The country’s future depends on law firms, universities and media companies – as well as everyday Americans – breaking their silence

Those who believe that this call to action is an overstatement of the threat understand neither the nature of the tyrant-in-chief nor the slow but inexorable nature of how democracies are lost. I witnessed Trump’s cruelty and lack of empathy as I dealt with him during the Covid pandemic, as he willfully withheld help and then consciously spread misinformation that caused so many needless deaths. Anyone who saw this up close would make the call for resistance I am making today. How can anyone not understand that the refusal to follow the law on January 6 continues in full force today? Why would it stop unless it is made to stop?

Interesting to see how more American politicians are choosing to publish in The Guardian. And by “interesting,” I mean “pretty damn alarming.”

    • classic@fedia.io
      4·
      1 day ago

      Their comment stands. Too many Americans remain too comfortable, at least for now. The standard of living in some ways might be declining, but it’s happening at a sufficiently slow pace that it is tolerated. And, so far, the bread and circus is compensating

      • Vodulas [they/them]@beehaw.org
        2·
        20 hours ago

        Shit take. Cell phones An internet connection and a device to connect to it are a basic requirement for life in the US nowadays.

        • Pete Hahnloser@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
          3·
          20 hours ago

          The funnier things are twofold:

          • I’m not typing this on my phone. I hate phones for anything beyond making calls.

          • You can use a really nice kitchen knife to kill someone. You can also prepare dinner. The hardware is not the important thing; the usage is.

          • Vodulas [they/them]@beehaw.org
            1·
            20 hours ago

            That is a good point. I should have said an internet connection and a device to connect to it. But yeah, what a wild thing for them to say after you just gave your current situation

            • Hedgeknife@beehaw.orgEnglish
              2·
              20 hours ago

              And especially the existence of places like the library where you can use a computer for free, makes it even wilder.

    • A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
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      1 day ago

      I (once upon a time, not anymore) chose that life voluntarily, so I wouldn’t compare myself to those that are forced to live like that, but I always enjoyed digging a little hole, shitting in that, then closing it up again. IMHO sufficiently clean and respectful. But of course it only works if there’s ground to be dug, and shelter from prying eyes.