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  • I’m not a part of that chapter but I sent my initial request email and it took about 4-5 months to be contacted. Most chapters have been overwhelmed since the election.

    If your chapter is active you’re basically waiting for an email and they’ll get you invited to the discord for new members. At least that’s how my chapter did it. Small yearly membership fee.

    I didn’t join as a national member. Just a “local comrade”. So just a member of my local chapter. No idea how national membership works.


  • It’s most peoples understanding that being a member of any organization that has “socialist” in the name can make you a target for fascist. But I think it’s also most peoples perspective that EVERYONE is a target for fascist eventually. There is no defense in just sitting by and hoping that you’re the last to be targeted.

    As a straight white male it’s definitely a privileged position to not have to be as concerned yet.

    The SRA itself is not at all political though and members are discouraged from doing any organizing that could be connected directly to the organization. It’s basically meant to be a safe space for people to learn responsible gun ownership. Something that is usually dominated by the “maga hats”.


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    Join the SRA! (Socialist Rifle Association). We are the wrong people! We either arm the vanguard (not actually a goal) or we get more common sense gun laws implemented. It’s a win win.

    In more serious terms, think of it as an organization where you can learn responsible gun ownership without being surrounded by maga hats. You don’t need to consider yourself a socialist to join. Though there is a basic vetting process to keep the maga hats out.




  • As someone that knew engineers that worked at Tesla. Interviewed and turned down an offer there myself.

    As soon as I graduated in 2015 and got a job in silicon valley I quickly learned that literally every real engineer hates Elon. Especially the ones that work at Tesla. And they treat their employees on H1 visas like indentured servants.

    Awful piece of shit company. But I respect most engineers that work at it. I’m glad the normies outside of the industry are finally catching on to this. For years I had to explain to my normie friends why Elon is a braindead idiot and they would just nod and not really understand why.

    I hope people start to understand that “tech bros” and “people that work in tech” are entirely different people. The SF bay area just happens to be filled with both of them.

    Very thankful I don’t live there anymore. This isn’t unique to Tesla either. But Tesla is definitely a perfect example for people to point to and understand now.

    Most engineers just wanna make shit. And most companies take advantage of a lot of people that enjoy their profession by overworking and exploiting them to an insane degree. Especially H1 visas. Those guys/gals deserve so much more. Tech needs a massive union push.


  • Can you plug it in and also deplete the battery at a similar rate somehow? Like an infinite money drain on Tesla?

    I’m sure the impact to climate change would be canceled out by the loss in profit to a Nazi billionaire. But I’d have to do some math.

    Maybe we hack together a device that just drains power and tricks the chargers into thinking it’s your car. Use the power consumption to do something like mine crypto and send it to a charity. Idk. Just brainstorming shit lol

    A simple one would be to power your PC off the car and just let it sit. Mine some crypto for free on Elon’s dime.

    Fuck this Nazi PoS.



  • Every company is “financialized” now. They essentially run like a bank. They aren’t being run based on a product or a service. They are being run to maximize returns for investors to such an extreme level that stock buybacks and layoffs are the tools used to bring the stock price up.

    The stock market has been a scam for awhile and not really connected to any company “doing well”. But they are essentially just shitcoins at this point. All running on whether or not people feel like they’ll go to the moon or not.

    People that mock Bitcoin but pretend like Tesla doesn’t run on the same toilet paper thin vibes are kidding themselves.

    Edit: this is not a defense of crypto. It’s just an example of how fucked the stock market is. Especially in “tech” companies.