Suppose You're Living In A Full-Blown Facist State

[rucky]

Let's call it "Acirema."

Acirema is led by a cabal of militaristic elites. They control the media, they impose curfews. "Elections" are a complete sham and everybody knows it. They spy on citizens and punish those who speak out against them by declaring them an enemy, incarcerating them indefinately at converted military bases, and have been known to torture confessions out of people. The poor waste away and everybody else who is not a "friend of the party" becomes part of the underclass.

There is a loose resistance movement, but nothing's really organized and there is no unified front against the opressors.

You're pretty sure you'll be detained any day now. What would you do? READ ALL THE RESPONSES BEFORE VOTING

[Agnomen]

1. Get in my car and keep driving till I get to Adanac

Adanac is receptive to admitting refugees from Acirema repression - it was in the '60 at any rate, taking in Acirema's young people who were in danger of being sent to slaughter by their country.

[Mend]

2. it is warmer in Ocixem but I don't speak Hsinaps. eom

[Agnomen]

3. I,m brushing up on my Hcnerf

- just in case. Laertnom is my fav ville.

[rucky]

4. I must be lysdexic.

because I have no idea what you're talking about.

[MadisonProgressive]

5. You mean citcelsyd?

[Agnomen]

13. We're kinda assover backwards

[Warpy]

6. The food is better in Ocixem, too

I already speak border Hsilgnaps, so the transition to pure Hsinaps shouldn't be a difficult one.

[Agnomen]

8. Beg to differ

Nothing beats the cuisine of Cebeuq. But it's a matter of preferences, I suppose.

[Warpy]

10. Nacixem has a lighter, much more varied cuisine

and because of the climate, the ingredients are always exquisitely fresh.

Besides, there are plenty of Hcnerf people living there and producing wonderful fusion cuisinie.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

7. Follow the example of my Pir

when World War II struck, the children of the founder of my Sufi Order and their widowed mother lived in Europe. Two of the children, Noorunisa and Vilayat,who later became Pir of my Order, struggled to decide what to do. The Sufi Order was not (and is not) political, but their father had said it is up to each individual to follow their conscience. Vilayat joined the British Navy; he would not fire against the enemy, but instead served aboard a mine sweeper-at one time, I believe, the ship was damaged by mines and Vilayat was in some danger. His sister Noorunisa began working as a radio operator for the French Underground. She was betrayed by a neighbor and was sent to Dachau from where she escaped. She was recaptured, tortured, and finally shot and put into the ovens while she was still alive.

God grant me the courage to follow God's will.

[Agnomen]

11. Listening to the war stories of my parents

both of whom were in the underground resistance during WWII, and to others such as Pir Vilayat, who sometimes would ask us pointedly how do we imagine we would react if faced with such dangers, I have wondered what I would do , since my generation hasn't faced them - yet.
On 9/11, walking across the bridge out of Manhattan I suddenly felt a sense of identification with my parents - that at least now I know what's it like walking out of a burning city. And instinctively helping those who had difficulties making the walk.

“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.”

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross quotes (Swiss-American psychiatrist and author )

[iconoclastNYC]

9. 40% - move out of the country scares me.

First of all if East Germany is any indication it may not be possible. Secondly if all the "good guys" move out of the country then the Fascist's job is easier. Third you are abandoning your fellow citizens. We should be in this together.

Violent resistance will not work in this day and age. With all the electronic monitoring and the neo-cointelpro shit going on it would be easily detected and difussed and then you have a whole bunch of leaders in jail or executed.

Non-violence is the only way to go.

[Selatius]

12. I would rather join a resistance movement, but......

I would rather join a movement that does not limit itself exclusively to either passive or aggressive means of resistance. Rather, I would want to join a movement that tries peace first and then escalates until its demands are met. If they answer peaceful demonstrators with tanks and bullets like Tiananmen Square, then I would assert the time for wasting words is over.

Of course, weighing whether or not to go to war is not easy. In such a situation, it's a war that will be fought in my own backyard, not on some distant battlefield. Our children will see the war with their own eyes, and many innocent people will die in the firestorm. When you wage war against your own government, it's not just you vs. the government.

You're dragging everybody you know into the fight as well. Your wife and kids could easily be used against you. Think long and hard about that. The price you pay at the end of the day could be far more than you are willing to bear.

[Lithos]

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