There will be times when the struggle seems impossible. Alone, unsure, dwarfed by the scale of the enemy. Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction. Random acts of insurrection are occurring constantly. There are whole armies, battalions that have no idea that they’ve already enlisted in the cause. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear.

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  • Rhaedas@fedia.iotopolitics @lemmy.worldAOC Must Run For President
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    14 days ago

    Senate seat or Speaker of the House, let her gain more power in Congress and help to transform the other seats there to progressives a state and district at a time. Also keeps her potentially in control longer than even an eight term Presidential position. Granted, it is possible to drop back down to Congress after President, but I don’t think it’s been done much or at all, and certainly not in today’s world where the security would be a big deal. Her momentum and baggage, even if it was a good Presidency, will impede her work, and again that’s eight years lost in changing the larger picture of the government. The long term goals are I think far more important here than the next four or eight years.






  • First of all, we’re not there yet, but to maybe avoid any future conflicts depicted in scifi, we should narrow the rights protected to persons, and then define what a person is that doesn’t constrict it to human. Or at least leave it open enough to allow different concepts of self aware beings while cutting off the very broad definition that allows a company to qualify.



  • Anything you can’t build and repair when it breaks is worthless for a long term situation. Unless long term means a week or so and then civilization returns, like after a bad storm. Hand, water, and gravity powered energy storage are not pretty or as much energy, but they’ll keep going long after panels break or wear out. Then there’s how to store the power, batteries are a lot more complicated if you want something that you can redo or make vs. scavenging. Again, it’s the line between even a bad outage with eventual resolution or complete loss.