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pat_k

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29. Oh my, I hadn't noticed that milestone. And in about 7 weeks, it will be 21 years on DU!

Reply to usonian (Reply #26)

Tue Oct 7, 2025, 11:29 PM

Oct 7

It's been a rough couple decades.

I think the horrors of today could ultimately lead to a more enduring level of participation by ordinary people for decades to come. For too long, we've allowed political advocacy to be professionalized -- something that ordinary people only served as ATM's for. I think that is changing. People are getting creative and finding ways to connect with others in their own communities. Folks are pestering their electeds in numbers we haven't seen for a long, long, time.

I think countless people doing their bits across this nation is slowly turning the tide. And the numbers are growing.

It's not the only measure, but the Oct 18 No Kings is already exceeding the number of events that were hosted for No Kings in June (which exceeded Hands Off in April by something like 50%).

It's early days, but I think the signs are positive for the opposition.

And even if they weren't, I'd still be looking for reasons to hope and things to promote. Hope is as much the life's blood of resistance as lies are for authoritarians.

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Panicked Curtis Yarvin--JD Vance guru--Plans to Flee USA (He sees the entire Trump experiment in fascism as failing) [View all] usonian Oct 7 OP

He needs to escape to the Hague. Clouds Passing Oct 7 #1

He needs to be in Supermax along with the rest of the insurrectionists! Initech Oct 7 #25

Same Clouds Passing Oct 8 #39

Finally some good news crazylikafox Oct 7 #2

Hey dude, go to Russia. And leave Yavin 4 alone. Dave Bowman Oct 7 #3

Good riddance dweller Oct 7 #4

...to bad rubbish! SheltieLover Oct 7 #7

Curtis Yarvin is a "thinker" to the same degree that I am an Olympic decathelete . . . hatrack Oct 7 #5

These rich fucks just love the smell of their own farts JoseBalow Oct 7 #9

In a sane world, he would have a mimeographed newsletter with a subscription list in the high dozens DBoon Oct 7 #27

I don't even know who that scumbag is at all. Dave Bowman Oct 7 #32

He's the Socrates of the Tech-bros . . . hatrack Oct 8 #37

Good riddance. yellow dahlia Oct 7 #6

Bye scumbag orangecrush Oct 7 #8

Yeah, Yarvin is about as deep as the QAnon Shaman thought crime Oct 7 #10

Thanks for the new definition. KS Toronado Oct 7 #11

Not original with me, but pretty good. usonian Oct 7 #14

I thought he might be leaving cuz he's on the list. Tbear Oct 7 #12

K&R UTUSN Oct 7 #13

He's merely the latest iteration of not fooled Oct 7 #15

The Federal gov't is being "run by a CEO", Buddyzbuddy Oct 7 #16

He's got a track record. usonian Oct 7 #20

🤞 SSJVegeta Oct 7 #17

Making note! usaf-vet Oct 7 #18

I'm glad Yarvin thinks Trump is failing. poli-junkie Oct 7 #19

I think Yarvin expected a full dictatorial takeover by now. usonian Oct 7 #21

The dictatorial power is already there. poli-junkie Oct 7 #22

That made me feel good newdeal2 Oct 7 #23

Vance is guided not just by the insanity of Yarvin, but by Posobiec's dystopian vision of fascism saving the world. pat_k Oct 7 #24

Thanks for the additional info. usonian Oct 7 #26

Oh my, I hadn't noticed that milestone. And in about 7 weeks, it will be 21 years on DU! pat_k Oct 7 #29

Good for you! usonian Oct 7 #30

I should post Ariella Elm here too. The preamble to her 10/6 wins aligns with "Keep these brave souls in mind" pat_k Oct 8 #33

Looks like an OP to me. usonian Oct 8 #34

I would bet the farm that tRumps fail will be to start a civil war that he and his fellow fascists can't win ImNotGod Oct 7 #28

I'm not seeing it, but I'm no "seer" usonian Oct 7 #31

"It is failing because its true mission, which neither it nor (still less) its supporters understand..." Jim__ Oct 8 #35

I guess so. To Yarvin et. al., a Nazi regime or technocracy is the goal. usonian Oct 8 #36

It's failing because its true mission is based on boneheadedly simple-minded thinking which utterly ignores reality. eppur_se_muova Oct 8 #40

Selfish, psychopathic idiot valleyrogue Oct 8 #38

GTFO Yarvin Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 8 #41

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