Maybe we should try Molotovs.
this post was submitted on 06 Sep 2026
291 points (97.4% liked)
politics
31051 readers
2491 users here now
Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!
Rules:
- Post only links to articles. Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.
Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.
Example:
- Articles must be relevant to US politics and contain quality and original content. Social Media adjacent hosts like Substack are allowed, but ONLY if they tie back to a company/subsidiary. No personal or friend group blogs and no self-promotion. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and re-hosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
- Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing other users of being bots or paid actors.
- No memes, trolling, misinformation, or low-effort posts/comments (including reposts). If you see posts like this that anger you, do not engage. Report, block, and live a happier life than they do. Any slap-fight is subject to comment removals. Fights full of rule violations will result in temporary bans to cool off.
- No manipulating votes via bots or alt accounts; this will result in permanent bans. Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
- No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in an account ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be permanently banned.
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules and use critical thinking when reading, posting, and commenting. Users that repeatedly have comments or posts removed, weaponize reports, or violate the code of conduct, will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users. The reason(s) behind moderator action(s) are publicly available through the Modlog.
That's all the rules!
Civic Links
• Congressional Awards Program
• Library of Congress Legislative Resources
• U.S. House of Representatives
Partnered Communities:
• News
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
There's literally nothing new in this article. Just more doomerbait to discourage people and you all allow it to work.
Says the person accusing literally everyone else of being "the problem"?🤭👍
I never said "everyone else" I'm referring to one comment section on the Internet. Look at the comments and tell me with a straight face that these people haven't given up already.
~~Trump~~ CIA/Feds. So that they can finish building their infrastructure for datacenters to use on civilian surveillance, profiling and policing.
This is the modern nuclear arms race. And this (trump/coup) is the method of getting their with the least resistance. They know citizens wouldn't want it happening so they used this method.
They are going to give us a democrat that hits all the checkmarks of what they see people wanting during focus groups once the infrastructure is built. And it will pacify the people again.
All the crazy shit is theater and on purpose and the sacrifices made are worth the end goal - at least according to them. In fact I wouldn't doubt if depopulation is an added benefit or even part of the plan.
Trump is not a mastermind, he's literally a tool used to achieve an objective. And being used as a tool isn't just for right wingers.
They are going to give us a Democrat
Please avoid proclaiming doom in the midst of the fleeting window of opportunity in which it might be averted.
There are no points awarded to the genius who most accurately predicts their own team’s defeat. It is not vigilance. It is not savvy. It helps no one.
To expand a little. I think it's believable that the immigration and ICE issue is being used. The timing of the datacenters built and the increase of funding to ice could be specific.
Maybe BLM and social disorder was orchestrated in 2020 to cause mistrust of police on purpose, because regular police could be harder to control if needed as the plan (trump/coup/surveillance) came to fruition. So they may have caused the distrust to divide citizens of police. As well as a reason to need surveillance.
National guard and military aren't going to be used because it will tarnish Americas image and the military is something they need citizens to trust.
So what we are left with is ice... A force being built and funded, that people already mostly look down on. And their actions are already dirty so people are already getting desensitized to them.
I don't think the growth of ICE and Datacenter and surveillance should be ignored as corralation. If the governments plans mentioned in my original post start to unravel and people wake up to this reality, I believe ICE is the force they are going to use against citizens.
And that's only the begining for small protestlike squirmishes. If it got bad enough I think cops and military would realize they are on the wrong side of history.
5th and 6th generation warfare aligns with my thoughts. And beyond a modern inner national civilian surveillance and policing foundation being built, the same infrastructure will spread internationally in terms of social and psychological warfare. We've already seen news of "needing" to bomb chinas datacenters... It's not solely about "AGI" at the moment.
This truly is a modern nuclear arms race and America/FEDs will make sacrifices and manipulate to get there if they believe it's required to maintain their existence and control. It might look like America's losing globally but that's all already agreed upon sacrifice because the end goal will regain it back and more.
Please stop getting lost in psychological marketing specifically made to distract you. There's a greater game being played and we are taught and groomed to not play it, or even believe it's happening. And the fact that honest genuine human being are groomed to not play it is the reason why nothing ever really changes for the better.
We get privileges to escape from reality but we traded our true abilities and rights as a human species. It's time to wake up and carry the extremely heavy weight of this surreal dystopian reality. That is our mission as a genuine authentic awakening human species.
Genuine Humans need to lead again. Our true freedom and humanity is lessened day by day. Stop buying into the things that distract us from reality because it just funds their control and ownership over the worth of our true authentic humanity.
