=== ANCHOR POEM === ═════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 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 │ ╘════─────┴┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 messages/544 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── The media tells you to resist your parents, not their unjustified demands. The media tells you to resist your government and culture, not its homogenaeity and oppression. The media tells you what it needs to in order to confuse you and hinder your movements, for the media is an arm of capital and capital wants you working below your best. The best thing you could be doing is fighting capitalism. All things of peril stem from it, and we can work on the bad and the unworthy and the lazy and selfish and unkind and all of the others *after* capital is slain. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse_boost/4444 --- ◀─╔════════════════════════[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 ║ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┴───────╝─▶ --- #3 fediverse/1008 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── @user-353 @user-741 human brains tend to start ignoring signals when they become normalized. Like, if you are consistently exposed to the same smell you get used to it, and you stop smelling it. same for noises, and other signals. it's the same with information, I think, which is why doomscrolling is so bad for our brains - we go numb and desensitized! It's not good to have all that bad news all the time. I bet people believe in the "just world hypothesis" for the same reason. Essentially, optimizing for equilibrium in all things. I personally believe true justice is when everyone gets what they want. And if someone wants that the other person doesn't get what they want, then they don't want true justice. Like, for example, hateful people can never be justified because they want another's life to be worse. or they want someone to be wrong, which creates a contradiction - you can't give both people what they want if one person wants the other to lose. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/5205 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ │ ║ └──────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ whenever I talk to capitalists (who actually have money and aren't larping │ ║ wage slaves) they always tell me that the best way to address the concerns I │ ║ have with capitalism is to make a million or more dollars by making a company, │ ║ and then using that million dollars to buy houses for people I care about. │ ║ │ ║ I ask "what about the rest of the people, the ones I don't know?" │ ║ │ ║ their response typically boils down to "if you don't know them, then why │ ║ should you care? fuck 'em" │ ║ │ ║ It's never about hope or change. They want to change the world to make it │ ║ cooler, not kinder. generally. │ ║ │ ║ bonus: "if you like unions so much, why don't you join one?" my guy, unions │ ║ WERE great when they wielded power. Now they are bureaucratic and listless, │ ║ serving only to sedate the working class enough that they stop complaining and │ ║ get back to work. They are functionally a part of the enslavement system, a │ ║ built-in course correction mechanism to ensure capitalism remains solvent when │ ║ the powerful overstep their humanity. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┴──────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/4110 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: government-corporations-capitalism-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ 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. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #6 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/4610 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── maybe it's just my middle-class childhood privilege talking, but now that I'm an adult I just can't really be bothered with dealing with capitalism. like... I get it, you're coercing me into laboring on your behalf because you possess the violent power to take away everything that I own. good for you, don't care. seriously, fuck off "we're gonna cut off your power in 5 days oooooo you gotta pay rent with money you don't have because nobody will give it to you unless you do things for them oooooo" how rude. why can't people do things for me instead? why does it have to be for you, and you alone, capitalism? what's your problem? do you get off on controlling the power supply? I mean, I get it, coercive power is a hell of a drug, the riddle of steel and flesh and all that, but haven't you ever heard that the dichotomy between "civilization and barbarism" is the exact same as the contrast between "cooperation and competition"? work with me here, just find a way to get through the next month or two. trust. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/4566 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ I want modern society without capitalism. Most people do, which is why no matter how awesome our proto-post-capitalistic anarchic socialist paradise is, there's always going to be people who want to go to work and watch TV. call me fucking crazy but they should be allowed to live as they please? So what if they're beguiled, so what if they are deceived? We can take our time to show them how much better things can be, but also... they like modern society as it is, and so I reckon someone should fight for them to be able to live as they please. Just... without billionaires and endless layers of bullshit micro-managerial jobs and paperwork pushing bureaucratic whatever time wasting jobs. modern society without capitalism can look like plain old capitalism, just without the oppression. Without the coercion. all I'm saying is that nobody's gonna fight for a healthcare CEO because they're scum. They're scum because they oppress. oops politics-mentioned brb I personally want communes + love ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/4663 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┐ ║ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: cursing-mentioned-social-politics-mentioned │ │ ║ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ what if we helped all those people and never got paid for it? what then? │ ║ │ ║ we'd never help people again. duh. │ ║ │ ║ what if we paid people to help people? well, then the best helpers would burn │ ║ themselves out and the worst would collect their paychecks. │ ║ │ ║ what if we decentralized aid and made it a mutual thing? │ ║ │ ║ what, and run our society on clout? no thank you. clout is too easily │ ║ contravened. "I heard so-and-so did some-such-thing to that-one-guy" yeah fuck │ ║ that guy "wait no fuck so-and-so" oh right sorry it's hard when everyone's so │ ║ vague all the time. yeah fuck so-and-so! let's burn all her clout in a bonfire │ ║ while she's sleeping! │ ║ │ ║ what if we treated people with respect and goodwill? │ ║ │ ║ yeah that's a start... Means you gotta know everyone though. Or know someone │ ║ who knows everyone. And suddenly it's that hub person's reputation on the │ ║ line, which means if you're a dick on their recommendation then they'll come │ ║ after you. │ ║ │ ║ ... are you trying to create a mafia, or a society? │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────┴──────────┘ --- #10 messages/314 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── Sowing political division the way Fox news does is treasonous... It doesn't matter the intention, those responsible should be forced to cease their actions. I don't care about punishment, I care about damage to the fabric of our society. Take, for example, the