=== ANCHOR POEM === ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ one of my most humbling political memories is getting in a fight with a kid at school (okay, a heated argument) because he said republicans lower taxes and I thought democrats did. turns out we were both right, because one of our dads had money. gotta raise taxes for public services, and well inflation's just a fact of life y'know, at least stuff doesn't cost as much as way back when. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 messages/1343 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ I've never been a fan of the democrats. From a young age, I remember my father talking about how spineless they were, and how cruel and shortsighted the republicans were. I have since come to learn that democrats, as an economic class, are also shortsighted, and their lack of foresight causes their "triage" to have cruel effects. We could do so much better, and it's not because everyone wants something different as they say. The reason is because they are spineless. They don't want to rock the boat because they're afraid of death. Remember, most of them are so thoroughly traumatized having lived in the era of nuclear threat (which isn't over, I might add) and post-911 hysteria (which they contributed to, I might add) and it makes sense that they act so conservatively. They feel such immense pressure to keep the ship sailing but if your rigging is secure and you've got enough control over the boat, you can pull down the sails and wait out the storm. T.T too bad j+j I bet we were in love in the original timeline. The me from then was different than the me from now, so I don't know if it could ever work out. Talk to me after the war, maybe it'll toughen me up a bit. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┘ --- #2 fediverse/549 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: pol-socialism │ └──────────────────────┘ ngl I kinda want to see what conservatives would riot over in a socialist system. Like "oh no we have healthcare! that sucks, so I'm going to burn down a police station" like bro what your basic needs are met and you're encouraged and enabled to pursue your passions and personal desires, are you still hung up on that old capitalist stuff? get a life my guy that's soOoOoOo 21st century of you ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/3797 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── @user-570 unless you meant canada. I vote no on that, because there's very little difference between there and here. I mean, it's colder, which is nice. But don't move because of politics or whatever. We can handle that. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/3080 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: uspol kvetching │ └─────────────────────────┘ @user-1443 sorry 😅 re-reading what you wrote, your point was that it's unfair that republicans are granted the control they have over our society through the disenfranchisement of democrat voters, right? and I was saying that if those limitations were removed, the democrats would win in a landslide everywhere in the country, which gives me faith in my fellow countrymen. am I on the right track now? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/4619 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ I want the political right to exist, because otherwise there'd be nothing to talk about a couple beers in and with no real stakes except a good time with your friend who you disagree with I want the political right to exist, because, y'know, life liberty and justice for all and all that both of those are "left of center" takes and I've definitely held both at different parts of my life ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/4003 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ republicans are upset because they think democrats are so mean they don't understand why we're so intense about this election... or the one before they don't ever really think about what losing democracy means "democracy... that's where we vote, right? That's a democrat thing, I don't really like their way of doing things. Whatever our way is, is probably better." meanwhile everyone has a friend from high school who ran off to the mountains to learn how to farm or hunt as a pack (with rifles and weed, of course) you can get a lot done if you just... spend your whole life working. Like most humans did for most of our existence. well, except for that period where we were the tribe of tribes. That was probably a highlight TBH because we mostly just chilled out, danced in public, ate blueberries and munched seeds... It was idyllic. Truly, the garden of eden. There was music and laughter in the air everywhere, in all places that humans did wander on earth. what a thing to aspire to. