To add to the extensive information you've already been given, I would highly recommend the Anarchist FAQ, which is all good, but specifically section J breaks down the "what can we do about it" part.
Hopefully the UKs situation improves from the past 14-15 years of the Tories rule
This is all the confirmation it takes. You're close, but if you still think Starmer's Labour is going to change anything fundamental about how things are run, you've not been paying attention.
Lmmfao, ok, if we're going for context, you've managed to conveniently leave out a massive bit of it - that Sir Starmer, the current Labour leader and as much a part of the establishment as any Tori politician is, has not only publicly declared transphobic shit like men = penis woman = vagina, but is now also taking advice from Joanne herself, after she called him out for not being a big enough terf, and he in turn and without even blinking, willingly obliged to prove her wrong (and that he aspires to be just as prolific a transphobe as she is).
The idea that only Tories are responsible for the institutionalised transphobia in this country, and that blue Labour is going to do anything but continue toeing exactly the same line, is not only laughable, but glaringly and wilfully ignorant.
If you think those in power in the UK, widely known as TERF island, aren't deliberately and actively trying to harm trans people (among others), you've not been paying attention,.
A compelling argument I’ve heard is that the greatest performance enhancing drug is being exposed to testosterone during puberty and that seems to be the base line a lot of the sporting organisations use
It might be compelling, but that doesn't make it true (the testosterone in puberty part, not the sports organisations using transphobic rhetoric part, though as you can see bellow, even the International Olympic Committee, arguably the biggest global sports organisation, doesn't advocate this thinking)
several key conclusions coincide with findings from the IOC funded study, including.....Testosterone levels do not predict athletic performance or overall athleticism.
Yeah, the amount of ableism (and classism, racism) in the post and comments is fucking gross.
AI is a tool.
Are capitalists using it for evil? Sure.
Is this specifically an evil use?
Only if your goal is to exclude people who you see as lesser than yourself from accessing information you have the privilege to freely access.
Personally having the knowledge and ability to read books in general, but in what is often outdated (or not even someone's first) language, unaided, doesn't mean everyone does (or that everyone ever will be, even in whatever "perfect" world they like to imagine where people with different needs don't exist), and making literature more accessible will only ever be a positive thing (again, unless someone's goal is to exclude people they see as lesser than them, which evidently many do, in which case, rallying against accessibility aids is right on brand).
People need to get off their high horses and start aiming their anger where it belongs (how about the billionaire owned governments that ensure the population is poorly educated to make us all, yourselves included as is clearly evident here, easier to manipulate, or that exclude those of us with different needs and learning styles and classifies us as "burdens", or the billionaires making billions more from commodifying freely available information), not join hands with oppressors and stomp anyone they consider bellow them.
I'm glad you're finding the info helpful and insightful.
I think with regards to use of language, this is another good read (E: also the understanding-disability link I attached earlier will will probably help with the "why" behind thinking "disabled" is a slur). It might be coming at this from a slightly different angle, but I think the point still stands - "politeness", "offence", "political correctness" these are terms most often used by the privileged to police the speech of and control marginalised people (aka "respectability politics"), rather than the other way around, but I might be digressing a little at this point lol..
More power to them, we need collectives like this in every town and city. Build communities that exist to serve and support their members, not line the pockets of some already obscenely rich capitalist that has probably never even set foot locally.
ID: comic showing a homeless person sleeping in a doorway when a cop comes and tells them it's illegal to sleep in public. The homeless person replies saying they guess they'll just go to a hotel tonight, or maybe their townhouse or the Hamptons, then make a mock call to "Smithers" saying their "super fun street sleeping holiday" is over and asking which mansion they should sleep in, as the cop thinks "next: outlaw sarcasm"
Well, no, they aren't fighting homelessness at all, that would mean trying to reduce, not to mention eliminate it.
Capitalists want homelessness, so that they have a whole under class of people to lock up and exploit, and that also serve as a warning to the rest of the working class.
The war is definitely against the homeless, not homelessness.
I think why you think "disabled" is rude is the thing to focus on (and the answer very briefly is because you, we all, were socialised to think that way).
I'll just drop this link in too, I think intersectionality is vital, and understanding how systems of oppression stand alone and interact with each other is vital to unlearning them, and I think this is a good starting point that goes in to several:
https://www.yorku.ca/edu/unleading/systems-of-oppression/
My 2 year wait was over a decade ago, so looong before covid.
The fact that things are worse now isn't really surprising considering the service is now basically a hollowed out carcass with several hundred private firms picking it apart..
People without ADHD that claim to be can shew the expectations of what ADHD people go through in the wrong direction.
This is a fiction used to deprive all of us of services and accommodation (by making it ever harder to pass the gatekeeping).
Neurodiverse people are generally treated like crap in the work place and generally in society, the idea that people are making it up to gain some imaginary perks truly is ridiculous to anyone who has ever tried getting any support. You having a decent boss is one of those privileges I mentioned that you should check, because as you go on to say, if that wasn't the case, and it isn't for many, you'd be sacked, as many are, if they ever get employed in the first place.
As for voting, you basically describing both parties at this point, and that's because the whole system is a sham, as is the idea that voting actually gives us any say or control. It's only by looking outside of the bucket they have us in that we will find the way to freedom.
That's the fucking point - there is nothing disrespectful about the word disabled, while there definitely is a lot of disrespect in using bullshit euphemisms like the one you used. The fact that you're arguing back rather than listen and try to do better proves that you don't care about respecting disabled people at all, but only about making yourself comfortable.
Feel free to read the links I shared with the person bellow if you actually want to start showing respect to disabled people. Either way, I'm done here.
To add to the extensive information you've already been given, I would highly recommend the Anarchist FAQ, which is all good, but specifically section J breaks down the "what can we do about it" part.
The anarchist Library in general is a fantastic resource, another good place to start might be David Graeber's Are You An Anarchist? The Answer May Surprise You! or Kropotkin's Mutual Aid.
Happy exploring!