https://www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalHumor/comments/1bb83dg/dont_be_vermin/

https://claytoonz.com/2024/03/08/protest-vote/

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  • aqwxcvbnji [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    I second @[email protected] 's point: read the Jakarta Method. The most eye-opening thing about that book was how in every country where it happened, the people living here had the same idea “something that is so outrageous can’t happen here”.

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      In Indonesia specifically, the communists were already armed and willing to fight for the liberals’ democracy. They rejected the offer and as a result, the communists were massacred and the country’s fragile democracy was crushed.