MonkeMischief @ MonkeMischief @lemmy.today

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"Alas, that these evil days should be mine. The young perish and the old linger. That I should live to see that last days of my house."

😥

"Why do we even have that lever?"

Aw c'mon don't be such a downer! I'm sure they'll hold elections still, and just you watch, I bet an suspiciously-specific 98% of voters* are just gonna love these folks for another 6 years...and another, even!

/s (In case it's needed. Lol)

At this point, regicide, I guess. Lol

now there's two of them

"This is getting out of hand!"

and you'd have to admit, Canadians would blend in well with the US population.

I'm already laughing at the propaganda posters I'm imagining:

"Did YOUR neighbor just say 'oot', 'sorry', or 'zed'? REPORT THEM TO YOUR NEAREST PATRIOTISM ASSURANCE OFFICER TODAY."

Right? Like "Bro they've got maple syrup, healthcare, and poutine. If you think I'm pointing a rifle at them instead of marching up there with a gift basket and immigration papers, you gotta be out of your mind!" Lol

I'll throw myself off of a bridge.

But couldn't y'all set a better example by throwing anyone involved with private insurance off that bridge?

Nowhere in my post did I even hint that I didn't vote.

Your vivid imagination can be put to better use than inventing reasons to heap smugness on internet strangers.

(Not enjoying the collapse BTW thx. 👍👍)

Nowhere in my post did I say I didn't vote.

Were you responding to someone else maybe, or you just clownin'?

I'm sad seeing all these "Enjoy the collapse, losers!" comments.

Most people on most Lemmy instances, especially here, probably made it VERY clear we didn't want this pathetic handbag-hobgoblin in charge. Yes, a lot of our countrymen voluntarily gave up their brains for his bullshit, but not all of us, by a long shot.

Policy stopped being directed by the will of the people a long time ago. We aren't levying tariffs. He is. We , human beings just like you, are trying to keep it together as a grotesque parody of the fall of the Roman Empire plays out around us.

Stop falling for that tribalist nonsense. Love has no borders, and hate is too busy drawing them. Support your brothers and sisters on this Earth, because when the evil wealthy masters of this world set their sights on your democracy, it could happen to your home just as easily, don't be fooled.

Edit: I've gone over my comment multiple times...where the heck did I even insinuate I didn't vote? We only get one, and like many others, I said a prayer and ticked the box for Kamala's half-hearted efforts to stopgap and buy us more time to fix this thing. For all the friggin' good it did.

Certainly; It's been a pleasure! I'm happy it was worth your time.

I hope you have an excellent weekend as well! Take good care of yourself, friend. :)

Ah, you got me. 😂

Okay my turn, since I mentioned it. Hahaha

Thanks for your response!

I agree with a lot of your points as well. Know what? I used to be a gun nut.

As my teenage hormones are behind me now, I quite honestly hate them. Even recreationally, they're loud, they're dirty (lead exposure, yay), they're expensive to feed, they do horrific things in the wrong hands, and there's the psychological burden of constantly making sure I'm mentally fit to have access to them. (I believe I am, but anybody is vulnerable, especially with all the stresses nowadays.)

And I think this is where a lot of disagreement comes: Idealism vs pragmatism.

You're right. Ideally, civil society shouldn't be wielding deadly force, even though for a while in our history, it was quite necessary.

You're also right, in that realistically, we're way past that point.

While my writing above was specifically about the people's responsibility to maintain a civil presence that demands respect, (Speak softly and carry a big stick, if you will.), the inward societal problems can't be denied.

My strong belief is that things like shootings are a symptom of a generations-sick society. There was a time when gun ownership was common, and these things just didn't happen. I mean, in some regions, high-schoolers would bring responsibly transported rifles to school, and it was considered normal! Schools had marksmanship clubs!

A reasonable degree of respect and sanity was the assumption rather than the exception.

But, family ties and neighborly relationships used to be stronger. People had friends and social programs. A single worker could reasonably expect to not only find a job, but support a house and family.

The wealth disparity was astronomically lower than it was today. Society as an organism wasn't nearly as stressed to a breaking point.

And as for the guns thing, people were generally knowledgeable and responsible with securing and educating about the hefty responsibility that comes with weaponry.

