#THE STARTING A FUCKING REVOLUTION?

[moonbeamdagger]

so i've been listening to the audiobooks of the hunger games series and decided i should watch the movies, which i've never done before, and uhhhhhhh these movies suck dude

[lazylittledragon]

taking all my american followers by the shoulders. listen to me. just because you have a more promising candidate now doesn't mean you just assume it's going to be fine and don't bother voting. assuming trump wasn't going to win is how you got here in the first place so you go out and fucking vote for harris and give everyone a fighting chance.

also if you're still in the 'they're both as bad as eachother' delirium, please take your head out from between your cheeks and consider that your options are an imperfect president and the literal worst person alive who is going to get masses of people killed. i've said it like this before, but it's like deciding between maybe getting food poisoning or definitely having a brain aneurysm. take your pick i guess but don't be surprised when you drop dead.

[arcanegifs]

if we got a caitvi kiss in act 1, with jinx telling vi that she hoped they wouldve made whopee before their “final” battle, then yeah i think theyre the gonna fuck in act 3

[diamondstripe1]

Friends and strangers alike. This system that operates America has brought on a wake-up call for so many people, and that includes me. It’s because of this system that we need change, and fast, or we will all be six feet under. And I know that all seems hopeless now, now that our fates have been sworn against us, but that's only if we let it. This, is The Declaration of We, The People.

We demand a fair country. We demand liberty and justice for not just the select few, but for all. Let the poor have their fill and eat the rich, let the women live their lives without the unwanted touch of man. Let there be room for every queer under the sun’s reflection, let the disabled live their lives without the condemnation of the abled. Let your right to live and heal be priceless without the interference of the greedy, let the bare necessities not take up the fortunes in your hands. Let humanity be a part of nature, not overpower it, let humanity be free from judgement based on the parts of them that are immutable. It’s nothing less or more than what we deserve.

Your oppressors want you dead, and that is why you need to live, if you can- live and be free. Get that botched haircut, get those piercings, give a listen to that song, give that snack a try- live while you can, because damn it, you only have one life to live, and you are not gonna live it in pain and fear. If you can't live for yourself, find someone or something to live for- a friend, a family member, an acquaintance, a pet, a lover, someone you wish was your lover, hell, an enemy if you need to. Maybe find a song to live for, a plush, a goal, a wish, a feeling. I don't care what your reason to live is, I don't care how big or small it is, I just need it to keep you alive. And if you can’t live, despite everything, the least I can ask is for you to not die for nothing.

I know you’re terrified. Terrified of the wicked people in control, terrified of your lives getting into a twist. Terrified of the torture the following years will determine. I’m scared, too, but I need you to know something- you can’t become a part of a statistic. If you’re gonna go out, don’t go out like a flickering bulb- go out like Icarus, when he collided with the sun. Go out like the Phoenix, and rise from the ashes your oppressors created. Fight with everything you can, be it through words and speeches, through marches and protests, or through the guns conservatives swear by. If you're going down, take America’s cruelty with you. Don’t wait for the world to be ready for you- make it be ready for you.

If you want to keep your peace, keep your peace. If you want to bathe in your false president’s blood, bathe in his blood. This battle for the land of the free is yours to fight, and the way you fight is yours as well. But let me tell you something- we are not gonna live on a prayer and a smile, we are gonna live by putting our bloodied foot forward. Did queer people get their right to marry and to transform by making puppy eyes at their president? Did women get their right to vote by sitting around and looking pretty? Did the colored get their right to live in equality by biting their tongue? No- they fought, every damn day of their lives. And respectfully, I ask you to fight too, however you can. If you don't know how to fight, have someone teach you- and if you can't handle that, teach yourself. But I still ask you to fight.

I know, I know all seems hopeless, that a heartless man as your president seems inescapable- but so did the divine right of kings, once upon a time. We've seen things like this a million times, even if it doesn’t look like it- when there's progress, there's pushback. People will fight with their blood, sweat, and tears, only to get cut short by those who were supposed to represent them. Well, guess what? The cut will scab over, and the battle will rage on, and the fire won’t stop burning until we get the lives we deserve. We declare that we have the right to live, and we will fight for it.

Feel what you need to, but frankly, I refuse dystopia, I refuse hate, I refuse control- and I especially refuse death. I have disobeyed worse than you- my friends do not die on my watch. They want America to be ‘great’ again? Well, we, the people, will make America free again. ----------- obviously, i know what you're probably thinking; "krista what the fuck. krista a tumblr post isn't gonna do shit" and i completely understand where you're coming from- hell, before the election, i'd agree with you!! i would love to get up on a stage and recite this word-for-word. i would also like to live to my 18th birthday first, this year.

and i know what else you're probably thinking; "lol you say that and yet nobody's gonna do shit" and what are you doing?

yeah, i am WELL aware this is very idealistic, especially for the times we're gonna be living in. all seems hopeless, i completely understand that. BUT we need to have some sort of vision for our fight to live, or we're just gonna die- if not die, then live MISERABLY.

love your people. they're all you really have, right now.

