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[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 105 points 5 months ago (2 children)

This is an emergency, and it demands emergency response from every American with power or influence. The window for effective resistance narrows with each passing day. History will judge harshly those who had the capacity to resist but chose instead to wait and see how things develop. The time to act is now, before the mechanisms that would allow effective resistance are completely dismantled.

The alarms are being sounded, and not just from this publication. If nobody that has even a shred of power does anything... well fuck.

[–] Chocrates@lemmy.world 47 points 5 months ago (5 children)

What can I do? Shit posting hasn't helped.

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 26 points 5 months ago

What can I do?

Depends on how much you you value you freedom/life, cuz the things that need to be done could put both in jeopardy. Leave your cell phone at home.

[–] felixwhynot@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Post through the pain

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 12 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Look for protests to join. Call email call your reps. There's got to be a way to sue, but i don't know anything about that route.

[–] errer@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

My reps voicemails are completely full and they don’t reply to email. It’s a farce.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Send a letter, while the USPS is still around.

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 5 points 5 months ago

Send a postcard. A lot more letters just get tossed instead of opened because of security risks.

[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

If nobody that has a shred of power does anything

why would they start now?