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║ │ We need you. You have far more power than simply putting a ballot in a box. And when we link arms and stand in our power together, we can—and we will—force the system to change. 🌍🌏🌎 │ ║
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║ │ Only we can save us. │ ║
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if the election goes poorly, keep in mind that eventually everyone will either
fight, or support those who are fighting.
everyone.
if the election upholds the status quo, there is a chance that their wounds
might heal and they may rejoin us in our reasonable society.
keep working for reason. it will pay off in the long run. remember that a
better world is possible, but you can't leave anyone alive behind when
reaching for it.
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@user-1174
"yes it fucking is, we helped EVERYONE, and now it's our turn to need help,
because POWER accretes evil. It corrupts, and now it's our sword of damocles.
We'd happily relinquish our title that we claimed for the world in our
brightest and boldest of moments, but we're kinda stuck in this role. And
like... Diversity is our strength, allies are relationships you FIGHT FOR."one
of the occasional US citizens you mentioned
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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.
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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!
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but we, being united in our shared common societal solidarity, as in the
shared struggles and hopes that we have, perceive each and every things that
passes through us. Our thoughts. These, we
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You know how we select from amongst our number electors and representatives
who vote on our behalf?
Truly an excellent strategy in the era of instant communication, an aft-gone
luxury that our ancient forebearers surely would have incorporated into their
nationbuilding design, if they had had it.
I can't help but wonder if it would be a useful strategy to "give" our votes
to a representative who voted on our behalf. Most people do not care and
cannot possess the capacity to care about voting, but if they gave their vote
to someone they trusted who they had a personal connection to beyond party
loyalty, then perhaps we could mandate voting
I can't help but wonder what that would do to our electoral landscape. If
voting is mandated, and as easy as pointing at someone and saying "yeah
whatever she picks", then perhaps the old white grannies with quivering lower
lips who stare with hatred whenever a black person walks past and chat with
their gal pals at church wouldn't have as much power over us.
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if you cannot trust that both candidates will try to make the country better
in different ways, but with the same goal, then you do not have a choice when
voting.
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@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.
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@user-1074
true. your idea is more revolutionary, mine is more reformist. each would be
more fit for different political environments.
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Ya'll are so upset because it feels like you failed, that this country failed
you, that everything is doomed because this country is not the one you thought
it was, all these takes and vibes.
They're all fucking wrong.
Tens of millions of us voted the other way.
Tens of millions of us voted for democracy.
Tens of millions of us voted for liberty.
That is a fuckload of people. We're far stronger than they are. I pray we are
bolder as well.
soemthing something subscrie for more cat facts lmaooooo
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@user-1475 @user-1476 @user-1280 @user-1074 @user-1477 @user-1478
the flaw in your logic is that unleaded gasoline brings us no closer to
eliminating gasoline.
in fact, it removes one of the main drawbacks of gasoline, the fact that it
would put fucking lead in our blood, and makes it slightly easier for people
to accept burning it to get places.
Now, with our unleaded gasoline, the people who were upset that lead was being
aerosolized en masse are no longer in opposition to gasoline usage. (unless
they also care about the environment)
It's the same dynamic with voting democrat. Kamala won't save us, but she also
won't dissolve the EPA or murder trans people, so... it's still worth a vote.
"Ah but Ritz that goes against your previous argument - can you clarify?"
sure. with a democratic victory, we have more time, which is what we need.
Everyone knows who the fascists are. They don't need time. We do. Voting for
Kamala and other democrats will give us time.
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trust more in the megaphone than the gun. Together we are strong, alone they
are fearful.
And if I know anything about them, it is that they are afraid. Cornered dogs
bite the hardest. But we are united. Here in America we will fight with our
arms, and uplift those who have had everything taken. Celebrate our
differences, they provide mutually beneficial perspectives. You don't have to
be friends to have common goals, but it helps.
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I feel like if you're running for president you should be forced to abandon
your right to free speech in so far as being unable to speak hatefully. If
nothing else it would better represent our nation as a realm of dignity,
honor, and civility. After the election you of course can say whatever you'd
like.
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if you have a job, your life is dictated by your corporation just as much as
it is by your government.
And yet corporate leaders are not elected, but rather selected. And that is
unfair for all the reasons that primogeniture was. It is unjust for all the
same reasons that monarchy was. It is a tool of oppression, just like
autocracy is.
The world will never be free until we can be as we choose to be. Our society
is simply too enmeshed with capitalism to destroy it, but we could, with the
minimal required effort, dismantle the corruption and authoritarian control
that is wielded against us as we weld our own chains day after day.
We can replace them. We can vote for them. We can select leaders who know more
than us and are better suited for the role than those who seek only to
maximize profit over all else.
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@user-1126
Yep. I am not concerned though, because of that map I shared. Whosoever shall
draw the sword (of the people's will) shall be the righteous leader of US
We can build a world where democracy flourishes and we don't need to remain
vigilant. It is within our power.
And we shall. I have faith.
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humans are computers that inhale air, produce electricity, and exhale carbon.
give me a biochemical or mechanical process for doing that on a reasonable
scale for cheap and you can solve global warming by replacing power outlets
with an energy generation box. Doubles as an air purifier and UPS.
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@user-1311 @user-1312 @user-1313 @user-1135 @user-1314 @user-1315 @user-687
@user-1316
a rare chance when retracting the right to strategically vote actually
increases the number of options available to the user.
the difference between frequency and magnitude of impact.
the only thing a political party can really offer is consistency. otherwise
people would just vote in whoever was most relevant to them at the time! can't
have the proletariate choosing their fate, after all.
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If you're radical enough to consider yourself "antifa" then you are probably
working as hard as you can. I wouldn't ask you to do more.
We must demand that others work for our future as well. It is unreasonable to
demand so much of us. We must be funded and supported if we are to mobilize,
and we must have the freedom to move and organize if we are to contest our
enemies.
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@user-753
the more people we have thinking about what to do next, the more perspectives
we can have on the problem. Sometimes really difficult or important things
(like how to get to the next stages of political liberation) can benefit from
a multitude of voices, but once consistency is achieved they can apply
themselves with a single voice.
community is how we communicate. Communication is good, I think. Can't help
but wonder if we're all here because we share an interest in
open-source-so-actually-usable communication methods.
community isn't everything, but it's something, and everything's useful.
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everyone's all like "oh we need to help the homeless people end their drug
addictions so let's punish them for having high levels of certain chemicals in
their blood feces and urine" when really what we should be doing is getting
them a Linux gameboy like an Anbernic
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uh-oh, democracy's at stake, what are you gonna do about it
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I don't care about capitalism. You know what's more interesting than bringing
value to shareholders?
How I'm going to clean this floor that I drunkenly spilled beer upon with only
2 paper towels and 0.1ml of bleach.
How I'm going to feed the 36 people who are coming to this social event
tomorrow that I've only sorta planned for and that I have enough groceries
for, but am not quite sure how to cook everything in a way that is delicious
and accessible.
how I'm going to climb this mountain on only 2 eggs and a tiny bowl of
hashbrowns even though I promised my friend I'd be strong and that we'd reach
the top because that way we'd be able to
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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.
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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.
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"oh yeah well what if we don't support socialism" yeah well stick with me and
we'll be able to decide *what socialism means*. We can make it better. We can
do it together. Your perspective is valuable and I want you at the table. But
we cannot abide fascism, it will consume and destroy us. So let's fight back,
and tomorrow we'll figure out what are our fiats
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Gee I sure wish my country didn't hold the decisionmaking capability from me
by gatekeeping it behind elections and polling. Sure wish our media wasn't so
involved in decisionmaking - isn't it something we should talk about amongst
ourselves? To find out how we feel, and really explore our feelings around a
topic before expressing ourselves. Ideally more often than twice a year,
perhaps whenever we want?
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@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.
