Danterious
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- Comment on More Perfect Union went to a trump rally. Their criticisms sound very close to that of socialists 1 year ago:
But then the deeper question is “why do you think these other people don’t deserve these things?” and then they tell you all about how they are sinful, lazy, violent, or whatever else that they use to justify shunning those other people which is obviously incorrect but it is what they believe so if they actually believe all of that stuff then obviously they are gonna be hostile towards those kinds of people.
It is better to understand and try and remedy why people are doing awful and horrible things than dismiss and judge them because the first option actually can lead to a solution and the other is going to isolate them and make the problem 10x worse.
Being empathetic is the first step to forming trust. Also by the way even though I am saying all of this it doesn’t mean that if someone is being rude to you or insulting your friends you should just turn the other cheek and let them stomp all over you. What it means is that you have to be assertive with who you are and what you stand for but also being willing to listen and understand (not necessarily accept) what other people are saying.
- Comment on More Perfect Union went to a trump rally. Their criticisms sound very close to that of socialists 1 year ago:
All that I am saying is that I think we are way past the time were voting is the most important thing we should be doing to make the situation better. People in power are going to make whatever they want illegal and use political justifications for them. There have been many states that have majority blue and majority red power and this same shit of empowering the status quo is common in both kinds of states. So I don’t believe either party is going to protect my rights if it doesn’t benefit them somehow and instead I am going to trust in the direct actions I and people that want change are actually taking to make things better.
- Comment on More Perfect Union went to a trump rally. Their criticisms sound very close to that of socialists 1 year ago:
If they were to vote for their values who would they vote for?
The democrats aren’t upholding these values either and while I agree that they are much better than the current republican party it doesn’t mean that voting for them would be voting in their interest but instead in the least bad option.
- Comment on More Perfect Union went to a trump rally. Their criticisms sound very close to that of socialists 1 year ago:
I don’t think they hate black and trans people but whatever warped version of black and trans people that they have been told. There have been studies that show having a gay friend in real life make people more accepting and I assume that similar things could be shown for trans and black people.
- Comment on More Perfect Union went to a trump rally. Their criticisms sound very close to that of socialists 1 year ago:
I remember seeing the same things a while back. This is why I always explain what I believe before I use the common words for it.
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- Comment on Why don't more poor people join mutual aid groups instead of using charities? 1 year ago:
It would be up to the individual that wants to support the request not necessarily the group. If there is someone that is known to not be able to provide something because they are sick I’d assume there would still be some people that would want to help them. Also people with disabilities are helpless and can still be useful to a community. So where they can’t in help in one way they can help in another.
- Comment on Why don't more poor people join mutual aid groups instead of using charities? 1 year ago:
So you are saying that the main barriers are housing and electricity. Ok that makes sense but I suspect that there might be plenty of places where you could first get people in that network to collectively save up to buy plots of land to then eventually build up housing. I just think that their is alot of wasted potential to actually directly support these people more.
- Comment on Why don't more poor people join mutual aid groups instead of using charities? 1 year ago:
This is my answer in another comment.
I only heard about them recently too so I might give an incomplete answer but the general gist is that mutual aid is when a group of people band together and share whatever resources and services that they have to offer to other people in that group.
So if someone made an excess of vegetables in their garden they would give that to others in the group with expecting anything immediately in return in the hopes that when their fence breaks down and they request help someone with knowledge on how to fix it would be willing to come help.
As for finding mutual aid groups I’ve seen mutualaid.wiki and mutual aid hub but I’m not sure of what else there is.
- Comment on Why don't more poor people join mutual aid groups instead of using charities? 1 year ago:
I only heard about them recently too so I might give an incomplete answer but the general gist is that mutual aid is when a group of people band together and share whatever resources and services that they have to offer to other people in that group.
So if someone made an excess of vegetables in their garden they would give that to others in the group with expecting anything immediately in return in the hopes that when their fence breaks down and they request help someone with knowledge on how to fix it would be willing to come help.
As for finding mutual aid groups I’ve seen mutualaid.wiki and mutual aid hub but I’m not sure of what else there is.
- Comment on Why don't more poor people join mutual aid groups instead of using charities? 1 year ago:
This seems like it can be fixed by making it so that before you get aid you have to join the mutual aid network first and secondly making it public knowledge what requests each individual member has contributed.
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