OK but no-one knows for certain.

Fuck, Dean, lately all you seem to do on lemmy is gripe and insultingly correct people while getting it wrong yourself. Hope you feel better soon.

That is hyperbolic for the USA, even if there are some risks. Maybe if you have a green card find back lines tasks instead of front lines. Seasoned activists who are part of the event can advise on specific tactics and strategies for a safe protest. Listen to them first.

What specific advice would you like? ‘What should I do’ isn’t answerable.

Maybe they are referring to the political science truism that only 10% or so of society needs to be mobilized and activated for sociopolitical change to engage.

Build a more secular, caring, educated, egalitarian society? Row together with others to move the whole boat.

Not a specious statement. People saying ‘what am I supposed to do?’ often seem to think they can put republicans out of office and the problem is solved. USA is culturally divided and class stratified, and the non-commercial sectors are under repression.

Organize a more robust civil society outside of religious institutions or institutions captured by oligarchs. This is the weak spot of the USA, and as long as it goes neglected, political change will always eventually skew back towards authoritarianism.

So, you might ask, how am I supposed to do that? Well it really really depends on who and where you are. Do you have money? Do you have time? Are you educated in a certain way? What is your skillset? Answer those questions and old farts like me can give you the benefit of experience.

Basically, be less of a hero individualist expecting measurable change with your name attached, and more in service of the community where you say we did that, and make pressure for change from there. You will have a lot of choices about how to personally make a difference from there.

tl;dr: you are asking the wrong people, and expecting the wrong results

Remember that about 12-20% of any population are stupid enough to stand on their own necks.

Typhoon: when you call invasion threats a mere distraction you downplay the risk and how upset we are about that.

bklyn: no u, u pedo

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Now, my manual gearbox is a theft deterrent.

I’m building a new building with a washroom and putting in a waterless toilet by choice. Flushing shit is kind of primitive if you ask me, a waste instead of resource, if you excuse the pun.

Not always possible in urban settings.

Next thing you know, that slippery slope has turned into an Anschluss!

Blueberry bushes love it as a mulch.

Watching USians convince each other that just voting represents an adequate level of civic engagement is weird and disturbing.