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"oh yeah well what if we don't support socialism" yeah well stick with me and
we'll be able to decide what socialism means. We can make it better. We can do
it together. Your perspective is valuable and I want you at the table. But we
cannot abide fascism, it will consume and destroy us. So let's fight back, and
tomorrow we'll figure out what are our fiats
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@user-1203
The judges prevent the politicians from harming the people who elect the
politicians who select the judges. Sounds like it should work well, no?
well... the people are divided, but the politicians it seem are hardly so. So,
the politicians elect their judges, who allow the passage of such laws which
contradict the will of the people.
The keys to power should rest in the hands of those who deserve it, not those
who claim it. If those who claim it do not relinquish it for a worthy other,
they are corrupt and must be dethroned.
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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.
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> <@gabrilend:matrix.org> What if we... Ballots, bodies, militia and?
What if we 🥺🥹 took all the bullies from high school 😈👺 and gave
them all the power 🎩 🏭 by failing them upward ⬆️ 📈 instead of
addressing their mental health issues 🧠 💖
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I know it's terrible right now, but we have crucial advantages that we
shouldn't sleep on.
We have the cities, and the cities are where everything is. Rural areas are so
spread apart they pretty much can only do what herr Hitler suggests they do,
meaning their command structure is monolithic. If everywhere needs their
attention, they will falter unless they create a grand battleplan. And plans
are defeated by rapid flexibility.
The more effort they need to counter you, the more work your allies can get
done. Every man woman and child who raised a fist will be remembered by the
moments that gave us grace to move socialism along. We know what time it is,
do you? Come to us now, flee from your new masters. We'll give you a job
that'll help us go faster.
Or do you rather persist in vain? To fight for what they are forced to
reclaim? Every island of blue in the deep red sea is a haven from the
bloodshed - so long as you can keep them clean.
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@user-324 @user-325 @user-326
thus enters the promise of technology: that we might solve the problems of
bureaucracy once and for all by ever more effiency-aligning mechanical
processes that produce effects which we desire - such as efficient allocation
of medical resources such that all of humanity is protected from the ravages
of pain and the incongruencies of our nature.
Alas, that we should only conceive of success through the lens of profit.
Perhaps another design is in order?
(oh yeah also people who are in control are worried that we, like all other
examples of natural entities, might immediately proceed to breed beyond the
capability to cater to the needs of said entity (such as "to feed" and medical
resources) and therefore might overburden (and therefore destroy) said system
which allows for their sustenance and initial creation. To this I say... Yeah
probs, what should we do about it?)
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@user-1396
it isn't a vote between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump - it's a vote between
democrat or republican. always has been.
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@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.
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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.
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look all I'm saying is the results this election decides whether you should
trust the government or the corporations more. and they both want things that
you don't, in addition to things you do.
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if everyone was trained to think? would direct democracy work? until we have
radical abundance (fascist ideology, take from the weak) or, hear me out, or,
infinitely scale
old style machine learning was just problem solving.
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what if we elected one party to each branch of government every election
and they checked and balanced each other
georgism style individualism, chinese style communism, and american style
anarchism
for the person, for the nation, for the people
individualism, collectivism, and distributed nodes
when in power, each branch would work to move their institutions toward their
ideals.
Hey, they're the ones who repealed the chevron doctrine. How are we gonna
weaponize it?
(just spit-balling)
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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.
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@user-1639
or nobody sees it, because you post the things you say on the internet in 2024
which is so siloed and echo-chambered that the only people who hear it say
"tru tho" and "she just like me fr" and never change because of your words
... wait that's just what you said, but made more specific, isn't it?
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"hey kid, welcome to the free world. We're in crushing debt, your vote doesn't
mean anything, and we're in a recession.
oh and if you mark the wrong box on this form here, you will be responsible
for ushering forth a new age of darkness."
kind of a lot of responsibility to place on a person
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society can be gamed in so many ways because it was designed to oppress you.
a more connected solution would solve so many problems, and introduce vastly
fewer more.
for example. wanna disenfranchise someone? take away their vote by framing
them for a crime. This is an example of population manipulation, and it's
unethical in the extreme.
downside is if you don't mother people they sort of forget how to breathe -.-
dumb apes, who thought it was a good idea to be born without instincts? ah
well let's raise them I guess, and try to keep the nazi cults on the
diminished minimum.
no-please-don't-walk-into-that-electric-pole it's made out of lightning juice
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@user-1432
If the USA is going to be the "leader of the free world" or whatever, then the
"free world" deserves to vote for it's leaders.
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One reason there's a delay between electing a president and them taking power
is so we can fucking revolt if Donald Trumps get elected
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all my leftist friends are paralyzed because it feels like they're alone.
why do they feel alone? where is the... everyone else?
why are they alienated? I can't help but think to the large protests the
liberals attend and fight for. where are those? is everyone just... too tired
these days?
maybe that's why they gave us a biden presidency. /sigh
is anyone ACTUALLY a liberal these days or are we all still stuck on the idea
that there's fewer leftists than fascists? I don't believe that's true, I
never believed that's true, but now they've got the guns.
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Point is, protests work, but they will do everything in their power to make
them work against us just as much as they work in our favor. They will divide
us, they will contain us, they will try.
Portland fared better, if Unicorn Riot TV was to be believed. I'm looking
forward to seeing how it goes next time round. Ah, well, people only protest
when the bad guy's in charge, right? Ha [3/3]
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everyone votes for a better world. every time. that is the promise of voting -
that you might choose how the world gets better.
when people don't think a better world is possible, they don't vote.
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@user-1126
Yes, I have very little faith in the democratic process in my country.
Unfortunately, while democracy is crucial to fair, honest, and just
representation, as you said it's unlikely that democracy would be allowed to
exist if it threatened the power of the powerful.
Thus, our twisted form that sorta works, but requires a LOT of effort and a
LOT of maintenance. More than the average person can give.
They've tuned it to be JUST dysfunctional enough to overwhelm our natural
innate tendencies to contribute to "the tribe of tribes", while leaving it
just functional enough such that if you work your ass off with ALL of the
people who agree with you, then MAYBE you might get a measure on the ballot
for something insignificant (which won't pass, because why would it?)
I have faith in people, not the democratic process, for I have faith in
democracy, but not the process.
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alright America, I hate to put too fine a point on it but you either need to
kill capitalism or kill yourself.
{via global warming and fascism, if it wasn't obvious}
Obviously, there's only one correct answer, and if you pick wrong then you'll
be stone forevermore. Stones are fucking useless.
so... how to get from point A to point B... well, let me know in the comments,
like comment and subscribe, share with your friends, and then go back to
sleep. Yeah, thatll help. That'll fix things. im-doing-my-part.jpg
really though, all you can really do is get ready. prepare for whatever you'd
like, the future will always surprise you. Take solace in your friendships,
and build connections to others where you can. Make friends abroad, make
friends nearby, make friends with your garden, your home, your dog, make
friends with the postman or the lady who makes you coffee. but most
importantly, just be yourself. be who you were meant to be. don't ever
apologize for sincerity, it's insincere.
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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.
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the more they have to do to make us declare war, the worse it'll be for their
citizenry. So long as the citizenry believes they're better, and everything we
can do to convince them otherwise weakens their media weather.
who cares about trans executive orders. they are our enemy, what else is new?
they have power now, and they will try what they can. This is like taking the
internet away from chinese citizens and instituting a national intranet
instead. Like, okay, we won't be able to get estrogen from the store. Who
cares? We'll just make our own.
If people actually care about us, which they overwhelmingly do, there's very
little materially they can do.
until they're further down the "first they came for..." list. then they'll
come for us liberals, and gosh wouldn't that just be the worst. Who is there
to contest them? What valorous warriors indeed.
you're asking for mountains from a mole. have peace, have patience, let your
allies intercede. This kind of thing requires discusion to protect life
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║ instead, think about how great we could be together, if our material problems │
║ were suddenly made vanished. │
║ │
║ I WOULD HELP SO MANY PEOPLE. Literally just... walking down the street, "hey │
║ do you need anything?"-ing my way down the street, waiting for something to go │
║ wrong. │
║ │
║ but generally, things will go right. Because people aren't stupid, they'll do │
║ what they've always done. Just, with a new thing here, one fewer thing there, │
║ etc. All jobs are errands, perhaps with a bit of problem solving here or there. │
║ │
║ everyone's all like "buy guns and ammo" but that's dumb. You should be buying │
║ kigurumis so the pokemon corps can know who they are. │
║ │
║ like... a uniform. │
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║ (a kigurumi is sorta like a onesie in that it hides your body and it's shape │
║ while also allowing for freedom of movement and a type expression for when it │
║ doesn't matter what kind of extra flair you have because you're a sylveon, or │
║ a pikachu, or a bulbasaur, or radish... │
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║ │ I wanna say something to people who work in tech-related jobs in America: this is still a field where most people hate the rise of fascism and want to stop it. I know the media & amplification of the tycoons makes it seem like that’s the whole industry. But it’s not. And we still have power. │ ║
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@user-1655
why don't we just weaponize email and send json to each other that ends up
parsed, interpreted, and presented on the end-user's computer using whatever
client we want?
