Poems in true chronological order by post date
-> file: fediverse/2709 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── the minimum wage should be salaried, not per hour. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/2711 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol-military-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────┘ people think the military is mostly a 50% split between democrats and republicans. but really a soldier is a soldier, and people are democrats and republicans. there's three things, and more if you further subdivide by roles. like, a government technician would work on different machinery than a corporate one, but they're really doing the same kind of work. there's no difference between people, no matter what they do, and yet the ways that our lives progress is quite different. everyone has their own story it seems, and there's nothing wrong with that. gives me hope against the far right, who seems to have forgotten it's role as a cog in a machine - not a cancerous consumption of the rest. there is honor in their ideals, but Trump represents none of them. Something else is festering there, a disease known by many names: "far right nationalism", "white supremacy", "etc etc", "[redacted]", and many others. the GOP must be reformed. It must denounce fascism. It must do it now. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/2712 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-toxic-masculinity-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────────────┘ I fundamentally believe that governance should be structured in such a way that people are encouraged to make good decisions. positive reinforcement, not punishment for breaking rank. in doing so, people learn and can more effectively re-teach those lessons to the children. basically... if you're not constantly stressed out, you have more mental energy to focus on improving yourself and being a better parent. the power of the nuclear family came from the stay-at-home parent mechanic, not the toxic masculinely domineering culture that it became. [I don't like talking about toxic masculinity because it's not masculine to gloat and step over your peers. feels like some other impulse other than masculinity.] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/2713 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── if you aren't organized enough to protect your commanders, then you don't deserve leaders. build the structure first. build it on honesty and trust and dedication toward a goal. then build the necessary adaptations as you encounter problems, trying vaguely to head in a particular direction, and eventually you'll become self-sustaining. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/2714 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── @user-246 👉 :neodog_boop: "beep" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/2715 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── @user-246 if I was in the navy then surely I could decipher these flag-based-signals! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/2716 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ Donald Trump is a political leader. Their next leader will be a military one. Don't let them transition too quickly. Gatekeep. If Hitler had successfully been assassinated, his generals would have done a much better more efficient job of death-culting Europe. Trump, however, is a businessman, while Hitler was an artist. A businessman knows when to delegate, an artist wants things "just so" keep in mind which foes you choose to face, for there are always more of them waiting in the wings. At least until you're face-to-face. Then there is just you, standing over their fallen. Me? I'm lucky to have been raised by both an artist and a businessman. So I got the best of both worlds. ( also a programmer, a historian, a caretaker, a shepherd, a girl-scout camp counselor, a political analyst, a gardener, a house-builder, a teacher, a mathematician, a librarian, a diplomat, a long-haul driver, a chef, and many more roles besides. And that's just my two parents who loved me dearly! How lucky am I. ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ |