=== ANCHOR POEM === ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: politics, fascism │ └───────────────────────────┘ @user-192 You've developed a crucial insight here. Fascists aren't the opposites of communists, they're not trying to make the world better by altering or updating their governance systems. They are trying to kill people. To gather power. The mislead and betray. They seek destruction and little else. They are evil. Not everyone who votes for Trump is evil... They might simply have been lied to, repeatedly, and never given a chance to think anything else. But their movement will bring us fascism, so, they are enemies to those who value a fair, just, kind, rational, and developing nation. They are few. We can win, I know it to be true. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 messages/325 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── Conservatives don't have to be pro communism to be good people. They just have to be anti fascist. And unfortunately, capitalism has produced fascism. It will continue to do so if left unabated. Capitalism is not the middle ground between administrative authority and anarchic despotism as they claim to see it, but rather a whirlpool that drains through our adversity. A sinking tide strands all ships, as it were, and together we will begin to falter. Fascists are quite good at bending the will of whatever system they inhabit to suit their needs. In fact it is almost a certainty that any sufficiently organized institution shall fall prey to it, as if it were part of our nature. Hence, my desire to abstract it out of our hands, and into the care of the future. We can build a better world for you and for me and all of our posterity, it's just a matter of interdependent communication protocols. Nobody has to do what I say, nobody should be forced to be a certain way, and just as your rights end where another's begin so too is our world in danger. For you see, we have a right to litter. To despoil. To leave the earth in turmoil. And though I am a bit bitter, it's slowly getting better, so through our efforts we are investitured. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/2187 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned-riots │ └──────────────────────────────┘ I'd rather riot over the fact that Trump is on the ballot than riot over the fact that he won He's a felon He's a rapist He's an accomplice to mass murder Democracy only works when the losers in an election consent to be governed by the will of the people He did not consent, and his followers did not consent. They are enemies of democracy. They are fascists, for many reasons besides. They seek to be the end of us, And I see no foe on this earth more deserving of our wrath. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 messages/357 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── In related news, dystopian authoritarian despotism (aka fascism's fruition) never lasts long. It's a snake eating its own tail, and its not getting any longer. One day the snake will choke on its own excrement and then that system will collapse, but until then there will be suffering. Kinda makes me think that those who would do us harm could accelerate our demise by filling our positions of power with evil people. Is that not an evil impulse, to force your neighbor to decay? Kinda makes me think about all the democratic regimes we've overthrown and replaced with authoritarian autocrats. People who keep the liquid gold flowing, perhaps with the hope that one day we'll choke on it. Well, that day is rapidly approaching because the air is getting thicker with carbon, and we're all struggling to breathe in this heat. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 messages/1019 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── The insightful but unaware liberal's perspective on war quickly changes from "what are we even fighting about?" to "holy shit these people actually want to kill us" [the learned liberal who knows history and who follows along with politics will say "we are fighting him" until they say "we are fighting American ISIS"] The leftists fight for liberty. More and more of them join every day. The blacks fight for freedom, *even still*. Everyone else has cause, and I'm sure some just do it for the thrill. Do they work together to build a world where everyone gets what they want? Even their foed? Or do they splinter, and let intelligent sabotage guide their fates? I know I'd rather trust my own will, and the will of those who believe with me. I know I'd rather make space for everyone, rather than shove some out into space. It's cold up there! You can't even breathe! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┘ --- #5 fediverse/3551 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ liberalism is capitalism with a dash of globalism. they are of the right, and it is important to have a right-wing party because a one-winged bird cannot fly. there are legitimate benefits to their philosophies, and they may be applied to all kinds of systems, even those that do not utilize currency at all. however, in modern america, there is another party, a party farther to the right, a party which is voted into power based on culture, something unassailable and inalienable and yet always perpetually under threat. or so they make it seem. this "farther-to-the-right" party is duplicitous in it's ideals. their persona is that of businessmen, familymen, and journeymen. they claim to be farmers, pastors, and step-fathers. but they are something more, something behind their mask, that those who vote for them cannot see. for they were all of them, deceived... another plan was made. a project, if you will, to be implemented posthaste, in merely a single-year's time. it's cruelty indeed. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/1021 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-voting-sex-mentioned-god-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ we don't let children vote. nor do we let felons vote, theoretically those who harm our society (pick one, no voting or no prison? I vote no prison industrial complex) nor do we let non-citizens vote, for why should they tell us how to live? they are not us, they shall not control us nor do we let kings vote with the weight of a god, for a king is a singular point of failure if you can consent to sex, you are physically capable to vote. if you're mislead by the propaganda of an abusive spouse, you are hurting your future self by staying. [all media is propaganda that you are not immune to] all men are created equal, and yet his dollar is worth a bit more than hers. all of us here are equal, because we all want the bright future and a blessed life. we'll make this world better, using our own hands according to our own demands and in pursuit of our own plans. