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Yeah this should be up there with "stop, drop, and roll"

This is sick!! Would you mind sharing your config?

Wait what's the problem with anark?

Definitely agree about voters being misinformed. It really worries me that there isn't a consensus reality with agreement on even what the problems are, let alone solutions.

I recently read this and found it helpful: https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/how-to-think-about-politics-without

Basically, it says that politicians won't do the right thing because it's the right thing, they'll do whatever is politically advantageous. In that framing, our role is to make it advantageous for them to do the right thing.

A video I've seen in this realm is this one: https://youtu.be/yXOgbbHyii8

He's aiming for much loftier goals than individual policies like universal healthcare, but I especially like his points on effective ways to allocate your energy.

Personally, I fall somewhere between him and the Contrapoints video he's responding to - I think we should absolutely vote for politicians and policies that move us in the right direction, but I think it's much more important overall to build collective power outside of the state (unions / community organizations). Ideally, I'd like to spend 90% of my effort on organizing and 10% on voting and voter engagement.

I don't think that allocation is objectively correct, or that there even exists a "right" way to engage. Different folks have different values, strengths, and interests, and I think the most important thing is that we're all pulling in the same direction of "get everyone's basic needs met."

Why do you think Trump won?

I agree that Biden made good progress, and that Dems are pushing for the right things, but even with that progress and platform voters still handed the country back to Trump.

Maybe put another way, what are the ways to energize people to vote blue? Actually governing well clearly isn't it.

Don't do that.

Don't give me hope.

Disagree. Voting is necessary, of course, but it is NOT the first step. America just voted in Wish Hitler for his second term because he has a huge propaganda machine propping him up. Legislatively, he got the most votes and things are working as intended.

We need to change people's minds, and that requires organization, direct action, and our own propaganda.

And of course we shouldn't kill people, but if DEATH was a consequence for exploiting people, then exploitation would at least be minimized instead of happening proudly in broad daylight.

Right - the cost is your time instead of dollars.

I don't like doing stuff, so I give my time an hourly rate of $100. Absolute BEST case scenario (for me) would be that this is a weekend project, so call it 10 hours.

So my best case break-even point would be 10K stars. Which seems like it'd be more than I'd need?

Absurdism in philosophy is "nothing matters"ism - see the exurb1a video above.

In art, though, absurdism is what you describe.

He's Mr Grinch, so it's at least his last name (and also explains him being THE Grinch who stole christmas). It's possible that it's also his job (see "Smith"), but prefer that grinching is named after him, a la Scrooge

Sounds like you need the 28 hour day!

https://xkcd.com/320

I tried it once! and it was... weird. But at least you'll know when your waking hours are!

I imagine him looking like the Pringles guy