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(DIR) Post #ApbnPvsI4ntAnJg8o4 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-12-31T15:17:53Z
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There is a phrase I've heard more often recently about the varied people I know who are concerned about the rightward lurch in the US. It goes a little like this:"If everyone/more people would just..." then what follows is never exactly the same thing. And I think a lot of us have our "if everyone would justs" Hearing this tells me that people who are trying to protect each other and push for change don't feel supported. Too many of us feel like we are fighting alone. No one is listening.
(DIR) Post #ApbndR4zMwNRL53bIu by dx@social.ridetrans.it
2024-12-31T15:20:17Z
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@futurebird I agree with the conclusion, but I’ve heard “if everyone just” from the other side of the aisle too as an argument against social progress.
(DIR) Post #ApbnqygviCFHLiGFQO by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-12-31T15:22:47Z
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At the same time, I don't think there are any simple things that everyone could just do that would address the full scope of the threats we face. I think we need to do ALL of the things that people say after they say "If only more people would..." provided they are within our power to do. This means avoid saying why "it won't be enough" no, try to help instead. Avoid some rationalization about "if we do that we won't do THIS"Call it a "yes and, revolution."
(DIR) Post #ApbnwaG1TBUvJ2Lfnc by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-12-31T15:23:47Z
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@dx Well this is about people who have the same general goals but totally different notions about what matters most.
(DIR) Post #Apbo1S4nJXxXNfPyE4 by gdinwiddie@mastodon.social
2024-12-31T15:24:38Z
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@futurebird And the things that are within our power, do them to the limit of our power. "Everyone" will never align on doing anything.
(DIR) Post #Apbo4rSVOpIYyJ8Nyi by Stegosaurus@sciences.social
2024-12-31T15:25:15Z
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@futurebird I'm convinced that the revolution must begin within academia... a second reformation in a sense. That would usher in the next renaissance.You're exactly right - so many things to do! May even 1% of our new year's resolutions come to fruition!HNY
(DIR) Post #ApboRPXpLkDr3eNNMe by mansr@society.oftrolls.com
2024-12-31T15:29:18Z
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@futurebird If everyone would just stop voting for Nazis...
(DIR) Post #Apbq4RtMejPRaOd1ay by ajn142@infosec.exchange
2024-12-31T15:47:36Z
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@futurebird obligatoryhttps://squareallworthy.tumblr.com/post/163790039847/everyone-will-not-just
(DIR) Post #Apbs42mEEVvDbLE1rc by Jackiemauro@fosstodon.org
2024-12-31T16:09:53Z
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@futurebird I also think it shows a deep lack of trust and compassion for one another, which is going to be absolutely essential for change (I think). But I also feel like the internet gives us this impression of a vast mass of “them” who don’t seem to care or act. And we expend our energy maligning them even though it’s sort of an illusion. If I could dictate a New Year’s resolution for everyone it would be to go to one *in person* meeting of some org at least once a month.
(DIR) Post #ApbsOlIYPgi3TQDyVs by ohmu@social.seattle.wa.us
2024-12-31T16:13:39Z
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@futurebird I have this reaction every time I see somebody post about a general strike or people massing in the streets.
(DIR) Post #Apbt7KtzOtNeddzNxo by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-12-31T16:21:44Z
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@ohmu I would love you join your general strike, how can we convince my union to get on board with this idea?And I wouldn't raise that question just to be annoying, it's my sincere barrier to the "general wildcat" concept.How won't this be just a few hundred people sort of randomly quitting their jobs?But "why can't everyone just get rid of facebook" or "not use amazon" or even "why can't everyone just VOTE" can also work this way. Lets do both, or deconstruct the barriers to doing both.
(DIR) Post #ApbuqXeYwFZVAetQFk by ohmu@social.seattle.wa.us
2024-12-31T16:41:06Z
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@futurebird That's getting closer. I've been deep in unions for 20 years. The unions I know wouldn't publicly discuss a general strike. It would piss off too many of the members it's their job to represent. But if you get to being able to have quiet conversations with trust...
(DIR) Post #Apc1uwbsn6u1PVgaFE by ra6bit@infosec.exchange
2024-12-31T18:00:19Z
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@futurebird @soatok One of the most sobering single statements anyone ever said to me was once, when I was fretting about the plight of queer and trans folks in America amidst the growing right, someone said to me “When are you going to realize black folks in this country have been telling you what you need to do for centuries.”It hit me like a ton of bricks. Not that I didn't know, in an academic sense, that we all need to be united, but it drove home that none of us are alone, and maybe I should pay more attention to more of those "If only more people would…”s.
(DIR) Post #Apc6AMlUEIm0glmrfE by lienrag@mastodon.tedomum.net
2024-12-31T18:47:53Z
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@futurebird From https://annyo.logaton.fr/
(DIR) Post #ApcK6TGjVMV73oRIIq by artemis@dice.camp
2024-12-31T21:24:05Z
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@futurebird When I was in a bookstore recently a staff member pointed me towards a kid's book: Someday, Somewhere by Amanda Gorman.Although (or perhaps because) the message is really "we should all help make the world a better place" I figured my siblings would find it too "liberal" for their kids, so I gave it to my mom to read to them instead. 😼Anyway, I guess my point is I think the book was a really beautiful & simple expression of some of what you're saying here.
(DIR) Post #ApcMihBAR2Kv7BBs1o by skriptk1d@infosec.exchange
2024-12-31T21:53:25Z
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@futurebird Threats?? Completely disagree and believe it's these exact thoughts that are the "threat" to the US. Forget the fact that US enemies already work every day on SM to drive Americans emotions against each others throats. I remember around 2014-2015 when I, and many others, were not into politics that much. Before Trump chose a party and when he was deciding to run, myself and many others from each side liked Trump because he wasn't just another wildly corrupt politician. (Corporatism != Capitalism) Americans were quite united in their disgust of the common politician. And when Trump chose to run, there was pushback from both parties in the "political industrial complex", if you will. The man has been a liberal all his life and according to his pre-presidential run interviews they haven't really changed.The world knew about Trumps negatives or wrongdoings already given his large public presence for decades, but it wasn't until this political industrial complex, especially on the left, targeted him with additional political attacks despite a lot of evidence to the contrary (if people were skeptical and objective). I myself am quite neutral to him. But, I worked to go into the last decade without emotional and organizational ties, and I watched incredible campaigns against the "right". My observations looking back from JFK appear the "right" are currently the most liberal or left I've seen. While the "left" quickly pushed further left over the last decade basically taking over the Democratic parties liberal principles. There exists NO perfect party, country, or persons and not one single person agrees with another on everything. The larger the government becomes, the greater people in power work to stay in power. We can't forget what's supposed to unite Americans, those principles and values. No one is perfect, and work towards being skeptical of news or stories that coincide with current beliefs and feelings. Steel man our own arguments. As an example, I see comments about needing a "revolution" presumably for the current "left" that must begin with academia when academia already skews heavily towards the "left".Maybe, so many of us fed into political battles heavily skewed, full of opinionated lies promised as fact. And maybe this "rightward lurch" is this recognition instead, and people are recycling this manufactured hatred instead