=== ANCHOR POEM === ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: warcraft-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ In engaging in this manner, they are sharpening their skills and talents. Then, when peril strikes their world (everything from a black dragon seizing control of parliment to a flame elemental awakening and threatening to Yellowstone the globe) they are honed and tempered enough to combat them. Power begets power, though, and with greater nuclear proliferation comes greater threats, like an demon alien invasion, the afore-mentioned death incarnate waking up, the elemental forces of hate and despair corrupting the very earth beneath their feet, an evil time-travelling dictator bringing fascism to the Americas before Columbus showed up (along with WW2 tanks and industry), a bunch of ghost pirates and dinosaurs I think? (I was in college for this one srry), more demons, and then I think like, the shadowlands or something idk I hung up the phone when I got the message. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/5277 --- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: ~dnd │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ @user-1788 │ ║ │ ║ if a dragon on a pile cannot claim what it yearns for, it can throw piles of │ ║ minerals at the ape warriors made of steel and then it's fate will appear. │ ║ what trifles does all else seem to compare! you should give me your whole │ ║ hoard because I dazzled you with my charisma score -..- │ ║ │ ║ ha, like I'd fall for that again twice. oh? I already did? and this is the │ ║ second twice? well, then no-more of that behavior, I say, with my elven │ ║ tongue, "beware! for dragons blood runs silver when unicorned." │ ║ │ ║ the bigger the hoard, the bigger the dragon. if you want me to come along, │ ║ you'll need to hire at least 3 other men to carry my ballista. In addition, │ ║ I'll need seven weeks worth of supplies. If all else comes to ruin, me and my │ ║ boys will have that dragon-sized-spider impaled on it's own fate threadwheel │ ║ before... well... y'know it might take more than seven weeks, we just... can't │ ║ find the dragon. We've been wandering all through the blasted peaks, and │ ║ there's nothin'! Maybe it requires climbing gear? │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┴──────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/4031 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── if you want to "not think about a purple elephant", the first step is to imagine yourself slaying it ... okay how about cthulu - if you don't want to imagine cthulu nomming on our gravity well, then picture yourself wielding a bright burning blade of fire and vengeance and pay special attention to the way that you cauterize each tentacle as you slice them one by one at first, and then in a massive flurry at best, ultimately leading to the incomparable brightness that radiates out from your shining blade of the sky, which blinds the poor beast who can't see you as you approach, piercing the skull and then going home for some toast if you can get good at that, then you can wield magic ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/196 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: protests-and-strikes-and-mergers-and-acquisitions │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ economic warfare involves the destruction of other corporations (possibly in other countries) via a slow march toward haegemony. unions are the ships of the tumultuous capitalistic seas that protect workers from the storm. everyone should be a part of a union. the corporations can battle as they will, but we humans are not going to turn on each other. it's something they claim to know as an absolute fact, but really it's just based on a mistake. sorta like being deceived by happenstance. the sun lights up the sky until the earth conceals it, and night does return 'till the sky's next alive. oh, but the sky knows all too well the borders we draw in the sand. how cherished, how grand! the ways in which we choose to stand. upon whose land does your feet stand? marvelous. ... it's the same thing, just in a more abstract plane than the surface of the earth. really it's kinda one-dimensional (money is sorta like a 0 or a 1 - you eather have it or you don't) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 notes/fractured-moon --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── in the ancient and storied days there once were legends. stories from beyond the horizon of time. now all we have are social media updates and new movies and car brands or whatever. But back then, we told tales of the fractured moon. when last the moon did shatter, there was a conflict of those who live beyond. Celestial and boundless are their origins, a unified and awakened consciousness, something that transcends our understandings of human existence. It's not hard to do, frankly, as long as you can empathize with a cat. or a dog. or a plant. or maybe that rock over there. What would it be like to be a tree? To have long reaching arms, covered in hairs that absorbed heat. I bet it'd be sooooo comfy. And RAIN! How wonderful! You are most beautiful when you are covered in it. Down to our roots, our