Put Humanity over everything, including allegences.
Ironically, my break from these truths lately has been playing MGS∆ and watching Game Grumps play MGS1 while the events of MGS2 and 4 have been playing out in real time.
I guess I just don't understand the end goal here for them. Like yeah, total control. And then what? Do what with it? If you're already a billionaire in a system that caters to you as though you're a god among men, then what more could you possibly even imagine gaining? Whether we're talking about tech CEOs or insider trading politicians or whatever, they already have it all, so why go scorched earth to shake things up and risk losing what they have for basically the same level of having everything? The ground floor agents will definitely not be reaping the benefits, but I can understand the temptation of maybe being invited up into the inner circle, so I see why they could be tricked into executing the plan. They don't yet see that the boot they lick will stomp them too.
You know, games and media tell the truth. You can dig deeper into that yourself, but there's a series I watched recently that I highly recommend. It aligned with everything I think some real life experiences I've had.
The series is Utopia, originally written in the UK in 2013... Before the current events that seem to be a collapse of our societies even happened. America rewrote an Americanized version in 2017. Both are worth watching. The UK version seems to be better from a theatrical sense while the American version seems... Idk more American, lol.
You can watch the full UK series here. (11h total)
Season 1 https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_jIDr2tZiuRHlp-bLwYNgWaFAp6dR7_Y
Season 2 https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_jIDr2tZiuTbX0eeNBacb4J-GkQ3bOXC
The American version is on prime and I think is filmed in a different style that makes it watchable even after seeing the UK one. The UK one is more like a theatrical movie while the USA one almost feels fast like modern it matches modern attention span deficits in comparison.
In terms of social manipulation, I highly recommend watching The Century of Self Documentary. What's terrifying is that documentary is based on an analog world before modern Internet and social manipulation was still massively successful.
Here's a link to the documentary. (4hs total) https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLktPdpPFKHfoXRfTPOwyR8SG8EHLWOSj6
More of his documentaries can be found on the same channel.
And this CIA whistleblower is good to look into too. John Stockwell. (YouTube short) https://youtube.com/shorts/GK29L3Dv0X0
That guy has a great quote along the lines of "...they make people live a life path that is not their natural life path..." And I think society and people feel the weight of that on their psyche constantly and we are offered novelty and escapism to be able ignore it.
Thanks! Saved this comment so I can find these links later!
You absolutely hit the nail on the head. We're trapped in an intoxicating lull of subservience and passivity while they permanently rig the game in their favor. If we don't snap out of it soon, everything will be lost.
prolix prolix
No shite, surely!
Yes shite, and don't call me Shirley
Locked article, but offered a one-time "Claim my free post." Tried that, it would not take a disposable email address. "Something's wrong." Instead it offered to send me a link so I said sure (same disposable address) and then it sent me a link to INSTALL THEIR APP and nothing else.
Shame, because it looks like a great article. And apparently people like the headline enough to upvote.
But I am not installing a data hoover to read it. Getting my data is the sole benefit to Substack of asking me to install an app to serve me content they are already delivering via web page. There is no other.
This Substack app model is not on you, OP, but it is on you to ensure that when you post content, people can actually read the content. If you want to share content you have to actually test access: go in via a different device or browser where you are not logged in and follow through the entire process you're asking others to undertake. If they can't get in through the front door you provide an archive link, or enough of the content where people get the gist (without copying the entire thing). It's just basic posting courtesy.
Yeah, I'm kinda salty because Raskin is one of my favorite people in the world, and when he talks, it's usually well worth hearing. For those of you with a subscription, enjoy whatever he said.
For anyone interested, this is the full Meet the Press interview from today referenced by the locked article, and it's fire. The election steal discussion starts at 3:20.
They have plans to steal the election. It's a bag of dirty tricks. We made a list of over a hundred different ways that they are going to try to undermine the right to vote and try to steal the election.
He talks about some of these plans. It's a very brief interview so it's a superficial discussion, but the people saying "no one is doing anything" are very mistaken, going by what Rep. Raskin has to say.
He isn’t trying. He is…
He used to try. He still does. But he used to too.
Sorry for the convenience.
that thing is VERY TRYING!!!
Tell Congress to do something. Oh, half of them are on his side? Shoot. Call the police. All of them are on his side? Fuck.
paywalled and it's a Substack
No shit Jamie Ratskin
And the democrats are doing.... what?
Oh, nothing? oh okay. Vote blue tho