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/6055 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── the longer we wait, the more their hypocrisy becomes apparent, and the more "the people" get it but, uh... I think enough people get it. They at least know something is going on, whatever it may be. they will tell their base whatever they want to hear and their base will have hate. they're itching for it. volunteer for things if you want a say in how they turn out. risk your life to live longer. there is no way to know when the time is right because nobody knows the truth of our times. Even the president is misled. gee I sure wish there was like, some form of centralizing intelliagentic knowledge that pulled the strings and led us puppets toward liberty, justice, and freedom for all (as a baseline) surely they'd be able to see the corruption and rot that imperils us all, might they have a better design? who can say, they are quiet as the grave, here's hoping they stay that way. "you know the powers of which you speak are not to be trifled with" you can't trifle with your own life. be thorough~ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┘ --- #8 fediverse/2519 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ a significant proportion of the population is dumb as bricks, which is a fact that our foes wield with cruelty in mind. it's not their fault, they can change, but sometimes there's just no time. our doors are always open, here sit next to me on this couch. I hope you don't mind if I deprive you of power before I supply kindness, though. requires a bit of trust. Or, to be backed into a corner and forced to do so. I guess we should get good at cornering. if you're a liberal reading this, remember that leftists know more than you. That's okay. You are an expert too, but now is our forte, so please just listen for a few. and always keep in mind the lessons of the past. Before, our kindest, bravest, and most learned were the most passionate who threw themselves toward the cause. then the soviet union happened, because everyone who was capable of building a better world was slain first. (though the cold war didn't help) before WW2 Russia was basically Somalia. After, it sacrificed itself to contest USA ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #9 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #10 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/3940 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: polit │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ the less a political conversation uses proper nouns, the more productive it │ ║ can be. │ ║ │ ║ For example. Try not to mention capitalism, communism, socialism, etc. │ ║ │ ║ Also, don't talk about Republicans or Democrats. That just invites tribalism. │ ║ │ ║ Instead, focus on issues. Like "Hurricane Relief distribution methods" instead │ ║ of "whether or not hurricanes deserve to be relieved" │ ║ │ ║ saying something like "gee it sure feels like our community has gone to │ ║ shreds" is a good way to start it, and then you can move on to things like │ ║ "well, I just think it was nicer last year, before a hurricane came through │ ║ and took all our jobs." and they say "uh-huh true yeah I believe you" │ ║ │ ║ but as soon as you say "hey maybe those capitafascist pigs shouldn't be │ ║ allowed to wield nuclear arsenals" they start looking at you funny, like they │ ║ disagree with whatever you want to say but aren't. │ ║ │ ║ and it's like... no, that's all you wanted to say, but behind their eyes are │ ║ things like "black people are worse than me" or "I'm better than a woman" so │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┴──────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/4447 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ they are not MAGA anymore. Don't call them Trumpers. He won't last long. Call them what they are. They are part of a newly born Confederacy, and we must call them by their name. That name demands respect, and we must respect their power. Then, when you're sufficiently cautious, begin conjuring visions of their downfall. Ideally accompanied by carefully laid plans intended to accomplish specific strategic goals. They are top-heavy. Once their bravest and thickest perish they will have nothing left but their weak fools. They are scared, nothing unites them more than fear, and for that they are weakened. Our bonds are those of love. I would die for my neighbor. I would die for our world. They have no passion, no rigor, all they have is hate and vigor. Martial skills we can learn. We will have to, sooner rather than later. Be prepared, work hard, and do what you're good at, ideally what you'd like to do. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/4224 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ we could accomplish so much, but capitalism. hmmmm, maybe we should identify the highest output members of our team and like, reduce or eliminate their worries so they can apply themselves fully and completely? for every shackle we break, the struggle becomes easier. The hardest part is the beginning - once the ball is rolling, we may truly shine. there is no government nor circle of autocrats who may resist the will of an impassioned people. So long as the military does not deny us our right to organize ourselves as we will, according to the constitution they swore to uphold (which is now in peril, I might add), nothing can contain us. no acts of god nor capital shall prevent our ascension. They will try, and it'll be just another thing that we have to handle. But we can take care of each other. For we are good, and we are kind, and we are cooperative. And so, we cannot be overcome. ... just watch out for those who prey on goodness, kindness, and cooperation. They may hamper us. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/2071 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: Uspol, Debate │ └───────────────────────┘ @user-367 when we, societally, are forced to discuss fascists and such, they're getting what they want. We cannot ignore them. We cannot hide them. They are true, they exist, and we need to deal with them. I can say this because nazis are evil. Trans people are not evil, which is why their attempt to use the same logic falls so flat. Seriously, have you ever met a GOOD nazi? I highly doubt it, though their most "respectable" amongst them certainly try to make it so. But good trans people are everywhere. Hell the old boogey-man, old-school communists, they're GOOD people too. They feed the homeless! If we're bogged down in talking about their distraction / propaganda campaign, then we have no time or attention to devote to our own. And our stories are better for the soul. The people who follow Trump are yearning for something they cannot describe. But I can, 9/10 times it's just community. Literally, the first thing we evolved. Like... feeling hopeless is a solved problem, smh... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/5431 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┐ ║ "they" want us to contest a powerful foe and emerge victorious, to instill a │ ║ sense of strength and righteous dignity within us. │ ║ │ ║ "we" want to win with the minimal amount of casualties necessary. │ ║ │ ║ these two demands are not contradictory, but they pull our trajectory in │ ║ different directions. │ ║ │ ║ I truly believe that we the people could oust our political foes with little │ ║ opposition - little more than a minor civil war which lasted long enough to │ ║ show our foes how badly they are outmatched. │ ║ │ ║ maybe that comes as a surprise to you, ye who are unarmed, but it does not to │ ║ me, for I have faith in our institutions and values. │ ║ │ ║ If Trump espoused the ideals of his party, specifically the ideal of │ ║ efficiency and discipline, then perhaps he would be a fine leader. However his │ ║ goals seem to me, a citizen and therefore his de jure subject, to be primarily │ ║ motivated by money, by power, by corruption. │ ║ │ ║ not ideal. │ ║ │ ║ For this reason I swear to contest the fascists in control. │ ║ │ ║ "they", if you will. │ ║ │ ║ also hey what's up I'm drunk lmao │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──┴──────────┘ --- #16 messages/536 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── The right is *using* the neo-nazis. They don't want them either, but they're a convenient boogey-man. *of course* kamala is going to crush trump. That's the whole point, to show the world what a ridiculous farce our elections are. They have never been representative, and now we will see. Ask any red blooded American, left or right, how they'd like to handle neo-nazis. We all know where we stand. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/3175 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-marxism-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────────┘ @user-1464 @cyborganism @GammaGames they aren't distractions no more than the artillery crew are a "distraction" to the infantry fight. but there is no war but the class war. they are facets of the class war. you're both right. everything you mentioned is important, AND their core thesis is true. if they disregard anti-racism, feminism, queer liberation, etc as distractions as you describe, then yes. they are narrow-minded bigots. but in my experience, the only people who say those things are teenagers, so. everyone has specialties. some can advocate for disability rights, queer and women's liberation, race issues, or any other number of worthy causes. They are fighting the class war even if they don't claim to be, for those are classes of people they are fighting for. (or against, if they're reactionary) the most dangerous class is the rich, the powerful, the insane. True psychopaths accrete power and they wield it against all others. They must be cast down for all. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/6163 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ the far right is rising across the world. we are on track to defeat them. we will show you how. there are many things that cannot be seen on the internet, but once we're done, we'll help. we'll write books. we'll give lectures. we'll do workshops. we'll volunteer. whatever you need, fam, America's got your back. We are burdened with our own struggles, of violence, of capital extraction, of slavery, colonialism, and all the rest. We are working day by day to build a future that we are more proud of than our history. It takes time, and as you're watching I'm sure that feels true. It will take time for you too. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┘ --- #19 messages/154 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── There are two types of people with power, but it's impossible to tell which is which because anyone that gravitic must necessarily hide their true colors. The first just wants to hurt people. You cannot reason with them, they want power for powers sake and they are corrupted by it. The other is a kind of benevolent fascist, who doesn't want the nuclear football in the hands of the people because obviously they'd hurt themselves with it. The second kind can be reasoned with. Of course people exist on a spectrum, but these are two extremes that they may be defined by. The second kind can bs reasoned with. If you can show them how, structurally and immutably, the power they are to relinquish shall not harm this earth, then they shall grant it to you. Because at their core they are a kind grandpa herding cats with laser swords attached to their tails who are hopped up on catnip at all times. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/4209 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: pol │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ the people who are farthest into a belief (political or otherwise) they tend │ ║ to believe they are the "vanguard" or "leaders" of such a movement. │ ║ │ ║ but that isn't necessarily so. Perhaps it is those who have more resources, │ ║ those who are most prepared and ready to go? sometimes you're distracted, │ ║ sometimes ignor-ed. │ ║ │ ║ just being most ardent of belief doesn't necessarily mean that you are the │ ║ strongest. The quickest. The wittiest. The most prepared. The most capable. │ ║ The most connected. The most guided. The clearest choice, nor the only option. │ ║ │ ║ It just means that you are truest in your heart, and that others should look │ ║ to you, who are an expert in what you are, for guidance on topics such as │ ║ "defeating fascism" or "unlearning capitalist patriarchy" or "how to identify │ ║ certain types of bees" or whatever totally random specialty you have. │ ║ │ ║ ... in the morning, you'll look back on the sins of the past night and think │ ║ "wow that was wild, sure glad I'm a different person now. Gotta start │ ║ cleaning. Get things done" │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┴──────────┘ |