solomon42069

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[–] solomon42069 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

They sure are, and the US was also the world's guard dog until very recently. Past international relationships don't weight as much as they used to (or should) in the new paradigm.

Things can change fast in world politics, even if they've been a certain way for a long time. If the benefit is there, leaders will choose to serve their nations / electoral interest first.

[–] solomon42069 0 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (2 children)

If China worked closely with Europe on free trade and defence, it could challenge any attempts at shenanigans from Russia and the US.

[–] solomon42069 3 points 2 days ago

They also have the support of the world!

Now we just need to teach them the Spirit Bomb...

[–] solomon42069 23 points 2 days ago

Poor little baby Robert O'Neill... There's literally receipts for his tweets all over the internet, who does he think he's trying to kid with this lawyer prepared spin?

For those not aware - this brewing company is owned by the guy who killed Bin Laden and then as reward wanted to turn a bunch of straight white Gen Z boys into his concubines for supporting Kamala Harris...

[–] solomon42069 8 points 2 days ago

"No matter how hard we work, the boss yells at us. What the heck are we working for this asshole for?"

  • The Workers perspective.
[–] solomon42069 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Now imagine servers on tips...

IMO some of them are just going to work for the shift meal and pinch whatever they can from the place - leftover food, toilet paper, utentils, etc.

All you can do when you're basically a slave..

[–] solomon42069 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

A little bit, yeah. Trump supporters are also very desperate people, many of them turned to the dark side due to grievances with the world. And not all of them are always imagined. The wrong part is the conclusions these people come to and the way they go about correcting what they think is wrong...

Conspiracy theories are rife with these people. UFO ones where aliens poke you in the butt and interview you about the planet and wipe your memory are very common in these groups.

Meanwhile as a progressive the aliens I fantasise about are like.. enlightened and compassionate lol.

[–] solomon42069 87 points 1 week ago

Just as easily applies to queerness and gender expression too. My favourite part on the these specific issues is the ignorance in the west, acting like being trans and queer is uniquely American and new.

Meanwhile South East Asia is right there...

[–] solomon42069 10 points 1 week ago

Man I'm not even sure we have a government anymore...

[–] solomon42069 51 points 1 week ago

Good ol capitalism breeding innovation. And then acquiring the innovation, cloning it poorly and killing it off so the market has no access to the product and service they wanted. Innovative!

[–] solomon42069 44 points 1 week ago (23 children)

Easy solution - new defence pact without USA and invite everyone else the Trumpian USA stiffed on defence like Australia.

We (Australia) are already in Eurovision so a defence pact with Europe (and the UK lol) would make sense!

 

Many of us are feeling a certain way right now—trying to make sense of the level of injustice, misinformation, and apathy in the world. In the absence of a satisfying explanation or solution, I've done my best to offer my own take on it. I hope that by opening up about some of my past and what I care about, you’ll see the human context of these issues. I hope this is the right place to post and not against the rules!

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by solomon42069 to c/asklemmy
 

It feels like no matter where I turn some septuagenarian, or older, is making life miserable for myself and others. Usually these are older white Christian conservatives, obsessed with a delusional sense of reality that no longer has a basis in fact, or perhaps never did.

There is a disproportionate amount of wealth concentrated in the older generation and those who will inherit it will probably be even worse with that money than the last generation. Certainly we see evidence of that already, anyone in their 30's who has parents who help them out VS those who don't have that have radically different outcomes. For some reason those lucky enough to come from good families ascribe laziness and bad attitude to those who don't have the family support, as if they are somehow enjoying "self made success" while mummy does their laundry for them.

No generation previous needed this kind of assistance well into adulthood, but this infantilisation of working adults has happened because of the hoarding of wealth, refusing to pass on the torch in workplaces and just blocking change for the sake of stoking petty politics. Most of us will never own our own home but all the politicians want to talk about is whether it's OK to dehumanise trans people or not.

I'm 36 this year. For most of my teens I thought there'd be some kind of tipping point where the conservative boomers would fuck off or at least let the next generation step in, but that hasn't happened. Back in the 1990's you could be a girl and wear jeans and be empowered, now this is considered some kind of woke statement. As if we recently invented this idea of women and men being equal.

The faces of my two dogs, my cat and my husband are all that keep me going. Knowing they need me gives me just enough to get out of bed in the morning and start moving... but I'm struggling to do even that without having a breakdown. My husband and I have medical expenses we can't afford and are borrowing money to survive right now. I run my own business and just feel this immense pressure on my shoulders, that again is compounded by how unfair the world is right now.

Anyone got any advice for coping with this late stage capitalist hellscape?

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