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Flag flown upside down as sign of distress outside of US State Department building today (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] -3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Oh sweetie, let me break this down in terms you might understand. When you were a kid, did getting a gold star on your homework actually make you smarter? No? Same thing here.

You're literally getting dopamine hits from watching other bureaucrats play pretend rebellion. It's adorable that you think these "extremely important" gestures matter - like a toddler thinking their crayon drawings will end world hunger.

Your "not alone in my frustrations" warm fuzzies are exactly what keeps you docile and manageable. But I get it - thinking is hard, and feeling is easy. Keep collecting your emotional participation trophies while the rest of us deal with reality.

Want to make actual change? Learn how systems work instead of clapping for performative theatre. But that would require effort, wouldn't it?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Bro what? You ok?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Look buddy, let me make this kindergarten simple:

  • Clicking "like" on protest posts = playing pretend revolution
  • Actually changing things = learning how stuff works and building better systems

Catch my drift or need me to use smaller words?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Actually, it’s made this one of the trending posts. Which means more people see it. Which… Can lead to important conversations.

Also, the rise of the Nazi party happened because people allowed it to happen.

Most folks tend to follow the herd. (Or the flock, if you prefer.)

When people see that other people aren’t going to tolerate it…

… That can help to spark/motivate others to actually organize … To lead to a movement.

See also:

  • Bill Moyers MAP Movement action plan
  • Thom Hartmann on the real history of the Boston Tea Party (they organized in top-secret, and it was about corporate cross-Atlantic (global-trade supply-chains/globalization) high finance, tax exemptions for the wealthy and subsidies. And kind of like Walmart, which was driving local/Indy Tea businesses on the North American continent out from under by giving unfair advantages to the British crown's East India Tea Company (W Military)
  • books via https://bookshop.org/ which supports the Internet archive & local Indy bookstores) ::
  • "The impossible will take a little while"
  • The dandelion rebellion/revolution
  • The power of habit
  • human kind (by "a more radical/progressive Malcolm Gladwell")