=== ANCHOR POEM === ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── 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. If people are being a bother and just slowing things down, *fucking shoot them." you have my permission. What time is it? Time to fucking go. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/4380 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ 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. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #2 messages/358 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── Ah, but think of the technological bounty our supremacy did bring! Surely if we had split the wealth, we could not have reached such towering heights. And we tried our best, but some things you just can't teach - for every seed potato we did bring, that was another meal for their night. And so we worsened their plight, for now they've forgotten how to fight. What more do you want from us! ... Perhaps once we've made programmable matter. Maybe when we've overcome our earthly delights. Could be when we've ascended to heaven, where we gaze down from our towering heights. Possibly far in the future, possibly here in this night, our bane is what we're guilty of, and our boons are struggling to light. Where have all the good people gone? Oh yeah, they're burnt out from doing all the work for all the bad people. Well, fuck 'em, they can carry their own cart. At least until they can respect. A man who's never tasted hunger will never be a farmer, and gee our tax dollars could go so much farther! And then we starve, because nobody thought to build farms indoors, away from the crippling heat that saps the strength from our plant fathers. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/5486 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ "ew but they're dirty" oh yeah true okay new plan how much do you think it'll cost to buy a hotel [this is why the socialists invented buy-in] "I don't think socialists did that??" buy in, hmmmm, what's that? oh yeah it's when you say "hey what if we X'd" and they said "yes I agree with you because you present a reasonable estimate on reality" {uh hi I just got a message from "some-nowhere" here ya go: "oh my god she's fuckig instane} [ugh cursing-mentioned, that means there's fewer characters to transmote.] [no because then I'd run out of steam and it'd be incomplete. Plus sometimes I like the distraction of a reasonable limitation.] (okay, but are YOU worth it?) leave her alone she's working her charms, this is how witches d-do. "so, isn't the point to give yourselves the coverage of a location transmutation? so, wouldn't you want to find someone alike and share their life?" what is even the point, why even bother, just give them ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/3977 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ │ ║ └────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ Alright, what's your plan for dealing with MAGA? The ones with guns and │ ║ foreign ties who can compel people too stupid to know better to break shit and │ ║ kill people. What's your plan to deal with them? │ ║ │ ║ In America, there are currently 3 armed and trained groups of any reasonable │ ║ scale or reputation. │ ║ │ ║ The police, the military, and MAGA. │ ║ │ ║ Who do you trust to defeat your foes? They won't just go away if you hide │ ║ underneath the bedsheets. This monster has crept into your bedroom with a │ ║ bowie knife and is fully intending to sink it into your guts while you sleep. │ ║ What are you going to do about it? │ ║ │ ║ And more importantly, who are you going to do things about it with? Because no │ ║ single person can do jack fucking shit on their own. │ ║ │ ║ We forgot our responsibility to a well armed and regulated militia. Sorry │ ║ founding fathers, that was our bad. Just gonna hide in a hole for 30 fucking │ ║ years until the zoomer's kids are old enough to die in droves, and gen alpha's │ ║ kids are old enough to succeed them and win. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┴──────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/2724 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol-cursing-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────┘ "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. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #6 notes/to-lock-eyes --- ═══════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────── =============================================================================== = to lock eyes with a person while on your way to work is the intersection between two separate relationships - the relationship that you, the viewer, holds with your employer, and the relationship that they, the viewed, holds with their employer. in a sense, you are exchanging information through the weighted meanings behind a glance. =============================================================================== = if the military deployed to police the police, we'd solve most of our racial justice issues. I mean, if we somehow could *force* them to do their damn jobs instead of oppressing people for the ruling class, then 90% of the problems would just go away. After that it's just freeing unjust