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usonian

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14. Disengage? That's just what They'll be expecting Us to do

Reply to NewHendoLib (Original post)

Thu Jun 23, 2022, 01:31 PM

Jun 2022

You're missing the GOTV part.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216821536

So you aren't Superman and can't make the world spin backwards.
If you want the intellectual answer, read The Psychology of Genocide by Steven K. Baum. (2008)
He groups people into three categories: Perpetrators, Bystanders, and Rescuers.

You must choose wisely.

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So, how many ways are we absolutely fucked right now? [View all] NewHendoLib Jun 2022 OP

It does make one want to dis-engage, cilla4progress Jun 2022 #1

There's a line from "The Office" that I think of often AngryOldDem Jun 2022 #7

We lived in the golden era of the USA and we didn't even know it. Irish_Dem Jun 2022 #15

Big Yellow Taxi works too. "Don't know what you got 'til it's gone." AngryOldDem Jun 2022 #17

Yep. We took democracy for granted. Irish_Dem Jun 2022 #18

We're fucked to infinity, but we still fight. LuckyCharms Jun 2022 #2

I know, right? Initech Jun 2022 #6

Everytime I say it won't happen... LuckyCharms Jun 2022 #9

The internal enemy is right wing propaganda. Initech Jun 2022 #10

The damage that Fox causes cannot be overstated..... Jade Fox Jun 2022 #11

And any time you go to a party or gathering, you can almost instantly tell who watches Fox. Initech Jun 2022 #13

. LuckyCharms Jun 2022 #12

Every time I say it is going to happen for sure. Irish_Dem Jun 2022 #16

More fucked than the 1930's. Voltaire2 Jun 2022 #3

In all the ways. sarcasmo Jun 2022 #4

Large percent of Americans are anti science Demovictory9 Jun 2022 #5

Sciency things have a liberal bias. Hugin Jun 2022 #8

Disengage? That's just what They'll be expecting Us to do usonian Jun 2022 #14