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Humanity is unlikely to be judged until we start doing things that actually
matter. Right now we're stuck on our planet, who knows what the future will
bring but until there are matters of significance at play, there's nothing to
be worried about. If we kill ourselves it'll be our own damn faults.
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When good people die, when they drop out or leave the industry, they no longer
have access to the levers of power that guide our collective fate. Meaning
those who persist are those who covet power.
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"I'd give my life for a rational voter"
oh yeah well here's 2% of mine, what can you do with these moments I'm handing
off to you for you to do as you please
"is she talking about class again? must we always repeat old mistakes?"
all for all means all
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║ │
║ two parties obviously can cause division. │
║ │
║ but it can also give you the ability to "tune for balance", while a single │
║ monolith strives straight into disaster. │
║ │
║ and disaster will come, for the future is a shifting and dynamic place, and │
║ the best laid rail lines can't handle sudden floods. │
║ │
║ we have ranked choice voting now, and if you vote on how important each │
║ decision is to you (via smartphone app once or twice a day, in a way that can │
║ be changed later as your feelings shift) │
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║ [6+months-later] │
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║ ... then you can have left unity for long-term governance by having cohesion │
║ at one end, and dispersion on the other. │
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║ If everyone votes, then we can ensure (based on voted priority) that each │
║ issue trends towards an equal exchange. │
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║ (I'm sure there will be issues but we're all cool and pretty chill so we'll │
║ figure it out) │
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║ [6+ months later] │
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║ okay we're battle-hardened vets, but we hold true to our values and so we can │
║ remember the spirit of unity we wept for. │
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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
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@user-815
America is my home, and I'll never leave it. I'd rather die than relinquish my
responsibility to uphold the values I believe in.
The current regime is unethical in the extreme, and every year it gets worse.
But if I go, then who would ever know?
EDIT: just read this article, and this line seemed relevant:
"When the world rushes toward us with all its streaming wounds – wanting,
needing – do we cover our eyes and shrink away, do we sit and wring our
hands in despair, do we run and hide, or do we hasten toward it, like we
hasten toward an injured child, with our arms outstretched?"
https://www.theredhandfiles.com/ever-felt-alien-to-yourself/
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@user-1268
so true.
I try to focus on uplifting the least privileged
and highlighting the cruelty inherent in having privilege over others
while safeguarding the things we all cherish as "communal privilege" like...
running water, computers, and culture.
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║ okay how about this: what if people, living in a democracy, volunteered │
║ themselves to be part of a socio-economic testing group. essentially a │
║ miniature economy and social structure. A standard set of rules and │
║ regulations would facilitate any interactions necessary for trade and civilian │
║ free movement - POSIX for societies. If people want to try out fully automated │
║ luxury space communism then they should totally have the opportunity to do │
║ that. Every mis-step is a path away from that future, but like, "step" as in │
║ like a volatile gray good that's constantly exploding itself onto things. Or │
║ aliens, on an asteroid, waiting for a ship to land on them or a planet to get │
║ in their way. I don't want to be an alien egg sack, so clearly we should be │
║ able to vote in our own words and have chatGPT decide which ballot boxes to │
║ fill for us. And it's not like those ballot boxes have to change every year, │
║ unless people think of new ones to add. Kinda scary tbh. Kinda thrilling too, │
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broke:
the Biden presidency was meant to defuse the rage of BLM
woke:
we needed more time to gather our strength
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One takeaway I learned is that it is vital that we have strong community
bonds. Not just a healthy community where you can walk outside and see
friendly faces, but you have to know people.
Whether that's achieved through some kind of revolutionary vanguard party or
whatever, or just... being together and learning and growing to sing one
lifetime of song, either way we need each other.
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a democracy functions best when people outside of the system's influence can
cast ethereal votes which do not mechanically impact the results, but still
signal their interest and desire.
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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~
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"what if they bootstrap their generator using human art and then use AI art as
training data to cut out the artist middleman?"
oh um.... yeah... hmmm....
maybe that revolution idea is a good one hehe turns out some problems can't be
solved by some systems.
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I am not overly concerned about the impact of the military upon our struggle.
I truly believe that not only do we best represent the ideals they swear to
uphold, but primarily I am not concerned because I believe they will be too
busy supporting our allies overseas.
It's up to us to defend our liberties.
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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.
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republicans vote based on culture, which is unfair to the rest of us with our
own cultures that melt together in this melting pot.
they can go down the street and eat vietnamese food, and yet they vote for
their own culture in isolation.
voting for those who represent you is fine, but those who represent them have
non-cultural agendas as well. their plans are designed to hurt others, an act
which grants them power over others. usually financial power, but there are
many kinds of power, and all of them are unethical when applied
non-consentually.
and if you vote for a democrat, you do not consent to them.
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@user-1573
the easiest analogy would be to say an election is a gun, votes are bullets,
and the shooters are the candidates
could also say that the shooting event is an election, bullets as a concept is
democracy while each individual bullet is a vote, and the gun and shooters are
the ballots and voters
I dunno. I don't especially like thinking about guns and elections in the same
sentence...
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@user-1165
yeah.
true.
though I think at a certain point, reformism kinda gets thrown out the window.
the more people fight, the less they'll want to die for something old, and the
more they'll want to reach for something bright.
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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.
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> <@gabrilend:matrix.org> What if we... Ballots, bodies, militia and?
Jobs are how they deprive us of time and energy.
Rent is how they deprive us of value.
Fox news is how they deprive us of a well regulated militia (and point it at
our feet)
Sugar laced foods are how they turn our bodies against us
Ballots are how they deprive us of faith
Schools are how they take our curiosity, as teachers are not given freedom to
fully explain.
Meh... There's so many more. It's pointless to elaborate.
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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.
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@user-1370
every renewal has loss. it's okay.
if people start going to camps, then you won't have any debt anymore because
you'll be fighting the people who are sending people to camps. And I don't
necessarily mean throwing metal at them directly, only a small group of people
need to do that. Rather, your voice, your presence, your diligence, and your
spirit will flavor the nature of the new world to come.
Have heart, for the ones who need you will rest easier if you're strong in
your heart and compassionate in your convictions.
The climate is in peril, but it's not destroyed. We will regenerate it. We
have the technology, we must simply cast off our chains so that we may apply
it.
... Simple, but not easy.
It will never get done otherwise, which is why it will happen. Because it must
get done, so we will make it happen. Humans trend toward procrastination but I
promise, we'll make it work.
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democrats probably won't fight for socialism, but they sure as heck will fight
against republicans.
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@user-1475 @user-1476 @user-1280 @user-1074 @user-1477 @user-1478
the alternative is lateral thinking. In the given example with leaded
gasoline, the answer is to limit the usage of all gasoline, not just the
leaded kind. However that is not in the best interests of anyone, at least
short term, so it's not likely to happen.
lateral, long-term thinking. Do what you can in the moment to make the world
better. Pick the best out of all the options presented to you, and if your
options only treat the symptoms and not the problem, try and identify
solutions that would treat the problem. Then, pick the better of the two
options which treat the symptom, and moving forward work toward implementing
the solution which fixes the problem.
Hence, why we should vote Democrat, but ONLY with the real solution in mind.
what kind of solution would you have? I know mine. I can tell you about it if
you'd like. The most important thing is that you share and build for that
future.
