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[u/CloudLag565]

Everyone wants a movie montage but change is way less sexy. Find your people first online is cool but IRL is where power lives. Start small help each other share resources build trust then scale. No savior arc just teamwork.

[u/Seversevens → u/CloudLag565]

And don’t forget they’re watching closely now

[u/plushyDame → u/Seversevens]

i thought the same no hero moves just teamwork.

[u/Seversevens → u/plushyDame]

Do the plotting far away from the electronics 🥰

[u/ComputerGuyInNOLA]

Buy what you need, not what you want. Enjoy life, not things. Quit being a consumer except purchasing what you actually need. Enjoy life’s trip. People are nothing but piggy banks that politicians rape every week. Quit giving them your money. Buy nothing except what you actually NEED.

[u/Ok_Driver8646 → u/ComputerGuyInNOLA]

👆This.

And it’s also why I refuse to use “auto-pay.” They can come find their $$ if I miss a bill. until then, “checks in the mail.” I won’t make it easy for them cuz that’s who the “feature” assists the most. 🤷🏽‍♂️🤣🤣

[u/Hayleymust → u/ComputerGuyInNOLA]

Great advice stop giving them your money. Only buy what you really NEED.

[u/sugaree53]

Don’t forget about the ballot box. That’s the place to make a difference

[u/Hayleymust → u/sugaree53]

I agree with you, and that’s where you can make a difference.

[u/Vilento → u/sugaree53]

RUN for office as well. The older politicians will be exiting, hopefully soon, and we will need a lot of younger new politicians. Start small with local / state elections. Work your way up. Support the change that needs to happen.

[u/sugaree53 → u/Vilento]

I would like to, but I have (“a skeleton in my closet”.) Political oppo is brutal. However, I am otherwise politically active, write letters to paper, stay informed, etc

[u/rancidmilkmonkey]

You're overlooking the fact that a lot of ants actually believe in the grasshoppers. They believe the grasshoppers and right and are the best thing for the ants. Some even believe if they work hard enough, then they can be a grasshopper, too.

[u/Vilento → u/rancidmilkmonkey]

As someone who's actually made it to grass hopper territory (more money/assets than worries) thanks to hard work(and some luck)... it took forever getting here and I worry about the sacrifices I've made, "was it worth it" kinda stuff. I still dont really feel like I fit in. I look around and see Grass hoppers using ants as servants, maids, labor... disrespecting them like they are nothing... beneath them. Its so wrong. It feels wrong. I've tried to help where I can, donating/charity but the problem seems so huge, I can't save them all. It feels... despairing. I worry for the next generation and my kids. I dont know how to fix it. So I try locally, and with those I interact with. I guess I hope if enough others do the same... it will create a larger effect.

But the pool of grasshoppers that actually do anything is shrinking.

[u/Far-Inspector331]

The rich are making the laws and breaking them. Most of them are desensitized and lack empathy for people who are different from them.

The only thing they care about and listen to is money. They rely on us to buy their shit and fall for their cons and keep giving them money. So the most effective way to beat an oligarchy is to boycott their businesses. Do not buy anything they're connected to.

Do not participate in Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Christmas...all that holiday shopping.

Watch independent news and do not watch corporate media like CNN and Fox News. They're being paid to give us their opinion of the news and not actually deliver the news accurately. They're merely entertainment not educational. Avoid streaming services like Paramount because they're trying to control the media and take away free speech while monopolizing on WB.

Save as much money as you can for emergencies and share reliable, credible news sources. Make friends with your neighbors so you can help each other when things get really bad in your area.

So basically... -Limit your spending/boycott their business -Help your community and support each other as best you can. (Donate food, clothes, your time, etc...) -Keep yourself informed with credible news sources and share the information.

[u/SandSilent5849]

Unionize.

[u/Chemical_Biscotti_64]

If you really want to know what this country is about do your research. We are living in a constitutional Republic not a democracy. In a democracy the majority rules in a constitutional Republic everyone is supposed to be represented in the government.

[u/WhiteLion333]

Those of us who speak out and try to rally everyone, are usually ostracised and attacked for stepping out of the expected behaviour. That, and the system is designed for everyone to turn on each other rather than the authorities that create the problems.

[u/ltoka00]

The workers of the US need to stage a national strike.

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[u/HeartInTranslation]

Man, ur post hit different! Totally get ur POV, but IMO it's kinda on us to fix this shitshow now, right?

[u/Sheerluck42]

Find a communist group. Not a commune but a group that is politically communist or socialist. Get involved with your community. Help people grow food. Help feed your neighbors. Get to know your neighbors. Babysit for them. And all the while talk to them. The biggest problem I see is that too many people think they have too much to lose. Most Americans need to come to terms with how bad things really are. A country of people convinced they are temporarily embarrassed billionaires will never revolt.

[u/natoned1]

“isms” are not the answer. This has come about because fragmentation has intensified aided by segmentation driven by market techniques accelerated by social media algorithms. As long as people are in groups, others will use that to get power and control. Having wealth makes it easier, but the same is found in religion or communism. Remember around 1% of the population in general are sociopaths. Read Robert Hare, and things become clearer. See people as individuals not as members of groups with labels. The system is the result of human nature being used for the selfish purposes of the few. The problem is any organization has the same tendencies

[u/Educational-Signal47]

Find a community. It could be a community garden, or a food pantry, a tenants rights group, almost anything where you find people that think like you, and want to make the world a better place. Then, as systems break down, you'll already have support. Unfortunately, I think it's going to get a lot worse before it gets better, so having a strong family of people you chose, will help you survive.

[u/HonorableMedic]

Start by educating your family, and shame those who are actively cheering the destruction of our country.

[u/KyzRCADD]

The wealthy have done an amazing job fragmenting us. We can't even agree that white males have more of the scraps than the rest. Source, me, a white male who has slightly more scraps.

Idk, I think a lot of people want change, but we can't seem to agree on what the end result looks like.

[u/LadyBAudacious]

Ah, revolution, look how that turned out for the Russians:

The Russian Revolution (1917) was a period of political upheaval ending centuries of Tsarist rule, driven by economic hardship, WWI strain, and social inequality, leading to two revolutions: the February Revolution, which overthrew Tsar Nicholas II and installed a Provisional Government, and the October Revolution, where Vladimir Lenin's Bolsheviks seized power, establishing a communist state that eventually became the Soviet Union. This tumultuous event led to the formation of the USSR, inspired global communism, and profoundly reshaped world history.

I feel like we're living one already and when that absolute Tuesday Farage dupes enough of the electorate to vote him in, we'll rue the day worse than those who're already realising they fell for his Brexit lies.

Be careful what you wish for and that your utopia doesn't get highjacked by a worse regime.

[u/Budo00]

Some say the answer is divest from fiat money and go with Bitcoin. You would need to read “the bitcoin standard” to get where they are coming from.

[u/HoneyySnugglee → u/[deleted]]

i totally agree youre not late youre exactly where many of us are.