Can we... Do something about all the blatant treason already?
this post was submitted on 20 Feb 2024
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The government? The "justice" system? No, not really. Musk isn't breaking any laws, because he's a member of the oligarchy that makes the laws.
We the people can do a lot. Start by leaving Twitter and ignoring the Musk propaganda machine. Vote in every election and write to your local representatives, let them know what issues are important to you. Talk to your friends and neighbors about politics, and let them know where you stand. Make an effort in your community to be involved and keep track of what the dipshits are up to. Dipshits never rest, and they don't have to win every battle to encroach on the rights of others. So we all must remain vigilant.
And if that doesn't work, then plan for the revolution.
And if that doesn’t work, then plan for the revolution.
Don't wait until "that doesn't work." It's already not working well enough to turn the tide. My gut tells me that come November, no matter the outcome of the election, there are going to be a whole bunch of people who need protecting. I intend to be prepared for that eventuality.
Indeed, once faith in the system is eroded to the degree it has in you (and in me) we must all next figure out "what is to be done?"
The answer i have come up with so far is to read. I have been... exceptionally surprised to learn firsthand that the problems we face aren't new, and that smarter folks than me have put in a lot more thought than me.
I think the other bridge (learned from what little i have read) before actual revolution is community building, by that i mean doing anything and everything you can think of to replace the systems that have failed with the people who it have failed.
Because the way we're getting squeezed with no sign of slowing it is going to become less of a fantasy and more a necessity and how much we are hurt by its violence will have a lot to do with how much we are prepared.
And if that doesn't work, then plan for the revolution.
It hasn't been working for the last two decades. How long do we have to wait? A fucking century?
Ok, stop waiting. Viva la Revolution! You've already tried everything else I mentioned, so you should be well connected with the local political groups, and you should know who the enemy is locally. You should be able to come up with a plan for your local community. What do you have?
If Americans wanted Americans to care about the US, including treason against it, they shouldn't have voted to sell it, including its people, off wholesale to the capitalists.
I'd be angry about treason to our nation, if our nation didn't put many to most of us into positions of perpetual subsistence solely to further enrich our oligarch class that legally bribes and captures state and federal government.
This is where celebrated and encouraged core values of greed and sociopathy, oh I'm sorry "rational self-interest" and "rugged individualism" lead. Betrayal on all sides. No society, just people out for themselves, and those with power/capital inflicting their will on everyone else. The bed we've made.
Musk is a symptom of our American greed disease. We celebrate, deify, and wish to emulate our greediest, most sociopathic of fucks, when we should have been throwing rotten produce at them from day 1 as the Mr. Scrooge/Mr. Potter/Gordon Gecko villains and monsters they are and always were. Musk has the gravitas he has from when ya'll were cheering about his stupid wasteful antics like sending a car to space because he had money to burn. This extends to applauding any other billionaire, or reveling in gluttonous lifestyles of the Kardashians on Reality TV while every population center in the country has a homeless tent city.
If Americans wanted Americans to care about the US, including treason against it, they shouldn’t have voted to sell it, including its people, off wholesale to the capitalists.
That's kind of literally what the American Revolution was about, at least in the north.
Temporarily suspending a social media account is a pretty loose interpretation of treason wouldn't you say?
Acting in the interests of an adversarial foreign nation however isn't. Something Musks Twitter has been shown to do many times.
It's entirely possible he's committed treason running twitter. This ain't it though. Social media sites can ban anyone they want for any reason, or no reason at all. Calling things treason that aren't treason waters down the word. It should be reserved for actual treasonous activity, like Jan 6.
How do Musk's balls taste?