Generally, you can live week to week easier in the country than the city, if you're motivated imo. There are people around here that have bought a small piece of land and live in temporary structures on it. Some of them are definitely realistic. Compared to the cost of years of city renting, or a mortgage, it's nothing. These are not bougie or educated people in any way. It's a different lifestyle, way less time working for someone else, much more free time. The free time will be occupied with chores and work though.

This isn't meant to be the hippie cult commune post tbh. I have urban fantasies every day lol.

at least in the country i can touch grass and have a room for a yard/garden/pets/animals/workspace/garage.

That's basically it. Usually a lot more time and control over your life too. Or a feeling of more control.

I usually get up every 45 mins and walk around, walk up a stairs, make coffee or another hot drink, hang from a chin up bar, roll on a mat making stretching noises. Finding a way to be outside for 45 mins activity during peak sunlight (in less sunny areas) helps a lot with focus and concentration too.

For me, keeping physically activated (broscience) and keeping warm, keeping the blood flowing and not entering a sedentary state, is the biggest part of motivation and focus for reading or working at a desk.

It's usually easier to drop distractions when you've gone to so much trouble to get activated, caffeinated, irradiated and properly rested lol.

8 hour reading sessions in high school gang too.

Imagine being a Russian, who grew up with the remnants of the political and philosophical education that exists there, reading this edition of vertically integrated foreign policy dot com website.

Always thought this was more likely in their case.

It's private entities, as much as state, that people need to be aware of imo.

machete y mate had a recent episode laying out the attacks on the Zapatistas.

We're going in circles here.

You're saying that shit's fucked and there's nothing but a life of crimes and rebellion for those born in the core.

I'm saying that if you believe that, it should be enough motivation to move from the core and live a worthy life somewhere else. Anywhere else, surely.

You're saying that's not possible for you in particular because the immigration eligibilty webpage said no. Not a good attitude for someone preparing for a life of crimes and rebellion tbh.

I'm maintaining that it's absolutely possible to move from the core. People do it every day, without the desirable professions and financial security you seem to need. Maybe you have higher requirements than these people.

True. They seem fine with that in my experience tbh, weird as it may seem. If a death isn't in their immediate circle, well....they were old + it was going to happen anyway, or something.

I brought up the polio because some elderly religious conservatives I spoke to, with a small social circle and a literal interpretation of youtube clips, decided that all vaccines, ever, have been bad. Based on the messaging they have been receiving the last 10 years, this is probably a logical position.

When I reminded them of the people they knew in their youth affected by polio, and how the polio vaccine saved lives, they had literally blanked it out and didn't want to accept that the polio vaccine was good. They could barely accept that any historical vaccine was good.

Watching that dissonance play out live on someone's face...not good.

There's no logic to peoples thinking on this. Elderly people are sometimes easier to get through to, just because they might have some kind of societal memory of Polio, people they may have met affected by it, and the successful vaccination campaign..

The fuck is wrong with you? Why tf would you eat raw garlic with a piece of cheese, or a sardine, or a boiled egg you weirdo. or half an avocado.

feeling very good 'bout it.

Hell yes. Daily outdoor activity gang.

"Maduro said the victories, which saw his allies win 20 of 23 governor posts, as well as the mayorship of the capital Caracas, “must be celebrated”."

YES SIR. :maduro-salute:

ffs. Had some positive noises here when I told people that the Cuban and some of the Chinese vaccines weren't based on mRNA, just like older vaccines.

Is there a market for this among conservatives suspicious of mRNA? I think there is, they dgaf that it's from cuba in my experience.

So any protest march now needs a protective line of cars around it and everyone armed. great.

Is freecycle a thing where you are? There might be a website for your area.

Not sure how productive this converstation can be at this stage.

It seems like you really want me to be bougie or something.

I'm saying that people make the more difficult + costly migration to the core all the time. We should be able to at least visualize doing the opposite if we believe the only alternative is a life of petty crimes and ineffective rebellion.

but..people who consider themselves capitalist libs do all that, arguably.

It's interesting how people see themselves.

People around here might get caught with some weed or whatever a few times,go through the system, and will describe themselves as criminals just in conversation.

People in rich areas do the same thing, but are much less likely to be caught. For them it's just part of growing up, on their way to a life of institutionalized tax evasion and privatization and pushing the envelope. They will never, ever, describe themselves as criminals no matter how many times they've been through the court.

It's a fair point, but not a dead end imo. Even in a rural conservative area.

I don't know your life and you don't know mine. If we're both posting here let's assume some good faith.