fact that the military is struggling to find recruits. So many of them typically come from the right half of the political spectrum because the right tends to favor the ideals of "honorable warriors" and such. But Fox News has corrupted that. In addition, the left half of the media has also incited hatred amongst ourselves. It's wrong to pit brother against brother, and yet... We have a weak series of generations and that's okay in times of peace. But times of peace are coveted abroad, and weakness is opportunity. So I don't care if we have 10,000 tanks. Hell, build ten thousand more. I despise war, but I despise weakness even more because weakness begets war. Typically, a war that you'd be losing, though frankly in war, everyone loses. There are grevious mistakes at play that gave room for evil to spread. Corruption follows, and with it comes our greatest generation on its death bed. A civil war would be the end of us, as nothing stops war in the imperial core until there's nothing but ashes and bloodshed. And yet, something has to change. There's too much pressure for this to go on un-abated. I thank the masterful statesmen who ply their trade for their own profit, for in their profit our peace does follow. Alas, the most profitable venture is war, which often gets exported. How callous, how vain, to exert and call forth fiery rain, and yet the bullets keep leaving the factory. Power corrupts. Power accretes. And power can be deceived. Fuck power, dismantle the whole apparatus. Build it back up from the mechanics, and then implement it bit by bit. Leave no stone unturned, there is no facet that is sacred. We need a new system, and its we who must make it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────┘ --- #11 messages/643 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────── I'm not here to convince you. If you're reading this, odds are we already agree. I'm here to give you memetic weapons to use when convincing *liberals* to wake the fuck up and check the time. Don't fucking talk to conservatives anymore. Unless you got a thing going and you're close to deradicalizing / converting them already. It's not worth it anymore, and I fear for their souls, but we need to focus on building a bedrock of support rather than wasting compassion on our enemies-to-be. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/3387 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── 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. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/4768 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: pol+ │ └──────────────────────┘ 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 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse_boost/4753 --- ◀─╔═════════════════════════[BOOST]═══════════════════════════───────────────────╗ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ A friend who's a fed employee sent me a msg about what's happening in their agency and it is so much worse than I thought. │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ It's not just that the Trump administration is breaking shit. │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ They're literally building their own dark infrastructure inside the one that exists. They brought their own personnel, yes -- personnel who aren't even being cleared. They just come straight from Heritage or Musk, and they're setting up shop. They're bringing their own servers - so there are no communications that can be traced through 'the system.' This goes against every rule. They're all going through their own offline channels. │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ That's what all that stuff about the meta data on those memos is about. No trace back to the WH. │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ The Heritagers + Muskovites have purged all the senior folks and sending memos in the name of powerless juniors who remain. │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ I don't want to sound alarmist but it's literally like those movies about evil fuckers taking over. It's another Jan 6 but with memos and communiques vs guns. │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ It's a coup. │ ║ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────╣ ║ similar │ chronological │ different ║ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┴───────╝─▶ --- #15 fediverse/3525 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── @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. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/1666 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: protests, politics, dogwhistles, cursing mentioned │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-1037 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb9_qGOa9Go idk I think riots are good actually, that's always been my position. like, they're bad because they're break stuff, but they're good because they get the message across. "don't fuck with us. give us what we need." haven't been to a protest in a while tho, ever since moving where I am now. I'm currently of the mind that protests are great for meeting people to work with, and I don't know anyone... I guess I'm just not very trusting of strangers, but if I know you then I'm 100% open and honest and I'll do anything you need me to. I like being helpful to everyone around me but I don't know what to do when I'm terrified of hidden enemies. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/2187 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned-riots │ └──────────────────────────────┘ I'd rather riot over the fact that Trump is on the ballot than riot over the fact that he won He's a felon He's a rapist He's an accomplice to mass murder Democracy only works when the losers in an election consent to be governed by the will of the people He did not consent, and his followers did not consent. They are enemies of democracy. They are fascists, for many reasons besides. They seek to be the end of us, And I see no foe on this earth more deserving of our wrath. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/4403 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: uspol-revolutions-and-sedition │ └────────────────────────────────────────┘ 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. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/4559 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned-violence-mentioned │ └───────────────────────────────────────────┘ "grrrrr I'm so mad, I could just, I dunno, shoot a CEO as he's leaving a hotel" or, hear me out, or you could connect with your local radical networks and, or, almost there, or you could build solidarity with the people around you to better develop methods of resisting the kinds of change they will implement to, um, "discourage" people from "being so mad they could just" or both. both is good. not that I'm encouraging, recommending, or inciting that kind of violence. don't notice me three-letter senpai uwu ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┘ --- #20 messages/137 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── Anyone who could read what you're saying is aligned to you. Perhaps they disagree on specific implementation details, but those can be worked out and the best option tends to rise to the surface over time. However, the people who *need* to read you won't. They have their own social media sites, remember? Like Facebook or Parler or the Fediverse. Too bad Twitter had to die, it was simultaneously the forum of our age and yet also the biggest source of misinformation alive. Alas. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ |