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imnotinthewitnessprotectionprogram
Don’t write anything down. I’m already a master at that!
derekjohn
The problem with the constitution is that it's so difficult to put across the meaning in pictures, this completely throws many people.
Kwyjybo
words of wisdom
Rendova
Read history about resistance and social disruption. Will stiffen resolve and share practical tips. Distract, deceive, disrupt....not all capes are on maps.
fantabuloustimewaster
Note: posted June 2018
fcib
So. Did it work?
RandomUser673
People did too good a job resisting last time. The moderates didn’t realize how dangerous he was and got caught up in GOP propaganda
JohnSmithterms
Sand in the gears, sugar in a gas tank, a tiny drill puncture hole in a car electric battery
Shaodyn
Sometimes, resistance just means either malicious compliance or deliberately being really bad at the job you're supposed to do. Sometimes both at once.
Shaodyn
Or there's something I liked to call Be Really Stupid. Pester your bosses at every turn, make them confirm every step of what you're supposed to be doing. Refuse to do anything without your boss right there helping you. The thing still gets done, but it takes a lot longer and is a lot more headache for everybody involved.
Shaodyn
And, if you're lucky, other stuff gets slowed down if not completely stopped because your boss can't do anything else.
SF0X
I’m sure the last part is humorous, not serious, right? There’s also a whole open-source manual from the OSS (office of strategic services) AKA CIA for how people can engage in organizational sabotage. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26184
idownvoteplottwist
are you really so dense you doubt that?
ParaspriteHugger
I like the chapter on sabotage through corporate culture and meetings.
EroticZombiePants
The Fourth point is working perfectly for the ones in control right now.
IncognitoEnthusiast
Now this is a proper list about how to fight facism, the one that gets passed around is a fairytail scenario that never works. Do what you can, with what you have, while staying safe. The resistance takes all forms, men of war and men of care, maidens fierce and maidens fair.
MissSiesta
Norwegian teachers were instructed to teach NAZI ideology. They all refused and eventually the NAZIs had to capitulate and give up their demands
https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/norwegian-teachers-prevent-nazi-takeover-education-1942
Hovencl00f
Shitshizpants seems unaware that he promised to obey and defend the Constitution when e took his oath of office.
magichal
Nah, he just doesn't care.
memeseeks
I think they meant gazpacho.
Huor
Yeah but there's still no Gestapo in the US of A. Right now, mass action would really have an impact.
leodavinci1
Think so? Even if true (which I doubt), just wait. They'll name it something patriotic.
Huor
Oh no, they’ll call it something.
foreverinchains
They already did. At the moment, they're called ICE.
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DiarmuidRyan
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CaledonianSky
I'm addition to the above suggestion; Max Manus, The Twelfth Man and Narvik, all great films. The King's Choice/Kongen's Nei is also good.
Efreeti
He came to my middle school class once. Amazing man.
nekosupernova
Know any good movies about resistance to fascism that aren't about Hitler/WWII? No issue with those, just looking for more variety.
magichal
Just saw this comment and went and watched it. It's great.
HardTimeKillinFoulNews
I work in public administration (not in the US), and I'm afraid that, in the 21st century, number 2 may turn out to be much more difficult to implement. With all the computerized processes we've got going on, everything I do is triple-checked, hierarchy knows exactly what I do, when and how I do it. Bureaucratic resistance today would need cooperation at all levels, from managers, to accounting, to (especially) IT. Losing a paper trail is easier than losing a computer trail without IT support.
PresldentClef
That redundancy probably saves you over there from this kind of fascism, I hope; it's the ineptitude, the not double-checking and just letting illegal shit happen, that got us where we are in the US.
HardTimeKillinFoulNews
I suppose it does, to a point. The software tools I wield in my daily work are a double-edged blade. On the one hand, it's the working backbone of our social security system. On the other hand, in the event of a fascist takeover of my country, these tools could turn us into Brazil (the film, not the country).
LtRooney
OSS Field Manual #3 has a number of still actionable pieces of advice for deliberate bureaucratic incompetence: /gallery/apropos-of-nothing-oss-field-manual-3-simple-sabotage-67GbOtv
HardTimeKillinFoulNews
Thank you, that was an interesting read. I'm downloading that for future emergencies (and hope I never have to use it)
IDontKnowWhatToDoAnymoreAndImTired
Computers are far easier to break than they are to keep running.
