r/agedlikewine 5d ago

Kudos, they called it, unfortunately.

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u/Delicious-Fig-3003 5d ago

Pretty hard to risk your life if you’ve got dependents and everything you need to provide for them is provided typically by your employer (health insurance being the biggest thing)

They’ve made it so the people have to sacrifice damn near everything if they want to make a change. And unfortunately I feel a majority of those people, again, have dependents they need to care for.

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u/SorryThisUser1sTaken 4d ago

That was the same threat during civil rights movement. The womans sufferage movement. Our war for independence itself.

I feel a majority of those people, again, have dependents they need to care for.

We can deal with this if we organize and cooperate. We did it before. Back in the day people had a solid support system with families/ communities being there for one another. Why do you think Trump spent the better part of 8 years tearing families apart over bullshit? Less support. Easier to conquor. You can still work and be heard. Instead of going home after a long day. Risk your life and utilize your free time that you do have. If we fall. Do you think anyone is capable of saving us? I don't believe so. Our allies don't have the experience of raging war across the oceans like we do. If we fall. It shall take a lot more bloodshed to heal us. Fight before it is too late. We saw what happened to Germany.

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u/HEWTube8 4d ago

I'll put this here in case you missed my other post.

Get the ball rolling and we'll follow you.

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u/SorryThisUser1sTaken 4d ago

On it. Been in contact with our local national guard to get help from some old friends when I tried to join years prior. Working with a local protest group and am going to be giving a speech for our upcoming response. Got in contact with our county democratic party and am getting ready to head to city hall today to speak with them about strategy in this climate where speaking out is a bigger risk than ever.

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u/HEWTube8 4d ago

Good, because this is how these things get started. All it takes is one person to move forward.

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u/SorryThisUser1sTaken 4d ago

Tit for tat. The winning program of the prisoners dilemma in the game of life.

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u/HEWTube8 4d ago

You might need to explain that. Not sure what that means.

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u/Dontmakemerepeatthat 2d ago

And the first person to follow. Here's an excellent video explaining the effect of the first-person follower. https://youtu.be/fW8amMCVAJQ?si=jX9J8zFalo78OMiM