cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/31008111
Ok so Trump has been elected president. I honestly don’t care whether it is the fault of the people that are constantly bickering online or the DNC platform.
To me all that matters is what are you going to do next.
Trump has outlined a plan, Agenda 47, and is probably in cahoots with the people that made Project 2025. They have spelled out every horrible thing they are going to do.
How are you individually planning to help stop/curtail these efforts?
Sabotaging oil rigs, stopping the destruction of abortion clinics, DIY medicine, guerilla gardening, etc.
The actions don’t have to be big, but we are currently in the position that the people who lived under Hitler went through can we please not take this sitting down.
- Donate to causes you believe in. Organizations like the ACLU will continue to fight tooth and nail against each unlawful policy.
- Volunteer for things you believe in
- Use your constitutional right to protest
- Stock up on supplies for a month
- Pack a bugout bag in case things get too out of hand and have an escape plan.
Take solace that 60 million people in this country, at a minimum, did not support this administration. That will be more present in the cities, and there are a lot of cities in this country.
We have power. We have voice. The federal government couldn’t take Afghanistan with 20 years of trying. The same applies here so long as we realize our potential and resist.
Disclaimer: I’m not American.
My plan is to cooperate with a local non-profit and start supplying dirt cheap drones to Ukrainians, since they’ll be needing more if ¹ US assistance gets cut by Trump. The cooperation has actually started since we didn’t wait for things to hit the fan. I hope we’ll pick up speed. Product development is terribly, nerve-stretchingly slow.
¹ more likely “when”, not “if”
For some reason, I suspect that many people have made a similar decision in Europe recently. Visited a civil engineering company recently. Saw engineers fitting a precise replica of a Browning 12.7 mm machine gun into something. Didn’t ask what it was - had no need to know - obviously some robotic system. It’s kind of sad that we’re undergoing a rush of militarization, but when the biggest member of an alliance starts to go haywire and there’s a conquering dictatorship next door, it’s pretty much the only thing that can be done to change the outcome.
First and foremost: at this juncture, I would implore everyone to keep OPSEC firmly in mind, and to take preemptive precautions.
Use a phone with Graphene OS, and use encrypted communication (preferably XMPP, but Signal at the very least. No technology is best)
with that said,
Mutual aid will be more important than ever, join and build up your local groups if you’re able, it will pay off in dividends in the coming years.
- Search your local area + ‘mutual aid’.
- Help your local food not bombs.
- Create a worker owned cooperative with your friends if possible, or join an existing one.
- Help spread the meshtastic network to build up communication resilience in your community.
- Plant trees in your community to help reduce the heat island effect for the coming heatwaves.
- Create or join a community garden near you to bolster food availability and foster connections with those around you.
- engage in guerrilla urbanism, make your community safer to walk or bike
- encourage your coworkers to unionize under the IWW, contact them for help on how to unionize your workplace.
- vote in your local elections to try and have a state or city government that is less hostile to the above actions, but continue to build decentralized power independently of them regardless. Do not make the mistake of handing off the responsibility to make things better to them, it’s up to YOU, and your community, and hopefully other nearby communities doing the same, but that is all.
- consider having the means to defend yourself and the skills needed to do so effectively. But do not neglect medical equipment or its use either. Hope that you never need them.
We have tremendous collective power if we just use it, and hopefully this outcome will result in us coming together and building that world in the shell of the old. Collective solidarity is our only solution left.
I’m not American, but for basic essentials, creating an online local network seems like a good idea to me. You could use it to share free clothes, food, seeds, and so on, and perhaps help run or boost local projects. The rich absolutely hate trading or gifting, so that makes it even better.
I think a huge one is also encouraging friends and family onto platforms and apps/programs that don’t sell your data. That way, you have a safe place to chat and organize without the government watching and collecting info, and without algorithms trying to bury movements.
Use trusted encrypted platforms for important chats.
Resisting Trump presidency is too short sighted.
We need fundamental change in how our elected officials relate to the concerns of their constituents.
Studies have shown that public opinion actually has statistically no impact at the federal level. That is, unless you have the money to afford a lobbyist.
If money and the concerns of the wealthy are all they care about, we should do what we can to limit the supply.
The US economy runs on consumption. That’s where we have leverage.
We should organize a general consumption strike. Buy what you and your family need to survive and that’s it. Cancel your Amazon, cancel your Netflix, buy locally in cash, buy second hand.
It wouldn’t take as many of us as you might think to make our presence felt.
This will certainly cause hardship for some (I myself work in retail) but the pain y inevitably at this point it might as well be productive.
Hit them where it hurts.