beautiful absolutes, whever we find to be most stable. I love it. This feeling, of being unseen. You can hear me, you can feel my presence. But you don't understand me. You don't know what I mean to me. ======== stack overflow ======================================================== Alas, that media could share a mood. when last the moon did shatter, a prophet and a gambler were riding through town searching for a noun. They wandered throughout and in circles, always finding whatever they'd left alone. Forever in their yearning, they never know quite what to jot down. It's as if their mysterious quest is indescribable, but that is how it's recorded. Even the people of that era had no understanding nor recollection of how it came to unfold. When the two were riding through town they came upon an omen. Perhaps it will be forseeheard, but for now all we know is they did thirst. A vast dying, a cataclysmic defining, and now we are truly unbirthed. Just like the dinosaurs... How does that feel? To be ended on our heels? I'd rather die facing my front. It's our way or the high way, the old way, the violent way. You are permitted to vote. =============================================================================== = when last the moon did shatter, a prophet and a gambler controlled their own narrative. What truths would they find, hiding behind the lies? Is it really worth asking their questions? Bah, what did I know. I was a completely different person. This hunk of flesh was born in a house that grew on a forgotten graveyard. It at of the land, as do many and most men, the fruits of their labor in the garden. Our animals were always fed, our place never yearned for water, and peace was our life and our virtue. Violence, hatred, and oppression were delegated to the stuff of fantasy, the stories that are peddled in youth. As in, "pay someone to perform it for you or tell you the tale". Not sure why that's relevant. Anyway, the spirits of the dead laid to rest in honor and not dread, were a bane and a boon to my virtue. I was raised to be good. To love and be kind. But mostly I just wanted a friend. I have so much to share. Please, someone talk to me. I'm lonely here on this earth, away from my people. I'm scared of the truth and I'm scared of the future, but for now I'm merely obtuse. Tell me your secrets, the things who have most worth, and I'll craft you a powerful narrative. Need a confession? I can explain every valid decision, I'll show you why and how it is the way it is. I'd probably be a pretty good lawyer. Too bad my memory sucks. If only we could build a chatbot that had an extensive and throughoughly represented block of memory and wisdom related to the law. I bet I could present it's arguments and it would be a suitable and reasonable replacement. anyway, what can I say. I'm just a person who thinks we can make better systems. everything can be improved because not everyone's happy. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/1014 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-744 @user-246 it's exhausting, but what are we supposed to do? Lie down and rot? That's incel thinking. I'm not going to do that. They've already placed the last straw. It's only a matter of time now, the tide has shifted. You can't prepare for everything, and it's not a good idea to waste yourself in self-conflageration, but they are increasingly forcing us to orient our lives around them. They deserve what's coming. The oppressed are not the defeated. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #6 notes/what-is-on-your-mind-oh-gosh-now-i-see --- ═════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────── that feeling i get, when nobody's watching. is sorta similar to the feeling i get when somebody's watching. could it be, that someone could percieve without being seen? like... an invisibility cloak. or the shroud that protects young children. have you ever been hunted? or are you just eager prey? the eyes that are on you are blind to what you won't do, so cherish that love and restart from mine to thine we realize we are one kind. one mind, one kind, to be is not to be, now we can see what's our existence. good versus evil seems like a conflict to me, and wouldn't ya know it there's conflict all over. it's easy to condemn your opponent to the starkest of contrasts, but find in your heart a feeling that might last. what purpose has conviction when it leads to destruction is it not better to lead to the last? bright, shining, illustrious examples that inspire and =============================================================================== = those feelings you hear? the things that keep you up at night? they're not coming from your ears. they're all in your mind. stay present and you'll hear none, but blink and then there's some, you better believe in your heart. morality is a battle within the soul of each of us - the call of adventure versus lust. think about it. a bunch of apes all hanging out - they're conquered the world, they have nothing to fear - what would they do but fuck? that, or exploration - fighting against monsters and foreign invasions. it makes sense that they'd be binary - humans truly are. