Post B2DURB5zc0ZAWVLWgC by peter@thepit.social
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(DIR) Post #B2DUR9y9nehj1ufkpM by peter@thepit.social
2026-01-12T17:01:46Z
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i have a hard time imagining this ending without violence. i would prefer it to be the violence of state security forces in uniforms and judges in robes, but it either ends in violence or it doesn't end.
(DIR) Post #B2DURB5zc0ZAWVLWgC by peter@thepit.social
2026-01-12T17:04:48Z
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gotta level with you guys: peaceful protest doesn't work. maybe it used to, but it really hasn't for the last couple decades. for whatever reason, once authoritarian regimes settle in, it has become **very hard** to remove them without violence. i've got a lot of examples. Venezuela, Egypt, Turkey, Nicaragua, Iran.
(DIR) Post #B2DURBejWqM6GFbGpU by peter@thepit.social
2026-01-12T17:07:28Z
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the last chance i see is that maybe there's enough of a vestige of a democratic state left in the US to pull back from the brink after the midterms, but i don't see Democratic lawmakers and civil society being at all serious about coalescing into the kind of smart, daring opposition/unified front you need to take on an authoritarian project.
(DIR) Post #B2DURC75pP2ZgCrv28 by peter@thepit.social
2026-01-12T17:09:01Z
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hope i'm wrong! everything looks **very** bad.
(DIR) Post #B2DURCfpkEpVPx7fBQ by peter@thepit.social
2026-01-12T17:17:57Z
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this kind of thing is good, but we need to see **way** more of it. i think it's possible to turn things around, but only if the Democrats with power (**all** of them) start talking like this. loudly and clearly and with a single voice.
(DIR) Post #B2DURCxYgL0YIvPooK by nach@detroitriotcity.com
2026-01-12T18:09:25.035088Z
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@peter calling ICE on you retard
(DIR) Post #B2DUzeCxsYuYey2ljk by dj@parcero.casa
2026-01-12T18:15:07.564770Z
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@peter Word to your motha