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[–] 78 points 1 year ago (4 children)

sounds like it's the movie to see this year :~)

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    yeah...... I looked that up as soon as I commented haha

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  • [–] 58 points 1 year ago

    FBI must not be familiar with the Streisand effect

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  • [–] 53 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Even the right-wing reviewers who hate the premise admit it's a well written film in the vein of heist thrillers.

    It's a really good movie. Not particularly useful if you actually want to destroy something - they were careful to get a consultant to make sure they didn't break any laws or create liability for themselves or the studio. If you didn't see it in theatre, you missed out! I'm really glad the feds are wringing their hooves over it, it deserved much better marketing. It is destined to become a cult classic.

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  • [–] 29 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Related, there's actually a rundown on a bunch of the opsec problems with it: https://anarchist-archive.org/library/en/hakan-geijer-popsec-how-not-to-blow-up-a-pipeline

    It's a good story, and would be extremely bad to follow as a recipe. But it would be a good movie to watch with a very small group of like-minded friends.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago

    The beauty of it is -- the people you go with don't have to be 'like-minded.' You can enjoy Oceans Eleven without endorsing theft, you can enjoy HTBUAP without endorsing sabotage. If your friends feel it crosses a line, that's a very interesting post-film discussion: Why isn't it disturbing for people to root against the 'house' in Oceans? Is it okay to break the law to get rich, but not to do it for justice?

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  • [+] 34 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)
  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    It's a good movie, but like others have noted, this is not how you do it. 90% of blowing up a pipeline is community building, being able to get the gear you need and carry it out with a lot of people knowing and being able to trust that they won't rat you out. But it turns out when you have a community like that, well, you don't need to blow up the pipeline, you can just lobby the government.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Lobbying is "begging for permission" from people who have been paid to not care. "Direct action gets the goods."

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Lobbying, protest, etc. These are effective. Money matters less than you think*. Often organising gets the job done.

    • The US is a weird case there, but in general this holds.
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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Well, lobbying in the US means "bribing" and if you're just going to talk to them without money in hand they don't give a fuck. Since the film is set in the US, that kind of matters. Lobbying against oil anywhere in the world is basically just ignored. Again, direct action gets the goods.

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    I would like to thank the federal government for raising awareness that this movie exists. Wouldn't have happened without them.

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  • [–] 47 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

    one reason solar is a great energy source is it’s decentralized

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  • [–] 36 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    But then a couple dozen bros can't hoard wealth and power. It's like you don't even care about the capitalists. Bruh

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The producers of the movie: "Thank you for the free publicity! Now far more people will watch our movie than every would have otherwise."

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago

    Wow, I really hope no one writes "How to Blow Up a Fractionating Column With a $20 Drone." Pipelines are pretty easy to mass produce, but attacks on distillation towers like we've seen come out of Ukraine can knock out a refinery for years.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I liked it. Not exactly a "how to" movie but a nice escape fantasy. The East has similar eco terrorism vibes but it tries to focus on too much and misses the mark. HTBUAP is dead on focused on destroying a pipeline and tells that story well.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago

    and violent video games inspire kids to become murderers

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Someone please make "How to dismantle the Federalist Society"

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    haven't seen it, but trailer very good: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21440780/

    Anyway. explosives. detonator optional. Fire can work.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    I enjoyed the movie. I like how it shows concrete ways in which people can be affected by the matter at hand. Not a "polar bears on thin ice" or similar, but actual effects on everyday people (not that polar bears don't matter)

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    Boy, it sure would be a real shame if people did that sort of thing. Like tragic even. Hell I might even shed a tear! (If I'm chopping onions when I hear about it)

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Have they put it up on a torrent tracker?

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    Great movie btw

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago*

    It seems that government agencies recommend very good stories with their warnings and bans.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Should have called it "How to 'Not' blow up a pipeline".

    Would probably have fooled the powers that be (stupid).

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    I'm sharing it on soulseek if anyone wants it. Use nicotine++, better client.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Wouldn't blowing up a pipeline just be like, an ecological disaster? Or is this a pipeline that isn't active yet?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Maybe don’t bring this book

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