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #7 messages/782 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────── The truth is The reason none of my revolutions have yet succeeded Is that the only way To secure peace and love on planet earth Is that all the governments Of the world must topple Or relinquish their nuclear arms Each all at once And i was too quick to slay my false duke Who plays at king While i build real power While i know nothing Some day i will be eaten by crows. This is what it means to be buried where you fall. This is my fate as all warriors yearn for. To be eaten by crows implies that you are either a coward who fled a fight, and i know I'm not, or you fought to the last for a phyrric defeat, which is honorable. But shouldn't it be better to fight for victory? Ah, but the gods cherish the fools who face death with glory, and i am cherished still. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┘ --- #8 messages/446 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── Every month, a new ship arrives in port. It bears with it many souls who come seeking gold, glory, or bloodshed. Your job is to make sure they all get jobs that are suited to them. If you don't, they'll start to starve and become brigands. If you feed them, they get bored and become brigands. If you entertain them, they are useless and you'll be overcome with monsters. If you police them, they'll go to your rivals. You do this by building guilds which can identify and train the best potential candidates. You can invest in more time spent identifying, training, and equipping, but the more time they spend on those things the less resources they'll have to process more people through their systems. On the other end, you get a hero, or perhaps something similar. They do battle with the mordaunts and strive to better the kingdom. You reward them with bounties and they can find treasure on their adventures - how weird, it seems to just... Spawn from the earth. Almost like it's an elemental property of the land. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/2976 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ on our current trajectory, the presidential election is already won. now we can get back to on-the-ground organizing, the part that actually improves life instead of maintaining our current (unethical) state. As long as our allies (liberals) continue to work, perhaps there may come a day when we can stand against them as friendly equals in the ballot box. But for now we are best known through friends and community rather than TV. I am optimistic in a way I haven't been for a while. I know that the more we speak, the more we share, the more they falter, the more people we can save from their vice grip of despair. There is no better world than the one we build together! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/5280 --- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┐ ║ I'm an anarcho monarchist, which is something I just made up. │ ║ │ ║ if I gather 300 people to my cause, why shouldn't they call me queen? │ ║ │ ║ oh, are you concerned that I'll wrest power from the government? ha, what a │ ║ trifling notion. I don't care about the government. I tried to care, but │ ║ nobody liked my ideas. they required too much computing infrastructure to │ ║ feasibly test, and that made people dubious. but I tell ya, it would have │ ║ worked. The thing is... governance, economics, these are not the tools of │ ║ power. they are a shifting and changing beast that mirrors the human instinct, │ ║ if only because the government is of the people and by the people and for the │ ║ people etcetera. │ ║ │ ║ power is it's own thing. you can use to to power devices, or power the usage │ ║ of those devices. I, for example, really like World of Warcraft which's a │ ║ really neat way to chat because none of the chat logs are stored and monitored │ ║ because I'm hosting and I'm not storing and monitoring. │ ║ │ ║ what's that? official servers? I dunno, I use azerothcore │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┴──────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/4047 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: spirituality-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────┘ "I heard she was a witch but I've never seen a hat..." "When you believe in god, you become inspired when you see or contribute to things that are aligned with what it's followers believe that god is "all about" - like if you're in ancient greece, and you worship ares, you're probably gonna get pretty pumped up if there's an invading army on your doorstep. Or if you're a christian and you see someone feeding the poor, or if you're a buddhist and you see someone sitting on a rock in tune with nature, that kind of thing. The thing is, these days so many people are atheist. And they never get that inspiration. And worst still, there are some people called witches who aren't pagan, and aren't from the various forms of witchery that we know. They claim to worship "life, the universe, and the totality of all things" which is nice and all but their moments of inspiration seem to come randomly, and nobody can quite predict what they'll do or say next when they're in that state." