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Re:DeepSeek v4 by Jcampuzano2 on Friday April 24, 2026 @09:34AM (#47890059)
Every single no kings protest led to zero results and were a mockery of what protest is even supposed to accomplish. These single day protests where everybody just goes home the same night are doing nothing.

Us as Americans have forgotten what a protest and resistance against the political elite even is. Its not a fucking dance party for already well off people to pretend they're actually doing something meaningful which is what usually gets the most publicity from these.

People needed to start breaking things yesterday.

Re:DeepSeek v4 by CuriouslyC on Friday April 24, 2026 @10:23AM (#47890728)
Breaking shit is the path of most resistance. Do not do this unless you're young and poor.

The way to win is economic resistance. Stop spending and stop paying taxes. Crash the fucking economy so deep into the ground that the country self-immolates.

Re:DeepSeek v4 by 0xDEAFBEAD on Friday April 24, 2026 @10:38AM (#47890933)
Yes, because never in history has a rotten economy empowered right-wing authoritarians.

>the country self-immolates

Right-wing authoritarianism is a primal response to disorder my dude. Don't pour fuel on the fire.

Re:DeepSeek v4 by CuriouslyC on Friday April 24, 2026 @07:13PM (#47896955)
A bad economy is a noose around the neck of the people who own it, which in this case is the right wing authoritarians. The next people in line are the social democracy leftists. Look to Mamdani for where we're going when we hang the traitors.
Re:DeepSeek v4 by scottyah on Friday April 24, 2026 @01:48PM (#47893547)
What? Do you understand what happens to the subject of self-immolation?
Re:DeepSeek v4 by CuriouslyC on Friday April 24, 2026 @07:11PM (#47896939)
It gets turned into ashes to provide nutrients to something worth growing.
Re:DeepSeek v4 by scottyah on Wednesday April 29, 2026 @04:54PM (#47954514)
Ashes usually get no say in what grows in them, no matter how pure their intentions.
Re:DeepSeek v4 by michaelmrose on Friday April 24, 2026 @09:59AM (#47890421)
This provides a pretext to murder people and lock shit down. Violent behavior maked the general public prone to accept and even welcome authoritarian behaviour and policies.

We need to fight it on the streets non violently with actions that disrupt not destroy and resist in the courts and ultimately in the ballot box where we can win.

Re:DeepSeek v4 by scottyah on Friday April 24, 2026 @01:47PM (#47893529)
It's just that mobility is still too easy. Anyone with slightly above-average intelligence and a bit of drive can join the oppressors, their arms are wide open. Fraud/corruption is rampant and accepted, all you have to do is open a daycare or homeless shelter and "bend the knee" by claiming some sort of disabled/minority/veteran/woman status. CA has raised over $80 billion for "homeless" and the money is getting spent but very little on the homeless.
Re:DeepSeek v4 by swasheck on Friday April 24, 2026 @07:04PM (#47896896)
zero _immediate_ results. hate is a powerful motivator and hard to overcome, and the political machinations also don’t really allow for immediate feedback. we will see what happens this midterm cycle. polls show repudiation of the current administration across all dimensions.