And what would keep conservatism from sprouting once again in this scenario?

Conservatism is not the issue; the issue is capitalism. Put the capitalists against the wall.

What makes you say that? It has went over perfectly well for the Trump team, and it was honestly a huge success for them in legitimizing this push for supreme executive power.

Can’t wait till I’m hunkered in my basement with a shotgun and my last cans of food, all to see a mouse run by and realize I just got infected.

That playbook is literally how the US justice system has worked since pretty much the beginning. Our constitution explicitly enshrines the right to keep slaves.

And calling the Gulag Archipeligo a “first hand account” is laughable. That book is basically folklore and rumors.

When a “good” solution ultimately defangs or sedates workers with otherwise radical potential, then no, a “good” solution is inadequate and should be thrown out. Why is everyone bleating this empty aphorism all around lemmy? The simple fact is that the only way we are going to steer ourselves out of this devolution into fascism is with a hail mary: some sort of labor movement, a geopolitical shock, a massive strike, etc… And this (almost religious) faith in “good solutions” or half measures is not worth anything. It’s copium. It’s toxic positivity in the form of blind, religious hope.

From the DSA instagram 6 days ago:

Why didn’t the “economic blackout” change anything?

Stocks rose Friday instead of falling, and there was no sign that the “economic boycott” that spread across social media had any impact whatsoever, other than maybe being a promotional tool for smaller businesses.

Why didn’t it work and what would work instead?

We don’t have power as “consumers”.

Working people are always going to need to buy things. And even if a large portion of workers stopped buying everyday goods from Target or Starbucks, we’d still need to pay rent, pay the mortgage, pay utilities, and ultimately depend on a larger supply chain. You can’t “opt-out” of capitalism.

Boycotts that work are focused on a clear target and have with a specific demand, and are built on long-term, deep organizing. But even then, as a tactic, a boycott isn’t going to be what brings the economy to a halt to stop the Trump agenda.

We have power as workers.

In January 2019, a 35 day shutdown of the federal government came to an end after the flight attendants union announced their intention to strike. Such a strike would have grounded a large percentage of air travel, which even if just for a short period of time would have had a devastating impact on the US economy.

If we want to hit the ruling class where it hurts we need to organize as workers, not as consumers. Our power is in collectively withholding our labor, not withholding our dollars (which we only have in the first place by selling our labor).

Strikes are organized, not mobilized.

Strikes don’t happen because someone made an Instagram post calling for it and then everyone thought it was a good idea.

Strikes are the result of long-term organizing that builds tightly structured organization through a series of escalating actions that show the level of support for the union, which if successful leave workers confident and the boss afraid.

A strike can’t work if only a minority of workers walk out either. Strikes require a supermajority of workers to be effective.

So what can you do?

Join an organization like DSA that is working to build the kind working class power necessary not just to beat back Trump’s attacks but to win a better world.

Join the labor movement. Organize at work, in your union if you have one, and get trained on the secrets of successful organizing through organizations like Labor Notes. Looking for a new job? Consider taking a job in a “strategic sector” like healthcare, education, or logistics.

Stop scrolling and start talking to your coworkers, your neighbors, friends, and family. The revolution will not be posted. Revolutions are made through organizing.

You’re thinking i could make a bash script that pauses all torrents and a cronjob that restarts containers with some timing built in?

You may already know this, but if not, you should be aware that there is growing concern regarding the lack of oversight surrounding cadaver donations to science.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bodies-donated-to-science-largely-unregulated-cbs-reports/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49198405

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn7egDQ9lPg

If Costco believed that a move such as the one in the headline was a common sense, good for business strategy, then why did they draw it out over months and months of grueling union negotiations, probably spending untold millions on lawyers?

The union strong armed Costco into making this decision - as they should.

This is literally right off the back of Costco making these negotiations as difficult as possible for the union. https://teamster.org/2025/01/costco-walks-away-from-bargaining-table/

On top of that, this new move was so lackluster that a strike could still be on the table. https://www.npr.org/2025/01/31/nx-s1-5280640/costco-pay-raises-teamsters-union-threatens-strike

“Costco is still shorting their workers because nonunion workers lack the retirement security of a defined benefit pension plan and the job protections that come with a union contract,” McQuaid said in an email.

Companies are not things to love. The progress we see in this headline was because of the hard work of unions - NOT the goodness in Costco’s heartbeat

All Biden had to do to secure a chance at winning was simply not commit genocide. Pretty low bar.

Thank God Biden managed to eek out the rest of his genocide before handing it over to republicans

FTFY

Congrats to all the “democrats can do no wrong, so please ignore Biden’s ongoing genocide” who seriously thought they could get Arab Americans in Dearborn to vote for a man carrying out genocide against their brothers and sisters.

Sure… definitely NOTHING wrong with the democratic strategy. All of our problems are because people simply didn’t vote correctly.

Well they don’t love you.

They can tout DEI and idpol all they want. They’re still stiffing union workers.

Companies are not things to love.

How did you get your users through the tailscale process? I fear the tailscale sign in process is dissuading my potential users.

Did you even read the article?

To understand how the bird flu got out of hand, KFF Health News interviewed nearly 70 government officials, farmers and farmworkers, and researchers with expertise in virology, pandemics, veterinary medicine, and more.

Together with emails obtained from local health departments through public records requests, this investigation revealed key problems, including deference to the farm industry, eroded public health budgets, neglect for the safety of agriculture workers, and the sluggish pace of federal interventions.

I have provided you with a plethora of experts who explain that this avian fku outbreak is directly linked to American officials dropping the ball, but those silly scientists and experts must have forgotten that viruses predate capitalism… what does that even mean?

You do realize that Biden just oversaw 4 years of conditions that led to explosion of bird flu, right?

Bird flu has been brewing for years. Biden has been president.

Experts say they have lost faith in the government’s ability to contain the outbreak.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/24/health/america-bird-flu-next-pandemic-kff-health-news/index.html

Stop trying to slyly pin this upcoming pandemic on Donald Trump. The upcoming pandemic is a result of decades of regulatory capture and a for-profit Healthcare system that both Democrats and Republicans oversaw at the behest of their billionaire handlers. The issue is not Donald Trump; it is liberal capitalism.

“The bad cop is the only reason we’re in this mess. The good cop has been honest and reassuring us that they’re trying their hardest to ensure we get treated fairly.”

Do you think Biden would potentially pardon Luigi?