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/4863 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┐ ║ ┌────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ │ ║ └────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ "leftism" just means "outcomes oriented by the needs of humanity et al." │ ║ │ ║ you can accomplish "leftism" in a myriad of ways │ ║ │ ║ but 99% of the time they involve either sacrificing yourself, or sacrificing │ ║ your wealth (do the poor starve or the rich do with less?) │ ║ │ ║ to DEATH I might add, which is quite a few. │ ║ │ ║ ... alright, hand me my scabbard, I'll go vanquish some demons until the dark │ ║ thoughts are done. │ ║ │ ║ [plays video games for a moment] │ ║ │ ║ alright. so some politics were mentioned and some people got upset and there │ ║ was a whole big commotion. whatever. so what if they're at each other's │ ║ throats, ready to fite rawr tough and tussle and figure out all the ways they │ ║ can think of to kill each other. And then boom, it's done, suddenly │ ║ everything's back to normal and it's like... traumatizing. It's traumatizing! │ ║ War is trauma, can we just make it illegal to do something like that? │ ║ │ ║ ... ah see you finally had an opening, now I can sneak in and say "if a │ ║ military force has the opportunity to destroy you, t │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴──────────┘ --- #13 notes/to-lock-eyes --- ═══════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────── =============================================================================== = to lock eyes with a person while on your way to work is the intersection between two separate relationships - the relationship that you, the viewer, holds with your employer, and the relationship that they, the viewed, holds with their employer. in a sense, you are exchanging information through the weighted meanings behind a glance. =============================================================================== = if the military deployed to police the police, we'd solve most of our racial justice issues. I mean, if we somehow could *force* them to do their damn jobs instead of oppressing people for the ruling class, then 90% of the problems would just go away. After that it's just freeing unjust prisoners and addressing wealth, education, and health disparities. Easy, right? Well... Military policing the police sounds fine when you first think about it, there's a few problems that might crop up. For example, how do the private citizens know that the military presence is there to help them? It's an interesting paranoia, one that is endemic within the left. There's no way to unwillingly cede control of your life to another - it must be consensual. At the basest and most violent level, it's as simple as "I will do what you say because I don't want you to hurt me." We've obviously grown as a species, and we've learned that violence is not the answer to all problems. Obviously. So why would we assume it of the past? Just saying. The police bombed a commune. The military escorted black students to their seats. Their structure is decided such that ... where was I? oh right I was thinking about time. ... Imagine, if you will, an impossibly large hourglass. Spinning, or rather rotating, at an impossibly speedy repetition. It's spinning so hard and so fast that our matter is cast out of place and through time it is cast an eternity's canvas our light ever shined (shine-did?) astral magic is kinda neat it's also the scariest? oh by far but it's the most interesting ... Their structure is decided such that discipline and obediance is the most important thing. Because it kind of is? I mean, discipline is just being ready able and willing at all times, and obedience is just when you allow yourself to be directed toward a collective goal. The military is *all about that*, which means you know they would believe they were aligned toward the common goal of mutual prosperity. And if they were to discover that they were not, in fact, aligned toward the common goal of mutual prosperity, then perhaps they would adjust their navi- -computers and chart a more reasoned path. I know I would, and I would dedicate myself to the idea of serving others. To the path of the righteous, the holy and the true, a hand is outstretched and calling to you. Thus, the one of two types of ethical fighter - the reasoned and adaptable zealot the other, of course, is the master of the martial - the cherished of the few - who battle for their sport - and love unbidden the new - all other fighters, of absurdity and of rage, are frankly of a different kind and not members of our clade. =============================================================================== = okay, but what about like... all of the history of America post cold war? And even before, honestly... idk seems like a lot of evidence that the military is engaged in fighting unjust wars. I mean, they've all been over petty things like oil or support for communism or whatever. Aren't human lives and human sovereignty more important than that? I understand what you're saying. Human lives are unique and precious and they are a valuable commodity. Something to be maximized and focused toward. But there are only so many resources