=== ANCHOR POEM === ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: genocide-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ The American military did not intervene in World War 2 to stop the human atrocities of the Japanese or Germans or anything else of the sort. They did it because they couldn't ensure the safety of their people in a world dominated by an alliance they weren't part of. Without their people, they lose their power. Without their power, they cannot complete their objectives, which (ideally) would be upholding the oath they swore to their constitution. I wonder how they feel about recent events, especially in regards to the recent updates made to that particular document? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 notes/this-is-a-test --- ═══════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────── the betrayal of the middle east is reason enough to reform our political system. no such consequential actions should be left to the whims of the people, they cannot understand the circumstances to a degree that would allow them to make decent decisions. at the same time, they need control over the process so that they are kept safe. absolute power corrupts absolutely, and a country can die just as easily from the wounds of another as the corrosion of internal processes. there is a communal duty to safeguard the realm of our children. we share this burden as members of a society. what purpose is there in our lives if not to survive and grow? The Nation is a collective consensus of our communal purpose. we live in a global society. It is our duty to be the best we can be, and to help others become self-actualized. It is thus important to share experiences and beliefs. People identify with their beliefs more than necessary. It is a human condition. consensus is that which we agree is the correct truth. It's often better to have a bad plan and work together than to have no plan at all. just saying ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/985 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: cursed-scary-pol-doomer-misinformation │ │ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ @user-713 @user-714 │ ║ │ ║ the american military is going to be too busy fighting it's far right that it │ ║ won't be able to meaningfully contribute to ww3 │ ║ │ ║ both sides are slavers. we just don't see it. │ ║ │ ║ I don't anticipate war taking place on a battlefield, that setting is │ ║ forevermore dedicated to video games and kaiju. │ ║ │ ║ rather, a silent war where everyone just goes around killing their opposition. │ ║ │ ║ for once, the citizens can't help but be armed. │ ║ │ ║ and in the dark of night, for every time we let plight from our sight, another │ ║ of us is harmed. │ ║ │ ║ I don't know many people who've died. but maybe they're just working through a │ ║ different part of the social network. It's not like any of their technology │ ║ needs to perform as it's been advertised? well, open source does, but open │ ║ source means insecure (as long as you don't get caught, then you need to │ ║ adjust) │ ║ │ ║ of course, sometimes corporate software... kinda sucks. so it's not like │ ║ theyre very configurable away from what capital wanted. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/5884 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┐ ║ the peril of germany that cost the jews their place in that particular │ ║ homeland was caused by some guys in a palace discussing blood economics, or as │ ║ the kids call it "war and it's reparations" │ ║ │ ║ alternatively, the peril perhaps was enabled by the lack of collective │ ║ resistance by the people who trusted their most radical to be their most │ ║ powerful, not just the most impactful. Unfortunately, liberty dies alone, │ ║ having sacrificed herself first. │ ║ │ ║ Not ideal. we can do better. we can do better, which is why I'm still here. │ ║ I'm sure you feel just the same. │ ║ │ ║ where else is there to go? survival guilt kills enough, no need to survive │ ║ those who'd fight for you. │ ║ │ ║ "ugh why are our most radical calling for change? can't they just be satisfied │ ║ with how it was before, back when the bad guys had to fight for control │ ║ instead of already having it?" │ ║ │ ║ I think I'd prefer if we defeated them once and for all. Can't empower evil if │ ║ you abolish power, after all, and suddenly KABLAM goes national narratives. │ ║ Goodbye borders, equality. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═─────────┘ --- #4 messages/982 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────── if you want a government to be unable to harm it's citizens, you must deprive it of the power to do so. or rather, have the main capabilities in the hands of the citizenry. can you imagine if soldiers had to prove themselves to civilians in order to be trusted with mechano-chinery? who would ever choose the non-valorous and determinable? instilling the culture of greatness within the archetypes and character structures that we believed were confisight bold and determined and measured and freely detectable who would slay the brave paladin? none but the fools, who shared in their lack of conviction. determined? ha, I am as you see me. Come and claim me, that I might determine you some more. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/2269 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: uspol │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ The constitution is a document which bears our most precious of human rights. │ ║ It has been amended many times, to include additional protections and │ ║ guidelines for the standards we owe to each other. │ ║ │ ║ The one standard that stands above all is that your rights end where another's │ ║ begin. This law is universal, it Trumps all else. │ ║ │ ║ When rights are deprived, liberty dies. Liberty, the freedom to be, to do as │ ║ you will and exist in our society. Liberty, that most sacred of trees, the │ ║ branches that shade us and the roots that [support us, but pronounced like │ ║ chain, shame, profane, contain, something like that] │ ║ │ ║ One standard that exists alongside many others is the right to be as you are │ ║ in public society. Public is defined as something we share, and to deny the │ ║ right to be for any other is to deny them liberty. │ ║ │ ║ In cities, the streets are public. In rural areas, the commercial spaces │ ║ (outdoor malls) aren't, but probably should be. In the distant past of last │ ║ week, they could harass you until you left. Now, jail. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #6 messages/1349 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ they want to start wars so they can force people to view "just accepting it" as the honorable option. it, being the conditions they cause. it, being brutal crackdowns, murders of people like me, authoritarian police forces wielded to implicitely or explicitely force or frame people who are against them. the hangman's due is when death you choose to rule. [I didn't write that part] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┘ --- #7 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #8 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┘ --- #9 fediverse/5615 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: spirituality-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────┘ there's no such thing as "gods of the war" or "gods of the grand harvest" because those events recur infinitely. similarly, there are no "gods of war" or "gods of prosperity" because those conditions occur somewhere each and every moment. similarly, there are no "temples of religion" or "statements to complexity", because those institutions are present in each and every [monetution/ummm like repositories of belief? conditions of logic built into human structural organizations? I dunno, it probably means something.] similarly, [oh god there's another one] there are no "statements of absolution" or "confessing of sins" => you are what you are, and what you are is the product of your intentions. [intentions / conditions / constitution] the gods of time are not lords over all of the cosmos, they rule as their savior in each and every moment that comes through [you, but pronounced the perciever] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/5368 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: nazis-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-138 there were nazis in america before WW2, and we beat them at home before beating them abroad. for example, this guy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_views_of_Huey_Long They didn't keep us from fighting for liberty then. We'll see how it goes this time. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/5504 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┐ ║ pacifistic defiance is not about overcoming your opponents through │ ║ "legislative pressure" or whatever the liberals are on about │ ║ │ ║ it's about getting the orphan-chopping-machine operators to question their │ ║ humanity and resolve a crisis of faith in your favor │ ║ │ ║ [I think that kills you if you stand in front of tanks.] │ ║ │ ║ yeah but sometimes they just go around. which is not progress, but a │ ║ reimplementation of [reification of] the power of the │ ║ [machine-to-be-raged-against, but pronounced like "town"] because it signifies │ ║ that any weakness in the will of the operators can simply be circumvented │ ║ while the state still gets what it wants. │ ║ │ ║ great. thanks ghandi, unfortunately our entire propaganda piece requires that │ ║ people are invested in their background. who cares what there is to say about │ ║ a computer running circles around a meat farm? │ ║ │ ║ "help help I'm being oppressed" said the derided, "help help I'm being │ ║ depressed" said the divided, "help help I'm losing my sound" said the │ ║ war-like-minded, "help help I have no ground │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──┴──────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/2268 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ The supreme court is the institution which protects our most sacred of documents. It is a court most supreme, but their word is not law - they protect and adapt the law to fit our new societal conclusions. The constitution is law, and they broke it at the behest of a tyrant king we shouldn't need to vanquish. They broke the law. They are criminals. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #13 notes/the-sun-goes-silent --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───── the sun goes silent for a year, to protest the earth's dying moments one day in march, the light of our life disappears. we know not of why it has \ departed, except that whatever it was happened eight minutes ago. we cowered in fear as one day it refused to rise as our antipode saw it vanish with naught but our ears we saw stars never imagined with the light of our life suddenly vanished our true plight came naturally as our fear but tomorrow it'll re-imagine, as it's been almost exactly one year one full rotation, to get the message across, then with man as our [signal, \ message, \ conveyor, \ performer, \ expression, \ by-product communication,] what's our earth is our star trust-me ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┘ --- #14 fediverse/269 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: kinda-sad-kinda-bittersweet-feeling-of-unknown-loss │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ the lessons learned in gay history are still relevant to this day (and perhaps future ones as well) - the act of erasure is removing the memories of those who learned them while keeping the lessons learned, as propagated forward in the artwork of people who were touched by them. it's a form of cultural genocide, as an other is forcing us not to exist. (in memory) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #15 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/6315 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────── "yay! now that the war is won, we can go back to being moderate!" not ideal. did you forget to be for something when you set yourself against your foe? (if my girlfriend reads this: I'm not referring to the conversation we had about that one thing, but I have been thinking) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┘ --- #17 fediverse/4267 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: spirituality-mentioned-governments-mentioned-oh-also-existential-peril-exampled │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ picture this: the governments of the world knew that a world-ending comet was approaching, and they didn't tell anyone else who was on the earth. it was made out of ice and it was 2x the size of the moon, and somehow through random chance it just decided to visit our part of the solar system so they decided to test and see if god exists by not telling anyone and seeing if anyone would save us rather than risk the potential capability to prove without a doubt that a god did truly exist, (essentially, invoking divine intervention) they chose to work out a technical or otherwise humanly possible way of avoiding harm. in this case (or as some call it, meta-confluential scenario), by sacrificing themselves for a larger goal, they altered the course of the naturally occuring narrative. this implies choice. which all humans have, but is now confirmed for all time. okay moving on, in sector Z quadrant 2048 there's a species that's~ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #18 messages/338 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── The question remains - how do you develop and maintain national cohesion while also ensuring localized liberty? It cannot be done through culture, as culture is unique to each home. It cannot be done through litigation, as laws must be unique to each land. It cannot be done through force, as force deprives us of justice. It cannot be done through economics, as economics wielded as a weapon brings inequity and unbalanced hierarchies that surely shall topple. It cannot be done through any application of the state's authority, so it must be done using something that cannot be forced. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/4988 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: revolutions-mentioned-nuclear-weapons-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ 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 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/2752 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: police-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ cops thought "enforcing the law" was their job when really it was "keeping the peace" and like, yeah, sure, laws define how they optimize for but sometimes the laws are just out of reach. (though such an impartialized system is also pretty flawed in it's own unique ways, like for example the enforcers of the law would be able to apply their law selectively, which... would not be great.) downside is... how do you dissent to those who cannot hear you? you have to break things which is why I believe that breaking things unnecessarily is unethical. sometimes you have to do a MORE unethical act in the pursuit of your goals, however nefarious or not they may be, but as long as they are done in pursuit of a greater grander truth, then... the ends justify the means? right?" ... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ |