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[–] [email protected] 6 points 21 hours ago

I don't always agree with this user but they're speaking the truth.

I tell people as often as I can, especially my trans and bipoc friends; now is the time. Get a couple guns (a long one and a short one) and learn how to use them. Learn some basic first aid, you really just need to know how to stabilize someone. Start networking with like-minded people in your communities. The police will not protect us, they’ve proven they’ll happily club senior citizens to the ground and shoot any protesters in the face with rubber bullets while escorting a rightwing murderer to safety.

Our current situation really is the culmination of almost 70 years of rightwing efforts.

It’s a long listen but worth checking out How Conservatism Won by Robert Evans. He lays out in a clear concise way “how a consortium of rich failsons got together to fund a network of right wing think tanks and shift American culture in a fun new direction. (note: it was not actually fun at all).” Those think tanks are now pipelines used to funnel ideological purists into powerful positions like our current Supreme Court and undoubtedly the president-elects new cabinet and policy-writers.