moncharleskey

@moncharleskey@lemmy.zip

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When do we riot?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Like that protects you from climate change?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When do we riot?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds like you already gave up, just like the billionaire fucks want you to do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When do we riot?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I get that, for sure, as one cishet white dude.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When do we riot?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Fuck that, I’m not going down without a fight!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When do we riot?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The rioting needs to target the capitols and in my opinion, not the grocery stores. Down with the parasites!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When do we riot?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I have pulled back from consumerism as much as possible, anything I can buy used I do, and I have been gardening and planting fruit trees since before covid. It’s not enough, not in the face of the problems before us, and the greed that has brought it about. Everyone should start a garden if able, if nothing else to find out just how hard it is to get viable crops thanks to our erratic climate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When do we riot?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s simultaneously mindblowing and completely believable that no major action has been taken yet. So many sheep heading to slaughter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When do we riot?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I am ready, I’ve been ready, but I’m not going to pull some lone wolf bullshit that gets me killed and leave my wife and kids to deal with the fallout. The bigger question here is are you ready? I need allies. Are you one, or are you another complacent?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When do we riot?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  For years I’ve held the view that slavery never ended, they just made the entire country and most of the world of the plantation, with the illusion of mobility and free choice. All you are really free to do is choose what cog to be in their machine, and as soon as you are used up you are replaced with another. I agree with you on abortion, but I think it also goes deeper. Parents have even more to lose, and are more likely to be good little wage slaves to protect their children in the short term, unable to see the long term.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When do we riot?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds like you should consider working to get out the vote. I certainly will be.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When do we riot?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, you’re right, that was actually a mental typo so thanks for the catch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When do we riot?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I see where you’re coming from, but that’s why we need targeted action and leadership. An uprising or revolution would be just as illegal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When do we riot?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess you don’t live in an area surrounded by the wealthy. You and I both know that if you did, those choppers would be there a week ago. Our government doesn’t serve we the people, and that’s why we are in this mess and desperately need change.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When do we riot?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think it’s quite as bad as you suggest, but I understand where you’re coming from here. I think it’s also worth considering who stands to benefit from our lack of organization. When the right wing wins, the billionaires win, but when the left wing wins, the billionaires lose. Left wing leaders are systematically targeted and repressed. MLK Jr wasn’t assassinated until his message started to reach more than just poor black people. When he started encouraging all people to throw off the yolk of the ruling class, by providing for themselves instead of being good little capitalist consumers, that’s when he became so dangerous it was worth it to murder him. We need leadership, yes, but we also need a message that endures through whatever they throw at us. I think it’s possible, and I hope we can make it happen.

  I never read the rules before posting btw, I just went for it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Autism Rule⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m thankful that I’ve been able to resist, so far.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When do we riot?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess we should wait for 110 degrees then.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When do we riot?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think that’s entirely accurate. I try to talk to people every day about the greed of billionaires, the invasion of our privacy, the fascist takeover of the US government and the actions of ICE, and the horrible state of our climate. And I’ve yet to have anyone argue against me in real life. If anything, it’s worse on lemmy. We can do something about this, but we have to do it together, and that doesn’t happen without talking to people face to face. So many people know the situation is terrible, but feel completely helpless. We have to support each other so they see they aren’t alone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When do we riot?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a good approach, thank you for the suggestion.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When do we riot?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Speak for yourself. Do you feel better about your own lack of action by attacking others?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When do we riot?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They’ve given up because we’ve allowed them to do so. Complacency is our worst enemy here, and the people that stand to profit from further polluting our planet know that they just need to wait for the masses to turn away for them to continue pillagingour future. We can’t turn away, we have to be resilient, and we have to work together.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When do we riot?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not ignoring the voice of the peoole, I am of the people, and so are you. The media may parade around the types that support the billionaire agenda, but that doesn’t mean we all, or even mostly feel this way. As things get worse, the group ofpeople that want to burn more oil will get smaller and smaller. Maybe never zero, but that’s not necessary. We only need enough to galvanize support for a social mandate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When do we riot?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Effective leadership is necessary to accomplish these things. People didn’t like it when leaded gas was banned, or asbestos. People hated seat belts and life jackets. Sometimes the government has to operate against the will of some people for the good of all people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When do we riot?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s the analogy about frogs in slowly boiling water. I don’t like sounding like an accelerationist, but I feel like if they moved harder and faster we would see more counter action. Like when ICE was all over Minnesota, but now that they are spread out and keeping a slightly lower profile, well, a couple of murders here and there, well that’s just how it is now so best keep your heas down and h#ad to work!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When do we riot?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m in the southeast, in a rural area, so networking is a challenge. I know some like minded people but we are spread out and most of them lack the courage to speak up. I don’t begrudge them for it, it’s a scary thing to put yourself out there like that, but I hope they find it in themselves. We need millions in the US alone, but we need a global movement to have a chance of halting the damage to our enviroment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When do we riot?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you don’t want to help then you should get out of the way and not hinder the ones that do. I’m sorry you’ve adopted a defeatist mentality, but I’m still willing to try, and I think you should be too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When do we riot?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree 100% and am all for a general strike, but without some sort of push I don’t know when it will happen. It’s like everyone is waiting around for The Signal, but is it even coming? Why should we give up our own autonomy and wait for someone else?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When do we riot?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Surprisingly, Flock cameras seem to be a unifying force between left and right, everybody seems to hate them. That’s an in road, maybe we can finally come together on other common goals like fighting corruption and billionaire elites.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When do we riot?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We need good trouble, covering the world like the wildfires that are now a constant part of our lives. Corporate espionage may be effective for those with the connections. For the rest of is we need to be off the assembly line and in the streets.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When do we riot?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I absolutely agree. I will be using my voice, strategicly hopefully.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When do we riot?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I undersrand that for sure, but unfortunately you can’t get away from climate change. I’m not saying you made the wrong choice, just that the fight isn’t over.