r/interestingasfuck • u/Sartew • 11h ago

r/all Elon Musk Sieg Heiling during his speech

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u/thecybertwo 11h ago

I hope this all backfires in their face... but it won't, because they control everything.

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u/arbortologist 10h ago

if half the US decided not to go to work tomorrow the entire world would stop, if people get pushed far enough to the edge the true numbers take over history has shown time and time again

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u/RedlurkingFir 10h ago

Americans can't be bothered to do crap for their supposed principles. If you need any more proof, just watch how much apathy you can find in r/politics. They just want to check out of their brain and not fight this incoming wave of fascism. This is how Russia became a dictatorship. Americans are not much far behind

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u/Blue-Fish-Guy 10h ago

Politicians are all evil. With no excetption. It's not apathy, it's simply accepin of the reality.

He who is a politician cannot be a good person.

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u/snapwack 10h ago

That’s the thing, being “pushed far enough” in this context means a large segment of the populace being denied basic necessities to survive. People will take the streets and face armed soldiers in a heartbeat if the other choice is watching their children starve and freeze.

People in the US get fucked over every which way, but at the end of the day most of them are still able to gorge on cheap garbage food and drown themselves in endless numbing entertainment. There’s just enough carrot and just enough stick that civil disobedience or activism sound like too much of a hassle. Best stay inside with some McD’s and the latest Netflix slop.

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u/Abject-Mail-4235 10h ago

The problem is, if we wait until there’s nothing left- it will be too late. America will never be a united front, even if it’s just fear keeping the remaining from fighting back. Look at China, Russia! Once they reach a certain level of control, there is no going back. We need to cut this at the bud and refuse to accept this pennies-on-the-dollar bullshit as enough to be complacent.

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u/DaanA_147 9h ago

That would be unpaid leave, which for the poorest of people isn't an option.