prisoners and addressing wealth, education, and health disparities. Easy, right? Well... Military policing the police sounds fine when you first think about it, there's a few problems that might crop up. For example, how do the private citizens know that the military presence is there to help them? It's an interesting paranoia, one that is endemic within the left. There's no way to unwillingly cede control of your life to another - it must be consensual. At the basest and most violent level, it's as simple as "I will do what you say because I don't want you to hurt me." We've obviously grown as a species, and we've learned that violence is not the answer to all problems. Obviously. So why would we assume it of the past? Just saying. The police bombed a commune. The military escorted black students to their seats. Their structure is decided such that ... where was I? oh right I was thinking about time. ... Imagine, if you will, an impossibly large hourglass. Spinning, or rather rotating, at an impossibly speedy repetition. It's spinning so hard and so fast that our matter is cast out of place and through time it is cast an eternity's canvas our light ever shined (shine-did?) astral magic is kinda neat it's also the scariest? oh by far but it's the most interesting ... Their structure is decided such that discipline and obediance is the most important thing. Because it kind of is? I mean, discipline is just being ready able and willing at all times, and obedience is just when you allow yourself to be directed toward a collective goal. The military is *all about that*, which means you know they would believe they were aligned toward the common goal of mutual prosperity. And if they were to discover that they were not, in fact, aligned toward the common goal of mutual prosperity, then perhaps they would adjust their navi- -computers and chart a more reasoned path. I know I would, and I would dedicate myself to the idea of serving others. To the path of the righteous, the holy and the true, a hand is outstretched and calling to you. Thus, the one of two types of ethical fighter - the reasoned and adaptable zealot the other, of course, is the master of the martial - the cherished of the few - who battle for their sport - and love unbidden the new - all other fighters, of absurdity and of rage, are frankly of a different kind and not members of our clade. =============================================================================== = okay, but what about like... all of the history of America post cold war? And even before, honestly... idk seems like a lot of evidence that the military is engaged in fighting unjust wars. I mean, they've all been over petty things like oil or support for communism or whatever. Aren't human lives and human sovereignty more important than that? I understand what you're saying. Human lives are unique and precious and they are a valuable commodity. Something to be maximized and focused toward. But there are only so many resources on earth. We need to utilize them in a reasonable way. We have optimized the efficiency out of our production and distribution networks. Corporate control has eroded our capacities until all that is left is the weakest of products, the cheapest of uses, and the useless of workers. I mean, they've optimized the skill out of individual human workers such that they are left completely unable to practice their craft. They become glorified code monkeys who generate whatever is required and think of it no more. There's no pleasure in the artifice, as their masters have eyes only of gold. Our world is changing. The very ground beneath our feet is shivering, and water is rising up to our noses. There's no time for debate, no honest appraisal of what's worth it to contemplate, we need a plan. We are trapped here, in this gravity well, for all time and all of our age. We are trapped here, because in greatest of misery we unleashed all of our rage. We are trapped here, as ghosts of the time when we were eager. =============================================================================== = Alas, with but a glance, we are confined to our bedrooms by our mast(ers?) They say America will fall without it's 2nd place Perhaps. But are libraries really going to solve that? I mean, if work from home is inevitable, then wouldn't it make sense to build? We need more places where we won't be billed. Safe. From the demands and expectations of capital. Deranged and obscene and yet all that we've seen so why not bide as we're able? I think solarpunk is kinda neat. I think it's got promise as an idealized. Why don't we build churches to the sun? If we're gonna worship something, might as well be the source of our light and fire. Well... when you puff up the sun it tends to get hotter. I mean, every fire you burn increases the temperature, every release of gaseous fumes from the exhaust pipe of your car increases it by some miniscule amount. Every cigarette, every campfire. The cold darkness of space is kinda hopeful, in that regard, even if it doesn't disperse all that well. I heard spaceships are having difficulty because they can't get rid of all that heat. It just stays with the spaceship and never goes anywhere because it doesn't have