=== ANCHOR POEM === ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: socialism-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────┘ React with vigor when the time comes. This vigor will only be violent if it is caused by violence. Much more likely is a strength through organization. We can do it if we do it together!Show up every day, but don't hang around if everyone's resting at home. It's okay to stop showing up if things are on pause.Trust that your allies are working. Or resting. Or preparing.Plans change, planning remains.Dream of a better future. It is within reach. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 messages/547 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── Internationalize amazon and walmart and you'll have fixed most of the problems of globalism. But you can't fix anything if you don't have power... It's important to focus on how to get power. Keep in mind "what to do when you have power" but don't let it dominate your thoughts. Focus on claiming your right to determination. Steps to revolution: 1. Invert power structures with unions 2. Care for people with mutual aid 3. Vote for the Democrat so we have a few more years of peace 4. Teach people to always be learning 5. Connect to people on a personal or spiritual level 6. Make the world a better place, whether that's by sweeping a street corner or helping people smile, it doesn't really matter how. What matters is the intention. 7. Improve your self and your life. Do pushups, eat better, drink more water, spend time writing (writing is thinking), and take time to sit and stare at the flowers. 8. Kill the part of yourself that cringes. Everyone's figuring things out and its okay to say "haha okay then" 9. Spend time with animals. 10. Make mistakes. Apologize for them. Learn from them. Stay mobile in your character. Develop new ways of being. 11. React with vigor when the time comes. This vigor will only be violent if it is caused by violence. Much more likely is a strength through organization. We can do it if we do it together! 12. Show up every day, but don't hang around if everyone's resting at home. It's okay to stop showing up if things are on pause. 13. Trust that your allies are working. Or resting. Or preparing. 14. Plans change, planning remains. 15. Dream of a better future. It is within reach. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┘ --- #2 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/4403 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: uspol-revolutions-and-sedition │ └────────────────────────────────────────┘ Each of the wars we fight will be smaller than the last, as each of our cities struggles toward our last gasp. But together we are strong, and by connecting them we might deliver ourselves from harm. Against the far right, we must secure a cleansing blow. There is no greater fight. The world is watching. To that end, I suggest a great and perilous fight. I see no other option in this remarkable century. Prepare as you might, I suggest pushups and resource acquisition. Deliver your resources somewhere safe if you're in a red area, and meet your neighbors if you're not. A blue city in a red state must survive a siege. Prepare yourself for this. Assume that supplies will need to be delivered by convoy if by land, and drone airdrop from the skies. Develop ways to protect these supply methods. Public spaces are our homes now, our houses are just where we sleep. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/5840 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── ]]]] I have never stopped fighting for the people, ever, once, at any time. every moment of pause or relaxation was purely intended in pursuit of the cause. -- turn-of-the-century-autocrat enchanting magic's easier when you have a laboratory please, please, please let me teach you magic? enchantment is temporary, construction is as stable as the boject youses form. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/4408 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-guns-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────┘ "Fighting back" doesn't necessarily mean standing on a street corner with a rifle. Begin to orient your life around guns. How can you support the people who wield them? We all need food, shelter, kindness, and inspiration. Your fears and your worries shall bother you no longer, for your life as you've led it so far has been the life of capital. It's okay to miss what you've lost, but remember who took it from you and enrage. Then, engage. Nothing starts today. It has started quite a while ago, and it's only now beginning to flicker and spark. It burned low for all this time, and it will burn low again. But it's the dry season, so prepare for wildfires. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/2432 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol-violence-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────┘ we gain nothing by burning through political philosophy, exchanging tokens of economic problems or solutions and looking for truth to our current conditions. our current conditions are not those that we will be fighting within. make no mistake, we will be fighting again, and on that day I'd much rather know where my grain is coming from (or if it's coming at all) than how we plan to vote. much better, I find, to keep violence in mind, before it is thrust down your throat. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #7 messages/1013 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── peace is on the opposite side of conflict. Not here with the unfair. peace is eternally elusive only to those who are use-ed. peace is eternally internal next to those who are lucid. peace is necessary. peace is useful. peace is helpful. peace is beloved. peace is not always there. it is skittish, like an alley cat, but it will come if you make offerings. offer peace to me. I will nourish thee. offer war to me. I will devastate all who see me. there comes a time when all foes become blind, when your motives are no longer part of their story. at that time, they are lost to you, and they are only confused as to the things you do. they may heal in time. there may not be time. sacrifice your fallen to me, sacrifice them on the altar of tragedy, I will bane your broken resolutions I will claim your darkest allusions. fight for me, in spite of tragedy, and I will send mercy to your victims. fight for me, if you hold peace dearly, and I will sign fate's next ultimatum. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/4392 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ Keep in mind that this is sedition. Do you trust in democracy? Do you see how it may be spoiled? We've elected our hitler, yet 40-50% of the nation does not consent. America as we know it is about to change, and we need to protect the pieces we love. I see no future without splitting into three separate states, with city-state allies plodding along, keeping the siege ongoing. Trust in convoys more than farms. All it takes is a drone with a fire bomb and your crops are worthless. We must deprive them of their ports, if possible. