There’s a lot of doomerism happening in these comments, so I’m just gonna add in that yes, I do think there’s a chance. A small chance, but a chance nonetheless

Right now shit sucks real bad. People know this. That’s why Trump won the first time. He ran as an anti-establishment everything candidate and people—not just his bigoted cultists—ate it up. But things didn’t get better. So then people voted for Biden bc he was the opposition to Trump who had become the establishment as the sitting president. And Biden won and shit still sucked. So then they went back to Trump bc there was no viable republican or democrat candidate outside of Trump and Biden/Harris. (Yes Bernie should have been the answer but America is currently a two party system and he was robbed of a primary election.)

So now that everything sucks and is getting worse and we’ve tried republicans and democrats and none of it is working and most candidates refuse to talk about real issues like affordability, people are starting to say “fine. I’ll find a different candidate then.”

And that’s how we got Zohran Mamdani, an openly democratic socialist as mayor of New York City. All across the country progressive candidates are using this momentum to primary out establishment dems. Not all are winning, but many of the races are close, like Kat Abughazaleh’s race. Even that helps because it shows dems that if they want to keep their seat as the controlled opposition so they can keep getting their bribes, then they have to change their messaging and priorities. People aren’t satisfied with a campaign to return to pre-Trump business as usual. People want a candidate that works for them

So check who’s on the ballot of your dem primaries (which are happening rn and through the summer depending on where you live) and see if there are any progressive candidates and do what you can to support them. Donate, volunteer, spread the word, and most importantly, show up and vote in the primary and the elections in November. Even local candidates like city council members and judges can have a lot of power if they have enough numbers and the support of the people

I know a lot of people on lemmy say that America is beyond repair and that the only answer at this point is a violent revolution but not only is this not realistic, it’s not helpful. A violent revolution would be devastating and the amount of lives lost would be horrifying. Theres also the fact that most violent revolutions result in a military authority taking power rather than a true democratic rebuilding. It’s much easier to fantasize about a violent revolution than it is to do the slow, tedious work of creating real change from the ground up

There’s no need to jump to the worst case scenario when we have a prime opportunity to make real change and build grassroots movements. Like I said, this is our chance to capitalize on people’s anger and dissatisfaction with the system to build class consciousness and grassroots movements. Do what you can, even if it doesn’t seem like a lot, and stay hopeful. We’ll get through this together by supporting each other

I’m gonna be honest, I took a look at peertube and just couldn’t find anything I was really interested in. Like I was just looking for some good gaming content and I couldn’t find anything to my taste (or honestly much at all). Maybe this is a case of user error, but I just don’t think peertube currently has the content to encourage viewers to switch

Luna can examine still images taken from a security camera installed in the store, which the AI system can use to monitor employees. According to Petersson, Luna recently observed one of the employees using their phone during a particularly quiet hour, so the system updated the market’s employee handbook to set stricter rules on workers’ phone usage.

“We saw that, and thought, wow, it feels dystopian,” Petersson said.

See the ai company is gonna market this as the ai “improving worker efficiency” and these corporations are gonna eat it up and we’ll all suffer

It’s called Set It Up

Like he said, America was founded on capitalism

I’m saving this in case you ever remember the guy bc that sounds incredible

The worst part is that I know this will become real bc there’s literally a hallmark movie that’s this but with human assistants :/

That’s fantastic! I hope more places can be like that in the near future!

Most people don’t live in countries with communist healthcare. Many people do not even currently have the option of getting renewable energy either bc there’s not enough sun where they live to make it feasible on its own or there’s just no companies/infrastructure near them to switch to

You may not be rich but it sounds like the country you live in has a higher base standard of living than many other places in the world. That’s great! It’s just sad that other countries do not have those social safety nets and infrastructure

I’ve never read that before. Thanks for sharing it!

Looks like the bigger one is blocking the sunlight for the smaller one. Might wanna try moving the bigger one out of the way or just fully replanting the smaller one in an area with more sunlight. Other than that these sprouts seem to be doing pretty well ☺️

I mean, that’s great for you. Genuinely, I hope everyone can live that kinda life. For most of the world though, that is not the case. Trump’s damn ego and this stupid war are already devastating poorer countries and it’ll only get worse the longer it goes on

I know this post is about driving, but the more expensive gasoline is and the less we have available in general then we’re going to start having energy issues eventually since we don’t have a renewable energy grid (and won’t anytime soon even if we start building now). Energy issues means that hospitals and stuff will potentially have trouble powering all their equipment and you know it’s gonna be the poorest communities that are hit the hardest and soonest. I know that seems like it’s not gonna happen bc America is huge and all, but if this goes on for too long or if they actually just fucked up all oil production and distribution in the area (about 20% of the global supply iirc) then that is a very real danger

Like yes, I want this country to no longer be car-based and to have good public transit and renewable energy grids, but if this continues for too long it will absolutely devastate poorer communities and countries. Just look at what’s going on in Cuba right now bc of Trump restricting oil to the island

There’s a bi week? Lucky, most of us only get one day a year

If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you. -Lyndon B. Johnson

Basically, people were already really racist against black people, so it’s easier to just continue that narrative. Build upon all the lies that were used to try and justify enslaving black people to make poor people, including other black people who believe the lies, blame black people for all their problems. That way we fight amongst ourselves instead of looking at and justly blaming the people with power and money

Before Trump’s rise it had become not-okay to be openly racist in most of the country so they had to pivot to openly attacking a different group: queer people, specifically trans people. (They were still very racist, just less open about it.) Blaming a minority or marginalized group is a classic conservative move to stop people from developing class consciousness and realizing that a poor cis straight white man has infinitely more in common with a poor queer trans black woman than a rich (like billionaire rich) cis straight white man

That’s bc chatbots are sycophantic. So initially it gives the answer it’s trained to give and then as you talk to it it learns that you want it to say x instead so it says x

I feel like a psychotherapist would the one person who wouldn’t be bored by your boring recurring nightmares

I didn’t say they’re attracted to most people they meet, I said that they potentially could feel sexual attraction. As in, it’s not unusual for them to feel sexual attraction towards a complete stranger

This place sounds like heaven and it’s literally just stuff Europe has been doing forever

The difference is that many people feel sexual attraction towards potentially anyone whereas demisexuals only potentially feel sexual attraction to people they’ve already formed a close bond with. It’s not about actually having sex with people, it’s about the sexual attraction or lack thereof

I’m ace and I was always confused about why people panic around hot people. I get panicking around someone new, but their hotness never plays into it. It was only until I learned about asexuality and learned that most people have a physical reaction to people they find physically/sexually attractive (whether that be increased heart rate, arousal, etc.) I’ve simply never experienced that. Demisexuals are similar in that they don’t deal with that for strangers but if they have a strong emotional connection with someone then they may start to feel sexual attraction