Yeah, from their responses it just seemed like they were a little lost. The journey can be tricky sometimes when self-deprogramming so much indoctrination.
Absolutely, and I had interacted with them before and that only further cemented my impression that they really just need to read some more theory and join an org and then they'd be a good comrade.
Yeah I think it's great. We're over here dunking and you're out there connecting. It was pretty obvious that they just needed a perspective shift or a focal point shift or whatever in how they integrate ideology into actually living alongside other people in this artificial world.
Class mobility was the best bulwark against socialism in the west while it was still viable with hard work (and luck (ie being white)) now it's such a rare thing that you have people going "b-b-but I know good people who have nice things. Will you make me shoot them? :("
In a way that's progress I guess. or something. In either case you clearly made positive progress with that poster.
Aww, thank you! That's very sweet of you to say. I used to be a very bad debatebro in the past, this shift in how I deal with others lets me channel my inner debatebro into a more positive and informative vector. Embarrassingly, people can go back to my older Lemmy.ml comments and see just how lib-coded I was and how debatebroey I still was from my Reddit days, but now I think I've managed to channel that in a much healthier direction.
Sheeeit I'm not even being that generous in my words, it's just a statement of fact, but you're welcome.
Most of us were reddit brained debatelords at one time or another. The past only really exists on the internet and in our scars, you are who you are now, what you wrote back then is history. Still I'm happy for you that you've found a new and peaceful outlook on interaction. I had a similar breakthrough at one point in my life. Realised I was either going to keep being a clique-attracting bitch risking the mental health of people in my community for cheap social points and ego boosting, or use my weird powers for good. I decided I didn't want to leave damage in my wake for the rest of my life. No regerts.
Yeah, from their responses it just seemed like they were a little lost. The journey can be tricky sometimes when self-deprogramming so much indoctrination.
Absolutely, and I had interacted with them before and that only further cemented my impression that they really just need to read some more theory and join an org and then they'd be a good comrade.
Yeah I think it's great. We're over here dunking and you're out there connecting. It was pretty obvious that they just needed a perspective shift or a focal point shift or whatever in how they integrate ideology into actually living alongside other people in this artificial world.
Class mobility was the best bulwark against socialism in the west while it was still viable with hard work (and luck (ie being white)) now it's such a rare thing that you have people going "b-b-but I know good people who have nice things. Will you make me shoot them? :("
In a way that's progress I guess. or something. In either case you clearly made positive progress with that poster.
Aww, thank you! That's very sweet of you to say. I used to be a very bad debatebro in the past, this shift in how I deal with others lets me channel my inner debatebro into a more positive and informative vector. Embarrassingly, people can go back to my older Lemmy.ml comments and see just how lib-coded I was and how debatebroey I still was from my Reddit days, but now I think I've managed to channel that in a much healthier direction.
Appreciate the kind words!
Sheeeit I'm not even being that generous in my words, it's just a statement of fact, but you're welcome.
Most of us were reddit brained debatelords at one time or another. The past only really exists on the internet and in our scars, you are who you are now, what you wrote back then is history. Still I'm happy for you that you've found a new and peaceful outlook on interaction. I had a similar breakthrough at one point in my life. Realised I was either going to keep being a clique-attracting bitch risking the mental health of people in my community for cheap social points and ego boosting, or use my weird powers for good. I decided I didn't want to leave damage in my wake for the rest of my life. No regerts.
No regerts!