If you're able to go to your town or city hall hearings, there's that. There are even some interesting/sad/entertaining videos of some from recent times that have been recorded and uploaded online for public viewing
If anything, communism has been tried, but it's never been achieved. A stateless, classless, currencyless society still sounds frickin awesome... But that's not we've had :(
Man, a group like Info Wars would probably love data like. They could prop it up as "proof" that the Hollywood elite are corrupt and eroding traditional values.
(Hey, if any conservative talking heads really do want to run with this, please credit me and invite me on so I can make jokes at your expense)
Every time I start to listen and learn from people more left than I am, they get to the part about how after revolution there's probably going to be a period of autocratic rule that should then dissolve by the will of the people. Except none of them talk about plans to actually facilitate the transfer of power, or better yet, prove Lenin wrong by not going thru a period of more authoritarianism.
Also true. And there are plenty of worthwhile/educational things to be found on the apps that can help a bit more than they harm. But yeah, it being a symptom is spot on.
I some times feel a bit alone on lemmy solely because I'm not as tech inclined as a lot of the userbase, but it's reminders like this that make me feel a bit ok about it.
If you're able to go to your town or city hall hearings, there's that. There are even some interesting/sad/entertaining videos of some from recent times that have been recorded and uploaded online for public viewing