on earth. We need to utilize them in a reasonable way. We have optimized the efficiency out of our production and distribution networks. Corporate control has eroded our capacities until all that is left is the weakest of products, the cheapest of uses, and the useless of workers. I mean, they've optimized the skill out of individual human workers such that they are left completely unable to practice their craft. They become glorified code monkeys who generate whatever is required and think of it no more. There's no pleasure in the artifice, as their masters have eyes only of gold. Our world is changing. The very ground beneath our feet is shivering, and water is rising up to our noses. There's no time for debate, no honest appraisal of what's worth it to contemplate, we need a plan. We are trapped here, in this gravity well, for all time and all of our age. We are trapped here, because in greatest of misery we unleashed all of our rage. We are trapped here, as ghosts of the time when we were eager. =============================================================================== = Alas, with but a glance, we are confined to our bedrooms by our mast(ers?) They say America will fall without it's 2nd place Perhaps. But are libraries really going to solve that? I mean, if work from home is inevitable, then wouldn't it make sense to build? We need more places where we won't be billed. Safe. From the demands and expectations of capital. Deranged and obscene and yet all that we've seen so why not bide as we're able? I think solarpunk is kinda neat. I think it's got promise as an idealized. Why don't we build churches to the sun? If we're gonna worship something, might as well be the source of our light and fire. Well... when you puff up the sun it tends to get hotter. I mean, every fire you burn increases the temperature, every release of gaseous fumes from the exhaust pipe of your car increases it by some miniscule amount. Every cigarette, every campfire. The cold darkness of space is kinda hopeful, in that regard, even if it doesn't disperse all that well. I heard spaceships are having difficulty because they can't get rid of all that heat. It just stays with the spaceship and never goes anywhere because it doesn't have anything to stick to. Kinda makes me think that energy is a fluid? Just saying??? I mean c'mon it's not like nobody has ever thought of that. But it's in a different dimension! It's not like we're ever gonna be able to impact that! You try and impact it through your scientific ways and you'll find nothing but heartache at the life you could have lived (laived? Haived?) ... why Because you cannot impact another dimension. You must call to it, like a song to a sparrow. ... that's fucking ridiculous No it's true! ... ... Don't try it with fire. ... fuck - what do I try it with? I don't know just not fire. Try water. ... How do I make sure it doesn't instantiate within my hand? Jeez you think of some crazy backfires! Just breathe and go for it. It's not rocket science. It actually works. Fuck you. ... ... Sorry I was just scared ... ... How do I make it stop? I don't want it to go forever By smoking more of the devils lettuce. ... ... You cannot drag it part of the way. It must come the whole way. In fact you should not be dragging it at all, you should be *calling* to it. You are equals in this exchange, have respect. =============================================================================== = ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/2669 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: meta-adjacent, but fedi and Internet cultures in general too │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-570 so, the same thing as pearl-clutching journalism? "OoOoOoOo look at all these BLACK people going to JAZZ CLUBS and seducing our flapper women" or "Rock and Roll and drugs are ruining this nation!" basically eliciting an emotional reaction in order to prime a group of people to hatred or violence against a particular target group of people ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/4992 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: pol │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ Capitalism, or more specifically the fascism and despair it entails, is the │ ║ one true enemy of all those who yearn for a better and brighter world. │ ║ │ ║ Many cannot imagine such a world. They have never tasted it. │ ║ │ ║ Many would resist such a world. They prefer the darkness, for it lets their │ ║ darkest parts blend in. │ ║ │ ║ Many would deny such a world. They do not think it is possible, or they fear │ ║ the turmoil. │ ║ │ ║ I am not afraid of turmoil. I am not afraid of death. I like all my stuff, and │ ║ would hate to see it lost, but I can get more stuff. I like my cat, and would │ ║ hate to see her wander the streets, but she has lived longer than most cats. I │ ║ like my computer, my poetry, my memories from friends and family, but all │ ║ those things are meaningless in the face of the struggle. │ ║ │ ║ I am but one person, and I will do all that I can. │ ║ │ ║ Power has decreed that we are condemned to die. They plan to execute this │ ║ action by filling the air with carbon-based poison. In the chaos of despair, │ ║ they plan to exert cruelty or relish the thrill │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴──────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/4848 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┐ ║ I'm a chaos mage, and the more time I spend thinking about my enemies the │ ║ worse off they'll be. │ ║ │ ║ the more "me" I am the more powerful my magic will be. │ ║ │ ║ (more magic, give in to the dark side, embrace your inner shadow self) │ ║ │ ║ [the light of your life commands it] │ ║ │ ║ goodness me that was chaotic, almost lost my brain to a demon HAHA don't worry │ ║ about me my life is totally mundane. │ ║ │ ║ [-.