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Just because they’re doing it sloppily doesn’t mean it’s not disappearing.

Or maybe we should wait a decade before we refer to it as what it is.

Nothing wrong with that sample size, it's plenty.

~~Deporting.~~ Disappearing.

"Because we fucking felt like it, removed. What you gonna do about it?"

I feel like this speaks to the usefulness of faith as much as it does to the cult-blindness of the damned.

This is ultimately going to take everyone, at every level of risk and action. Every individual person has a level of risk they're willing to take on right now. As the landscape of this conflict evolves, you may find yourself willing to take on more risk than you're prepared to today.

So - do things which either match the risk level you align with today:

• Don't talk to cops
• Join or create mutual aid groups
• Go protest, because your presence is supportive of other people present, passing by, and especially people who are rightfully too scared to look anyone in the eye right now
• With regard to protests, bring water, milk (for pepper spray), mylar emergency blankets, snacks, first aid, garbage bags to clean up after as necessary
• If you have knowledge of someone else's resistance activites which might get them in trouble, no you don't
• If someone you know wants to travel to protest, support them with supplies, gas/food/lodging money
• Connect people with other like-minded people, especially if they're interested in taking on more risk than you are able to; their efforts will be greater together than separate
• Get into a mindset of "If I have to GTFO right now, what would that look like?" Leave more space between your car and others, especially at stops, and look for exit paths
• Keep your gas tanks and cans full, for either your emergency use or someone else's
• Water, too
• Have pepper spray

... or things which will prepare you to take larger risks when you're ready to (or have to):

• Make room in your house for people who might need to take shelter
• Arm yourself, and practice
• Put together a "go bag", include camping gear
• Get some black bloc clothing - oversized lightweight black top and pants, make them easy to put on/take off over clothes and shoes - buy from thrift stores as you are able
• Build relationships with other like-minded people so that you have more avenues for action when the time comes

There are all sorts of low-risk things you can do today. For every "front line infantry" in a conflict, there need to be ten or so people acting as support services, many of them way away from direct physical danger to themselves. It's going to take all of us, pulling together in a variety of ways, all efforts great and small. This isn't going to end soon, and it's not going to be pretty. Get prepared for the long haul, with the mindset that you may find yourself doing things tomorrow that you would never imagine today. Make yourself a little more prepared as often as you can.

What do you want us to do?

Get ready. Whatever that means for you today, do it. Be creative, and get a little bit out of your comfort zone. Reassess what those mean tomorrow; lather, rinse, repeat.

So far. Because the damage from completely fucking everything up is still ongoing, and will cost even more to fix, once the war is over.

For the passers-by in a similar spot without a family mechanic, then.

Let me know if you want any self-repair advice.

Star Trek TOS. Less than three years, 79 episodes, canceled for low ratings.

Or die trying. Either way, problem solved.