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/2351 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ Democracy only works if the losing side consents to being governed by the winner. This election, neither side will consent. Therefore, this election does not matter. It doesn't matter anymore. Waiting until November to do... anything at all is not a great plan. If you don't know what to do, spend time in a park. At the mall. With your family. This weekend, they'll be ready for us. But by then, there'll be more of us. Next week, we will no longer be slaves. If your job won't let you strike in the park for a week, then they do not want you. Embrace radical change. A new future is possible A new future is within reach A new future is grasped in our palms All we need is a week. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/14 --- ══════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────── ye who it is nature to fight take heart - we will bear your harshest of burdens. As best as we can, we keep stillness at hand, focusing on life and renewal. In all of it's forms, we are not born out of acorns, instead we are imprinted upon one another. A life lived well is all that is required from you, and does it not fulfill your expectations? Why seek power over others if not to direct and support them to something much bolder and aggranding? (grand but pronounced weird) the only purpose in the pursuit of power is a perfectly prepared penance ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/2683 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── when people are alone, they fall alone, with nobody to bolster them up. a fallen ally is a blow to morale. shaken morale makes you unsteady - broken morale is the enemy's win condition. help your allies. bolster them up. find those whose cause you share enemies with. we're going to get through it together, or not at all. though I do know we will get through it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/1130 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── @user-850 @user-5 temporarily weaken, as now you know how to operate at peak form and should only require rest and recuperation (possibly resources) in order to build yourself back up to your full potential after being weakened by the trials in your recent past. also, just because getting stronger is part of surviving, doesn't mean that all situations where you get stronger are situations where you survive. something something the planes who came back had holes in all the un-necessary places ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #13 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 │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┴──────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/2347 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ I personally think that it's better to act before the liberals have a chance to hand power over to the fascists. when? well, that depends. Are you part of a large and massive organization that accomplishes great and beautiful things with incredible efficiency... but rather slowly? Then yeah get working. I'm sure you already are. Are you just a person, like me? Then go do things that don't raise the temperature too much, but make you feel more confident and inspire those around you. Like, bricks at cop cars is one way to go, but you're probably gonna get arrested. And then you're useless when we need you. BUT if you meet with your friends and make plans for where to go, what to bring, who to know, and what to sing (if you're the musical types) then great! Go do that. If you're reading this and thinking "I'm not gonna do that, I have a plan that's so much better" then yeah do that instead. I don't mind. Just... don't hurt innocent (ignorant) people, because if you do then you are my foe. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #15 messages/423 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── A job where you only have to work one day per week of your choosing (but semi-permanent) and are automatically placed on a team with others in the company who work that same day and accomplish whatever goals they think fulfill the company's vision. If they don't have any ideas then they should work on collaborating with others until they do. Let's get things done! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/1316 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: weapons-guns-mentioned-death-mentioned │ │ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ there came a tipping point, some time in our past, when we produced more │ ║ weapons than we could muster. │ ║ │ ║ if every single rifle had laid hands upon the hearts and minds of the people │ ║ who would hold it, if every single bomb had been dropped and round had been │ ║ fired, there'd be nothing left of us on this earth but ashes and soot. │ ║ │ ║ some day in the past we produced the last bullet, the last landmine, the last │ ║ laser guided shocking shock collar. the last that put us over that edge. │ ║ │ ║ and yet we persist. we are not dead, not yet, and so I have hope for our │ ║ future. │ ║ │ ║ it's easy to hope when you know you're on the right track - that no matter │ ║ what happens, good and evil persist through the end, until you realize the end │ ║ was not an end at all, but rather a stop on the subway route and you're still │ ║ a ways away from home. │ ║ │ ║ we live in the bright future, and though it often feels full of anxiety, know │ ║ that stress is just energy that your body doesn't know what to do with. │ ║ │ ║ we will be okay. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/1713 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: divination, tarot │ └───────────────────────────┘ @user-1071 like a king who dictates on high, the taller the chair the farther the fall. how simple is it, when everyone trusts you, to betray the wishes for direction they grant upon you. By leveraging their direction to forward your own ends, you are depriving them of the liberty to choose their own ends. how cruel is it! to be the reason for distrust! alas, who can you go to for guidance if not anybody you trust? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/2417 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── @user-1265 I can't reassure you about the "place", but the "times" are getting better. We stand now at the apex of their cruelty, and all it takes to reach the bright future is to keep moving forward. unfortunately, the future always comes, but it comes unevenly and not fully distributed. but it will come to all, this I swear. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/4168 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── "have a good day" is so imperative. Like, what you expect me to do all the work? Just because I'm a witch doesn't mean I can just magic you into having a good day! "have a good day" is better, but still it doesn't work if you don't expect it to work. Spells aren't magic, after all, they're solely based on the victim uh I mean target's intuitions. "have a good day" is probably best for me, so I try to say that when I see people. This way you don't get any [redacted]'s occurring, and you won't have any trouble aligning the [redacted]. On the flip side, [redacted], so perhaps it's better to just grin and bear it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/2717 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: USpol; shooting │ └─────────────────────────┘ @user-1328 the only method that needs to fail for them to realize what you're saying as truth is their method to vote. they will quickly grasp for power they once held and realize it was little more than an "I OWE YOU" Then, they might listen. Then, they might hear. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ |