wanderingmagus @ wanderingmagus @lemm.ee

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Prowlarr, and if you want a friendly interface, you can try Jellyseer?

Meta (Facebook) -> Friendica (?)

Twitter/Threads -> Mastodon

Instagram -> Pixelfed

Reels/TikTok -> Loops

Reddit -> Lemmy

WhatsApp -> Signal

Discord -> Matrix, encryption enabled

SoundCloud -> Funkwhale

Windows -> Linux Mint

Mac -> Asahi Linux

Android -> LineageOS/GrapheneOS

Netflix -> Jellyfin + Arr stack

Okay Bucha pillager.

So what you're saying is, There Is No Alternative?

So, what is your solution, given the facts and the reality of the matter?

Getting involved in local political action? Mutual aid? Gift economy?

I work directly with strategic weapons systems as part of the Department of Defense and agree with the message. How about you?

The entire system would collapse at that point.

GOOD.

Or the US simply uses several Ohio-class submarines to glass the factories. Hooyah Navy. Hopefully take out as much of the PLA as possible along the way. Let them try ruling over a pile of dust and ash.

You could try looking at Freecycle, Trashnothing, or Freegle, instead of the Facebook groups. I think there's also Lemmy and Mastodon groups around brewing you can try looking at. Anything to fight the system!

You could also learn how to brew your own beer, and try growing your own herbs and vegetables either on a balcony or patio or even indoors. Even more of a middle finger to the billionaires. Buy-nothing groups for furniture and other items, or a local garage sale, or at least a locally-run secondhand store. The less we consume, the less wealth is transferred.

Sorry, it probably isn't common knowledge, I was referring specifically to Waco (M1A1 Abrams tank and several Bradley armored vehicles against civilians inside the continental US, in a 51-day siege that resulted in the deaths of 82 civilians, 28 of whom were children) and the MOVE bombings (dropping bombs on apartment complexes, after which Philadelphia Police Department allowed the resulting fire to burn out of control, destroying 61 previously evacuated neighboring homes over two city blocks and leaving 250 people homeless. Six adults and five children were killed in the attack, with one adult and one child surviving).

Nothing of significance, of course, happened to the people who did these things.

For legal reasons, I do not condone any form of violence whatsoever, and the Adjuster is, legally, a criminal who should not in any way be emulated. For legal reasons, I must dissuade you from engaging in any actions which disrupt ICE, and I must warn you that such interference is a crime.

That being the case, it's legal, for now, to refuse to purchase and consume. Participate in local elections and organizations. Engage in mutual aid. Look up local buy-nothing groups. Organize using end-to-end encrypted comms - though note that, for legal reasons, this may cause interference with legal investigations, and that such interference may be considered a crime, and that, for legal reasons, many such acts of organizing may be deemed illegal in the near future. Please be aware of and follow all applicable laws.

Note that I am explicitly not condoning any illegal actions whatsoever, and am actively attempting to dissuade you from engaging in any such activities - please do not break any laws or commit any crimes. I am not in any way advocating violence, in accordance with Rule 6. I am saying that you should probably vote, and that it is important to always be aware of and follow all applicable laws.

2nd supports the 1st? So where's all that when SWAT and the riot police show up? When the FBI brings a tank to your compound? When they use a helicopter to drop bombs on your apartment?

It's not, I'm just trying to figure out what the path out of what appears to be a no-win scenario according to that standard. Just stop all deliveries altogether?

So is the solution then to be "Amazon withdraws all shipping services for

<neighborhood>

<neighborhood>

The government you're a part of, and the society you're a part of, continues to perpetuate rape, torture and murder, despite on paper being illegal and, in polite company, being generally considered unacceptable - as shown by the links previously posted, which detail instances of state-sanctioned torture, murder, societal misogyny, et cetera. That's my point.

Read it. But a few million comrades living out actual solidarity and comradeship, joining mutual aid coalitions, feeding unhoused people and refusing consumerism still isn't affecting the systems of hierarchy and oppression, monopolization of violence, rules of place, terror, and exploitation. The quiet Revolution in the homes of families and certain workplaces, some scattered neighborhoods and the hearts and minds of comrades around the nation still isn't stopping the cops from dragging us to the camps, the landlords evicting us, and the employers squeezing us. We've tried educating, discussion, solidarity, activism, and some of us even tried sabotage and outright violence, for over a hundred years, yet the imperial core seems strong as ever, and the zones of accumulation continue reaping profits and resources from the areas of dispossession. Children are still dying from weapons bought with our blood and sweat and labor. How then do we truly dismantle these systems of oppression, when our own relatives call us brainwashed traitors, when our neighbors support the oppression of others, and the very product of our labor is used to perpetuate violence?

Cool, lemme know when y'all get started. I'm not seeing any torches and pitchforks yet, or even people with baseball bats and masks. When "revolution" finally gets off of Lemmy/Matrix/Signal and into the streets, I'll believe it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_interrogation_techniques https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterilization_of_Native_American_women https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_killings_by_law_enforcement_officers_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misogyny_and_mass_media https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States#Public_opinion