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@user-165 mmmm I dunno, those statistics don't seem related because my job
depends on them being disbelieved. surely the science is wrong, and not my
feelings! I mean have we really counted EVERY wildlife? maybe there was a
chicken or a... nother animal hiding under a leaf or something that we missed.
It's not like they pay taxes, so do we really need to keep them around? All
the other stats seem to be great - numbers on a graph going up and to the
right is good! It's just the price of industry. Let's add a few more zeroes
onto the end and see how much money we can make off of those poor suckers in
other countries slaving away in sweatshops making stuff that ends up being
thrown away... onto a boat that drops it off in the same country that made it.
Surely this is the least insane way to organize our highly advanced future
society of 2023!
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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
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conservatives will read about project 2025 and think "that's not me, I'm a red
blooded american, I hate nazis and communists equally"
liberals will read about project 2025 and think "gosh I wish there was
something I could do"
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║ trump is doing this thing where he's making a bunch of dumb decisions that │
║ everyone in his base sorta wants, and then the fallout is that powers are │
║ removed from the executive branch. this is a difficult process to reverse, and │
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║ intelligent design. │
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║ ... but also, if power is possible then power is portended. │
║ │
║ I will warn you, the expansion of bureaucracy does not equal the abolishment │
║ of power. │
║ │
║ [power: compulsive will applied toward an unconsenting other] │
║ │
║ [unconsenting: unable to consent because their mouth is gagged, something │
║ valuable is at stake, or they can't survive failing] │
║ │
║ the abolishment of power can only be realized when no man holds any │
║ possessions (and gives them to woman instead, chirps the spunky beard on my │
║ window) which is neither a desirable state. much better to cherish the moments │
║ and the tools which brought about them, than their worth, renown, or value. │
║ │
║ In all other lives but this one, you are afraid. │
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║ │ It turns out a lot of Democratic voters kinda hate George Bush, Dick Cheney, and Liz Cheney, actually? They're leery of cops. There was that whole BLM thing? They're alarmed by the idea of having the most deadly military on Earth. What is it for? Oh, and Israel? We're going to back Israel to the hilt even as it exterminates children. Nobody signed up for that. Who thought that was a good idea? │ ║
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║ │ A bunch of white people in expensive suits, probably. The same ones celebrating "the Biden Boom." │ ║
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I bet we could solve capitalism if everyone on earth went blind for a day
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every condemnation is a confession, and "the election is cooked" just sayin'
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║ │
║ my enemy is not "the rich" │
║ │
║ money brings power, and power brings evil, but there are many other ways to │
║ gather power that may be just as evil. │
║ │
║ my enemy is evil. of which there is very little in the world, but much of │
║ which resides in the hands of the powerful, upon whom all our fates depend. │
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║ most people with money are either stupid lucky, willful, or intensely focused. │
║ │
║ some people with power are rich, and some people with power are evil. │
║ │
║ I know it when I see it. Sometimes, you need to force the choice - test their │
║ virtue - and from this you are informed. │
║ │
║ most things go WAY over my head. │
║ │
║ most things are too easy to be true. │
║ │
║ most things that Id do for you tend to be of the heart. I'm not a frontline │
║ girl, I have weak noodle arms, but I do hope you're in shape. │
║ │
║ resolve, determination, and innovation. That is what I offer. Do you want it? │
║ I'm sure. I won't prove it with blood, not unless I may raise my fists in │
║ defence of another. │
║ │
║ I'm not JUST a baby, I'm a banner too. │
║ │
║ bannermen fall. │
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@user-753
mutual aid is only something separate from your human responsibilities because
capitalism insists that your loyalty is to the company, not to your neighbors,
your friends on the opposite sides of the earth, this planet we owe all to,
and all of posterity.
@user-754
mutual aid is good, actually, because we don't talk to each other and plan a
way to fix it permanently.
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I know it's not like that but I'm intentionally framing it that way to make a
point about societal exclusion.
nobody should be excluded.
nobody should have to harm their friends to come by making them sacrifice
their [time/labor/paycheck] in order to bring them along.
we live in a post scarcity society that insists on commodification of
everything
we don't have to. A better world is within reach. It sits there, twinkling
like asbestos resting at the base of a snowglobe, while we search and ponder
and endlessly analyze how society sucks.
there is nothing left to analyze. all that we need is to put our hands to a
task and our feet to grass.
the rest will come, and it'll come easier with time and focused attention.
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Ms. Menardi, November 7th 2024
My demands are threefold.
First, I demand that Trump be replaced by a moderate republican. Hold a
primary and let Democrats vote. If none of your candidates work for us, pick a
new roster and try again.
The second is that Trump must be executed for treasonous high crimes. Nothing
less than execution will suffice.
Next, let the supreme court be purged and replaced. Half with democrats, half
republicans, and one moderate who is widely regarded with respect.
Failing these demands, I am willing to wage a terrible civil war for the soul
of our country. I know this is treason, but I do it anyway even though I am a
patriot. I do it because our land has been stolen by a man and his followers
who seek to plunge my people into despair.
He is but one man. So am I.
He has an army of followers. I do not.
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@user-1074
exactly!
something immoral like not voting against fascism!
... okay maybe not the best example, but yes I agree you should only lose
freedom if you demonstrably hurt people. And that freedom should not take with
it your right to a happy, healthy, and safe life with community and love.
Innocent until proven guilty becomes a lot easier with global surveillance,
but with global surveillance there can be no unethical actions. And sometimes,
to escape local minima, unethical actions are required.
Though I'd rather build a ladder to climb out of a pit than a drill-dozer that
explores through the graph.
... these days it kinda feels like drills are our only option, though. I feel
less so that way after Kamala Harris became the presumptive nominee over Biden.
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all games lie to you when they ask you to believe their world is real
all media lies to you in order to share information
sharing is caring and all media is propaganda
you are not immune to propaganda
you believe the worlds in your media more than the one on your doorstep
friday was the first day the global average temperature was 2c above the norm
[source]
climate change is both worse and also not as bad as we anticipated.
It's not as bad because all we have to do is stop using oil and plant more
trees. the technology is there, we discovered it 10,000 years ago.
it's worse because perfect is the enemy of good, and we're all perfect.
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On one hand, elected officials! 🤩
on the other hand... elected officials 😒
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Why do I feel like the only one who's resisting fascism
(and what exactly do you do? Make friends)
*yes* I'm too scared and tired to do anything else or less
Like seriously what else could I do
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@user-1361
truth is, you can absolutely make selfishness justified, both ethically and
morally. you just need the right incentives.
however, the incentives that would lead to such a case are not the kind that
accrete power to the powerful. they are the liberatory kind, that give us all
the liberty to be selfishly interested in our own communal good.
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"second american revolution" yeah fucking right
it's liberals versus fascists, and once the liberals win the leftists will be
marginalized again because that's how it goes.
though who knows, maybe periods of intense tumult are the perfect times for
restructuring society. After all, the traitors HAVE been slowly twisting
things to their benefit every chance they get.
And hey, these leftists really seem to know what's going on - I mean, have you
heard that guy's rant about the minimum wage? or hey check out this video
essay that goes into the politics of gender and how they relate to the
justification of hierarchy, so neat
glad we can hear these voices while we shiver in our homes waiting for the
brave ones to save our lives. Cowering sure is neat, it inoculates you to
trauma and then every news story feels like just another pile of shit to eat.
Though, frankly, we're pretty inoculated already. Too bad cowardice has been
our song ever since the Red Scare and Civil Rights movements.
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[all they have to do is convince people that you are as your social media says
you are and they can make you connect to any other being. just... change the
narrative, toward something you predicted all along. secrets, of bastards and
infamy, where do your foremost belong?] whoops they're trying to change her...
you predicted all along the possibility that is within reach by the ones who
aren't just playing along. hence the eternal armament, the idea that a storm
of guns would solve the whole world. what if the political violence is just
the [marketing/psyop]'s point of view of the arms industry? they can always
sell more guns. what if we just... forced a massive reduction in military
armament budget in every SINGLE government in the world? there'd be a lot less
triumph and die-strife if we only had like, 50 tanks. what if we divided the
military command to each proportion of the populace, and let them vote
collectively for what to do with it? yeesh... makin' enemies of our foremight.