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/3891 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── "no, you're the opposite of a yes-man, AKA a gatekeeper. I don't know how else to explain mentally disabled and barely keeping it together to you, but frankly if you want to take away my house or my weed then why would I do what you say? ... oh right, the state's monopoly on violence [can compel me to do what you say]. Sure seems like a "well regulated militia" is supposed to be a counterweight to that monopoly, to prevent people from harassing and exploiting and destroying. Too bad any "militias" I can think of tend to want me dead. like, seriously, if you live in America, you implicitely trust that your army will be able to protect you from the right-wing bozos who spend all their time drinking and shooting in the woods. Otherwise, if they couldn't / wouldn't, then why wouldn't or couldn't the right wing bozos just decide to wreck everything in spite of our past? We were a proud people once before, and we may be again. If only we fight at the last. [ever since I fell off my bike my body feels strange] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/169 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── @user-95 one of the most empathetic people I ever met on VR chat was consoling me with their mic off while I was oversharing about some stupid things people did to me in the past. things that stupid me thought were okay and actively encouraged because I was stupid. anyway when their mic was off their body language spoke for them. I'll try that next time. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/1155 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┐ ║ @user-638 │ ║ │ ║ In the 2000s when the Bush administration prevented people from working with │ ║ stem cell research I remember my father going on rants about the same kind of │ ║ thing. │ ║ │ ║ "They're limiting our access to information and the future of humanity because │ ║ of their religion!" that kind of thing │ ║ │ ║ I loved listening to him. He was so passionate about that kind of thing. I │ ║ think he got a little disillusioned sometime between now and then, because now │ ║ he just tries to do the best he can with what tools he has available to him. │ ║ And I love him for it. │ ║ │ ║ He (mostly) abandoned his grand narratives because as the right got worse, the │ ║ "left" sorta stayed the same, and he never forgave them for that. He still │ ║ votes, and he'll still rant about that kind of thing, but only the stuff that │ ║ affects him personally - like electric cars or cannabis or things like that. A │ ║ democrat through and through. │ ║ │ ║ He lives in a different country now, and I wish I could see him. But I cherish │ ║ our phone calls and the few holidays when he visits. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/1664 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: protests, politics, dogwhistles │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ do you ever think about how calling the BLM events "protests" versus "riots" is a subtle dogwhistle for your politics? I usually say "riots" so that I blend in. also because I've been conditioned by the people who I talk to about them. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/4422 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-1013 They may return to us if they choose, when they realize that we were right all along. Otherwise, they might feel disenfranchised and choose to disengage. That is expected and allowed. Others amongst them might go right. Fuck 'em, they always cared for gold over lives. You are right, their methods have not worked. They have sustained our society up to this point and for that I thank them - but we are entering a new age for our country, and we shall build it as a federation. They are more than welcome to observe and offer insight from their years spent observing and wrestling with Republicans, but understand that much of their insight is dealing with their elite class of politicians and not with who you and I might come across on the street. They are encouraged to learn from us. To do otherwise is at best to neglect our only route to a bright future - at worst it is to obstruct us, to delay us, to keep us running in circles. Find the people who are sabotaging our efforts and move on ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/3117 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursed-uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ hey. wanna know what would be really cursed? -- if trump dropped out and musk took his place -- good thing it'll never happen because those dinguses can't accept defeat and will never tactically retreat -- maybe something to keep in mind for 4 years from now. eyes on the prize for now means our eyes aren't to our flanks. what else could they do that would come out of left field? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/4273 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┐ ║ Some of my most wanderful times were when I lived in a gated community. │ ║ │ ║ My parents were dumb, and thought, as most people thought, that harm to a │ ║ child can only come from outside of the community. │ ║ │ ║ But they fell for the lies of property, where "community" means less of "a │ ║ group of people who cares and tends for one another" the kind of which my │ ║ parents had never truly known, and more like "this particular residential area │ ║ on the map" │ ║ │ ║ which means I could walk around in this gated "community" where the gates are │ ║ little more than security theatre for anyone who says "Hi I got a pizza here │ ║ for this address which I found on google maps" or "hey I left my sweatshirt at │ ║ my sister's house and it has my phone in it, ummmm no I don't remember which │ ║ number her house is, nor do I remember her last name" │ ║ │ ║ in those times, I developed a sense of freedom, caged as I was, that for most │ ║ comes much later in their time. │ ║ │ ║ Some o my favorite places were part of the golf course next door, where I │ ║ found a nigh endless river delta. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┴──────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/2681 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: uspol-history-mentioned │ │ ║ └─────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ the american revolution was literally just... rich people trying to avoid │ ║ paying taxes │ ║ │ ║ and the poor people went along because, like... yeah inflation's really been │ ║ fucking with their budgets │ ║ │ ║ so in the end it made most households wealthier... │ ║ │ ║ (built upon the backs of slaves, mind you) │ ║ │ ║ ... but as time went on the rich wanted to pay less and less. │ ║ │ ║ they had their opportunity with the World Wars, and after the first (when │ ║ America, previously a mid-tier country at best, suddenly industrialized) they │ ║ realized "oh hey war profiteering is pretty profitable"... │ ║ │ ║ (something that was known quite well to the British) │ ║ │ ║ ... and then the Rockefellers and such, whose descendants never lost money but │ ║ nobody knows their names, did it again in WW2 and the Cold War and. │ ║ │ ║ anyway │ ║ │ ║ the entire country is a game of numbers and spreadsheets in the ivory towers │ ║ (literally, towers with nothing but opulence) and it always has been. │ ║ │ ║ fools like me believe in the mythology. fools, but propaganda appeals to truth. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/3076 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: uspol kvetching │ └─────────────────────────┘ @user-1443 they need to do stuff like that or else the republicans would never win... which honestly is the most heartening thing I've heard all day. there are more of us than them, thank goodness. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/3069 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ I saw someone on Reddit complaining about "the libs" and how "they want to destroy all conservatives everywhere!!" and they ended by saying "just look at the WEF agenda 2030 plan it's ALL THERE." like they were "countering" our concerns about Project 2025 or whatever - lmao. I went and googled it and goddamn does it slap. Like, hell yeah I want all those things. https://sdgs.un.org/2030agenda ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/2844 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: politics-violence-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-831 those billionaires are using their money as a weapon to "vote" toward what companies they think capitalism would most grow from. Unfortunately for us, they often aren't very efficient because they're only looking at what sells. human interest is not the only factor to optimize for, and yet that's the only one they're incentivized to. kinda makes me think that the only reason to replace them would be to institute something that could not be incentivized because it was more objective or decentralized. (the only reason they'd accept) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/5664 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── that one Trump guy in town is either stupid, a fascist, or a psyop. ICE is a bluff. Doing my very best to make them escalate faster than they can sustain themselves. yes... YES! Exhaust yourself, mine enemies, for you are lying about your strength, and have challenged me to a duel. I'm just a girl but I'm not just me. Didn't you hear? It's not about me! The nice thing about the Pacific Northeast is that you don't need to pay taxes in dollars. Something something from each according to their ability, blah blah you know the rest. Raintree forest is full of pine. Straight backs shoot strong and narrow. The silent river flows the farthest, the rapid water drowns the most. ICE is a bluff. In the treaty of equal territory, they can keep to their burgs and we can worship the forest the streams the oceans the dreams. Cities belong to their inhabitants, homes belong to their housed. Everything else is just applied equity. Dream bigger than "the same, but nice". Start with nice, start out the same, and diverge ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┘ --- #19 messages/1316 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── I don't go to protests because they're more like yelling hatred until you get slaughtered, instead of what I want to meet cute trans girls at which is signing up for a militia and hunting [redacted -> their sons and daughters] nobody knows each other on the internet. of course they're gonna vote for individual personal freedoms. What do you mean they voted for a pedophile acrobat? they don't even know each other! [the only reason you said acrobat is because it rhymed] ohhhh no it's supposed to be "autocrat" but they misheard ah right I see I see. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┘ --- #20 fediverse/4073 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── post until you can't anymore capitalism wants to drown your voice do not let it speak until you cannot speak then go do some pushups then find some friends then pitch a tent in the park then explain to the cops that you're not actually homeless and living there you're just trying to do this as a social statement because someone on the internet told you to then use your phone call to call your representative and complain about how much funding the police get then study law for 30 years because that's how long the government decided your life was worth by then you'll probably have figured out a better plan moving forward, so, use that one instead ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ |