Excellent points. I do think how the country is run has an effect on suicide rates. A country with a better welfare state can provide better care for it’s citizens. I think the meme challenges the belief that quality of life is poor in these countries.
I certainly wouldn’t want instances to defederate over content like this.
It’s true though. China and North Korea both have a lower suicide rate than Taiwan and South Korea. Wikipedia
What problem do you have with it?
Yeah having dependents does add another layer of difficulty. Get them involved lol
I think people can part-time disobedience. Of course having a support network would make things easier. Maybe I’m just having trouble imagining.
I do think destroying flock cameras is worthwile. We definitely need more style and I’d argue it’s quite substantial too. For every camera destroyed it drains the budget and limits how many more can be installed.
I can believe that but I think the more important metric is labour hours vs food produced. Less labour and more food means more time for other activities.
A support network for civil disobedience can never exist. The state would shut it down immediatly. And yet disobedience must occur if the system is to truly change.
This is where we find ourselves. Destroy flock cameras. Don’t get caught. Support Palestine Action. Don’t get caught. Use what little time is available to fight back. But most importantly, don’t get caught because no one else can afford to save you.
Indeed. I can certainly see the benefits of this type of activity. I’m not saying it’s a bad idea for mental health and a sense of community.
But we had better community in the past and still felt the crushing weight of capitalism. Fighting back means fighting back. Community gardening is the left side of the meme.
Sorry but community gardening as a solution is one of the worst I’ve heard. It’s very hard to achieve the same level of scale and efficiancy that large farms do with these small gardens. For instance, I see no machinery in this picture. Are we really wanting to go back to the days where farming is done by hand?
Sure it’s good for the soul to get together and grow things but as a means to feed society it’s just not viable.
Do you really think a small group of farmers is ungovernable? Peasant farmers have been exploited for pretty much the entire history of humanity!
Ungovernable means civil disobedience, it means sabotage. It does mean building community, but if your community only wants to farm, remember to pay the king after the harvest.
Dude wtf are you talking about?? Islam does not call for the death of non believers. You’ve fallen for propaganda. Muslims are not your enemy.
I heard the english version with images sits at around 110GB. Haven’t verified myself though.
Click the link. The video is crazy! 10 minutes of the CEO saying if they want a union they can have a union. 70% of workers want a union.
Extremely disappointing from a non-profit organisation. They’re wasting money by not voluntarily recognising. Fuck Jimmy Wales for hiring union busting lawyers. Need to host it elsewhere!
You are not immune to propaganda. The people of Iran do not want all Christians dead, they do not want all Jews dead. They want peace in the region. The US government and it’s allies make that very difficult.
We police how people spend their money all the time! Taxes! Laws. Life is full of resitrictions. Just because you have money it doesn’t mean you’re above the law.
By law you must also contribute to society through taxes. How is it fair that a handful of individuals can buy the presidency to reduce their tax contributions. How is it fair that their companies can lobby the government to bend/break the rules.
Musk and Bezos have done well. They had innovative ideas and expanded them incrdibly well. They deserve to live in luxury. They could give half their wealth away and still live in luxury.
I still want to live in a meritocracy where good ideas are rewarded. But the amount of power these individuals have is monstrous. Some of their wealth must be taken away.
Iran hates the West because the West has been invading the Middle East for hundreds of years. The crusades were a horrendous time. Muslims and Jews lived fairly peacefully in Palestine before the West sent the WW2 european jewish refugees there and created the state of Israel. They did this to establish a base of influence in the region and further the US imperialist conquest. Maybe Iran wants nukes just so the West will leave it alone. Iran is not the aggressor. You are not immune to propaganda. Neither am I of course, I spent many years thinking the West were the good guys.
I feel like this a lot. The rage can be useful. You’re right. Our society is rotten. It requires a mass shift in perspective and a desire to remove corruption in every level of society.
I would recommend thinking about what skills you have and what you enjoy doing. Then think about how you can fight back in a way that works for you. It can be as small as changing your email to a provider that isn’t Google, Microsoft, etc. Something medium like attending a local government/community building meeting. Or as big as redacted. What do you wanna do?
Don’t get me wrong. It’s fucking hard. Be careful about burning out. The most important thing is to look after yourself and keep going. It takes all of us.
Lol spot on! This is exactly how the current economy is working 🙈
I’d be interested in your take on NymVPN. Governence is still a bit opaque but they do provide a novel way to incentivise operators to join the network.
Perhaps in the future we could see a ride share app powered in this way. Operators and drivers paid by an algorithm based on work done. Funded by users paying with a specific coin. With the interchangeability of cryptocoin it wouldn’t matter if there are competing projects. The governance question still remains though.
Would highly recommand getting cursed by the bio spoiler! Long watch but incredibly informative. You are not immune to propaganda.
Does the US need a war with Iran. Does it need to invest so heavily in AI. I’d say no. I’d say that money would be far better spent providing support to the next generation. Or literally anything else. Green tech, healthcare, education are far more worthy causes than tax cuts for the rich.
Wow yeah you’re right! How interesting. Do you think there’s a stigma around suicide which prevents people from seeking help when it is actually available?