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BlueTsunami2018

(5,106 posts)
56. That's fair.
Sat Jun 6, 2026, 12:47 AM
5 hrs ago

I’m so angry with the loss of spirit in this country. When fascists say “we need to be tough like in the old days” they mean being openly racist and otherwise bigoted and using that power to prop yourself up. It’s a selfish ideology, they’re talking about bullying people. It’s a great trick the ruling class has pulled, getting the workers to fight among themselves over things as simple as basic human rights while they snigger and pick all of our pockets:

When we on the left say “we need to be tough like in the old days” we mean being willing to fight and die for workers’ rights, for more fair treatment from the owners, for equal treatment under the law. There are far too few John Browns in our history and far too many Jefferson Davis types. Far too few John Lewis types and far too many John Towers.

I just worry, actually I’m sure, that conditions will have to be so bad that there is no choice but to revolt on a grand scale. My inner accelerationist is telling me we should be doing this now while there’s still food to be had. People are simply too comfortable to really do what needs to be done even though we can see what’s happening right in front of us. The workers have lost their spirit. We’ve been bought off and conditioned to look down on people with contempt instead of looking up where that contempt really belongs.

It’s all so obvious and yet so missed.



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In the winter we can "write" our name in the snow ToxMarz 17 hrs ago #10
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NAH! MyOwnPeace 17 hrs ago #14
They will need an industrial site to deal with all the pee Jimi du Ranty 17 hrs ago #19
It'll become synonymous with kissing the Blarney Stone. Mr. Evil 14 hrs ago #42
So the next Democratic president could have the EPA designate Mar-a-Lago a toxic waste hazard, bulldoze sop 18 hrs ago #5
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Confiscate Trump Tower & make it an IRS office Captain Zero 16 hrs ago #28
Oooooooooo! That's good too! MyOwnPeace 16 hrs ago #35
Mierde Lardo is already a toxic sewer of human Hey Joe 16 hrs ago #29
But he/she will not do that. Justice matters. 16 hrs ago #34
+1 dalton99a 14 hrs ago #45
He's not wrong. BlueTsunami2018 18 hrs ago #6
Obviously, no one. PittBlue 17 hrs ago #7
So Far! Cha 6 hrs ago #53
I think the city ornotna 17 hrs ago #12
We watched Sully recently and I'd agree that they should not be underestimated LT Barclay 17 hrs ago #22
Obviously, it was a hypothetical. BlueTsunami2018 6 hrs ago #50
You seem to have an answer ornotna 6 hrs ago #52
That's fair. BlueTsunami2018 5 hrs ago #56
I think pitchforks is something that can be done. I have two, a three prong and a ten prong silage fork. twodogsbarking 17 hrs ago #8
More like automatic weapons dave99 17 hrs ago #17
Believe me, that is EXACTLY, Precisely what they want popsdenver 16 hrs ago #32
Absolutely loony toons MustLoveBeagles 17 hrs ago #11
So basically we need to guard these treasures personally 24x7 Raven123 17 hrs ago #13
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Courts of equity have broad powers like injunction, specific performance, and restitution since the XIIIth Century! Ponietz 17 hrs ago #18
The SCUSPD officer assigned to the courtroom should have immediately smacked that attorney upside the head and dragged ChicagoTeamster 17 hrs ago #20
Both DOJ lawyer & the DOJ are WRONG. The Statue of Liberty was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984, and ancianita 17 hrs ago #21
Maybe so, but does the US still recognize UNESCO as a legitimate organization? TheRickles 16 hrs ago #23
Excellent question when it comes to this administration. ancianita 16 hrs ago #25
The felon's criminal clownish administration doesn't care about any "foreign" Justice matters. 16 hrs ago #36
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That's the Spirit & Attitude Cha 6 hrs ago #54
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I'm your huckleberry. Pick me! Jacson6 16 hrs ago #26
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And if you really think the midterm elections will save us... EarthAbides 16 hrs ago #31
Trump would erect a statue of himself in its place. twodogsbarking 16 hrs ago #33
You got THAT right............ MyOwnPeace 16 hrs ago #38
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The White House is also federal property, and including the East Wing and the Rose Garden FakeNoose 15 hrs ago #40
the last line from the new republic: orleans 14 hrs ago #44
They already have, mzmolly 15 hrs ago #41
While that person is bulldozing the Statue of Liberty... Mr. Evil 14 hrs ago #43
I've seen this movie before.... 🦧🗽🦍 Tanuki 13 hrs ago #46
The courts have to set limits on what they consider "official acts". dickthegrouch 13 hrs ago #47
And what would happen if he did ?? kentuck 13 hrs ago #48
Totalitarian The Wizard 6 hrs ago #51
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