well, unfortunately, cynicism has pretty much consumed me, so i kinda stopped caring about getting my message across a long time ago. i tried reasoning with conservatives until i realized how futile that was. then i tried reasoning with liberals about useless debate was until i realized how futile that was. i think i’m just here to yell at clouds now.

and we’re winning, slowly

are you? lol

for this the first time in human history, the average person has the tools in their pocket to organize on a massive scale. tired of conservative politics? show up en masse and dispose of the morons. tired of corporate overreach? bombs, terrified CEOs. we could make change happen in a heartbeat if we wanted to. the clock is ticking on climate change, but keep telling yourself you’re making ‘sLoW cHaNge’.

believe it or not, it’s not a troll. i’m seriously worried about most of you. you’ve lived in a padded, comfortable society for so long, you’ve lost sight of the larger historical narrative: most social change happens through violence. lots of people historically never saw it coming and were woefully unprepared when it did. most people don’t seem to realize that the entire framework of our society is held together at gunpoint. the threat of violence is the thing that underlies any lawful society. it’s what guarantees your rights.

and most of you are helpless to do anything about it when the people that do understand how it works decide to flex those muscles.

furthermore, your dependence on safety and security actually pads the way for your corporate overlords to determine what your life will be. it’s not like they have to really worry about you fighting back. they know you’re a bunch of cowards and it empowers them to push you around like the peasants that you seem to be willing to make yourselves into.

being rational means knowing what is the appropriate tool for the given task is. most of you seem irrationally unable to see that your peaceful and calm methods have failed to prevent the steady deterioration of the quality of life for the last 5 decades.

i’m not afraid of anger. anger is a motivator. anger gets shit done.

lol. no, but i’m not ashamed of my anger when it happens. is that what you think matters? being calmer than the other guy?

oh no. someone on lemmy doesn’t agree with me. i must be wrong. /s

no. the problem is this massive pile of limp-wristed softies who need mods to protect them from the harsh reality of our modern predicament.

it is very much possible to be the only sane person in the crowd.

nope. i’m actually looking at the big picture and this thread is a microcosm of the problem: leftists are too soft to stand up to fascism. the obsession with car seats epitomizes why you are all too fragile to be relied on to oppose violent right wingers.

it also underscores my lack of concern for your petty grievances. i take pleasure in pointing out my very anecdotal childhood story because i knew it would bring out the limp-wristed folks like yourself. congratulations on taking the wimpy boy bait.

sure thing, pacifist. have fun raising your kids in the dystopia you were too chicken shit to do anything about.

they ban me wherever i go, so fuck em both.

i’ll bet i have better solutions than you do.

Just think about that for a minute.

nah. i don’t have kids so i don’t have to think about shit i don’t want to.

that’s not at all an uptight thing to say.

i was a toddler in the 70’s. i was never put in a child seat. i distinctly remember crawling around in the floorboard and watching the streetlights go past from a lying position. i’m glad i have those memories instead of being put in restraints every time i was ferried around. we were even in a car wreck once and i got thrown around a little bit. got a few cuts on my hand and that was it.

but i don’t have kids so i don’t worry about any of that shit.

i’m not sure if there was a point to this other than to be amused at yall for freaking out over everything.

you really need to chill out

there is nothing inherently wrong with our naked bodies. society has conditioned us to have shame. once upon a time, being naked was normal.

you guys missed the point. neither should be bad. it’s only bad because of how we sexualize eveything. it’s the sexualization that’s bad, and honestly, that wouldn’t even be that bad if it weren’t for the patriarchal exploitation of sex.