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Trump tells Iran to sign deal with US or ‘the whole country is going to get blown up’
(www.the-independent.com)
this post was submitted on 19 Apr 2026
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You mean the job that pays for my rent and food so I'd don't freeze/starve to death? Yeah, I don't really have a choice. I hate the shit Trump is doing but not enough to destroy my entire life over it. Even if whatever I do in protest is successful. If I lose this job I'm not just going to be able to pick back up where I left off at a new place. It's going to be a pay cut and I'm not making enough as it is.
Well... there are probably a million options to enact before self immolation but you are choosing to just play the card victim and pretend there is nothing you can do until there will be truly nothing you can do.
Let's not forget you guys have been at the "shrug and ignore" tactic for at least 15 - 20 years now?
Please list any of these millions of options that I personally can do to stop Trump from fucking with Iran.
you could do small stuff that by itself won't stop the child rapist but would create pressure like dropping the spy services like Meta, xitter, etc… you could donate to groups actually organizing, you could email your friends and fam to encourage them as well…
Of course, you are likely to do none of that because it's a minor inconvenience to you and it won't solve the problem quickly, completely and permanently
You could do harder stuff like organize strikes in your city but you won't because there is actual work and risk in this and you'll implode if you lose your job
Never used them in the first place.
Already did
No one would follow me and yeah, I already covered the fact that I'm not going to torpedo my entire future (however shitty it may be) to have a minimal impact on what Trump is doing.
If you are really that precarious, you will probably be on the street soon anyway due to Trump's upheaval around the world. Better get planning on how to be homeless.
Guess I'll have a lot less to lose if that happens.