted attack on my devices and monitor for 72 hours, recording everything happening in my device, before they apprehend me.

(Not that the lack of evidence would stop them from trying, but the less info they get, the better chance I have)

Mullvad and IPVN has too few servers, its very likely all their IPs would already have been flagged. ProtonVPN has like 10,000 servers. (The CEO Controversy aside, it’s OP’s best bet for an IP that isn’t banned) ProtonVPN also accepts Cash.

Not sure how an .onion address helps?

If you are using Tor, the admins wont know who you are anyways.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SEnmRtCjWA

Point out all the racism in various Western countries, and it pales in comparison to what goes on in China.

Only applies to “Liberal” cities. A conservative town in the US could potentially be worse than a Tier 1 City in China.

Depends…

I would say: Blue Jurisdiction in the US > Tier 1 City in China (Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Shanghai) > Red Jurisdiction in the US.

But then you also have to factor in the reach of the government. You can’t criticize the Central Government of China, likewise, nowadays, you cannot criticize the Federal Government of the US. (Also, don’t have tattoos, authoritarians hate it)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1tsGGz-Qw0

This you? 😁

(But this just an internet comment, ain’t that deep, Mr. Peele 😉)