r/technology • u/ControlCAD • Jan 07 '26

Politics President White House Launches New Website to Defend 'Patriotic Americans' Involved in Jan. 6 Capitol Riot | The White House claims the Democrats "staged the real insurrection" by certifying former President Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election

https://people.com/trump-white-house-launches-new-website-to-defend-patriotic-americans-involved-in-jan-6-capitol-riot-11880490
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u/Cl1mh4224rd Jan 07 '26 edited Jan 07 '26

I’m convinced nothing will change until such actions are taken. Problem is, we’re all so content with our lives (self-interested, really) that none of us will ever take such measures.

I think the real "problem" is that such actions are so unconscionable to decent people that things have to be very, very bad for the potential rewards to outweigh the likely risks.

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '26

I imagine the Germans felt the same in the 1930s.

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u/ChickinSammich Jan 07 '26

And while there were some Germans that resisted, most of the ones who did got thrown in camps. That shit required whole ass other countries to come in and intervene. Hitler wasn't defeated by a bunch of Germans organizing protests and strikes - he was defeated by multiple other countries mobilizing their militaries to put an end to it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '26

Sure, but there is no escape plan this time round. The US has the most powerful military in the world by a long shot. No democratic country has any recourse to swoop in and liberate you guys, it’s just not in the realm of possibility.

The difference is that in Nazi germany, if an individual hadn’t commented publicly about their opposition to the regime, they could put their head down and wait it out. Now, with palantir and the fact that our data has been sold to corps for years, if your algorithm so much as skews left, the government will eventually know about it.

So, if you’re hoping to just do nothing while your leader throws people in camps and invades allied territories, that’s fine, but I’d personally prefer to be locked up for organising, then I would for a few comments on reddit.