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Sirin audiobook reader.

You've been savagely attacked by an internet monster.

Absofuckinglutely. This is what I do, and what she does, though our methods of exploration vary.

The majority will act, in time. But it acts as a surge of repressed feeling. Once spent, it loses focus.

Any real, functional system must incorporate the standing focus that authoritarian systems hold, but have capacity to be utilized by the people to enact their will.

Capitalist action to support communist ideals.

Analysis of true, lifetime cost tacked onto the purchase price.

Interestingly enough, it's not the ideals of communism that are the problem. Doing things by and for the people is good.

It's the feasibility of communism that is the problem. "Fascism pretending to be communism" is the problem. Communism is easily hacked.

That's not to say capitalism is great - it fails because it lacks ideals.

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How's that communism going, guys?

This is fine.

What was that old adage: "i may not hold the opinion you do, but I will defend your right to hold that opinion."

I suppose my view on it is similar:

If you believe that a psychological stance should be punished physically, it might behoove you to realize that you are only permitted to hold that opinion by the good graces of those who, rightly, stand ready to destroy you if you try to enforce that view physically.

Clearly they watch it because they enjoy causing terror. They're basically putting themselves in the shoes of the antagonist, and these movies make our more likely that they will take action on these impulses.

Physical crimes need to be addressed physically.

Psychological crimes need to be addressed psychologically.

Your psycho-pass is clouding, and your crime coefficient is well over 100.

Absofuckinglutely.

Toxic positivity leads to omnipresent, convoluted negativity. Just feel what's there. Let the thoughts run their course.

Of course, actually discovering that this is viable is kindof a dice throw of readiness. But at least if you don't have the necessary experience, you live the necessary experience.

OP: rants at and treats self like a little bitch

Also OP: why am I tired?

The left has a lot of hostility in general. Towards men, towards centrists, towards white people, and towards the right.

As a centrist, it's really disappointing to see, because at this time when the right has dropped the ball and sacrificed stability and moral soundness for power and populism, we need the left to be welcoming people with open arms, educating them, and encouraging voting in general.

Instead, there's scorn and rejection, and denial of that scorn and rejection if it's brought up - or even just doubling down on "they deserve it".

And so, they feed their opposition, because they can't take the time to find a common ground. Being seen to be "the right one" is more important to them - and they'll "win" their way into a hole.

Is it the left's fault the right are like an infested cricket hopping to its watery demise? No. But it's their fault they rely on the easy lies of hate - that their position is morally superior, and so people who don't agree are shit. Anything you're accused of, just point at the whipping boy, and whip harder, because the right are so clearly wrong, you don't have to inspect your own life.

Eventually, people will wake up. ..or, one side will "win", and try to suppress the views of the other, which will eventually pop up again anyways, because of the duality in the human mind. In either case, after a while, we'll rinse and repeat.

You: has a very reasonable take

Lemmy: downvotes

Little braveries keep the world turning. But every one is hard in the moment.

It's not that we had enough power to guarantee we would make an impact. It's that we had enough power that we should have tried.