Dictatorships seem to hit the first stage through votes, so by the time that happens it usually means a majority are in favor of such a transition of power.
Don't think there is a way of changing it unless population that ushered it in changes.
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I wouldn't. I'd just move somewhere else.
Why? Because whatever I do to attempt to stop the transition will be much less effective on obtaining quality of life improvements for myself and my loved ones than moving somewhere else. And that's not even going into the risks of attempting to get between a potential dictator and their power.
Votes are individually irrelevant. Protests are ignored, even if massive. Opinions and relevant facts to change opinions are lost in a sea of extremely well funded narrative-affirming propaganda. Civil disobedience will get you nothing but legal trouble. Strikes are broken.
Let's be real. There is nothing that can be done, realistically, as an individual without an extraordinary amount of political capital, money or military influence.
Anything short of a huge chunk of the armed forces organizing an armed coup is completely irrelevant.
The only realistic solution is jumping ship.
And what country is going to accept mass political refugees from the USA?
You make it sound like that's an easy option that everyone has.
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ERM. Vote
BLOOD AND MURDER
Well, first I'd fight off speech censorship. We effectively did that through one man, so in that sense we were very lucky.
Look at England right now. They're ahead of us a few years into censorship because they didn't have the guy we do. People going to prison for social media posts. Wild
"Ahead a few years" on censorship on hate speech, but look to be decades behind on corporate shill nutjobs (though we're ahead a little on bank shills).
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Mass murder
I would get into fierce arguments on the internet to insist that we must vote for the lesser of two evils every election so that we get that dictatorship a little later instead of right now.
The kingdom of Korea will not fall tonight!
I can't tell if downvotes because people don't did understand the s or in spite of it.
reading comprehension aint people's strength online tho
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Why follow a particular course of action?
Or why try to stop a dictatorship?