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jemartinez.bsky.social
Organizer/Analyst/Strategist. I help people fight & win (your results may vary). Interested in US politics, national security, and defending democracy from all threats—foreign & domestic ‘There are no shortcuts, only detours.’ – Anthony Thigpenn
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I often think of this graphic—and the report it’s from—when I reflect on the challenges of organizing and governing. The difference between success and failure often boils down to your ability to partner with people who don’t agree with everything you believe

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This reminds me of the skimming malware the guys created in Office Space. Or if Skynet was stealing for Elon. H/T to @vcdgf555.bsky.social for sharing this dystopian thread

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Today’s dose of happy

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Your first course of today’s shit show buffet

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“If you use violence, then you have to have the force to defend yourself. That’s why we think that violence is the strength of the weak, because they don’t have arguments.” – Father Cristian Precht on opposition to Chile’s Pinochet—both a warning to revolutionaries and a critique of the regime

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Protesting can feel good, but righteous indignation isn’t a substitute for power or strategy. Don’t fall for the false hope that ‘we just need 3.5% of the population’ to win. That number is mostly true believers. Real power will come from organizing those who aren’t involved—and those we can flip

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“But is -3 all that bad? If 47% of people support him, perhaps the administration will still feel emboldened to pursue Trump’s agenda” How bad will it have to get for a critical mass to find it intolerable?

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