Did non violent protesting stop the Nazis last time? That's my issue with all of you. We're here. We've arrived at fascism. It isn't a slow slide; it's here and now. Violence is happening, but we aren't fighting. We're following the allowed, legal path of protesting and yet the fascists are still in control and gaining more control each day. I get that it's hard to give up comforts and safety, but that reality is coming for us whether we want it to or not.

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

The protesting is working though. Why do you think Trump hasn't deployed federal agents to a city in a state with a democratic governor since the injunction following LA? Why do you think ICE operations keep being disrupted? Organizing works too. It's hard for the fascists to economically crush your community when your community joins together to help itself. You know what the fascists would love? For more people to be economically depressed which is exactly what not filing your taxes will do (plus you realize they can just seize your funds to pay taxes right? Also there's literally nothing stopping the federal government from just spending money without paid taxes. It already operates at a significant deficit) you're literally advocating for action that will do nothing but hurt the very people trying to help and have zero impact on those in power.

If you want to yell at people to do something, tell them to become active in their communities. Tell them to get to know their neighbors, form mutual aid networks in their local communities. This will actively help people whether the gestapo is coming knocking or not. Yelling at people to not file their taxes just further insulates them from their communities and makes them more vulnerable

[–] the_q@lemmy.zip 1 points 14 hours ago

Alright.