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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•17 days agoTrump and the MAGA movement are the fascists. Snowden and Assange didn’t stand against them. In fact, what happened to them is very likely to happen to lots of people if the fascists take power.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•17 days agoI think the point is, based on how well it went for those two, most people aren’t as inclined to act. Ethics are all well and good, but it’s your loved ones that often pay the price In some way.
Snowden and Assange did that and look how that worked out.
Trump and the MAGA movement are the fascists. Snowden and Assange didn’t stand against them. In fact, what happened to them is very likely to happen to lots of people if the fascists take power.
I think the point is, based on how well it went for those two, most people aren’t as inclined to act.
Ethics are all well and good, but it’s your loved ones that often pay the price In some way.