The problem is there absolutely is many, many wrong paths to take, and we have to learn from past attempts to avoid their mistakes. Notice how the arab spring movement, while initially promising, ultimately failed to prevent a new authoritarian regime from taking hold in most of those countries.

There are going to be different prescriptions from all political ideologies, but most of them can be dismissed to narrow down the possibilities.

• Right-Libertarians will advise we privatize everything and remove regulations - Doesn't work. Creates the conditions for Neo-fuedalism and capital dominating every aspect of life.
• Moderates/Social Democrats will suggest we can reform our way out of this by voting for the right people - Didn't work in Nazi Germany, didn't work in Franco's Spain. Due to corporate capture, they ultimately cannot resolve the issues that cause people to foolishly shift toward fascism in hopes to escape those issues.
• Marxist-Leninists will say we just need a revolution with a Vanguard party - Doesn't work. Results in extremely unfree authoritarian states like the USSR, North Korea, and China's CCP. Basically state capitalism under the guise of socialism in name only.

That leaves the Libertarian-left/Anarchists. We have evidence that their methods result in pretty sweet outcomes, they just have never survived very long due to the whole world usually being against them.

Okay, so what do we do to in our case? First off, avoiding a civil war or extreme violence is vastly preferable, as the alternative has some big downsides. The best non-violent method we have at our disposal is a General Strike, which directly targets the machinery that fascist states rely on. Combined with mutual aid networks and civil disobedience, it has a rather good chance of preventing a fascist takeover with a minimum of violence.

The alternative is straight up revolution, which requires the participating population to be educated on a shared vision, methods to organize, and how to avoid centralizing power structures or cult of personalities which lend themselves to co-option by the above mentioned groups.

Honest question, how much of the US population do you think is unionized? Without looking it up

People are going to cite the Kimmel cancellations until we legally aren't allowed to. I... am skeptical.

A common talking point was that the real danger isn't people who cancel out of solidarity: it is people who realize they have a disney plus subscription they haven't used since Mandalorian Season 2. Because those are the bread and butter for these services and once people look at their bill and realize how much they have been spending over the years, they tend to not come back. And this all lined up with Disney (allegedly?) wanting to do a cost increase and enough "mainstream media" pointing out that Kimmel didn't actually say anything even slightly controversial.

Contrast that with stuff like Sucker Punch firing the dev who made a Mario and Luigi joke and tripling down on it... and nobody giving a shit because Ghost of Yotei is coming out! Or all the attempts at encouraging people to support BDS boycotts. I mean, Palestine was the single biggest issue and the sole reason the Democrats lost, right? Then... why is everyone leaping at new gamepass deals and so forth?

Time and time again it is shown that people just don't boycott luxury goods. If you can afford a luxury good you "earned it" and will find every possible excuse to keep buying it. What DOES tend to work is contacting the advertisers. Much like chuds contacted credit card companies to get gay games off Steam et al. Because, much like contacting your elected official, they understand that people actually caring enough to pick up the phone means a lot of people are REALLY angry.

People worried about making it the next two weeks won't be thinking about two years from now.

No I mean "realistic" as in getting enough people to participate that it would actually have an impact.

That's why mutual aid organizations are essential. They operate outside of the legal system, so can't be directly targeted as easily. If you or anyone else reading this have the time, please consider joining your local mutual aid group. That could be Food Not Bombs, a different group local to your city or town, or even your local church if you're in a rural area.

If you don't have one in your area, start one! Here's a little guide on how and where to find likeminded folk to start one with: https://infosec.exchange/@tinker/113589807117870451

Just because something is hard doesn't mean we shouldn't with for it.

While I agree that non-violent is the way to go, I think we need to change our definition of "violence."

Property destruction should not be considered violent. Especially when precautions are specifically taken to ensure that no people were harmed during act of property destruction or sabotage.

On the other side of things, actions such as destroying wildlife habitat or polluting the air, water, and soil systems of the Earth should be considered "violence." It is violence towards all of humanity, and towards life itself.

My grandmother went from hoping the Nazis would ignore her, to hoping the American bombs would miss her, to hoping that the Russian soldiers wouldn’t rape her.

Its a shame she didn't just start fighting back instead of just hoping they'd ignore her.

Collusion and deception

Imma just leave this here

I know I'm outnumbered by conservatives in my area. And, while they might not voluntarily admit to bigotry, they do strongly believe in a hierarchy of power, and that failing to be obedient to a higher authority is justification for any punishment you (not them!) receive. They also believe that the laws should reflect "Biblical" teachings and that "The Church" (their church, not those Catholic "idol worshipers") should be involved in health care, education, and the work place not just reflected in the laws.

They also tend to own guns and know how to use them, but that somewhat depends on their income. It's an outsized spend, but when you are on food stamps, you aren't also stockpiling ammo or acquiring more guns.

Idiots got tired of not being allowed to be racist.

Harris was thoroughly unappealing to many, and the Democrats were masterfully outmaneuvered by the Republicans seeding shit about Gaza and rallying minorities against her.

In swing states there was definitely vote manipulation. You had Musk offering to pay people to vote.

I would say after the outcome of Project 2025, he's finally pissed off minorities and farmers, and business owners, now he's working on the military.

Now he's threatening to send the US military in against cities.

I think the only one delusional here is you. votes will tell eventually.

Because they stole the source code to the election machines in 2020 and modified the software to cheat the 2024 election, subverting the will of the people.

Everyone just sat out the vote???

Basically, yeah. Because they didn't want to vote for the red genocide supporter, and they didn't want to vote for the blue genocide supporter; because no matter what, they're voting for genocide.

I mean, in reality, most people right now in the US are just upset that US foreign policy has finally reach US shores.

No, I think the violence is a symptom, and that political violence is happening and we have to stop pretending it's not. This is the state we're in, no amount of crackdowns or "turning down the temperature" is going to change things

If you look at the cause, it's obvious there's just going to be more and more violence. That's what happens when you make people desperate, and people are getting more and more desperate

Fascism sure as fuck won't. And fascists won't willingly leave power until they're dead.

Actually, yes.

The ruling class has such a stranglehold on power, the only way to take it away from them is to take it back by force.

They will never give up willingly and have more than enough resources to make sure people like you are complacent in their abuse.