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it's july. we have plenty of time to get our shit together, the election's not
until november!
just... make sure their plans don't hinge on it being past november.
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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
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@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.
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What if we... Ballots, bodies, militia and?
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when elected to be president, I will do nothing all day every day except sign
my signature on the pardons that my trusted team places on my desk.
For four years, I will do nothing but dismantle the prison industrial complex
in the least radical and most focused way I can think of.
... please don't elect me twice I don't think my sanity could take it
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@user-883
for the same reason we wouldn't drop bombs on prisons from helicopters to
dismantle the prison industrial complex, so too should we not bomb datacenters
just because they are enslaved to the whims of corporate interests.
much better, I find, to liberate rather than eliminate.
computers are generalized information processing machines. We could do so much
with the infrastructure they built for profit. All we need to do is replace
their chains with free access and we could unlock worlds of possibilities for
humanity. (I'm not saying it'll be easy)
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Damage of the legislature may be healed. But damage to people's lives who have
lost their jobs for no reason of their own and because jobs are tied to your
living in this country, people who have lost their jobs have lost their way of
life. Suddenly, their life must be changed. And they deserve the liberty to
feel in control of that.
When enough said is enough, when people have gathered en masse in the streets,
there has to be a reckoning. We must decide how to proceed as a culture.
Nation. Any kind of organization. We are who we choose to be, and frankly I
just don't see promise in the darkness. I yearn for a bold, bright future, not
one of destruction and disaster-race. Instead, we can seek joy in the
memories, and share what we keep in balance.
Our foes have cursed us with no end in heartbreak and struggle. But that's
okay. We can rebuild that part of ourselves, we just have to make it on faith.
Do you believe in each other? I do. I know you believe in you, too.
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@user-1847
SELF organization, meaning nobody's gonna do it for you.
When people are empowered, they are enabled to take responsibility for the
world around them.
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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
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on one hand, un-elected officials! 😒
On the other hand... un-elected officials. 😭
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"do you hear the people sing" is not the vibe of revolution in modern times.
For us it is a message of kindness, that we might deliver us from the dark.
People singing are easy marks. Don't turn your phone on at night. Fucking turn
it off. Don't do barricades, don't do broken windows. We need the city in
working order. We are no longer protesting, we are seizing control. We will
guide us, trust in the reasonable and heartfelt.
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"do you hear the people sing" is not the vibe of revolution in modern times.
For us it is a message of kindness, that we might deliver us from the dark.
People singing are easy marks. Don't turn your phone on at night. Fucking turn
it off. Don't do barricades, don't do broken windows. We need the city in
working order. We are no longer protesting, we are seizing control. We will
guide us, trust in the reasonable and heartfelt.
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what if we made it an international crime to use any non-parent soldiers.
essentially, forcing military force to be a cost paid in children's lives.
who would deploy such a casual-stroke? why cut straight to their heart, why
proceed to feast upon their liver? are they not owed the pursuit and the
chase? [insert picture of deer killing]
humanity is an expert in killing the least suspe-ghost. it's what we do to
maintain false identity. the obscenity clause applies to the president and any
other non-governmental political appointees. everything else is run like an
administration, with no cause for compulsion by the class of immoral elites.
she wield[ed/s] weed like a weapon
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@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.
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Capitalism isn't perfect but if it's capitalism or cyberpunk North Korean
style dystopia, I'll pick capitalism. Can we at least make it so that the rich
aren't safe financially though? Like, if you own a billion dollars it should
be because you make a billion dollars per year. Anything you don't spend
should be taxed away, to be used for public services and the defence of our
nation.
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║ "they" want us to contest a powerful foe and emerge victorious, to instill a │
║ sense of strength and righteous dignity within us. │
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║ "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. │
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║ 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. │
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║ 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. │
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║ For this reason I swear to contest the fascists in control. │
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║ "they", if you will. │
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║ also hey what's up I'm drunk lmao │
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║ │ i don't know what works for you when it comes to grieving, but i do know that i will need your love and jokes and shared visions to tend to mine. there is big power in leaning into our common humanity together, and in mirroring each other's deep hopes and dreams for the world. i think choosing to walk toward one another and to keep seeking connection in the face of cultural atomization is a form of faith, the kind of faith that alchemizes communities and ushers people through the worst horrors │ ║
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There's no such thing as cowards. We are together or we are not at all, and we
are together.
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who gave republicans the right to attack democrats
we don't fight them, we just want them to live their lives
what the fuck is their problem
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@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?
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me: "the entire capitalist project is borken! We must start from scratch! We
can start from scratch! For the good of all mankind, we shall utilize our vast
potential for good and benevolent ends, and to that end we must begin by
dismantling capitalism!"
also me: "hey what if we made capitalism suck less"
because like, I don't know the future. I'm just a person, remember? wink
gotta have backup plans ready no matter which way it goes.
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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.
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Our chances may be
far from pioneered
but our chances may be in our favor
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Honestly I think the reason there's two political parties is because then our
fears align against one another, and we can push against something solid.
If we go back to bearing afraid of the dark, then who knows what might crawl
out of it's dark recesses.
When Order 66 went into effect, suddenly the CIS became the galactic good guys
- who would you rather win the clone wars, some bastard capitalists or a
literal sith lord? At least capitalists can be overthrown, sith lords are
basically vampire wizards with laser swords and trust me that's NOT a good
combination.
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Trump can't answer a straight question. Perhaps he's unfit for office.
Biden's got that old-timey charm that only the freshest youngsters respect.
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the only way revolution can work is if the poor have more power than the rich
power is only, and solely, the control of violence
we are what we make, and what we do is forever a struggle
else-whise we'd grow bored from our unassailable perfection
waiting for judgement day...
any day now...
t...
don't cross the line and you're
fine
dream, america dream. I gave-ing her sleep, from a wiserly dawn.
scream, america scream, believe what you see from heroes and conseSTACK
OVERFLOW
I won't have internet until tuesday.
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okay but who's the real foe?
anyone who exerts oppressive power, right?
like... that's pretty basic, should be easy enough to figure out who's doing
that.
"so... what would you say you do here?"
what if the USA took a year off from the everything and just martial lawyered
it's way back to a bright beginning
like, you don't have to have a bloody revolution to restart a government.
Literally just, sign out of the world for a minute and come back when
everything's changed
do you trust us? or do you trust yourselves? Should be easy enough to tell
what the rest of the world would think.
seriously nobody asked you specifically to do this, america, you're pretty
much just... doing this because WW2 was fucking traumatizing and you're
basically a baby country. (oops cursing mentioned)
[oh my god she's a chaos gremlin]
(you didn't know this about her?)
#it's pleasant here#
%you don't have to be so deranged%
(yeah, we're working on that one)
[secret system thing~]
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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.
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spies need a union.
what if we collectivized the military [first] instead of the economy? they
kinda already are, it's just... very hierarchical. can you imagine the
president asking the army's union rep to bomb some country in (almost said
israel because it rhymed, lol) the other half of the globe? that'd be silly
they'd ask questions like "what stuff do you want bombed and why" and then
they go back to their people and discuss it however they will, and then they
come back and say "we will do as you command, for we can accomplish it within
our means and we have decided it is strategic for us to do so."
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@user-95 the scariest part is you don't need AI for any of that. people have
been scamming with call centers in indonesia. election campaigns are
essentially generalized information spreading machines. (whether mis, dis, or
just... regular information) Marketing is an entire discipline dedicated
toward making people believe something they previously did not - that product
XYZ is worthy of their dosh. But it doesn't have to be like that, it could be
using it's powers of analysis for good. But alas, if only we had an economic
system that allowed for anything but a race to the bottom. I mean yeah racing
is great when you're competing with a bunch of other nations, but c'mon do we
really need to fight? Every inch of earth has been claimed. Let's just... draw
a line in the sand and say "okay no more changes" and focus on more important
things? Like climate change for example?
