TommySoda

joined 2 years ago
[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 10 points 19 hours ago

I make less than all of those and live in one of the expensive states. Life is fun. :)

[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 63 points 1 day ago (4 children)

That's the problem with all these rich, weak, and narcissistic men in powerful positions that are currently dismantling everything. They are all using each other for their own goals. Fortunately for them they all have similar goals in mind for now. If Dear Leader kicks the bucket due to health issues, which is very likely, it's gonna be an absolute shit show while they all scramble to take all the power for themselves. There's no way in hell they all agree with the couch fucker taking the office next.

[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Well, yeah. How else is he supposed to abolish it?

[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

People that live in a car centric country where you cant go anywhere without one and can't afford a new car just yet. I have a relatively new car and relatively doing well financially, but if I had to buy a new car immediately I'd probably be fucked for the rest of the year. And the fact that the resale market for Tesla is probably not that great right now you won't get much money back by selling it. I am seeing a lot of Teslas with the logo taken off, though.

[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I still have RIF on my phone even though it doesn't work. Can't bring myself to delete it.

[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I definitely feel that. :)

[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

If the US makes it out of this regime in one piece i'm gonna be so glad to see America's ego knocked down. Of course, that'd be the best case scenario. Only time will tell if America even survives in its current form within the next decade.

[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I thought he was already dead, to be honest.

[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

You're acting like I said we shouldn't protest or fight back while I'm literally just talking about the curfew. And I'm not even saying it's 100% a good idea to have it in the first place, I'm just saying why I think it makes sense and how we can use it since ICE has been almost exclusively operating during the day to make it as obvious as possible. They have been and will continue to use our anger and fear against us and if we act on impulse we are doing exactly what they want us to do. These aren't just random ICE raids in random communities, they are specifically targeted raids in blue states in specific communities in order to manufacture a crisis that they can "respond" to.

If anything, we need to protest more and resist more. We are way past the point where we should have a general strike. I'm just saying that if things get more violent on our side we are absolutely fucked.

[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

And you're not wrong, but they are going to be doing that during the day for maximum effect. The kidnapping is the kindling and the police and military are the ignition. It's not an accident that they are doing this as cruelly as possible. It's literally the point. They are purposefully pushing us to a breaking point by kidnapping people in broad daylight so they can crack down and make themselves the heroes of the story for their propaganda machine. It's perfectly reasonable to be pissed off at everything they are doing, but if we don't look at the bigger picture then they win.

[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (5 children)

I kinda agree but also kinda disagree with the whole curfew idea. On one hand Trump is trying to incite violence in LA right now and this could potentially make it more difficult by limiting the amount of people in the area. People like looters that are taking advantage of the situation tend to wait until the sun goes down. But on the other hand this could feel like an unnecessary crackdown in and of itself against the protestors and could make them more anxious.

Also, around 20 people being detained is not "mass arrests." The article says that more than 500 people have already been arrested in recent days so this number almost seems low by comparison.

[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 77 points 4 days ago (5 children)

"You better come to my birthday party or you're gonna be sorry!"

 

Sorry about being later than usual! Had no WiFi or phone service all day. It's been on my mind all day though, I promise. :)

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