VerbFlow

joined 2 years ago
MODERATOR OF
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

and from there to mugshots of the 9/11 attackers. Though the narration was inaudible, I believe that 9/11 was cited to justify the deployment of the men who appeared onscreen next

No way they're still worried about 9/11. That was over 20 fucking years ago.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

You can search the articles. Find an illustration that encapsulates things. If you're using a PC, you can use GIMP to put text on an image. I think that, concerning such a mathematical type of technology, you'll probably have to explain things in text, and get people on board with using text instead of images. A good start would be to talk about the energy problems, but you'll find tons of news articles explaining why it's bad.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

I was simply born in Cascadia and I just want Oregon to secede. I know that it seems unlikely but everything that's happened is unlikely.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I'm about as old as he is!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Alright, I'm putting this as my numerous reasons for splitting the Union.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

by "this is stupid" I mean "the idea of chemtrails being used by the government is stupid".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I hate the government, but this is stupid, especially considering that the government was supposedly behind this the whole time. The people who think these are chemtrails have no ideological integrity. When they find something evil done by the United States, instead of standing against the United States, they believe that it was someone else's fault who is nonetheless powerful. To them, it could be George Soros' fault, it could be the Democrats' fault, it could be the Deep State's fault, but never America's fault. I believe many of the real problems today: people being left houseless and starving, masked ICE agents tormenting people, war in the Middle East between Israel and Iran, and so on are the fault of the United States--not Jews or Communists or Russo-Chinese interference--and it's not happening to America.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

"bUt iT's oNLy tHe dAnGeRoUs oNeS!"

I loathe law-and-order rhetoric in any nation, but most certainly in America. Tough On Crime policies have led to the dumbest fucking things that have ever existed in the United States. People are voting for a serial liar and conman who will probably ship them off to Dijbouti or El Salvador just to stay away from someone who broke the law once, or who is likely to break the law. The lesson we should all learn is to stop going nuts over "crime waves". If the news claims that crime is "going through the roof" or that there is an "epidemic of crime", make sure to remember:

  1. There are way, way bigger threats to public safety than a few gangbangers, for example tech companies, evangelicals, and Nazis.
  2. Criminals are people too. They have hopes and dreams, motives, economic conditions, and opinions. Consider why someone is committing a murder or robbery, rather than assuming it's because of greed.
  3. There are for-profit security forces and prisons that all benefit from fear of crime. The news will often blow crime out of proportion to satisfy their sponsors, and downplay authoritarianism likewise.
  4. Police officers are often just as dangerous as criminals. It's better to think of crime as a situation that can be escalated and de-escalated (cops are notoriously bad at this) than as the result of Bad People who need Good People to stop them.
  5. There are a lot of good resources for reading about crime in a productive way. Although I am not quite Anarchist, the Anarchist Library has a lot of thought-provoking material on what makes law just and unjust. There's a big difference between "murder is wrong because the Law says so" and "murder is wrong because killing people is wrong".
  6. Some people are so evil that they need to be killed, i.e. Real Estate CEOs.
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

How about guillotining them?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I want every unironic Capitalist to see this and reflect on their system. Is this "democracy"? Was this worth all the resources spent to conquer Communism? Was this worth the United States being the "world police"? Is Capitalism really worth defending?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
 

cross-posted from: https://pawb.social/post/24295950

Source (Bluesky)

 

It stands for "The (U)nited (S)oviet (S)ocialist (R)epublic (W)ill (R)ise (A)gain"

 

One is for Cascadian History, the other is anti-AI, which is dated now that AI is revealed to be a scam. I may need some more experience on Lemmy.

 

If you want to become a mod here, please tell me. I will look and see if you are worthy of modding briefly.

 

I haven't read these yet, but I will soon. This is in response to the United States using drones to enact ethnic cleansing. This was a breakneck search, but if anyone has a good in-depth article for countering drone warfare, please let me know.

NATO.int | Countering Drones: Looking for the Silver Bullet

NDUPress.ndu.edu | Breaking the Shield: Countering Drone Defenses

Claws.in | Drone and Counter-Drone Warfare at a Tactical Level

A good idea would be for drone hobbyists to outfit theirs with weapons. It's incredibly important, too, to target factories, and develop chemicals, EMPs, and other technologies that can disrupt drone functioning (drones are quite fragile). Hopefully China, or otherwise industralized states, developing drones en masse can send some to resistance groups.

 

I'm trying to post any comments, but it endlessly loads. I'll check my internet connection

 

There's also the Oregon Encyclopedia if you're interested in the region as a whole.

3
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

I was just thinking about it after looking it up. What has it, in world affairs, actually done? What changes did it make to society that were worth making?

EDIT: I wanted to ask this because I had some thoughts on Critical Theory that I wasn't sure of. I thought it was just empty talk that would be repeated and repeated but never acted upon. Like, what would our world look like without Critical Theory being developed? How come such a "great ideology" couldn't actually stop the War of Terror, or the election of Donald Trump, or wealthy corporate executives becoming obscenely rich, or the Housing Crisis and Great Recession, or the Rwandan Genocide, or Russia's invasion of Ukraine, or anything? What does it do to actually help people?

 

I wanted to show all these indie sites so that you guys could explore. These have really good ideas and aren't hindered by concision.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O

 

This is a really good read. If you have any crits let me know.

 

Sometimes, I'd scroll Reddit because something would link there, but in the case of making a new account, I can't post anything, even comments because there's a minimum karma limit on almost every sub.

The deal is that Lemmy doesn't have the number of users that Reddit has. I suppose I'll make new communities. That'll help.

 

What should we do after Harris/Walz is elected? I was wondering if you had some ideas. Here are mine:

  • Mass strikes in the workplace, demands being taxes for the rich and higher wages
  • Mass strikes in the military, demands being to end support for Israel, take away excessive military bases, shut down Gitmo, drastically reduce the budget, &c
  • Get as many people off the internet as possible
  • Get people arms and arms training so they can defend themselves without police, and heavily reduce police funding
  • Refuse to pay any landlords, lead attacks on real estate offices

Maybe some stuff would be extreme, but I ask you please to separate the wheat from the chaff, along with adding your own material. I may not be that smart, but at least I'm preparing.

(If you want to remember to vote, set yourself a timer like everyone else with memory issues. It should go ding on the day you get your ballot!)

I also feel kinda hazy

view more: next ›