God dammit, this is way funnier than it has any right to be.
Sarah Valentine
Trans woman, gamer, sci-fi/fantasy writer, catfox. Co-founder of ZeticTech Games.
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Sarah Valentine@pawb.socialto
MeanwhileOnGrad@sh.itjust.works•Yes, fascism and communism are polar opposites, but MLs are rather fascists and aren't communists.English
1·8 hours agoPeople are easily corrupted.
That’s not really the problem. The problem is we continually give power over ourselves to the most corrupt people among us. We do it willingly.
You can’t have stateless society.
Null thesis.
That just doesn’t work for any period of time since the most evil and aggressive people in sociaty will rise to the top.
Only in a society which has a top one can rise to, and which not only permits but encourages competition for some imagined “top”.
Tough love is when you persost in loving someone despite the difficulties in doing so. What people call “tough love” these days is just abrasiveness disguised as care, and that shift was caused by narcissistic sociopaths who characterize the harm they do to others as for their own good.
The list is only of “places where helicopter would work”. The checkmarks are the ones we’ve sent helicopters to.
Sarah Valentine@pawb.socialto
MeanwhileOnGrad@sh.itjust.works•Yes, fascism and communism are polar opposites, but MLs are rather fascists and aren't communists.English
1·1 day agoIndividual management of individuals is not the same as individualism. You can have collectivism that doesn’t rob people of their agency or subordinate it to another.
Sarah Valentine@pawb.socialto
MeanwhileOnGrad@sh.itjust.works•Yes, fascism and communism are polar opposites, but MLs are rather fascists and aren't communists.English
2·1 day agoPeople gravitate towards charismatic people.
Explain to them the human susceptibility to manipulation by charismatic figures. Show them examples. There’s no lack of them to pick from. In short: education is the solution to a lot of problems that only exist today because the powers that be have worked so hard to fight education.
Sarah Valentine@pawb.socialto
MeanwhileOnGrad@sh.itjust.works•Yes, fascism and communism are polar opposites, but MLs are rather fascists and aren't communists.English
21·1 day agoThe only power and authority you need are the choices you make in your own life. Anything more would be forcing your way on others anyway. Be the change you want to see in the world.
Sarah Valentine@pawb.socialto
MeanwhileOnGrad@sh.itjust.works•Yes, fascism and communism are polar opposites, but MLs are rather fascists and aren't communists.English
21·1 day agoHow to not worship celebrities and foster a culture that does the same: You just don’t do it. You don’t teach others to do it. You don’t reward others if they do it. You tell aspiring Big People to get over themselves. You don’t give them money or ad revenue or a platform or word of mouth.
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Sarah Valentine@pawb.socialto
MeanwhileOnGrad@sh.itjust.works•Yes, fascism and communism are polar opposites, but MLs are rather fascists and aren't communists.English
22·1 day agoFoster a culture that prizes the words over the mouth they come out of.
Sarah Valentine@pawb.socialto
animenocontext@reddthat.com•Koyomi Araragi [Monogatari]English
12·1 day agoThat’s exactly the reason it shouldn’t count. He’s literally just a pedophile who likes to molest underage girls. There is no joke. There is no mistaken context to make a nocontext out of. The thing you think he’s saying is exactly what he’s saying. Reddit is a hive of pedo worshipping shitlords so I don’t care for whatever consensus they came to.
Sarah Valentine@pawb.socialto
MeanwhileOnGrad@sh.itjust.works•Marxismtomorrow is at it again.English
231·1 day agoNazis are when don’t want to be invaded by Russia!
“I was only pretending to be stupid as a joke” is not an excuse. Get blocked.
Sarah Valentine@pawb.socialto
politics @lemmy.world•Despite Midterm Win, Are Democrats About to Help GOP Pass 'Massive Giveaway' to Big Oil and Big Tech?
101·1 day agoPresident Roosevelt recognized that the long-range interests of his coalition and the Democratic Party were best served by encouraging radical groups, whether inside or outside the party, to feel as though they were part of his political entourage.
This is why I laugh at calls for unity over progress. The thing we’re being asked to have unity with wants us to stop fighting and let the status quo win.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe's_law
“look how stupid I am” isn’t a joke in a world run by the loudest and proudest morons on the planet.
Sarah Valentine@pawb.socialto
MeanwhileOnGrad@sh.itjust.works•Yes, fascism and communism are polar opposites, but MLs are rather fascists and aren't communists.English
42·1 day agoWe can start by ceasing to elevate and worship Big People. We have a nasty habit of grooming, enabling, and platforming our own future oppressors.
Still waiting on that joke.
Pretending there was a joke, now? Get help.
Sarah Valentine@pawb.socialto
Neat - For neat stuff you found@lemmy.world•A 1580 Map Shows Why Data Visualization Is Never NeutralEnglish
21·1 day agoOne example proves a negative? What kind of insane nonsense is this?




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