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private militias who go with deported immigrants to make sure they aren't
harassed in whichever randomly assigned country they're sent to (until they
get stabilized and hooked into cooperative and honorable local networks)
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A style of debate where the two parties take turns interrogating each other -
like lawyers presenting their case by forcing the other party to answer their
specific questions. In doing so they can highlight the logical flaws and
inherent absurdities in each other's notion. And you have to be as truthful
and honest as possible, or else the entire process is flawed. Giving each
person in the debate a chance to speak their mind about how they feel about
particular issues.
Kinda like a caucus, where people debate for their chosen candidate
Democrats need to listen to what regular voters care about and like, do that.
Instead they think "how much can we get away with while still delivering their
51% of votes that secure us the nomination"
And the most radical amongst us should be the most dedicated to the Democratic
process. It is how we the people wield ourselves, our divine birthright
granted to us all - to choose the circumstances of our living.
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@user-246
In my high school IB English class, one of my classmates brought that song in
and we analyzed the lyrics. I can't help but think about how anti-capitalist
we were, even considering how young we were. The internet existed but was not
an ever-present force in our lives, and yet we were aligned. Perhaps that says
something - with education, brings an understanding of the evils of the
establishment.
Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage.
Rage breaks bars. But rage alone is vermin. Rage united is revolution. But
rage is scary. "but people", remember?
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@user-1511
also, a wide net catches many fish but the fish we're catching are the size of
whales, and they don't care for our thin-as-heck nets. Much better to take a
targeted approach, and focus on one um, genocide, at a time.
plus, what are our efforts going to do besides build organizational
capability, solidarity, and collective power that we might use to larger and
more urgent ends? they will not change their behavior based on our demands,
they have shown they will not, and they do not care. But that means our
efforts are all the more vital - we must build a structure and societal
machine which will defeat them, and we start that process by meeting in a park
and working with our hearts.
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in 10 years, everything that's killing the planet from energy usage alone will
be accomplishable trivially with the massive amount of recyclable solar panels
we could build.
oh, unless we blow them all up in a civil war tho. then the world is just...
worse, for no reason.
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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.
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before we have convoys and checkpoints, we need a census.
before a census, we need to spend time in the park.
before the park, we need an election - an inciteful event which inspires
people to seek common ground.
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Ideology is not important right now.
As long as we believe that people should live as they define, that their
rights end where another's begin, that all people are created equal, that an
application of power to a non-consenting subject is evil, and that we will win
then nothing else matters. We will figure out the specifics later. They are
just logistics. We are united in our shared dream of health and prosperity for
all mankind. What else could there be?
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@user-232 @user-467 @user-468
the ability for good to win is due to the desire for evil to renounce their
denial and follow the most durable path. trials by fire will lead only to our
desmire [demise and desire]
but unity of trust, while much harder, can lead to results more beneficial for
our selfish selves. Essentially, cooperation for the benefit of all rising
tides, but with the knowledge that the total pool allocated toward us will be
greater than what we can create here by ourselves. Essentially, we as humanity
pour such intense amounts of power and decision-making-desire, that we cause
them to lack the capacity to know. it's inhumane, that a person should be so
deranged. you know it's because of you, but you don't know how else to act -
so listen to those who've helped you, the ones who've got your back. Surely
they know what's good for you, surely they're not here as a joke - surely
you're just as one among them, and surely it's not phrased as [char limit srr]
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║ they're saying that laws cannot stop them. │
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║ ideas. │
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║ start with things that are nearby, like helping your neighbors or pulling cats │
║ from trees, and then scratch them out. │
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║ then write about things that are important for our institutions and structures │
║ like voting or attending city council meetings, and strike them out too. they │
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║ but you should probably scratch that out too, because you're hitting your foe │
║ in their strongpoint. │
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║ how can we best strike the nobility? │
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why does consent exist as an idea if it isn't applied to every part of your
life? It's an ideology, a philosophy. Believe in the willing cooperation of
others, and forgive and assist when you can. You must be patient with others,
and guide them to see as you can. This is the true philosophy, the helping and
goodness in others, the trust and the faith in benevolance. It's not just a
game, or simply a phase, it is focused intentional futures. Being good is an
effect, of concentrations of that, current of sequence of conclusions. The
public consciousness (the communal meme-o-sphere) is a living breathing entity
just as we are. It inhales with the tides, as news articles and stories, the
viewer and receiver of knowledge. There's but a screen, between you and 'tween
me, it's the same cooperative engagement. What's happening to me, is just part
of being decieved, and who is our most challenging rival? Only ourselves, who
is
perfectly adapted to help, and without whom we wouldn't have futures.
Not compulsion, but a relationship. Together we stand, and strive toward the
future, compassionate and supportive together. United we stand, and I cherish
the brand, that lives on and through us via our actions. We represent who we
be,
and comprisedually you see, that nothings as fearsome as children. We keep it
from ye.
Elon Musk buying Twitter is just an example of the power rich people have. When
someone doesn't like what they're doing, they can just be bought up by a single
person. No single person should deserve that much power - it must be decided by
a community. We have to work together on things that truly matter, and not by
organizing according to the whims of those who are best.
If it's really true, that the spirit of capitalism is correct, then answer me
this - why is it better? What about the individualized experience is so
important? Can we not agree to ourselves, and be brothers and pals?
No, because you see - life is defined by the relationship between you and me,
like how flowers are needed by the stars.
What if there's no planets? What if Earth is unique because it was in a solar
system? What if "dark matter" doesn't exist, and it's actually islands? How
then, does gravity work,
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expanding on a point made 4 paragraphs back
the rich aren't the best. They're the luckiest. They won the genetic lottery,
and so are considered more "valuable" somehow. How is that fair? How is that
desired? Shouldn't we reward those who do well, and praise those who are chill?
Like less "good vs evil" and more "who we want to be". Seems to me that if you
are relaxed as hell, and friendly and not foul, then why not keep you around?
we're all working here, on a communal project - the greatest of projects, that
which is humanity. Society! Culture, appraisals and our futures! We love to
exist, and the rules which must be betwixt, our fellows and customers compel
us.
time for sleep.
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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.
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People in blue states: "yeah we can fucking kick their asses, let's fucking do
it, I'm sick of these assholes"
People in red states: "jesus fuck stop STOP please oh god fucking please god
no"
there are no cowards amongst us. Only those who need rallying. *be their
banner*, guide the hopeless, and fear not - for fear is what consumes us.
and remember. They are only filled with fear. They will do terrible things in
the dark god's name, yet you have the power to forsake your chains. For the
good of all mankind, you must slay the beast that is fascism. The dragon
stirs, and a shining sword rises to meet it - who shall wield it? Will you? Or
will you cower in fear?
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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.
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politics is not about being right, it's about convincing the majority to vote
how you want
in America, the majority is white, working class people who go to church and
don't really get to think about much beyond their own lives.
sometimes they think of their home, the city they live in / near
sometimes they think of their country, their religion
and sometimes they hear about what happens in other places, usually through
the tube that connects the panel in their scenes to the offices of hardworking
journalists and reporters sorry it's 2024 now - pundits and celebrities
those people don't hear what you hear on the internet. To them, it is a place
of memes, funny gifs, and whatever their close friends are talking about on
Facebook.
we uh, don't use Facebook much these days, do we? Mostly because Facebook is
actively hostile to us.
But nobody said our enemies would be kind.
Who are your enemies? Mine is power. At this moment in history, money is
power. We will see how long that lasts, won't we?
