whenigrowup356 @ whenigrowup356 @lemmy.world

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I get your anger, and I'd just argue that the best place to put that anger is solidarity. Anything less and they're winning.

The institutions we use to fight for workers will always suck at least a little bit. Even people who mean well still suck at least a little bit. But we gotta fight with the tools we have, not the ones we want.

I don't mean "shut up and take it," I mean show up tomorrow ready to keep fighting.

I suspect Vangelis's work on BladeRunner had a big part to play in this

In Vietnam, if it's a café they'd ask you hot or cold.

Normal restaurants you'd get iced tea, usually very strong unsweetened Lipton yellow label.

Yes, this is about your feelings. If you don't feel happy and warm inside when you cast your vote, how can you possibly be asked to think about the 13 year old rape victim who now has to travel hundreds of miles to save her own life. While she has that option. People literally banning books but let's make sure random internet commenter feels nice inside and doesn't have to make any really hard big boy choices.

The US is in this mess because fascists don't waste their time listening to clowns like you. Congratulations on all of the privilege you are apparently swimming in, that you don't have to worry about them coming for you. Must be nice.

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Review bomb all the popular tourist attractions?

If your aim is to be the leader of the Republican ticket, your only option is to change Republican voters' minds about that.

There's no reason to run at all if you don't, since the current default Republican position is "he did nothing wrong and the election was stolen, so he deserves another shot at the presidency." You can't run against him and agree with all of those things.

Don't get me wrong, I don't think anyone's likely to change primary voters' minds about that, but it's the only logical strategy a non-Trump Republican could use to win.

So is that a maybe for the balls orrrr

Void deer sounds tempting, I wonder what the 401k will be like?

This one for me. Having a service job doesn't make you a slave ffs. You can really read a person's character when you see how they treat those that are less than. I'd also add animals to that list but that's just my personal axe to grind.

Sure. I think I meant this comment more as trying to understand what kind of information and media a person like that might be consuming to arrive at "climate change is fake and also vote for democrats." It's just an interesting cross-section.

My guess would be someone who doesn't really consume much media at all, or maybe part of the broad subset of "anti-science left" that also end up in some anti-vax conversations

Plot twist: he's an agent for the Trump campaign to split the anti-Trump vote

I mean, that's why I said I'd be interested to talk with someone who espouses that view. Party identification has maybe never been stronger, and the positions of the two parties have never been farther apart on many issues.

The most interesting people are the ones who claim Democratic party identity and yet accept the Republican position on this. I'd be interested to talk to one of these people to learn about their worldviews. Single issue voters for something like abortion? Just don't like the color red? I need answers.

Yeah, don't expect funding for AAA games!

Wait...

LGBTQ+ issues are kind of a warzone right now, because conservatives see trans rights issues especially as a wedge issue they can use to pull in people who might support gay marriage but still feel confused or grossed out by things like trans women using women's bathrooms.

This conversation eats up a lot of the space that could be used to talk about things that would (should?) actually be less controversial, like accessibility.

Conservatives don't want to talk about it because it would be a straightforward loser for them. Lots of progressives don't have time to talk about it because they're circling the wagons to fight for trans people having the right to... (checks notes) exist.

This isn't to say disability issues aren't as important. The point of intersectional activism is for many disparate groups to fight together against the kinds of people who want to separate them. A rising tide that helps everyone.

It sucks because it's slow and painful and people get increasingly tribal when they feel under threat.

Because they're socially liberal, opposed to most forms of social conservatism. The term rose to prominence in its current US meaning in the 1920s and 30s.

It was first used (in this sense) to identify a more moderate economic approach as compared to movements that were perceived as more radical like progressivism, socialism, communism, etc.

Right wing extremism is a global problem and is manifesting even in parliamentary multi-party systems, though. All they need is a scapegoat to rally around and they're good to go. Look at anti-immigrant movements in Europe as an example.

Fighting about things is going to happen in any political system.

I think glorifying the grind has come naturally along with most people not being able to afford all of the previous generation's big landmark goals like homes and things.

Kind of like how the move towards more employment options for women naturally came with the death of the single-earner household.

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