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Doing my best to try to find ways to push back against steamrolling fascism. Fun times. So far, I'm trying to freeze my consumerism as much as possible. No more Amazon. Getting groceries only from Costco and Aldi. Cancelled my Spotify Premium. Moving myself towards a no-luxury bare bones rice-and-beans lifestyle. All pretty weak stuff, but it is better than nothing.
Also looking to get some (refurbished) high-capacity hard drives so I can start helping the data hoarder community with seeding data archived from all the government web pages they are destroying.
And strongly-worded calls to my representatives about what the fuck they are doing about Elon Musk. Not that it will probably change anything, but again, it's something. At least those are the things I am going to talk about on my blog. Remember that just because people aren't talking about what they're doing doesn't mean they aren't doing anything. Outside of stuff like boycotts and calling representatives, it's often safer not to talk about your activism publicly. Loose lips sink ships, and just because you aren't hearing about it doesn't mean people aren't doing on it, or that there isn't something in the works.
But yeah, consider joining me in those things. Give up all your little treats and luxuries (at least the ones that cost money). Even if it doesn't end up impacting their bottom line, it will help you start preparing for lean times, which are coming for all of us, whether you are in the US or not. And it will make you less complicit. Mindless consumer culture is the thing (well, one of the things, and a big one) that got us here, and it's time to start adding your tiny cuts to the millions it will take to eventually murder it. (Obviously, I'm not talking about necessities, so don't @ me. If you NEED it, buy it. Do ask yourself if you REALLY need it, but if the answer is "Yes," then ffs of course fucking buy it.)
Also, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, do not sign up for that General Strike US thing that is asking people for their NAMES AND ADDRESSES. On the slim chances that it's not a honeypot, it's fucking amateur hour. General strike? Yes, good. Adding your name to a master list of troublemakers and dissidents? Bad, stupid.
Do not cooperate in any way, shape, or form. Do not obey in advance. Do disobey in advance. "No" is a complete sentence, and "No, fuck you, make me" is an even better one. Just because someone tells you to do something (or stop doing something) doesn't mean you have to do it. They can make all the rules they want, but they still have to enforce them if you don't volunteer yourself. If you obey in advance, you are complicit. I don't care if you are afraid. We are all afraid. The machine needs cogs to function. Do not be one. Obstruct. Sabotage. Subvert. Delay. Be as annoying, unhelpful, and incompetent as you possibly can when it comes to the things they demand from you.
A lot of people are saying stuff like, "This is the dumbest timeline," or "I'm tired of living in historically significant times." Please understand that we have lived the past several decades in a period of unprecedented prosperity, comfort, and ease. Every single person who has ever lived has lived through historically significant times. Most elderly people who died just before this lived through World War II (and some of them also lived through WWI and the Great Depression). Most of human experience throughout history has been an endless parade of struggle and wretchedness and iron-fisted oppression. And a lot of the people doing that oppression were absurdly, comically stupid and ridiculous. You have lived through some of the BEST times in all of history, and now we're back to our regular programming. Stop whining and start adapting. Get fucking angry. Start gearing up for a fight. Or don't. I'm not the boss of you.
Also looking to get some (refurbished) high-capacity hard drives so I can start helping the data hoarder community with seeding data archived from all the government web pages they are destroying.
And strongly-worded calls to my representatives about what the fuck they are doing about Elon Musk. Not that it will probably change anything, but again, it's something. At least those are the things I am going to talk about on my blog. Remember that just because people aren't talking about what they're doing doesn't mean they aren't doing anything. Outside of stuff like boycotts and calling representatives, it's often safer not to talk about your activism publicly. Loose lips sink ships, and just because you aren't hearing about it doesn't mean people aren't doing on it, or that there isn't something in the works.
But yeah, consider joining me in those things. Give up all your little treats and luxuries (at least the ones that cost money). Even if it doesn't end up impacting their bottom line, it will help you start preparing for lean times, which are coming for all of us, whether you are in the US or not. And it will make you less complicit. Mindless consumer culture is the thing (well, one of the things, and a big one) that got us here, and it's time to start adding your tiny cuts to the millions it will take to eventually murder it. (Obviously, I'm not talking about necessities, so don't @ me. If you NEED it, buy it. Do ask yourself if you REALLY need it, but if the answer is "Yes," then ffs of course fucking buy it.)
Also, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, do not sign up for that General Strike US thing that is asking people for their NAMES AND ADDRESSES. On the slim chances that it's not a honeypot, it's fucking amateur hour. General strike? Yes, good. Adding your name to a master list of troublemakers and dissidents? Bad, stupid.
Do not cooperate in any way, shape, or form. Do not obey in advance. Do disobey in advance. "No" is a complete sentence, and "No, fuck you, make me" is an even better one. Just because someone tells you to do something (or stop doing something) doesn't mean you have to do it. They can make all the rules they want, but they still have to enforce them if you don't volunteer yourself. If you obey in advance, you are complicit. I don't care if you are afraid. We are all afraid. The machine needs cogs to function. Do not be one. Obstruct. Sabotage. Subvert. Delay. Be as annoying, unhelpful, and incompetent as you possibly can when it comes to the things they demand from you.
A lot of people are saying stuff like, "This is the dumbest timeline," or "I'm tired of living in historically significant times." Please understand that we have lived the past several decades in a period of unprecedented prosperity, comfort, and ease. Every single person who has ever lived has lived through historically significant times. Most elderly people who died just before this lived through World War II (and some of them also lived through WWI and the Great Depression). Most of human experience throughout history has been an endless parade of struggle and wretchedness and iron-fisted oppression. And a lot of the people doing that oppression were absurdly, comically stupid and ridiculous. You have lived through some of the BEST times in all of history, and now we're back to our regular programming. Stop whining and start adapting. Get fucking angry. Start gearing up for a fight. Or don't. I'm not the boss of you.