HardTimeKillinFoulNews
I suppose you're right. Despite working with computers all day, outside of their regular work software, a lot of office workers really are grossly incompetent when it comes to IT itself, so it would be easy to just lean into the collective computer illiteracy and pretend I don't know what I'm doing.
IDontKnowWhatToDoAnymoreAndImTired
Plus, there are things you can do to a computer that don't look like obvious sabotage. Static discharges. A couple drops of water in the right place. And with the ever present threat of ransomware, there's a legion out there who are willing to take advantage of "clueless" employees.
thedarklord187
I know you were probably being sarcastic at the end there but for the sake of my own sanity I'd like to point out that Trump has probably honestly never read or even knows the first sentence of the Constitution.
aslum
This was posted in the middle of Trumps first term.
powwerbottom
Last week he literally said "I don't know" when an interviewer asked if he was required to uphold the constitution. We are fucked
idownvoteplottwist
"probably"
Isorikk
He literally affirmed this like a week ago when asked if all citizens have a right to due process
PresldentClef
To further reassure, yes, it was sarcasm. And it wasn't mine, this was a post way back in '16. Damn shame it stays relevant.
IfItQuacksLikeADuck
It was already obvious that something was seriously brewing back then but almost everyone kept dowplaying and denying.
Thesaya
The last one is even more relevant, even.
Gestalt7
Certainly no warnings signs in the current administration...
GCRust
He literally took an oath - repeated verbatim - to protect and defend the Constitution, and his response to the softball question of a nationally televised interview if the President was supposed to defend the Constitution was "I don't know!"
PowerPedant
I honestly think that he didn't listen to what he was repeating.
HelikaformerNubisKnight9
It was not only a "I don't know" but much more a " I don't care".
biggp2
JD vance also said they will not uphole parts of the constitution they dont like (in his words the woke parts)
geekykeycap
I hate this timeline. The "woke" parts of the constitution jfc. Same people taking issue with Christianity as being "woke"
powwerbottom
When they say "woke" they mean "civil rights"
DesperateDunn365
Yes. Woke is just a byword for "thing I don't like"
FeChefImgur
I'm not an American so I've got no idea what the first sentence would be. Is this something that people would be expected to know ? I am genuinely curious.
thedarklord187
It depends honestly where you grew up I suppose in America but most schools I say most because obviously you have the crazy right-wing schools that don't believe in things like that. Most schools will teach your high school kids whole history sections on the Constitution what it means why it's important what the founding fathers intended and how their philosophies were intertwined with the events of the world at the time.
HavelTh3Rock
You're expected to at least have a vague idea of what it says, I don't know a single person that can still recite any of it ad verbatim (I used to have the preamble memorized, but that was just for school when I was a kid), but most people that actually give a shit about it, as you should, have some idea of at least the "important" amendments.
iusedtodream
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Salticido
Some have already pointed out that it's generally taught in school, but just FYI many Americans forget what they learned in school (if they even had a good grasp on it to begin with). The average American is apolitical & wouldn't likely use that learning enough to remember it longterm, plus when we talk about the constitution, we're usually talking about the first few amendments, so those would be more salient than the preamble. But as someone else said, politicians ARE expected to know.
Qualtagh
It's like engineers knowing certain formulas or doctors knowing diagnostic criteria-- anyone might benefit a bit from knowing it, but the relevant professions are the people who are expected to know it.
2074red2074
We all learn it with this song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_NzZvdsbWI It's not correct though, it's "We the people OF THE UNITED STATES" but that last bit would fuck up the song structure so they omit it.
sometimesarobot
I've never read it, but I know the general gist. I am not, however, a politician, and a politician should know the major political papers the country was founded on
PuzzledCompletely
And, just like signing a document, you should know what the oath you are taking actually is about.
knivesthebrutal
Yeah its an Oath, not merely some pinky promise. It's supposed to mean something.
boxbackknitties
Well, when I was in school in the 80/90's, we at least read and discussed parts of it and had some parts loosely memorized. It begins with the "We the people" part: We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
GreenJayBird
Same. Graduated in '09 and we had the preamble memorized and could outline the major sections