Olgratin_Magmatoe @ Olgratin_Magmatoe @lemmy.world

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It tells you what the rich and corporate interests think, and badly.

Idk I’ve had a few beers I hope that makes sense

You're 100% correct despite the beer.

That is absolutely a part of it as well.

and yet apathy reigns.

Part of that has been a directed effort. Oil lobbyists, russian and chinese bots, other corporations, etc all have a vested interests in spreading disinformation and doomerism to encourage apathy.

Having switched about a year ago now, I can say at least for me the switch to linux has been fairly painless. There has been bumps and snags, but it's pretty much worked out of the box for 99% of the things I use on a daily basis. I still have my desktop dual booting for the small handful of things that aren't compatible. But at this point, I'd suspect that I spend on average an hour a month with windows loaded.

But sure, tell me what it’s like being suicidal

Nah, if you're gonna be antagonistic and gatekeepy like this, I'm not inclined to share my own experiences. You'll just find some reason to invalidate my own experiences and feelings. So I'm not gonna bother.

EDIT: I’ll keep my guns, thanks. Going out to shoot and compete is one of the few things that I have in my life that I really enjoy.

And in doing so you have significantly increased your chances of suicide.

Removing the tools doesn’t solve the underlying problem. Perhaps the suicides don’t happen; but that doesn’t reduce the misery that leads to someone killing themselves.

Often times it leads to better outcomes though, which in the end solves the underlying problem. When people don't have an easy out and stick around long enough, usually the underlying problems get solved.

And, again, this is wildly different from the violence that Trump supporters are being called to.

Cool. I know. But it is irrelevant. Gun deaths are still gun deaths, and they should be prevented.

Yes. But none of those are as easy. Hanging is a long slow death if you fuck it up. Knives are pretty slow too and require pain as you go. Carbon monoxide poisoning requires a car. Jumping requires guts. A gun is a nice easy button to end it. Few things can compare with how easy that is.

Regardless of how you want to rationalize it, the statistics show that I'm correct. Simply having a gun in the house increases your chances of suicide.

https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2020/06/handgun-ownership-associated-with-much-higher-suicide-risk.html

Hardly an if, that's essentially what actually happened:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_fire

Fascists will always use a crisis to gain more power. If the Rechstag fire had actually killed Hitler, then yeah, it probably would have been a good thing. But in the end it didn't, it just gave Hitler more power. This situation with Trump isn't much different.

Granted, hindsight is a big factor here. But I think I've made my point.

Given that he is essentially unscathed, yes.

Trump burying news about him with more news about him is to his advantage. And I guarantee you Trump will continue milking the assassination attempt. It isn't buried by a long shot.

But gun prevalence increases suicide rates. People who would otherwise not commit suicide end up doing so because a quick and relatively easy way out is available. Should those guns not be so easily accessible, some percentage of those suicides wouldn't happen.

Those gun deaths are a problem regardless of whether they're suicide or homicide. And the gun lobby/Trump is perfectly happy with all that death as long as they get their sales/status quo/money. The deaths don't need to be the same for it to be relevant.

It wouldn't be the first time a conservative did something violent for political goals. It won't be the last.

Do you have any idea how many abortion clinics have been bombed/shot at by conservatives?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gretchen_Whitmer_kidnapping_plot

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/nancy-pelosi-husband-paul-attack/index.html

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Tucson_shooting

https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/what-nij-research-tells-us-about-domestic-terrorism

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/far-right-violence-a-growing-threat-and-law-enforcements-top-domestic-terrorism-concern

Was it really a good deed though? Because by missing, he gave Trump a shit load of political ammunition.

Trump is going to take this crisis and abuse it for every vote it gets him, and it's gonna get him a lot.

Maybe don't paraphrase from Mein Kampf if you don't want to be called a fascist.

Given that he probably knew everything about him was about to become very closely scrutinized, I find it hard to believe a bio description like that is not the motivation here.

So that then makes me wonder if it will prevent Trump from becoming a living martyr. If it becomes publicly and widely known that this attempt was because of Trump's relationship with Epstein, Trump's supporters may not be as driven as they otherwise would be.

I love it.

That's what Tor is for

Love me some shitty star trek art