You’re over complicating things. You are a willing participant in the political ...

scarecrowbob · 2025-01-23T07:01:32 1737615692

"Willing" in what sense? What's my realistic alternative? Lay it on me.

I didn't vote, for what it's worth. I don't think it's ethical to participate in that kind of thing.

The US is 2 crimes and a real estate scam in a trench coat. When I was younger, I indeed thought that maybe it had some legitimacy, but after having read quite a lot of the history of the millions that the government here has enslaved and murdered I no longer thing it's legitimate.

I understand that they have the guns and the power, but realistically I am not a willing participant in this system.

refurb · 2025-01-23T11:41:08 1737632468

> "Willing" in what sense? What's my realistic alternative? Lay it on me.

Leave the country. I did it.

> I didn't vote, for what it's worth. I don't think it's ethical to participate in that kind of thing.

That's your choice.

You have plenty of options. Get involved politically. Organize. Fund raise.

Plenty of opportunity to affect the outcome. But you'd rather just complain about it online.

scarecrowbob · 2025-01-23T19:55:43 1737662143

Yeah, "just colonize somewhere else" is pretty much the response that I expected.

I spent last night doing a shift till 4 in the morning at a warming center for folks who don't have houses, and I've spent the last several months working on taking an off grid chunk of property to a place where I can host full families of folks to "come and play music".

None of that makes the US government one bit more legitimate.

refurb · 2025-01-24T02:09:44 1737684584

> Yeah, "just colonize somewhere else" is pretty much the response that I expected.

How is immigrating to a new country "colonizing"? Are you suggesting Mexicans (for example) who come to the US are "colonizing" it?

> None of that makes the US government one bit more legitimate.

Of course not, why would it?