I’m sure most would say that political thought is too complex to build it down to that simple of a spectrum. Even in the colloquial scale I’d say there are many schools of socialism, but the “furthest left” in the real world might be anarchism. Beyond that, to use your example, would probably be a Utopian version of the matrix.

Shit, you made the same comment I had in mind but worded it way better

I’m going to lightly disagree with most of the comments in this post. The states (likely the world) is getting ready for a big transition. I don’t think that’s something that can (or should tbh) be ignored. As in, cutting yourself off from the news completely isn’t a realistic way to get closer to that peace you’re looking for. I think the way to keep the dread from consuming you is to know that you’re doing your part in countering bad actors.

That doesn’t mean you have to become a freedom fighter or a protest organizer. I like what the guy with the goats was talking about in connecting with his community. Or you can volunteer with an organization that brings food to the homeless or whatever. Maybe start a community garden (or edible forest). Something big or small that helps you feel you’re making the world a better place even just in your own little piece of it, even if you limit to a day or two each week.

Then the bad news becomes a little easier to cope with. Because even though you’re never going fix the world by yourself (that can only happen collectively), at least you know you’re doing what you can to help. At least for me, that helps the noise quiet down enough to take the time to get lost in a book or something.

Alligator Auschwitz

Analyze after the fact. I just try to convince myself I’m wrong about things and hopefully I’m not successful the majority of the time. Think about any specific situation I feel I need to, and compare how I acted with how I would want to act. It’s an active maintenance process that means hopefully i have more interactions that line up with what’s desired. More than if I just allowed myself to act entirely on instinct

By going to the shooting range?

The problem isn’t Americans, it’s a lack of public transit. A place like Germany allows people to not drive. Americans basically have to drive if they want any real mobility, even if they don’t want to or are bad at driving.

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I should get a flag to fly upside down

This is the best answer !fuckcars

Plenty of good real solutions in the comments here. My creative solution is to add a feature to everyone’s phone that automatically will FaceTime them with someone also on their phone in the area. You can’t turn it off, you can only add people to your default list. No guarantee they’re who you connect to though.

Yeah I’m down for anything that breaks up the duopoly

Yes there are already solutions to pretty much all the problems we currently have, we just need to collectively decide to enact those solutions

Either kill himself or get arrested for loitering and sent to prison to become a slave. At least that’s the plan in the states.

Maybe we should actually try to fix societies problems so that kind of thing no longer feels necessary

Does that mean you voted for Biden in 2020 and Harris in 2024 like many people around him seemed to support?

Is allowing any progress too progressive?

According to the regressive right, yes.

Can you name any politicians you identify with?

You’re still sounding like a dem. Why are you opposed to that association?

I’m not interested in setting myself apart from anybody else.

Then why make this comm? Aren’t you trying to separate yourself as an old school conservative?

If you are, then you have two options in modern American politics, 1 stay with the party and embrace fascism because it is firmly trumps party at this point, or 2 join the establishment dems because they have fully embraced folks like Liz Cheney. Unless you’d like to break up the 2-party system, in which case I would say, thanks for the help comrade.