The closer I get to oppressed people, the more genuine people are. Not saying I'm some perfect communist, but giving up on generic white people has made my life so much more livable.
Same, I realized I am not a misanthrope, I just hate overdesirables.
I'm really intrigued. What does overdesirables mean? It sounds like a new word to me.
It can’t last forever. Sooner or later it will end, one way or another.
Perhaps in the world's destruction it will be possible at last to see how it was made. Oceans, mountains. The ponderous counterspectacle of things ceasing to be.
Humanity will not survive the heat death of universe. But even if we are not going to last forever, we should do our best to make our peers' and our followers' lives as good as possible!
Right now is one of the best times in history to be part of a vulnerable segment of the population, in terms of being able to find people who respect your humanity and will treat you as a person wotlrthy of living and respect. We're not the majority yet, but we're more and louder than ever before.
As the state becomes less able to help the marginalised despite public opinion changing, people step in to fill in the gaps. People like us. Like some kind of dual power or something.
General:
- AI is running out of things to steal from, and AI is an excellent method to promote pirate politics. "If you think it's important for people to share IPs with AI, then why not with other humans?"
- Thailand has officially legalized marriage equality, so roughly one fifth of all countries now have marriage equality
- China: need I say more?
- rent has actually been falling for a good couple months in the US, particularly in the sun belt
Personal:
- I have an interesting work situation, while work under capitalism still sucks, I genuinely liked everyone I worked with even my boss and the only reason I left was for another seasonal job that pays a bit more. Made me feel like not a total piece of shit when working there, and I honestly feel bad about leaving them and hope to stay in touch somehow.
- That being said, the money is helping me a lot with my big goal of moving out and GTFOing Ohio for good.
- I want to work on my depression. Right now I have no real passion for anything or any interest in any career, I want to find out that passion and then go back to college for it.
roughly one fifth of all countries now have marriage equality
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FWIW The Netherlands was the first in 2001, so we came a long way in 23 years.
The rest of the 21st century will not be dominated by the west, specifically the United States. And there’s really nothing they can do about it.
Not in the spirit of the thread, I know, but they could murder everyone.
Only by nuclear means, which is still possible, but so long as we don’t cross that bridge then western domination cannot be done by conventional forces. If we do cross that bridge however then there really isn’t anything to worry about anymore, so in essence there’s no reason to be a doomer in this case.
I feel like it's good to learn some history. Not to get all Pinker-esque "this is the best time in human history" but humans have lived under far, far, far worse repression (I'm particularly thinking of late-1800s Tsarist Russia) and overcome those obstacles to organize & overthrow their oppressors. Our problems are solvable. Reading October by China Meiville was a bloomer moment for me.
October by China Meiville was a bloomer moment for me.
Good general history book for people trying to learn about the period but struggle with how dense it can be at times
Not trying to crap on you or anything but my impression was the opposite, he very much went for the narrativized style of history that felt it could be easily adapted to a TV series. I don't think it got too bogged down in details, names, and places.
trying to learn about the period but struggle with how dense it can be at times
lol yeah I also read this as "how dense the book can be at times" even on second glance. I don't think of periods in history as being "dense" but it makes sense now that you point it out
misinterpreted as
trying to learn about the period but struggle with how dense it [the period] can be at times
I see a good chance Israel and the UK both cease to exist during our lifetimes.
Remember that submarine that blew up and killed some rich people that was pretty funmy
This article gives me hope: https://thecradle.co/articles/blind-and-deaf-how-israel-lost-the-north
The author’s blog is great, IMO. There’s a link to it as the original source of the Cradle piece.
We are living in the last days/months/etc of the US empire and imperialism as it stands, this is a set course due to conditions. They're going full mask off fasc with all the destruction it brings as a lashing out of the dying shitbeast. All we need to do to win is spread the word, survive and help each other as able.
Aside from the whole "if you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by" stuff, one of the things that keeps me going is both the most (existential) bloomer and most doomer thing simultaneously:
If there is no reason to carry on then likewise there is no reason not to.
If we consider opting out as the final response to meaninglessness and despair then what does it matter if you push that timeframe out by an extra day? It's not like it's going to matter come the day after tomorrow. Wash/rinse/repeat.
Yeah, I feel that.
I think that the next step beyond that is creating a life where you have things that you care about and are working towards.
Gardening, pets, relationships, skill-building, contributing to movements or organisations - it's going to be dependent upon your interests, needs, and capacity but if you have things that are counting on your or that you are building towards then they will keep you going in a way that's more positive than Camus' coffee.
Might be worth refocusing on the smaller things in life that enrich it personally while detoxing from stuff like mainstream media that serves to drag you down and feel helpless in the face of it as well.
Doing mutual aid work feels nice. It feels like the US' power is waning faster every week. I don't know what else really. I just don't want to give up, I guess. I'm a true believer and I think that by continuing to live I can help others and maybe lay one or two bricks of the cathedral that is communism (best amber rant ever)
