=== ANCHOR POEM === ◀─╔════════════════════════[BOOST]═════════════════════════──────────────────────╗ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ 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. │ ║ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────╣ ║ similar │ chronological │ different ║ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┴───────╝─▶ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 messages/356 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── 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. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/4345 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-883 every time I've tried to get a job for someone in the tech industry they turned out to be a fed, so... I do know people that you'd like to talk to, though. Just a few. That's all I personally can do. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #3 messages/562 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── 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 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #4 messages/1316 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── I don't go to protests because they're more like yelling hatred until you get slaughtered, instead of what I want to meet cute trans girls at which is signing up for a militia and hunting [redacted -> their sons and daughters] nobody knows each other on the internet. of course they're gonna vote for individual personal freedoms. What do you mean they voted for a pedophile acrobat? they don't even know each other! [the only reason you said acrobat is because it rhymed] ohhhh no it's supposed to be "autocrat" but they misheard ah right I see I see. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┘ --- #5 fediverse/549 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: pol-socialism │ └──────────────────────┘ ngl I kinda want to see what conservatives would riot over in a socialist system. Like "oh no we have healthcare! that sucks, so I'm going to burn down a police station" like bro what your basic needs are met and you're encouraged and enabled to pursue your passions and personal desires, are you still hung up on that old capitalist stuff? get a life my guy that's soOoOoOo 21st century of you ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/4098 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned-ableism │ └────────────────────────────────┘ ngl I kinda hate it when people meme about donald trump being incontinent like, yeah, he pees his pants, so what? I DO TOO. Fucking sucks. Every time I read people saying nasty things about it I can't help but read them in my own voice, and that gives me plenty of ammunition to use against myself when I'm feeling down. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/5880 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── 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 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/4502 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: radical-politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────────┘ 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. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/2803 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol-mentioned-surveillance-state-the-news │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-1201 I'm a wood fae! they're around, just gotta find 'em 🥰 (not really I'm just a person with no magical powers whatsoever, no siree don't look at mee tehe) people only have the context of their lives, as any historical precedent that once was passed forth to the present by their ancestors and mentors is now sharing space with the endless deluge of information from a small glass, plastic, and metal box that saps both their attention and the magnitude of anything they learn. "so what if the planets on fire? somehow this actor who had an affair with this other actor feels just as important. so what if there's fascism? I just heard that whales can't swim in the ocean. oh, the city's burning? that's not my burden, and plus it's just as important as these memes which don't make me want to scream." in the same way that some forest fae might have security through obscurity, they wield information density against us as a weapon to hide their sins of morality. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse_boost/4779 --- ◀─╔═════════════════════════[BOOST]═══════════════════════════───────────────────╗ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ I genuinely wish all Nazis in this world either an epiphany of the truth or a bullet to the head. │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ Either one is fine. │ ║ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────╣ ║ similar │ chronological │ different ║ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┴───────╝─▶ --- #11 fediverse/2843 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: yelling-scary │ └───────────────────────┘ @user-1074 @user-1209 "we still have slaves, we just enslave mexicans instead of blacks." "don't forget all the offshored jobs, those too" "oh yeah and all our stuff is made by slaves in the far east" "yeah but like fuck them right who cares they're so far away" "yeah bro totes" "anyway what do you want for dinner bro" "i dunno bro I had chinese last night" "cool cool so mexican then? I know this great paraguanese place" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/2167 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── @user-1188 @user-1189 Sometimes people need to think about things for a while. Let it marinate so they can understand it a bit more. Fucking fascists keeping people from thinking. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/4619 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ I want the political right to exist, because otherwise there'd be nothing to talk about a couple beers in and with no real stakes except a good time with your friend who you disagree with I want the political right to exist, because, y'know, life liberty and justice for all and all that both of those are "left of center" takes and I've definitely held both at different parts of my life ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┘ --- #14 messages/53 --- ═════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── You need to trust both the government and corporations equally. It's best to work together so you can actually accomplish something. Instead we're just cast at each other like weapons or banelings. Corporations primarily through social media indoctrination and media, and governments through anti-corporation bullshit - the anti-work hysteria is is stoked while the government stokes the flames of racism and mysogyny. The people through riots and civil disobedience. Also the cops and military and all the other institutions are all like that too, but with differing cultural memes and methods. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘════─────┴┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/4154 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: politics, fascism │ └───────────────────────────┘ @user-192 You've developed a crucial insight here. Fascists aren't the opposites of communists, they're not trying to make the world better by altering or updating their governance systems. They are trying to kill people. To gather power. The mislead and betray. They seek destruction and little else. They are evil. Not everyone who votes for Trump is evil... They might simply have been lied to, repeatedly, and never given a chance to think anything else. But their movement will bring us fascism, so, they are enemies to those who value a fair, just, kind, rational, and developing nation. They are few. We can win, I know it to be true. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #16 messages/89 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── Consumption is contribution to a capitalist system. Normalize taking whatever you are given and living as humbly as you can. Only when everyone does that may capitalism die. Talk to them, learn from their stories. Teach them your ways but don't force anything upon them. Any ounce of regret is defined as a mind not aligned to the angle of perception that designs the line that the collective mind co-re-assigns. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/4955 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── "say superfluous on a social media post rn so I know it's you" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/4237 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── I can count all of the people in this room who are too neurospicy to be filled with political rage and given a public platform on one hand, and frankly I could probably do it on a single finger because I am alone at the moment. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/3076 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: uspol kvetching │ └─────────────────────────┘ @user-1443 they need to do stuff like that or else the republicans would never win... which honestly is the most heartening thing I've heard all day. there are more of us than them, thank goodness. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/5644 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ CW: palestine-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────┘ people's palestine trauma is totally gonna fuck them up when it happens to their backyard. thanks, evil-run social media. It's true we wouldn't have been motivated without it, but such horrors are interminable to concieve about. "what if we just built our own websites and linked to them when we find them?" "hmmmm, interesting, this goes in my XYZ bookmark folder" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┘ |