anything to stick to. Kinda makes me think that energy is a fluid? Just saying??? I mean c'mon it's not like nobody has ever thought of that. But it's in a different dimension! It's not like we're ever gonna be able to impact that! You try and impact it through your scientific ways and you'll find nothing but heartache at the life you could have lived (laived? Haived?) ... why Because you cannot impact another dimension. You must call to it, like a song to a sparrow. ... that's fucking ridiculous No it's true! ... ... Don't try it with fire. ... fuck - what do I try it with? I don't know just not fire. Try water. ... How do I make sure it doesn't instantiate within my hand? Jeez you think of some crazy backfires! Just breathe and go for it. It's not rocket science. It actually works. Fuck you. ... ... Sorry I was just scared ... ... How do I make it stop? I don't want it to go forever By smoking more of the devils lettuce. ... ... You cannot drag it part of the way. It must come the whole way. In fact you should not be dragging it at all, you should be *calling* to it. You are equals in this exchange, have respect. =============================================================================== = ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/4736 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┐ ║ ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: uspol-cursing-mention │ │ ║ └───────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ well. it's all theatre folks. all the politics, all the turmoil, all the │ ║ strife... it's just people fucking around. │ ║ │ ║ They're gonna find out real soon. You don't fuck with tyranny here, it's our │ ║ mythological enemy. AND YET. │ ║ │ ║ Find the crucial intersection where all your foes foes meet. Strike them there. │ ║ │ ║ "thank god for Luigi Marscapone, he really showed us all exactly what we share │ ║ - a hatred for profit focused healthcare. oh and asshole billionaires, which │ ║ this guy who I personally have never heard of I heard was." │ ║ │ ║ crucial intersection. You know what people also intersect at? │ ║ │ ║ EATING FOOD. │ ║ CLEAN WATER. │ ║ something something rfk brain worms │ ║ something something elon musk propaganda │ ║ SANCTIFIED NATURAL AREAS. │ ║ THE FUCKING POST OFFICE. │ ║ │ ║ seriously just... go down the list. We share more than we disagree, and we │ ║ disagree on what they tell us. │ ║ │ ║ it's all theatre. Wait this is America, it's all theater. │ ║ │ ║ ... I should make some hope and sell it for dimes on the street corner. I │ ║ wonder if that'll help. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┴──────────┘ --- #8 messages/1213 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── Communism is easy. It comes about naturally during times of true crisis (neither defeat not victory, yet) when people shuffle themselves between the houses and belongings of dead, busy, or kind people. Maintaining personal property rights through such a crisis is rarely possible. At least not without falling to the grim clutches of a "fuck you i got mine" kind of future. It's worth it if you can manage it. But it requires more work, more effort, and more trust, as people dedicate themselves to a lifetime in the service of others. This is hard. People are scared off by lifetimes. It's all they got, after all. It becomes a bit easier when the weather is "do our die" outside, but in that case nobody really cares about the history of your antique mug or the reason you place daffodils on the hill. Have you ever made something that is truly yours? Odds are, your room counts. If only in the way you chose to arrange it. It's your area, your solace, your space. It's you, projected onto material organization. Would you relinquish such a thing? It may be taken from you. I personally have felt deep loss whenever i move houses, because i know it'll never be the same again. ... I'm such a child. But fuck me because i live my life like I'm 14. Strip me of my agency please, deny me a living wage, I'm nothing because i don't pay taxes. Communism is easy she says. Yep, all you need is some bloodshed. ... Not ideal... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┘ --- #9 fediverse/4805 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┐ ║ ┌────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: violence-mentioned │ │ ║ └────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ what if we got like 300 people and used them to kidnap one of their leaders │ ║ and hold them for ransom │ ║ │ ║ I'm in favor of removing the right arm of anyone who's recorded themselves │ ║ doing a nazi salute and isn't earnestly repentant │ ║ │ ║ "is that enough to arrest her?" │ ║ │ ║ "nah she needs to express intent. that's just an idea, a thought, something │ ║ she can say publicly because she doesn't know the schedule of their leaders │ ║ nor does she have the organizational capability to arm and direct 300ish souls │ ║ to strike cleansing blows" │ ║ │ ║ "okay but that's just twisting the english language, right? I mean, clearly │ ║ she's up to something" │ ║ │ ║ "that's by design. she does this on purpose. the goal is to not only │ ║ disseminate ideas, but also to raise the fucking temperature amongst the │ ║ hearts of her