• AlexLost@lemm.ee
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    2 days ago

    Revolutions are rarely bloodless. People need to stand up for their convictions or bend over and take it. There is no in between.

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      You’re not wrong, but it takes tremendous courage to be the first through the door when you know you are likely to die for it.

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        24 hours ago

        It sure does. Guess they don’t teach about courage any more? People can’t live without their phones anymore, never mind and their cozy lives. It’s only cozy now though, it’s soon not to be, as are your luxuries like gaming consoles and personal phones. That’s why they gave them to us, so we’d be too distracted to stop them when the time comes. Here we are…