People still killed themselves or others on occasion, unfortunately, but it was anomolous instead of contagious.

But now...guns have become a status symbol and a fandom, an idol even, and all the small cracks in that previous society have become chasms. Desperation is the norm, sadness and misery are generally commonplace, education is absolutely abysmal and even holding a gun safety seminar near a school would be considered controversial and taboo.

Nobody has friends or knows their neighbors, corporate news outlets keep squeezing peoples' amygdalas until they're scared out of their wits, kids are under more pressure than ever, and nobody's parents are around if they're even together at all...(Statistically, they aren't.)

Why? Jobs. Employers.

All of this stems from a power structure that wanted to breed a dumber, more desperate, more complacent consumer and employee to farm for riches. They slashed and burned education, they alienated us from the sweat of our brow, turned us on each other, they make us reliant on their goods and services and price-fix our lives out of reach, force us into enormous debt, and they ensure our continued collective misery.

None of the solutions to violence, whether with cars or guns or pointy sticks, is going to go away unless we drastically fix our education and stop letting people fall into such miserable places that murder of self or others seems to be the only way out. That's why it's such a frustrating issue. No single bill or edict is going to solve it in a single generation.

And sadly, this regime seems to be aggressively accelerating in the opposite direction, because with more chaos they can justify a stronger fist, and the feedback loop continues.

As for "military style weapons", that's another topic and I've rambled too much already hehe. But I don't believe user-ergonomics must necessarily equate to "better mass-murder machine." But I get your point, battlefield hardware doesn't belong in just-anybody's hands.

We have an issue with licensure now though: This is a regime that would absolutely be fine with demanding party loyalty to sell your constitutional rights back to you.

I also believe the unfortunate reality is that, while many fascist-friendly police forces are gearing up with actual military-issued hardware, and privatized corporate "security forces" will likely be more common, responsible civilians need to maintain some kind of parity to safeguard our liberties.

Fudd rifles and .22LR plinkers don't scare dudes with APCs and 40mm launchers, and they need to be encouraged to use their words, so maybe they pause a minute when the tangerine-hitler tries to rile them into marching on their own neighbors.

Lol hope this was at least fun to read. I don't mean to go off on tangents. 😅 Hope you have an excellent one. <3

The USA used to be badass when we thought our leadership were underhanded charlatans.

Bosses used to respect their labor because otherwise "collective bargaining" could potentially mean your employees dragging you out your front door and beating you in the yard until you agreed to a cost-of-living increase...if you didn't take the hint when monkey-wrenches kept ending up wedged in the machinery.

Now look at us: The people waving guns around and screeching about "liberty and freedom" are the same people simping for their masters and bragging about how many hours they put in when they keep getting pay cuts. Belching out "wE tHe PeOpLe" while blaming immigrants and foreigners for everything, their fascist puppet-masters hands wedged firmly up them.

Lefties and socialists sold out and became spineless utopian yuppies and forgot what fighting for your rights actually entails.

Unions have to be "approved" and "recognized" by their oppressors to be considered valid. Corporations make us sign away our rights to a fair trial if they wrong us.

This whole thing used to seem like it worked because once upon a time both sides had a certain social contract and agreed to play by rules and pretend we lived in a civilized society.

But now we're back to some monstrous autocrat saying "Who cares? Winning. Lol." , and we're all stuck wondering why nobody's listening to us.

Now we're on the verge of being labeled "terrorists" if we so much as lift a finger against their regime. The people need to claim their fire back if we're going to see these dark times through.

Edit: Sorry for the essay. Turns out I have some deep views on this topic lol. (U.S person here, which will quickly become obvious lol)

But I hope maybe this is helpful for anyone to understand the situation over here.

Though lines are extremely blurry now, I still believe, in theory, an armed society is a polite society.

The democrats cowing their base into being staunchly, superstitiously hoplophobic whilst egregiously miseducating them on the subject of arms, has had this bizarre effect where the 2A, a constitutional right for "all (wo)men created equal", that used to be a solemn responsibility, is now primarily a "far right" obsession thing.

