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Spend less time arguing about politics on the internet. The world is in trouble. Get out there and try to help.

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In what ways are you going to resist Trump's presidency? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 7 hours ago by Danterious@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/inperson

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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.

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[–] ProdigalFrog 13 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

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.