It's been fun watching the community that shit on the concept of self defense, realize, that in fact it always needed it. Proud of you Imgur. Your growing up.
It’s insane how far into authoritarianism the US has gotten when it was obvious it was heading in that direction.
It seems like if you get to the point where you are trying to stop a government that is on that road, there is a good chance it’s too late. It seems the best way to stop authoritarianism is to address the people who support authoritarianism in the first place. How? That’s the question democracies must answer to save themselves.
Capitalism naturally trends towards fascism as the capitalist entities seek to subvert the state and entrench themselves. Also the sociopaths that become oligarchs rather rule over a pile of shit, than live as kings amongst equals. I could go on, but others have explained the minutia better than me and I got a job interview....
To me, capitalism looks a lot like feudalism but where the capital holders also directly ruling. There is a reason the word fiefdom is often used to describe corporate cultures.
People managed to pry apart the exotics and government to a degree but society really needs the concept of separation of business and state.
Also, it just means a cop has infinitely more power than a judge. They can sentence someone to death on a whim, without any evidence, no due process, nothing.
This isn't Tiktok, even not all social media sites are that restricted. It's a non-audible version of those idiots who say "unalived" on platforms where saying "killed" wouldn't get you banned, or who say it IRL. It's not just stupid, it's unnecessary.
Yeah, no. Most self-censorship is unnecessary and not actually preventing anything from being censored. It is however vital to dictatorships that people believe they have to self-censor themselves. Makes it much easier for them.
The point is to evade auto detection not to avoid all possible censorship angles. Stuff like this weren't made for Imgur but another social media platform. Sure we are allowed to cus and discuss suicide and such like that here but that's not true everywhere.
ansiichan
why do greens always resist violently ?
BuckIndy
rusrsdude
Bring back gunslingers?
maddeninglemon
The only conclusion to be drawn here is that green wasn't complying or he would have been fine. /s
IFoldlyGo
My conclusion is that this was the other option from that conveyor belt scene in the 1984 film 'Ice Pirates'.
BeastofKnowledge
It's been fun watching the community that shit on the concept of self defense, realize, that in fact it always needed it. Proud of you Imgur. Your growing up.
DdCno1
Peaceful resistance is far more powerful.
BeastofKnowledge
Sadly your gonna have to learn the hard way than. We've done this all before.
elementcarbon12
It’s insane how far into authoritarianism the US has gotten when it was obvious it was heading in that direction.
It seems like if you get to the point where you are trying to stop a government that is on that road, there is a good chance it’s too late. It seems the best way to stop authoritarianism is to address the people who support authoritarianism in the first place. How? That’s the question democracies must answer to save themselves.
DSREX
All that is left to figure out is, do we have the will to stop it or live and die under its thumb.
minipancho94
Capitalism naturally trends towards fascism as the capitalist entities seek to subvert the state and entrench themselves. Also the sociopaths that become oligarchs rather rule over a pile of shit, than live as kings amongst equals. I could go on, but others have explained the minutia better than me and I got a job interview....
elementcarbon12
To me, capitalism looks a lot like feudalism but where the capital holders also directly ruling. There is a reason the word fiefdom is often used to describe corporate cultures.
People managed to pry apart the exotics and government to a degree but society really needs the concept of separation of business and state.
IGetAllMyFactsFromHere
bekkayya
all of those things are objectively true
Hazearil
Also, it just means a cop has infinitely more power than a judge. They can sentence someone to death on a whim, without any evidence, no due process, nothing.
Illithidbane
Remember that the GOP, on the whole, is a cohort of abusers. They also believe that sexual relations under threat of violence is fine.
Rivalyn
That's a robber, not a burglar.
circlebreaker
ragekritz
also the ai image in the background is unneeded... but whatever
RevRagnarok
"Bow down to The Algorithm^(TM) or be unalived!" 🙄
circlebreaker
jackpkmn
You self censor or you get censored. Your stuff simply disappears into the void never to be seen by others.
circlebreaker
This isn't Tiktok, even not all social media sites are that restricted. It's a non-audible version of those idiots who say "unalived" on platforms where saying "killed" wouldn't get you banned, or who say it IRL. It's not just stupid, it's unnecessary.
jackpkmn
Ok, and not every image you could possibly see was made exclusively for distribution on Imgur.
DdCno1
Yeah, no. Most self-censorship is unnecessary and not actually preventing anything from being censored. It is however vital to dictatorships that people believe they have to self-censor themselves. Makes it much easier for them.
jackpkmn
The point is to evade auto detection not to avoid all possible censorship angles. Stuff like this weren't made for Imgur but another social media platform. Sure we are allowed to cus and discuss suicide and such like that here but that's not true everywhere.