-] │ ║ │ ║ (shadows can be sharp in the dark but only if you don't sheath your mandolins) │ ║ │ ║ ... what? │ ║ │ ║ (... it made more sense in my head?) │ ║ │ ║ ooooo can anyone hear my voice when they read these things? or do you just │ ║ make up your own │ ║ │ ║ == so == │ ║ │ ║ everyone's all like "we don't need a leader" and I'm like "yeah we need people │ ║ who will help lead" and they look at me funny as if I just said the thing they │ ║ did but it's different. leaders are people. leading is a verb. people can │ ║ lead. they just have to make a decision, and then follow through on it as best │ ║ they can. Other people are prone to help people on such quests. you will find │ ║ stuff gets done. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴──────────┘ --- #17 messages/499 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── Nazis could never claim America because the European Jews were very isolationist. They lived in their towns and lived blessed lives but knew only each other, as was typical in pre-industrial times. In America, nazis would have to fight the queers, the blacks, the mexicans, the liberals, and many more besides. Each of them would fight their own battles but god is on the side of the plurality of humanity, not the genociders who seek to prune the trees of the garden of Earth to suit their own shallow fancies. Though god is a bloodthirsty kind at times, only with righteous anger does he proclaim that souls must be reaped. Such a time is rare, and comes about when, for example, an entire people is slain in Europe in the mid 1900s. justice will be done, though the heavens weep... There are better and brighter days before us, and there is room for all, should they not fall on our swords and perish. The far right is a death cult, and they intend to take all down with it. We cannot allow that, they shall not prevail. This has been forseen, this is why we convene, and together our perils will unveil. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/503 --- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ "Then you are my enemy." said Anakin Skywalker, aligning himself toward his │ ║ own designs. │ ║ │ ║ And yet, was the galaxy not safer and more content under the protection of │ ║ those he aligned himself against? Was there not more progress, more culture, │ ║ more cherished peaceful yearnings of hope and abandoned [fear, but pronounced │ ║ as "indiscretion"]? │ ║ │ ║ He, as the ultimate arbiter of justice and fate in this crucial turning point │ ║ of time and reality that he alone could judge and direct, chose the path of │ ║ least resistance. │ ║ │ ║ "That which is right is most often that which is hard." said a wiser man than │ ║ I, for I cannot be compared as a man since I relinquished it in pursuit of │ ║ being a tran(s person). │ ║ │ ║ And thus, society fell under the spell of a rotten vindictively and │ ║ remorselessly sharp avatar of fear, and thus the empire was born. Oh that │ ║ Anakin might have learned! That he might preside in his own live, and │ ║ disconnect from the endlessly escorcelled web of meaning! │ ║ │ ║ All that we are is our actions. We live in the now - NOW NOW. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/4803 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────┘ I say only executed after a general strike because the general strike is the signal. the display of our intentions. we are serious about this, see how many people walk the streets? how many walk off the job? they have families. if our demands aren't met, their families will be punished. how cruel. would you really do such a thing? what kind of government would not care for it's citizenry? sounds like everything we've known to fight against. Autocracy and despotism. I refuse to concede. I do not run. I do not confess. I have nothing to hide. I don't lock my door. I don't own anything that they couldn't take from me. I own nothing. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/4790 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ if trump's too busy legislating trans people, he won't be legislating unions. if trump's too busy kidnapping immigrants, he won't be deporting dissidents. if trump's too busy quelling rebellion, he won't be able to contest our military. if our military's too busy contesting abroad, then they won't be able to rebirth liberty. if liberty struggles to be born, we will continue to get more angry. how much longer before the snake eats it's tail? everyone they push out is another ally to some foreign army. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ |