Fair enough. But I’d rather think of it as a torch that has been passed on and has to be guarded and kept ablaze. Lighting it was the hardest part, but the job’s not done.
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I know he’s the pope and has to talk like that, but free speech is not a “precious gift”. It’s a hard-won right and “calling for it” is not gonna protect it. I swear to Nonexisto, if this clown gets the credit after the people win the fight, I’m gonna get an aneurism.
dogsoahC@lemm.eeto Reddit@lemmy.world•Someone made a nonviolent luigi post and it was deleted.. wonder why?7·3 months agoPosting an image of a person who is known to everyone as the (suspected) murderer of a capitalist, whom he explicitly murdered for his capitalistic practices, and referring to a distinct but similar set of calitalistic practices is not “a non-violent Luigi post”. It’s not directly calling for violence, sure. But the connection is pretty clear. If the Right did something like that, we’d probably call it a ((likely intentionally) poorly disguised) dog whistle.
I’m not saying the post is evil and ban-worthy. Which side an action is done for matters. You might say, the ends justify the means. But get your terminology right, and shed the centrists’ illusions. And non-violence is an illusion. This is the propaganda theatre of a class war. And Reddit is fighting for the enemy.
dogsoahC@lemm.eeto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What can an individual do to fight against tech billionaires?6·3 months agoOn your own? Not much. You can stop using certain products, save money, and so on. But that’s mostly going to help make your individual existence a bit better/less bad. The CEO’s aren’t gonna give a flying fuck.
But our strength is in our numbers. Get organized. Maybe in a political party, maybe “just” in some sort of collective that helps in an area you care about. Help others in whatever capacity fits your abilities and your situation. And don’t expect it to be a quick victory. That will only result in disappointment. As a wise man (?) once so succinctly put it: “Apes together strong.”
dogsoahC@lemm.eeto Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•If you're looking for a time to take action. It was 8 years ago.3·4 months agoThe story so far: In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
It doesn’t matter when exactly it “started”. The question should be how we get out of it. Or, more fundamentally, what actually is the problem, fundamentally? Is it a bunch of racists and bigots abusing a corrupt system to inch the US (well, we do have it in Europe too, just not so extreme yet) ever closer to fascism, or is it the underlying system of escalating exploitation and conflict that enables them?
That’s because the concept of biological races has been thouroughly debunked. I will never understand why Anglophones still insist on using the word “race”.
View the keys, wallet, and cell phone as the necks connecting the bodies to the heads above.
You’re right. I lost. The Game.
dogsoahC@lemm.eeto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•It's been 30 years and I still can't get over the fact that the French word for "potatoes" is "ground apples." Have The French never had an apple?16·7 months agoIn a lot of languages the word for apple used to refer to all kinds of fruits, particularly new ones from more or less exotic lands. Pineapples also don’t look much like apples, do they?
Have you looked at the meme I’m commenting on?
But then how did he get to play?
Who has ever said that dolphins aren’t whales?
Fuck. I’d never noticed that. Fuck you very much, now I can’t unsee it.
Get caught doing what? What loop am I now out of?
Ursaring, Pangoro, and Beartic are all weak to Fighting. So, just make sure you’ve got your Lucario at hand and Calm Mind-ed up, and pummel them with Aura Sphere. That way, you can also keep your distance.
(Yes, I know Pangoro is a panda and not a black bear. But, uhm, uh… shut up!)
Though, isn’t being part of a group the closest you can get in terms of relatedness?
Kick them in the nuts (or the stomach, in case they don’t have nuts), because relying on individuals with money to solve our problems is one of our fucking problems.