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organizing absolutely has. Ever heard of the civil rights movement and the black panthers? And various kinds of organizing similar to that throughout history?
Now, critically, the organizing that worked wasn’t exactly… non-disruptive. It’s not enough to just stand with signs yelling at designated government hours, it’s about making life hell for those in power, until your demands are met.
Protesting would certainly do something
Just the right type of protests
I can tell you it has been abused against me multiple times on Reddit. I called someone out for something wrong or bigoted they posted and they blocked me after responding, making me unable to respond back. And presumably kept posting stuff in the future that I just didn’t see, and wasn’t able to call out
It’s a terrible system as it just allows abuse by bad faith actors more than anything else
Has happened multiple times to me. I called somebody out for saying something wrong or bigoted or whatever, they blocked me after responding to me, I could no longer respond back to their response. And then presumably they kept saying shit that I was not able to see because I was blocked
It’s a short-sighted way of implementing blocking, since it allows for heavy abuse by bad actors
Maybe because reading is a sign of being intelligent/cultured in people’s mind, and people on average value that slightly more than physical fitness
Is it really that difficult to have enough supplies just for 72 hours? You don’t even need any food for that short of a time, and you only really would need, what, 2 liters per person? Personally I drink a lot more than 1 liter of water per day, but in a crisis situation you’re gonna ration it
It could also be built-up stress or a variety of other disorders, or a culmination of things
The ranking goes as follows
Notably, all the 4 countries above the US have less than 1/10 the total amount of prisoners that the US does
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarceration_rate
Probably utility and price?
You gotta emphasize how normal and approachable you are. A true one of the people
Some people just have unusual features
Ooh, those are such cool topics though!
You say that but I’ve heard concerningly many people say that there is no point in teaching everyone stuff like basic math because chances are they won’t use it
Frankly, in my experience the social media has been unreasonably optimistic
Most of the struggles and worries come from real-life expriences
However there definitively have been times that were better before they got much worse, and I’d argue that today is one of those times
On big difference today has compared to, say, 10 years ago, is that 10 years ago there was much more hope for… well… hope. Today? Well, things are going to get much worse before they get better, if they ever do.
There is nothing that says the future must always get better just because historically it for the most part have. Sometimes the most rational thing to do is to indeed prepare for the possibility that things will get much worse. Otherwise you end up with a situation like how people today wonder why more Jews didn’t move out from pre-war germany
Because knowledge is a preventative measure to being manipulated
People also say that knowing that historical events happened don’t benefit them, would you agree with that too? These things are a lot more nuanced than just what direct benefit they give you. Knowing the basics of how our world works, including how nature works, is useful.
You have no idea how many times I had to explain evolution to people because it was relevant to the conversation and where they were tricked by some weird bullshit. Gaps in knowledge are exploitable, but not only that, the more you know, the higher your capability of connecting concepts together in a sound manner is
Knowing how evolution works has been generally useful in my life, and I am very happy I know how it roughly works, and the field I’m in is nowhere near biology or chemistry or nature
Then again, discord is not outright fascist. Yes it’s a shitty company, but shitty companies are the standard
Twitter though? I feel as if a lot more people could go “if you want to ever talk with me again, go here” and people would follow. It’s a bit harder to argue for staying on twitter when all of this shit is going on
Then again, a lot of my friends are still on twitter despite me telling how fucking dangerous that site is now, so eh. I don’t really get it, though. Then again, I have little sympathy for people who complain that something is too complex just because it doesn’t do literally everything for you. A lot of people are just addicted to convenience, despite it harming them in the long run
I guess it’s good to hear that things are changing for the better, I emigrated from Poland when I was a child to Norway and my perception of Poland is a far less favourable one lol
Though my entire polish family are also very religious and conservative so
On the other hand, do keep in mind that mighty empires have fallen. We cannot say for sure that things will be fine just because in the past the USA has survived