toomanyjoints69 @ toomanyjoints69 @lemmygrad.ml

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A world where conservatives don't have the right to vote is possible, but can't be done through electoral politics. Its not as lazy as "Lets overthrow the government man" either. You can work with your friends to create a network of powerful mass organizations. Things like worker owned small businesses (co ops), mutual aid programs, neighborhood watches, and unions! If enough people do that, then it will be way more effective than voting, because what those mass organizations do is not determined by the rich men north of Richmond.

If one of those organizations doesn't exist in your area, then now you have an easy avenue towards making friends and meeting people. If you want to be liked, and enjoy getting yelled at, then this sort of local activism is great.

If one of those organizations exists in your area, then you don't have to deal with the stress of being in any leadership position unless you really want to.

Especially if you live in a small community, you can run for local office once your mass organization is successful enough. At that point you should join a national organization that matches your groups ideals.

I basically write about slavery and oppression so maybe my job gives me inspiration because it is backbreaking labor.

It really seems like a distinction without a difference since its on their site. The capital is going to be where the supporters of the old regime are. Its a biased poll designed to get a result in favor of the old government and it failed.

Sure :)

Here is an image of the poll https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/b4bd0c20-8521-465f-955e-522fd5a3abfc.png

Here is the actual article, but you'd have to pay the Economist to see the whole thing. https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2023/08/07/after-nigers-coup-the-drums-of-war-are-growing-louder

Upon actually finding the specific poll I was talking about, it is actually that the vast majority of people in Niger feel the coup should remain in power, which is technically not the same thing as saying they wanted it to happen. However you can look around and find that support for the coup is very high. Niger's government was not popular. Only 21% of people polled by this very hostile to the coup source wanted the old president to be restored to power.

My understanding is that the majority of the population supports the coup even when the poll is done by biased media opposed to the coup like the Economist or Forbes. If the majority of people supported overthrowing the government then it doesn't seem like an actual democracy. At least, its not something imposed on the people against their will.

I guess its a matter of perspective where if you care about the will of the people or if you care about power being transfered via elections even if the elections aren't for anyone who represents the people. I definatley don't like the second option but some people do feel that way I suppose.

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I make 20 an hour at a coal mine. It would be really awesome if i didnt have to be congested all the time and could still get all i need. Im not an ambitious person but i wont let my husband live in poverty. If the minimum wage went up a lot of coal miners would become fast food workers, and the coal company would raise its hiring pay to cope with that. Also, theyd start a hiring spree.

So by raising the minimum wage a lot of new desirable jobs would open up in my community and all the old workers who only did it for the money would have more freedom.

It might sound ridiculous, but A LOT of people in heavy industry dont do it for the money. They like the work. I sort of do too tbh. I woild probably quit and then come back to the mines once the next hiring wave started so i could get a quick raise.

I downvoted you, but i dont like how everyone is so mean on Lemmy now. Just a few months ago it was all smiles and conversation. Now its like reddit and everyone just want to argue. Im not arguing with you. Im adding on to what you said.

Thats how ive always felt about North Korea. America is why they starve

I work at a coal mine! ^_

I yearn for the mines. Its nice and chilly and dark. I wear all black and hate the sun. I thought it would be bad for my skin but the coal dust dries me out and killed all my acne. Now im nice and smooth, unlike my coworkers.

Apply at a temp agency and you will have a job tomorrow

Fill out applications after work to find a real job

Just become a landlord, idiot. :-P

I used to think doxking your pay was fake until it happened to my coworker. His car broke down and he missed his first day ever. The coal mine cut his pay by 3 dollars.

He still spends all of his time starting fights with the union people and removed about how they protect the lazy.

So it turns you into a Red Guard? :o

Why does China not have as many of these events? Is India maybe more rural than China, or is it some kind of law thing like Florida?

Your explanation is very consise, but i dont undsrstand why people arent as commonly doing attrocities to women in China.

I guess it is possible that its the legacy of the Cultural Revolution, but the current government of China isnt a fan of that era of Maos policies.

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I just used an old computer, filled it with hard drives, and ran Samba. The config file has to be edited once and its a little cryptic but its a low maitenance thing.

With samba im able to access it on all my linux machines and my husband can use his windows laptop to watch movies from it.

I wrote a few scripts that are really just fancy aliases to quickly change directory to the files from my main computer using ssh.

My main computer has no gui and im using a terminal right now to read lemmy. ^_

I use ubuntu on it so it has a gui if i need one.

Everything he makes is gold. Lenin truly is the solution to baldness.

Yes

Thats not how the real world works anywhere but an office. I once did what you said at a construction site and became known as "sjw removed" as opposed to my real name. My crime is that i didnt want to work next to a guy that refused to call me anything but "the homosexual" and made political jabs all day. I wasnt asking for him to be fired. I just wanted to be on a different crew. My boss made extra sure his was the only crew i worked on. DO NOT tell your manager. If you are being bullied at work then its already bad enough that your boss will only make it worse.

ask a random homeless person for cop stories, especially if you live in a rural area.