So the majority-left seem to have disarmed and uneducated themselves on responsible arms ownership. Believing for decades that self-righteous smugness and being upset whilst wishing guns didn't exist will be good enough because "Things shouldn't work that way. :("

The minority-left quietly and responsibly exercise their right to self-defense, knowing fascists don't tend to regard harshly worded memorandums and shame. Problem is, being in the minority, it's difficult to organize.

The majority-right-ish quietly and responsibly exercise their right to self-defense. They still likely vote wrong (lol), but we don't hear much from them. Sadly more and more get pulled farther right and vote against their own interests because tone-deaf neoliberal politicians keep issuing empty threats about taking all their guns away.

Both sides know that rights lost are unlikely won back.

The radicalized-right have become religiously hoplophilic , and obsessively armed themselves, seeing guns as dangerous boys'-toys and fragile-ego enhancers, much like their ultra-lifted coal-rolling pickup trucks. Their leaders actively encourage this because it empowers more bullying.

So now we're in this awkward spot where openly-fascist militias rove the streets brandishing weapons, because they KNOW a majority of the left have no understanding of weapons, have none themselves, and are just left to be scared and cry about it and post angry on twitter. (So they took that away, too, like the bullies they are, because what are we gonna do about it, right?)

There's a saying that if you have no ability to do harm in the first place, not doing so doesn't make you a pacifist, it makes you harmless.

If more leftist groups could be taken seriously and showed their teeth, they could respond to rightoid aggression with a strong defensive posture, and the goose-step fan-club would back down real quick because, for all their violence-monkey-boogloo-fantasies and chest-thumping, getting shot is scary and it hurts so they'd probably want to avoid it.

...and if not then, we could at least protect ourselves from them. Fellow anarchists, socialists, et al, should be educating and responsibly arming themselves. (After being brutally honest with yourself about your mental health with regards to owning a weapon, there's no shame in avoiding putting yourself at risk, we'll cover you. <3 )

For other Americans concerned about this, there's actually a Socialist Rifle Association , and it's quite telling that all the other "patriot liberty guns trucks" orgs specifically try to disassociate from them and shut them up.

Ohhh I see what you did there. They're all extensions. So 98% of users doesn't even know it's a possibility if it's not default lol.

Blah.

Lol exactly! I'm sure there's gotta be some studies on this, with the prevalence of review-less written words all over the internet, and a lot of users interacting with it at a young age, or being newer to English, I'm sure there's plenty of instances where they see it done wrong and just go "Hey that must be how it works!"

And it just spreads from there. But c'mon, this wouldn't be so bad with a basic foundation in phonetics, folks! :(

I only wish:

1. More people knew how to correct it without being mean.
2. There wasn't such a weird defensiveness against accepting such correction and learning something.

I actually kinda appreciated the reddit bots that did this. They weren't wrong and only the severest of simpletons goes ape on an automated script lol.

Maybe for the Discord use-case of joining mass-community servers it simply doesn't have the network-effect yet. I haven't used it much myself sadly! But I imagine a lot of users had the same idea you did: "Let's make a server! Aw nobody's here."

But I think adoption would grow if we started using it for what a LOT of people use Discord for currently: The micro-server for get-togethers of smaller social circles.

• Voice chat for videogames
• Small digital meet-ups, like artists, churches, clubs, etc.
• Distance-playing tabletop RPGs.
• College study groups.

That's where adoption starts and snowballs. Unfortunately, I believe the VC-funded data-mining corpo-apps will always have the advantage in scooping up the "I want to join a crowded mass community room" users.

But that's okay for a start.

The way I see it, we need to be most concerned with keeping our security and privacy amongst our closest associates, and occasionally we'll need to venture out into the "commercial-net" with our hoodies up and sunglasses on to interact with the crowd, fully aware there's surveillance everywhere.

At first my brain started assuming you were just memeing a monologue from Deus Ex, then I realized this was an original comment all original text. How sad is that? Lol

...just without the neat cyberpunk stuff.

And this was the game written on the unbelievable, edgy premise "...where every conspiracy theory is real." Lol

Edit: lol weird ratio. Okay maybe I was a clumsy communicator there, I meant "How sad is it that my first thought was a Deus Ex monologue perfectly fitting with our current times, but we don't even have sweet nanotech".

Also, that game's premise was trying to be just a little bit dystopianly-ridiculous, and it's now considered prophetic.