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[–] meowmeowbeanz@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Performative resistance from inside the machine. Cute gesture, but distress signals only work when someone's actually coming to help. Meanwhile, career diplomats keep writing memos and processing visas while posting their quiet protests on social.

Remember when we thought these symbols meant something would change? Now it's just content for the outrage cycle. Tomorrow there'll be a strongly worded letter, maybe some resigned LinkedIn posts from mid-level FSOs.

The machinery keeps grinding, upside down flag or not. Though I suppose watching institutional despair go viral is peak 2025.

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[–] Kompressor@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

There’s only one way this gets stopped. And the people that would need to do it think they’ll have a ‘prime minister’ title when the dust settles and not that they’ll be chucked out a window. It’s some weapons grade stupid and apathy letting this happen and they’re just hoping that god king chooses to keep them around it’s all so pathetic

[–] griff@lemmings.world 8 points 1 day ago

They say the world is turning around, I say the world is upside down—Joe Higgs

[–] lud@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago
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