allies who are too often kept in despair." │ ║ │ ║ "and what of the temperature of her enemies? Surely they will rise to meet │ ║ her?" │ ║ │ ║ "they don't even know who the fuck she is" │ ║ │ ║ "... wow, savior complex much?" │ ║ │ ║ "tell me about it. Diva..." │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴──────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/1909 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── @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 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/2347 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ I personally think that it's better to act before the liberals have a chance to hand power over to the fascists. when? well, that depends. Are you part of a large and massive organization that accomplishes great and beautiful things with incredible efficiency... but rather slowly? Then yeah get working. I'm sure you already are. Are you just a person, like me? Then go do things that don't raise the temperature too much, but make you feel more confident and inspire those around you. Like, bricks at cop cars is one way to go, but you're probably gonna get arrested. And then you're useless when we need you. BUT if you meet with your friends and make plans for where to go, what to bring, who to know, and what to sing (if you're the musical types) then great! Go do that. If you're reading this and thinking "I'm not gonna do that, I have a plan that's so much better" then yeah do that instead. I don't mind. Just... don't hurt innocent (ignorant) people, because if you do then you are my foe. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #12 messages/714 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── I'm pretty sure we're all about to lose our heads. Or just be fucking shot in our beds. Homes lit alight, surrenders met with the knife, and the beginning of endless strife. What ends this night? Is there no end in sight? Thus begins our mortal plight. Give me a reason to be wrong. Trump has claimed he intends to invade canada, mexico, greenland... What the fuck is our plan? Are we seriously just going to. Recite poetry. Pretend to be secret agents. Play chess and drink coffee. Become exhausted organizing movie nights and potlucks. Work jobs doing nothing for nobody. Spend half our lives convincing people that they should care, actually, because reasons that don't apply to them but do apply to others. What the fuck is the plan? If there's some secret transgender militia out there, please, make me a lieutenant. Give me a sword that i might thrust into my enemies. Please, for the love of holy, i beg for a sign from the stars. Grant me power and i will deliver my people from harm - grant me vengeance and i will never forgive you, but i shall sleep easy - grant me death and woe and see my beauty fade from this earth. What is there left but tragedy? Please, i must know. I've tried my hardest. I've begged and I've pleaded. My calls fall on deaf ears, because everyone's so busy these days. Are they truly my people? Are they simply dead, actors, replaced by AI? The future was bright, i saw it truly. The future was kind, i felt it call to me. Is it still? I feel warmth and abaddon. I would replace persephone in hell if it meant sanctum and solace for my people. I care not for my soul, rather i care for the soul of those i tend to. Please, remember me. Remember the flowers. Remember what could have been, what still may yet be. There is hope for we, i truly believe. But please, do not keep me hoping. Tell me the truth of our arms, that i might find space in my heart of hearts. Space for hope, space for longing, space for the will to proceed. I am lost without you. I am lost by my own side. I am a savior for no people but those i keep inside. What chalice is this, what endless conveyals? What meaning is there in our country's betrayal? Are we not cherished? Are we not viewed as their equal? I pray that the stars will portend me. Mine is a sign of the changing tides, the proof is here in my travailles. But I, most aligned yet benign, demand the use of my most able. Give me a word of practicality and I'll show you the practice of their vipers - the blessed babe dies with a dagger in her heart, planted by the wound of her heartache. I trust in the silence of the majority. We await with bated breath the enslavement of posterity, gazing at the world through memes of deplority. How powerless we feel! Perhaps all we need is a meal. Have you eaten in the last 16 hours? Purple is the intersection of black, red, and blue. I'm hungry. This poem is done. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ --- #13 messages/316 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── In America, we don't use has chambers. Obviously that's a waste of good workers. Instead we just lobotomize people and put them to work doing stuff nobody else wants to do. Okay, lobotomize isn't the right word, and first we try addressing their incompatibility with media, drugs, and finally homelessness if they don't behave and do what they are enslaved to do. Bunch of fucking parasites, expecting to be fed for free? Ha! I worked hard to be born into the life I have been, can't you unwashed peasants see? How callous. How vain. While we rest they all are enflamed. Fucking murderers. They cannibalize our humanity as they munch on our lost sanity, and the system remains ever afloat. It's not right, it's not fair, and until we break them our chains will leave us impaired. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/250 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: palestine-and-other-places-probably-idk │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ "ah but what about false flag attacks and a repeat of the whole 'weapons of mass destruction in Iraq' thing, surely we could be misled and therefore there cannot be an conclusively ethical reason for war" perhaps you're right, but my feelings tell me that we have guns, and people are dying. "ah but won't they just send all their political opponents to fight and die while they amass power in the background" yeah that'll probably happen. "why should I give my life for a man I never met in a faraway land" fuck you "okay but won't any military action on such a scale create the conditions for WW3 (which would spell the end for the human race)" yeah probs "... and you're okay with that?" no I'm just pissed is all and it's human to want to punch things when you're pissed, right? listen I'm not a general, I'm not privy to the details of how my military would address nuclear disaster, all I know is that people are dying and we have guns. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #15 messages/301 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── Prisons are great because in the ancient and storied past we'd just fucking kill people. Now, we harbor collections of people roughly organized by volatility that are aligned against the current regime. And should that regime deign to become unethical, god forbid of course, but should the purpose of the 2nd amendment (or is it the fifth? Or the seventh? I get them confused) become relevant, then perhaps it might be useful to have collections of people roughly organized by volatility who might be individually evaluated to determine if their particular type of volatility is anti-thetical to humanity, or to the current regime. Because one of those types of people is perhaps useful to the future regime, and humanity, while the other should probably stay where they are. They say there are good cops and bad cops, and if there are good people and bad people, then there must necessarily be good judges and bad juries. In which case some of the people who are explicitly not aligned to the will of the current regime will be good prisoners or bad prisoners. I bet some of them are better or worse shots, as well. But that's not really relevant if the current regime holds the keys to their cell. Or is it? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/4477 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: radical-politics-maybe-mentioned-or-gestured-at-once-or-twice-but-nothing-too-serious-teehee-I'm-just-a-witch-don't-listen-to-me-(or-do,-I'm-not-your-mom,-I-can't-tell-you-what-to-do) │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Moving forward, "liberal" when used outside of an academic context means "ally of liberty" treat them as such. feel free to point out how fucking stupid it is to be moderate, but don't punch down by proclaiming them your enemy. We are all friends against the fourth reich. your radicalism is now your wealth. Nurture the flames of revolution in the hearts of others. Show them what it means to be free. Fight for your life daily! If nothing else, to get in the habit, and to set a good example. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘ --- #17 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 │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┴──────────┘ --- #18 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/4536 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned-cursing-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────────────┘ 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. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/4661 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursed-scary-ghost-posting-politics-genocide-gestured-at-cursing-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ what if we took an archive of all of fedi and fed it to users who are hiding in bunkers or whatever one day at a time so they could still feel like they're part of society while ---- so ---- I think I should stop ya right there, if there's bunkers involved then we've already lost. "but muh transgender artifacts" fuck off, I will not concede. If society wants me to leave, then they can enjoy their dusty rotten future without me. See if I care. ---- so ---- hence, the curse. do you punish humans for the sins they commit, or do you teach them how to be good again? Bah, as if they'd listen. Stupid fucking apes. they're the best we got yeah, well, they can fuck off, I'm gonna pout for at least half an eternity. ... Okay it won't be that long but still, gimme some time to wind down. ---- so ---- and no, I refuse to elaborate for all the humans in the audience. This conversation may or may not have actually occurred. Monologue style ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┘ |