ZombieTheZombieCat

What a gross comment

And headlights that blind everyone around you

I think it's part of the way we are socialized into a society based on economic competition. So it seems normal to us, but it's just another way of saying "it's not perfect, but it's the best/only system we have!" as conservatives are so fond of saying. I don't think it's hardwired at all, but we're intentionally taught that it is.

I took an anthropology class once and learned that there's archeological evidence of early tribes taking care of disabled elderly (for the time) people. It would have taken a lot more energy to take care of a disabled person in a hunter gatherer society than it would now. I feel like a capitalist would have just left them to die in a cave because that's what Ayn Rand would have done.

Went through the same thing with Ross. Absolute shit show of a company and they treat their workers like trash. Of course we had to sit through a blatant anti union video the first day.

What type of ptsd makes you not want to live indoors

One of the most valuable parts of my MA program (probably the most) has been learning directly from faculty. Especially in understanding theory. That's something I just couldn't grasp straight from the writings, even with secondary texts. Plus the historical context that I wouldn't have considered.

Teaching experience has been valuable, in that I've learned that I hate it and that I despise the institution of academia in general. Yes, my dreams have been crushed by its greed, bureaucracy, and emphasis on the status quo, but at least I won't waste 4-6 more years on a PhD.

I love my field. I love writing and research. I like lecturing and being in the classroom. But working within my discipline is like ten percent of my time. The rest is spent on navigating bureaucracy, actual hours spent answering emails, getting shit approved by admin who know nothing about my field, attending pointless meetings, and office politics. And from what I hear it would only get worse. It's so disappointing. As much as I love my discipline, it's not worth it.

Eta: oh, and can't forget the constant demands and criticisms with jack shit in return. Every student and faculty member is demanding every minute of my time, not a single thing is ever good enough, there's never a single ounce of positive feedback. The closest I ever get is an A on a paper with a bunch of criticisms. The grading I do for other people's classes could have over half the class getting D's based on the prof's answer key, but yeah, it's definitely your TAs grading that's the problem. I think that's all they're paying us (less than minimum wage) for. To shoulder all the blame and the busy work with zero recognition or empathy for our workload.

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Not even trying to hide the racism / xenophobia

I read that Denmark releases a list every six months of the skills and degrees that are allowed to immigrate, or get priority or something like that. From looking at the last one I assume they value education, the liberal arts and humanities a lot more than the US.

It ends up being a catch 22. When you want to leave the US because of a lack of upward mobility, social services, jobs in your field, and you can't save because of healthcare, rent, and debt, then how can you have enough money to move to another state, much less another country?

There's this short series on Netflix called Unbelievable. I recommend every single person watch it, but especially anyone who wants / needs to know exactly what it's like to try to report sexual abuse to the police. It's dramatized but it's based on a true story of an 18 year old girl who was sexually assaulted by someone who broke into her apartment in the middle of the night. From the minute she reported it she was treated like a criminal. She was interrogated by cops who criticized her from the second they sat down. She ended up being charged and convicted of making false police reports. She was in some kind of group home at the time. She got in trouble, lost her friends, home, supports, and job. Several years later, the suspect assaulted another woman and was finally caught. I can't imagine the relief and vindication she must have felt. Except that the cops literally allowed the suspect to assault at least one more person before doing anything about it. It's a good thing it happened in another state because if it had happened in the same place they probably would have just arrested the second victim too.

But the depiction in the show is true to life. It's for everyone who has ever said "well if it actually happened then why didn't they just call the cops?"

I am just saying that this burden shouldn't fall on other people in material need.

Well, good thing it doesn't in this case.

The whole point is that everything in this field is already, by default, directed at men. That's what it's like in the US. It's the same with race. And saying we have have equality when we don't is just ignoring the way these divisions affect historically oppressed groups. Acknowledging systemic hierarchy and division between races and genders in order to fix it doesn't automatically mean you have to ignore class divisions. They're far from mutually exclusive. Why would it be impossible to acknowledge both at the same time?

It's to the point where no one else can have anything without men going "what about me and my problems?" "Well here's what I think about all these social issues that have never and will never negatively affect me." As usual, the "not all men" of every comment section of every article about a women-only-something-or-other are just making a great case for women-only-something-or-others.

this seems the completed detached thought of someone who never faced material difficulties.

Yes, all of your comments do.

Apparently plenty of people on lemmy?

I keep seeing more and more comments defending corporations, police, "moderate" politics etc, and arguing against social welfare, living wages, unions, etc. There's been a pretty sudden influx of comments that overtly discourage voting for Biden, pushing third parties, and/or discouraging voting. I can't help but question their authenticity.

It's not that it's implausible for people to be disillusioned with US elections, or to want independent candidates. But they still aren't exactly prevailing opinions. So when a bunch of similar comments show up suddenly in every post about US politics....sorry I'm not buying it, and no one else should either. We all know by now how social media has been used to influence elections.

But the anti-union shit is part of it. It's always like "I believe in workers' rights, but..." And who tf are the anti-shoplifting people? Defending huge corporations for forcing workers to wear cameras and add the additional job of "security guard" to their min wage workload, while constantly having to justify their own innocence? I can't even comprehend defending that. But apparently people enjoy standing up for all the poor wittle multinational conglomerates so thoughtlessly abused by workers and customers. Think of the poor, poor corporations!