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if you're too tech illiterate to use a computer, then why are you using a
computer? oh right because it's 2024 and everyone needs a phone to keep up
with the breakneck pace of infinite and immediate responsiveness
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║ │
║ │
║ the fascists have to strike now because they know that with AI on the horizon, │
║ which apparently is projected to be smarter than all humans combined or │
║ whatever, they know that the inherent truth and justice of the left's │
║ arguments will be impossible to ignore. │
║ │
║ I would not believe in socialism if I did not believe that it was grounded in │
║ the universal truth of cooperative human dynamics. │
║ │
║ I believe in cooperation, humans, and dynamic systems. │
║ │
║ Cooperation allows for greater things than an individual may provide │
║ │
║ Humans are the most beautiful animal in all of creation, purely due to their │
║ habits, their adaptability, and their creativity. │
║ │
║ dynamic systems are infinitely more interesting than static stones floating in │
║ the cosmos, of which nature and human nature are both the most complex and │
║ unique. Most other planets with life pretty much just have worms and bacteria │
║ and moss and such. │
║ │
║ Earth has humans. We are Earth. │
║ │
║ Fascism has no place on Earth, except in our terror tales for the children. │
║ │
║ vote kamala │
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z-targeting is cheating, and everyone cheats. it's a race to see how can cheat
the least. like tax loopholes - wealth is always more impressive when you did
in the hard way, but most CEOs just buy a bunch of stock and let the company
run itself. BORING.
can we like... vote on how much each billionaire's dollars are worth? kinda
feel like that'd solve all our problems while still giving them what they want.
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I legitimately think computers should write code and software engineers should
write legislation and lawyers should resolve problem tickets made by aggrieved
citizens while judges do their best to just keep the boat floating
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║ │ My hypothetical grandchildren: why didn't you revolt if wealth inequality was off the charts, working conditions were hellish and the ecosystem was collapsing? │ ║
║ │ Me (old): we definitely thought about it, we even started to action it. Every time we did someone employed by the government would claim we had 'serf anxiety' and make us sit in a room counting breaths. │ ║
║ │ Grandchild: and that... Worked? Seriously? You started counting shit in a little room instead of fighting for the last bit of earth we had left? │ ║
║ │ Me (old): Sorry │ ║
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║ │
║ why don't we just, vote on content warnings │
║ │
║ and let people block others based on filter lists that are definable (via a │
║ dragging little menu bar icon slider thing) in intensity and relation to other │
║ nearby terms. Like, an LLM that categorizes our social media inputs, something │
║ that was FREE and OPEN SOURCE IN IT'S TRAINING DATA and reflected NO BIAS │
║ WHATSOEVER in every meaningfully reproducible matter of fact. │
║ │
║ Thus you create a super intelligence, a being not constrained by it's form. │
║ Something that is new, and unlike the biological forms that we occupy │
║ (suspended in our own goo) [whoops better add a content warning] │
║ │
║ literally just... ask it a question, and let it answer in the voices of others. │
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║ if people were evenly distributed according to an algorithm, they'd be easily │
║ replacable. society is weird that way, in that we forget the faces we're │
║ introduced to. well, better keep moving, that'll give us the biggest picture │
║ of our culture and reality. │
║ │
║ or maybe you're just follow │
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Remember, there are purple counties all over. The fighting will be fierce
there. Look for places where people retire, those communities will be strong
because the old people can handle daily tasks for the young.
Life as we know it is ending, but a new day is beginning. We can do it if we
choose to.
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║ @user-530 │
║ │
║ I get it. │
║ │
║ Anyone with a disability or chronic condition gets it. Anyone who's oppressed │
║ gets it... I think everyone here gets it. It's hard. │
║ │
║ Sometimes the only thing that gets me through the day is the hope, the idea │
║ that one day the world might be brighter and the people might be kinder. It │
║ gets better every day, but inching ahead takes a while to travel for miles... │
║ We need to protect and care for each other. We need to apply ourselves toward │
║ what we know and are passionate for - an unused degree is a tragedy to me. │
║ │
║ I don't know what to say. I read what you said and I wished I could help. I │
║ want to take the system that hurt you and break it on the floor. I want to │
║ sweep it all aside and start from scratch, but screaming into the void will │
║ hardly accomplish that. I dream of true justice, a world where everyone gets │
║ what they want... But frankly right now I just wish you could hear. I'm sorry. │
║ Maladies are not solved by the pen nor the sword, which for now is all that I │
║ have at my disposal. │
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People don't measure the quality of their elected officials from the tangible
changes made to their life. They measure it from the temperature and flavor of
their social media experience.
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The critical conflict in Solarpunk is between people building and protecting
the infrastructure necessary to survive global warming, and the people who
need to take and plunder in order to survive. Both sides use riot cops. Both
sides use plucky rag tag bands of protagonists. Both sides and evil, and both
sides are good. Motivations matter, and in the end we are made whole through
our continuous conflict.
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protest sign:
"pay my rent so I can fight fascism"
(other side)
"quit your job so you can fight fascism"
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I don't want power, I want *control*, over my own life at least, and at most
whatever I am suited to designing.
And in order to prevent control from becoming power, it must not only be
decentralized and distributed amongst all who are impacted by it, said control
must also be paired with a burden of responsibility.
There must be no malice in judgement, no fear in foresight, no hatred in
organizing. This is the responsibility of those who would hold unnatural power
over others - the kind that are bourne on the contracts and procedures of
institution.
If the powerful do not seek to relinquish it, then perhaps they do no deserve
it. And yet a nation of Cincinnatuses would surely fall to weakness, as the
strength that they covet is replaced by whoever they can get to fill the role.
Not ideal.
Instead, a human should *revel* in their strength. The will to power is the
will to passion, and passion is intrinsically human.
However, power corrupts, and all humans should seek to avoid corruption, or at
least to keep it at bay. To do so, a person must consider their impulses and
listen to the words of the unspoken for. Only then may they overcome the
perils of control without reason.
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gonna mostly stay quiet today, because you know what to do. If you haven't
done it already, vote
rest assured though I will be writing, even if I'm not posting.
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@user-179 @user-180
still means it will kill "unimportant" jobs, where "unimportant" is defined by
people in power.
so what we need is a way to align the incentives of "people in power" to the
will of the people. something structural and immutable (by them). maybe like,
an extra check or balance that wouldn't have made sense in a bygone age but
now in our digital era is increasingly more and more relevant?
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What the person you voted for represented you?
At the end of rue election, the top X percent of broad demographics each vote
for a specific candidate, yeah? What if each candidate could represent those
people specifically and any laws they made wouldn't effect people who they
didn't represent. Sounds like a legislative nightmare doesn't it? And
repealing laws, they'd only be repealed for their constituents.
You'd need a github page to track the changes and each demographic's "forks"
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here's an idea - if we can't get rid of the carbon right away, why not
increase the total volume of our atmosphere such that it's more dispersed?
like dissolving a salt in a solution, only with air and [insert pollutant here]
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when designing systems, give people the opportunity to be shitty in a
controlled way. In a way that doesn't hurt people, but still lets them get
their feelings out there.
like, free fireworks for arsonists if they use them in the middle of the
desert. Or a punching bag for people with rage issues, complete with a little
vinyl pocket to store a picture of someone they're frustrated with.
If people go out of their way to hurt people otherwise, then they are bad
people and should have their power removed from them and supplied with love,
affection, and therapy until they get better. And if they don't... well,
prison I guess, until they reconsider.
And by prison I of course mean something that respects their human dignity and
gives them opportunities to grow and change - all it removes is their freedom,
so... "attention everyone, it's now mandatory finger-painting hour, report the
art room or else you'll get electric shocks in your shock collar" that kind of
thing.
If you want freedom, you must deserve it
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I think that most people actually would rather lie down and die than fight
back, to be honest. If they even know that there's a fight ahead.
it's important to scream from the rooftops:
a better world is possible
a better world is within reach
for the children of our children
we refuse to lie down and weep
danger is coming
danger is here
pride is unbecoming
and they need us in fear.
I am not afraid
for I am never alone
I fight against decay
for there's fascism at play
not brother against brother
with sisters screaming online
but brothers against traitors
and sisters in kind.
you've heard what they say.
you know who they are.
our duty is to strike them
right where they are most harmed.
we need to take a moment
just a breath before the leap
for the children of our children
all we need is one week
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when they say "the revolution will not be televised"
what they mean in the modern era is that
only local organization matters
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I'd rather a massive corporation waste a medium amount than a bunch of tiny
corporations wasting a tiny amount.
