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Make your life more like an OSR RPG. Into the Odd, Mork Borg, something of that nature.

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Well I take some issue with that. What’s happening isn’t because everyone’s dumber than you are, it’s happening because powerful people have systematically worked at making this happen. They fuck our schools, they remove our history, they do everything they can to keep this shitshow rolling.

Meanwhile, everyone’s just trying to fuckin survive. Someone told people they’d bring the cost of eggs down. That’s how politicians work everywhere. They lie to get in power. Here, there, everywhere.

Now, as a blue-collar anarchist I do my best. But most of these people never got critical thinking skills in the first place, and that’s the problem.

Education is failing people, and the Right is making sure of it. You’ll have this problem wherever you are, given enough time, if you’re not careful.

But what do I know, I’m just a hillbilly.

Yeah it’s very much like that thing, “I’ve seen what makes you cheer, your boos mean nothing to me”

Now, what I do want to say is this: having spent my career surrounded by blue-collar men, there are about 1/3 of them that are the actual ringleaders for fascism. Whatever their camp is. Of the remaining 2/3, I would say half on a good day are still tolerable people. Misled, narrow-minded, problematic, check check check. But tolerable. And capable of being spoken to.

Union organizers know what I’m talking about. You’ve gotta divide the workers into camps you can get to, and camps you’ll never get to. It’s part of the process, I’ve read the books.

Now, those guys. They deserve to have the right people talking to them. It’s not their fault the education system failed them. The media lies to them. That bullies seem to win everywhere they look.

But for me, rn at this point in my career, fuck em. I’m done. I’ve tried. Over and over again. Fights, had em. I work for myself now and the less I talk to other electricians IRL the better. They can all suck a big fat one.

:deep sigh:

Eventually, my position may change.

Even if the economy recovers and we don’t enter a “recession” none of the other Millennials I know are ever gonna be able to trust the federal government again. In my experience, as a demographic, we tended to lean LibLeft anyway, or at least those of us with IQs and test scores to stay out of remedial classes do. There are exceptions - we all know that guy, and it’s always a guy. But still.

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Sorry I had more but I got distracted by the sounds of birds in my yard and, well 🤷‍♂️

Alright I found what you were talking about and like yeah okay, still not exactly cancel-worthy.

One time thing, it happens.

Exactly. I’ve always thought it was a pretty neutral adjective for a nonbinary person. Shit, if someone called me “fey” I’d be pleased as punch.

Edit: as a lifelong nerd who’s only ever heard it to mean “elflike”

I mean that’s pretty minor dude. I didn’t even know we were considering “fey” a slur and I’m queer.

Seems like a one-time thing, if he had a pattern of being a POS it would be different.

Moment of appreciation for Bryan Cranston, afaik just a good person all around. Top tier role model on how to be a non-problematic man. o7

Definitely gross but did you catch the bit about sex trafficking? Like, I know this is a low bar, but at least it’s a bar.

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Buddy I’m just saying nobody should want war on their doorstep and that’s how we’d get it.

I don’t think the Supreme Court has any power to stop this train. They’ve arrested a judge and a mayor now and they’ve threatened the Justices. Like, this is BIG DICTATOR SHIT.

The Federal Government is gonna keep suffering the termite infestation till the whole thing effectively crumbles. Then the Christian Nationalists get what they really want - Confederacy 2, and the Technocrats start their project in earnest on the West Coast.

The Feds will conveniently ignore Southern seccessionists.

It’s a good point about the successor, I’ve seen these people get swept up by any demagogue who trots by. My money is they push states rights eventually and say fuck the liberals entirely, they’ll build their little ethnostate. Somewhere.

What a fantastic reply, thank you! That was extremely well put, I hope you’re an educator.

…I’d understand if you were pursuing other options at this point in history, though

I think there’s a lot of value to examining the collapse of large empires these days.

Ooh tell me more about how the rich shot themselves in the foot, I love these stories

Yeah but what you dont have is a militarized border with Kentucky.

Right now, those asshats are all over the world. You want em in your backyard causing trouble? Cause again, I don’t.

California could. New York could until the city is completely underwater, but it wouldn’t have to, New England will band together more or less. They’ll do okay, Canada will probably offer to protect them, if they dont join completely. Like I said, I see the Bible Belt turning into Confederacy 2. A Mormon state might erupt around Utah. Hilariously, I’d expect most of the border states to join Mexico, after a good quarrel.

Flyover states… idk but I wish you luck

You’re a rebel and you’ll never be any good

That’s what I like about lemmy, it feels like old reddit again.