[tomurakii]

Seeing Silco and Vander together in the AU lowkey feels like watching your based nonbinary best friend get back with their shitty ex boyfriend who misgenders them. Girl he's a centrist and he tried to drown you stfu about "forgiveness"

[seashoreships]

whatever. go, my scarabs

[hotteststar]

hey! did you know that you saying there are only 2 genders doesn't actually make it true? just like if i said "the sky is green" i wouldn't make it green irl??

i thought that was common sense but hey

maybe that doesn't apply to rapists sexists bigots racists homophobes nazis supremacists misogynists with control freaks and anger issues men president trump!!

[ratbastarddotfuck]

I've never been truly able to get on board with "if you go far enough left, you get your guns back" because I genuinely just don't think we should be mass producing weapons that can facilitate mass murder at the scale we do. like, sure, I'm not against the principle of "marginalised people and activists should have the same access to weaponry that others do, especially for protection in a state of fascism" but I just. we only have these things as a result of the military industry, finding the most efficient ways to kill. these things should never have been made. we shouldn't be producing assault rifles for mass consumption, we shouldn't be producing them at all.

so like. sure. if you go far enough left you get your guns back, I guess. but I think that's a short-sighted and disingenuous way to phrase it, when I would assume that the more "radical" leftist stance is something more akin to global demilitarisation and the cessation of mass-production of weapons (alongside a lot of other garbage made for mass consumption under capitalism - we need to de-industrialise production on a major global scale).

(I don't necessarily mean getting rid of guns "completely" because people will always find ways to engineer them, but I think there is a massive difference between a gun designed for responsible hunting or sport vs a gun designed to kill people as fast as possible, or to be wielded as a threat the way cops do.)

idk. obviously this is a very future-focused perspective and I guess the "far enough left etc." crowd are usually talking more in the present. I just have concerns that this particular piece of rhetoric encourages some leftists to be less critical of the weaponry industry than perhaps we should be.

[nightly-valkyrie]

The real reason Ariane got sent on the Penrose mission was because the Eusan Nation recognized her robot fucker freak from a mile away, and it made them afraid.

Based on a DM conversation with @lynxfrost13 ✌️

[wisegirl25]

A Guide To Revolution

It’s now or never (repost because you need this rn)

First things first, educate yourself. Read up on those who are currently in power, on similar historical events, leftist political ideologies, etc.

Make sure you find credible sources.

The next thing is to educate those around you, find your community, find other people who are willing to take action in the same way you are and radicalize the ones who aren't sure yet.

Remember, uneducated and ignorant is what they want you to be. Knowledge is power for a reason.

One of the biggest issues with starting revolution is that the masses don't know the power that we hold

Next, organize. Find your local punk scene, anarchists, environmentalists, they're often the first ones willing to take radical action. Start with smaller initiatives and expand from there. Get everyone you know involved

Remind them that this is about more than just them, this is about your future.

I'm not american, otherwise this is exactly what I would be doing, but I send you my support in the form of knowledge

Remember that you have a right to bear arms reason. The lack of gun control is a bad thing, but you can use it to your advantage.

Get connected locally and build mutual aid support networks. You do what you can. If you’re a doctor, provide people with medical help, a seamstress, fix people’s clothing for them, etc.

And if you need help, it goes both ways. Mutual aid.

Do not feed into the economy, help each other instead. Cut out all large corporations that aren’t absolutely necessary, find local alternatives.

You can't start a revolution unless you're educated, healthy, and willing to take risks.

Remember, for a revolution to be successful at least 3.5% of the population needs to be engaged in active resistance

Don’t be a narc. See someone stealing from a Walmart? Look the other way. Someone vandalizing a government building? Look the other way. Doing recreational drugs (safely)? Look the other way. Someone is undocumented? Look the other way.

Have solidarity with your fellow humans, it’s us vs the rich.

Mass civil disobedience can take many forms

Refusal to follow certain laws

Evading taxes entirely

Mass blockages of government buildings and facilities (can also take be storming and taking over)

And on the more extreme end, revolution often requires the assassination or detainment of prominent figures

They don't care about you, take your lives into your own hands

[pooks]

what if Umbridge took over in CoS... Percy, leading a student revolution: Alright, get ready to launch Operation: Circle of Confusion. Ron: Uh, Percy, it kinda looks more like a triangle from down here. Percy: What? Ron: I'm just saying, it doesn't look much a like a circle, it looks more like we're forming a triangle. Just a side note. Percy: Okay, fine, Triangle of Confusion! Rhombus of Terror! Parabola of Mystery! WHO CARES!? Get the goddamn show on the road!

[theprodigypenguin]

17 y/o Luffy @ the Paramount War: Man what is your problem, why are you coming after me so hard, I don't even know you!

Akainu, through angry tears and grit teeth: Your dad broke up with me over snailphone!

[justaz]

growing up and radicalizing urself then going back to watch ur old favorite pieces of media and realizing you were siding with the true villains the whole time is wild

[angy-grrr]

yeah, im sure Trump as president is going to make things soooo much better for all the people in Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Yemen, and the US as a whole. So good that some people were able to keep their great morals for themselves/s

[sleepy-crypt1d]

why do so many of the games i own have this color scheme

[leftisttiktok]

I am disgusted