Over the weekend, 17,000 people canceled their #WorldCup tickets

[flowermob@mastodon.social]

@benroyce #BoycottFIFA

[bazcook@mas.to]

@benroyce - the same needs to happen in advance of the Olympics.
Agent Orange making the US unwelcoming for foreigners and locals alike. At least foreigners can choose not to support the country.

[bazcook@mas.to]

@ikuturso @lynfox @benroyce - Trump will find a way to de-legitimize the results of the mid-terms if Repugnicants lose seats, or preemptively cancel the vote entirely under the guise of a national emergency or declaring war on a country.

He’s already shown he’s not afraid of using his faux-military DHS / ICE / National Guard to quell internal dissent, even with deadly force. And the thugs in those agencies happy to play along.

[mrtulip@hachyderm.io]

@benroyce Voting will only help us if the opposition can win by a big enough margin that they can't contest it. It needs to be an absolute landslide. Unfortunately, Dems have a habit of shooting themselves in the foot any time they have the advantage. They've been running the same strategy (appeal to moderate Republicans, at the cost of alienating progressives) for 10 years, and lost to Trump twice.

I knew we were fucked when Biden barely won in 2020, and way too many liberals took a victory lap and went back to ignoring the conditions that gave us Trump in the first place.

You can't vote fascism away.

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@martintheg @lynfox I don't follow

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@martintheg @ikuturso @lynfox

I don't understand your comment

Because an asshole has a God complex... we should therefore obey and submit and act like they are a God?

[morgawr@bookstodon.com]

@benroyce Hahahahahahaha......breathes .... hahahahahahahahaaaaaa....

Karma strikes, FIFA.

[artharg@mastodon.nl]

@benroyce FIFA FAFO time …

[aprilfollies@mastodon.online]

@benroyce @lynfox Also, on the “probably civil war”…

One of the U.S. FBI’s favorite tricks is to spur people into violent actions, and then arrest them for terrorism. This makes us very skeptical of anyone openly advocating for violence.

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@aprilfollies @lynfox

and protests are great, when they are nonviolent

when they are violent, popular sentiment turns against you

[macacator@mastodon.social]

@benroyce @lynfox they shot and killed a white woman in the streets and all everybody did was protest. Then Gestapo started going door to door selling bullets and handcuffs, with a possible 2k additional bootlickers joining in. News flash, protest no longer works in this country, people need to get angrier. Gestapo has no fear. They don't. They'll catch you anywhere and they know you won't fight back.

[krajcitom@universeodon.com]

@benroyce When will the General Strike begin?

https://generalstrikeus.com/

#Politics #USpol #Trump #MAGA #Fascism #Venezuela #Strike #GeneralStrike #Greenland #law #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #ICE #CBP #Minneapolis #FIFA #USA

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@bazcook @ikuturso @lynfox

but what is the point of this comment in your mind

because when you act like trump's malice is unstoppable, you're saying the vote is meaningless. therefore people won't vote, therefore trump gets what he wants

you're wrong on the facts of how the vote happens in the USA: it's controlled by the states, not trump

and you're wrong on the attitude, you're presenting a fallacious rationale that there's no use in voting

the only effect is you are helping trump

[nmba@mstdn.ca]

@skedarwarrior @benroyce
Non-maga USians are still welcome because every dollar you spend outside the USA benefits the country you are visiting and removes a dollar from the US economy. Ideally you drop many dollars during your visit. This will change though if US forces invade a former ally.

[dukeduke@mastodon.social]

@benroyce Four years ago, I boycotted the World Cup, due to FIFA's corrupt decision to hold it in a shithole country controlled by an evil regime. Nothing's changed in 2026.

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@lynfox @bazcook @ikuturso

right but we can still vote and elect dems to control congress and freeze his agenda

this whole sentiment "the usa is already nazi germany" is self-defeating: you want trump to lose, right? so why act like he already won everything? trump is not untouchable. why act like he is? do you want to help trump? i don't think so, but that's what your words are doing because you're presenting a fallacious rationale that voting doesn't matter anymore. it still matters

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@macacator @lynfox

and fucking vote

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@MrTulip

that's assuming usa is already full blown nazi germany

it's bad but it isn't that yet, so you can vote, and can make a difference

this rationale your presenting is saying a vote is useless. so people don't vote. so trump wins

so you're helping trump

do you want to help trump?

i don't think so, but that's what you're doing

so don't do it. don't present this "everything is already full blown fascism" fallacy. it doesn't help

[macacator@mastodon.social]

@benroyce @lynfox voting is the starting point.

[radioclash@retro.pizza]

@benroyce I am amazed anyone travels to the US for ANYTHING - be it World Cup or Olympics, They have put our citizens in ICE detention, and those of fellow Europeans.