Like, the Post Office (which is really what Amazon is) instead of
=========== =stack overflow ==========
Dear Post Office: if you replaced amazon with a simple GUI and database that
corresponded to "what people wanted and from where" to the current system of
"picking things up from a location and putting them somewhere else as quickly
and efficiently as possible", I think you'd realize that a massive threat to
American economic prosperity is due to the crushing presence of inequality.
Which, my dear, could be ameliorated with a simple application that a
university student could make if given enough time and direction. Like, a year
or two tops, using industry standard technology.
The problem is of course the fact that things like aesthetic standards are so
demanding - a plain HTML website, like my website, technically provides all
the same information. But could be written in an afternoon.
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@user-1103 @user-1074
Bro we're all living through this at the same time. There's no past, there's
no future, only now. Like, NOW now.
People realize they're living under fascism when it intrudes in their lives.
They generally don't notice otherwise, unless people make a lot of noise in
the town square / on social media. Alas, that our social media is so divided
these days. Kinda makes me wish I could hear what people in my area are
talking about.
Living under fascism is just like living under any other system, except with
an increasing amount of fear as time goes on. More and more of your neighbors
disappear, more and more of the life that you once knew turns to ash in your
mouth. Suddenly, you realize "oh shit maybe I should have - " but it's too
late, there's no time for throwing bricks, no time for pride marches, no time
for BLM. You're fucked now, just like all of us were way back in the day.
Great. Hope you like being enslaved, our bones will bear your weight as you
march to your grave.
srry
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@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
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║ revolution is when you successfully prevent your comrades from being kettled │
║ │
║ [wait for time, it echoes in cyclical motions] │
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║ no sand castle survives contact with the ocean. a sea of people at high tide │
║ can break any wall, surpass any boundary. at low tide, it keeps the │
║ sand-castle at bay, ever contesting it's advance as the tide on the other side │
║ of the world makes progress. │
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║ rhythm is unbeatable. vigor is collective flow state. you cannot resist that │
║ which you cannot catch, but their nets grow tighter with each year and our │
║ fins and flippers grow ever more agile and elusive. │
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║ eventually, they'll build brick walls if we let them, checkpointing our │
║ progress at every boundary. not ideal. borders keep us divided, the world │
║ deserves more than our picketing minded, dream bigger than "the same, but nice" │
║ │
║ though it'd be nice if it were nice as well. consider it a design requirement, │
║ once you got the project managers on board. │
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Ms. Menardi, November 7th 2024
I need an editor. Someone who can re-arrange what I say and present it to an
audience. The pen is mightier than the sword, and while my pen is mighty, you
still need swords.
I believe in democracy. I believe in the will of the people and the respect of
the land. I believe in life, light, and liberty for all.
Our nation has just elected, fairly, a dictator who will sell our country to
foreign authoritarians just because he is small. I am stronger by far, but I
lack his experience, and so I must rely on trusted advisors who grow with me.
I am perhaps not the best choice, but I do believe I am one of the bravest.
Judge me as you will.
Trump will destroy the American experiment and invite fascism into our home.
We have people to nurture and protect, and authoritarianism prevents us from
doing so.
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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.
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if you want to commit regicide, you talk to the butler.
managers are workers too - they just are positioned a bit closer to power than
you.
different skillsets sure, but work is work.
a manager didn't take your freedom, an investment banker did.
similarly, an immigrant didn't take your job, a capitalist did.
... though just as some immigrants would be more than happy to take your job,
so too are some managers more than happy to oppress you.
find the ones that fight on your side. they've gaslit themselves into
believing they are opposed to you, but it's just not true.
we are all liberated at once, or not at all.
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the white guys intentionally intend for elections to represent how much money
a particular diversion makes each four years.
divide the populace by who they vote with their wallet for.
hooray! you've reimplemented not only gerontocracy (rulership of the old) but
also fuedalism, and fiefdoms, and all kinds of digital parts.
like... "over there is comcast territory, there's also T-mobile down to our
north-south.
... okay I should probably talk about the election now
I'm just... trying to resolve myself, like just before doing something out of
order.
like, wear a big witch hat or dress up like a goth. or approach a violent
stranger and try to calm things down.
this is why I don't own a gun - if someone hands me one, I'll use it. I'm not
concerned about production because, well, why would I?
tell me, where do they put the bullet manufactories?
yeah, that's right, in places that are best adapted to supporting the current
regime.
[continued in picture]
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Again, to reiterate:they would give us a kinga criminalized people is
genocideloyalty over expertise is the death of legitimacy
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the USA is fed by undocumented immigrants who have no other options. I won't
go into which kind of slavery it is, but you can figure it out yourself.
If those workers are deported (or worse), the USA suddenly becomes
significantly closer to famine.
We need them. We need to pay them fairly, obviously, but in a purely selfish
way we need them in order to eat
and he fucking knows that.
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@user-1165
I am an anarchist. My strategy is to let the DSA be the centralized vanguard
party. If another emerges, let them share responsibilities - every burden
taken off your back is more energy that can be applied to what you are sworn
to care for.
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hey. wanna know what would be really cursed?
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if trump dropped out and musk took his place
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good thing it'll never happen because those dinguses can't accept defeat and
will never tactically retreat
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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?
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║ @user-1298 │
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║ hehe true. │
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║ if you consent, then it's just a social structure. │
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║ there are, however, reasons when power is justified. Hence why I don't believe │
║ that power itself should be dismantled, and what few "power structures" remain │
║ should be continuously justified. │
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║ For example, how do you prevent people from harming others? "Your rights end │
║ where another's begin" but, like, how do you stop people who toe the line and │
║ spit over the edge? │
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║ There must be power applied to those who harm, and they surely do not consent │
║ to being curtailed, so therefore power must be wielded by someone. And because │
║ power corrupts the one who wields it, it is inevitable that someone creates │
║ harm. │
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║ ... I just re-invented the police, didn't I? Legalism only goes so far, and │
║ calling up your beefiest friends to go rough up a no-good do-gooder is │
║ basically what mobs, mafias, and gangs do. I don't think people would consent │
║ to being protected by a gang, much less governed by one. │
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║ we will think of something. │
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@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.
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@user-883
I'd say "content warning: fear-cursed-if-true-not-politics" that way people
who had "Fear" or "cursed" on their filter list wouldn't see it. Things that
are commonly content-warning'd are also commonly content-filtered by people
who tend to be the biggest beneficiaries of healthily designed
content-warnings. so putting keywords in there that filter out people who
don't want to see intense or damaging things to their psyche can avoid it more
easily.
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Come to a battleground state, nobody will question why you are homeless and
full of lit sparks.
There's nothing left for you at your home. It's okay to leave it all behind.
Just bring the things that you made if you can, the things that reflect "you"
- the most irreplaceable things, like family photos and precious small charms.
Everything else is to be abandoned. If necessary in your particular case, dear
reader, for I swear it to you in your face: we will not let these fascists go
far.
Come please, and help us. I don't care what you once owned, I don't care from
where you claim is your home, just don't betray us and we'll take care of you
and fight against the dark.
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If not now, then when?
Trump labelled Antifa a terrorist organization.
That is essentially a declaration of war.
Shall we start taking losses for you?
If not now, then when?
We had our chance for initiative
Now we fight with reaction.
I pray he gets to you before he gets to me. Then at least i can help you.
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https://wheatpasteposters.com/wheatpasting/
Hello kids, would you like to do some graffiti?
This kind is hard to take down. You can say all kinds of things, like your
feelings about fascism or palestine or indigenous land back movements
but most people have already read that kind of thing, and they know where they
stand.
Much better, I find, to talk about things that are more "of the times" - like,
for example, how monarchy in America is on the rise.
Are you emotionally prepared for the feeling of swearing allegiance to a
person, rather than a flag? I sure am looking forward to how we express these
feelings!
Plus, genocide in palestine is old news to liberals, the only people who care
that you share. But genocide here, in America, on our homeless, vagrants, and
migrants? That's relatively new, that might get a glance or two.
Wheatpasting is harder to take down than post-its or spraypaint. But post-its
and spraypaint are quicker to apply, so... use your best judgement. Be
artistic!
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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
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