• Being smart and not saying [Redacted] on the open internet is not the same as bootlicking.

        For example, now that I’m not longer inside PRC and not a citizen of PRC anymore, I can safely say that “If given the chance, I will grab a gun and shoot Xi Jinping in the face”, can’t say that about a leader when I still live in under their jurisdiction ahem you know who I’m talking about.

        Also, you can use Tor + clear session every time afte you’re done. Having OPSEC is not bending over. Wearing a mask to conceal your identity is not bending over. Not having the app in plain sight is not bending over.

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      I used to have a US citizenship. I have family in the states. But there is no way in hell that I’m travelling to the states while the border control are ordered to deny people access due to content on people’s phones.

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        I point out, not even China does this (in the vast majority of cases, I’m not gonna claim it’s never happened)

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      People who go on holiday to the USA have something wrong in their brains.

      The landscapes, food and historical locations would be cool to see, but man, it’s bloody dystopian.

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      If you’ve been paying attention to what’s happened since, it’s hard to believe it could be worse.

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      Now, yes. Then, no. I don’t think anyone could have unified the MAGA right enough to win the election without Trump. If Trump hadn’t ran, I could have seen a conservative winning a normal election. Not a last minute Trump replacement though

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      One trump is gone it’s all over. They have a very tenuous grasp on a cult. It’s not going well for them. Everytime someone tried to coop it, it totally fails and when Trump tries to change the narrative, it fails. It’s been falling apart a lot longer than it’s worked. Once he’s in the ground, it’s over.

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        It depends how long he lives and this goes on…

        The right leadership is working very very hard to remove the Democratic process and elections altogether.

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    Be nice, it’s one thing being good at the range and another to shoot a living being in cold blood.