This is exactly correct. Child of the early 70s.
I heard my peers say this about the 80s and had to laugh and laugh.
For every Prince, there were 100 sucky bands.
This is exactly correct. Child of the early 70s.
I heard my peers say this about the 80s and had to laugh and laugh.
For every Prince, there were 100 sucky bands.
It’s the natural evolution of capitalism to descend into imperialism and fascism. The republicans, or ‘classical liberals’ are just the vanguard, while the dems, or ‘neoliberals’ are the brake.
At best the dems are just slowing the speed of the descent. But without a systemic change, it’s inevitable.
This is capitalism. It doesn’t care where it comes from or how the money comes in. But b***h better have my money.
This is why the country is going to hell. It can’t even invest in infrastructure anymore because there’s no short term profit in it.
Welcome to our late stage capitalist nightmare.
Tolerance is not a moral precept, it’s a peace treaty
Fantastic read on this. Reader view worked for me.
Thank you, I love this.
I puttered with an oud for a couple years but it was not a good one and playing it was frustrating.
Would love to try a really nice one.
Anyone recommend a good iPhone app for Mastodon?
That’s literally all I’ve heard in the USA my entire life.
“We’re protecting you from:
Soviet Communists
Arab Terrorists
Illegal Aliens
Communist China
ISIS
Putin’s Russia”
I guess when your country can’t go 2 years without starting a war somewhere, you get used to it. -
It’s time for radical action and violent resistance.
We’re staring into the face of human extinction and people are still quibbling about consumer choice.
it’s going to take much, much more direct and violent action to force change.
“Think globally, act locally” and other such clever slogans that seemed so logical and made so little impact.
How about “round up the heads of oil companies and deliver them to a firing squad?”
Not as much zing to it though.
This is it exactly. We have to turn off the f*cking spigot at the source!
There is no amount of science or innovation that’s going to save us. It’s going to take “holy shit we’re all going to die horribly” panic from world leaders to forcefully cut off the source, which is oil and its byproducts.
Short of that, no amount of responsible consumerism can stem this tide.
This is a really good read. Your post reminded me of it.
I think a lot of us are feeling similar.
https://catvalente.substack.com/p/stop-talking-to-each-other-and-start
Seconded!
I never liked having to downvote to hide on reddit. I’d prefer a more neutral “just hide this for me” option.
I’d also like to be able to hide communities easily. If that’s already possible, please let me know.
Really good read about the parts of the internet that people love, but that aren’t profitable.
https://catvalente.substack.com/p/stop-talking-to-each-other-and-start
This is an excellent read on the idea.
https://extranewsfeed.com/tolerance-is-not-a-moral-precept-1af7007d6376
In a nutshell “Tolerance is not a moral absolute; it is a peace treaty.”
I couldn’t remember the last time I played a video game.
I realized I’d showed my kids a browser version of Super Mario Bros after taking them to the movie.
No way I’d survive a year.
Not to sound paranoid, but it’s kind of worrying.
In recent years, these sites have been used to pass information quickly during crisis. This can be anything like natural disaster, or uprising and protests.
These big aggregators being incompetently, mismanaged and taken down from public use at the same time, makes me wonder if it’s an attempt to quash communication that’s not coming from a government or mega-corp.
The revolution will not be televised… by the people.
Why wait for them to act? It’s already bad enough.
lights torch, sharpens pitchfork
The sign at their table says Speed relationships.