@rubinjoni
It's a really interesting exploration of how unity vs division develops.
You have these groups that have deep differences in language but with cohesion in shared cultural values, vs coups that have shallow differences in language, but deep divisions in values and identity.
@rubinjoni
I'm serious about shutting down the US, but realized that the negative associations with the Balkans and how that went down might lead people to negative conclusions about the outcome.
What is most interesting to you about the Balkans?
The only way we get through this is together
Reach out to friends, and organize
Share support and knowledge
Take care of each other
Shut down the US government
The only way we get through this is together
Reach out to friends, and organize
Share support and knowledge
Take care of each other
Shut down the US government
The only way we get through this is together
Reach out to friends, and organize
Share support and knowledge
Take care of each other
Shut down the US government
@rubinjoni
I'm not here to tell that states how to be. Texas is already in perpetual conflict with Austin, which is more like an enclave city-state.
The objective is to shine a light of truth on the way things already are, not to drive everything into chaos.
California is 3 states, *at most*
Every region *already* believes they speak True American English.
We have 71 days
So long as the US exists, the rich and powerful will exercise manipulation to attempt to seize control over it.
Unless you've got money, you're on your own.
The US government is now and has been a tool for exploitation. It no longer answers to people's actual needs.
Reach out to friends, and organize
Share support and knowledge
Take care of each other
let's end the US hegemony
Let's shut down the US government.
The tools we use to build the world determine what that world looks like. I want to live in a world of compassion and empathy, and sincere care, and genuine apologies.
We have 72 days
Reach out to friends, and organize
Share support and knowledge
Take care of each other
let's end the US government
It's time to Balkanize
I see the possibility that we can build a future where we are no longer data points in a machine, where we are people sharing love and kindness and respect. That future gives me hope.
I want your help to make it happen.
We have 73 days.
I want you to get organized
Share strength and knowledge
End the United States
It's time to Balkanize
Tomorrow, we take a look at rhetorical/propaganda strategies for reaching people in positions of authority.
@yuki2501
A note: strength comes from organizing, and resistance comes from strength.
I've been thinking about how the first step to doing anything has to be getting organized.
How about:
Organize
Share strength
Resist
This conveys that the strength and resistance arise from getting organized.
Looks like the Kamala Harris campaign has finally started using empathy.
I see that they know how. I'm angry they weren't using it before.
I'm seeing household/off-grid battery and solar supply shortages for at least the next year.
I think the way to go is going to be hybrid power systems. Generators and big batteries.
We're all so frustrated and exhausted from living in a world that is controlled by forces and people who can never take a risk on letting someone "unproven" demonstrate their competence.
I'm so fucking tired of living in a zero-trust society.
We've been looking to authorities to let us do what we know we can do.
It's time to start looking to each other, and asking each other for help with the things that we don't have to do alone.
The biggest part of this is refusing to let go of ego, to let other people exercise their competence in meaningfully supportive ways.
It's time for us to accept that none of us has all the answers, and to reach out for help from the people who have a better idea of where those answers are.
Reach out for help.
Let other people exercise their competence. The corporate hellworld fueled by fear and greed that we live in won't do it.
It's time to start trusting each other to help us.
Is it sinking in yet? They're not going to save us. It's up to us to support each other.
This greed, selfishness, avoidance, this refusal to acknowledge the way the world is.
It is what defines the United States.
The ego to think that no one else can make the right choice, so we've got to hold it all in ourselves.
This refusal to trust anyone else to help in any meaningful way.
This is what we are.
We can only move on by first accepting it, and then finding a better way.
@rubinjoni Come on, there's got to be something other than politics that's like waking up to find a giant dick drawn on a roof.
@rubinjoni Good good, alright, I think we're getting somewhere.
Aright, where else have you awoken in your life to find giant dicks on the roof?
One of those saturday morning cartoon morals is "Always be true to yourself"
the reason is that pretending to be someone you're not, putting on a face for other people, it rots your soul.
The mask is off.
The soul of the United States is rotten. Now its truth is exposed.
This is a country of greed, selfishness, avoidance, and rejection of introspection.
This is reality. This is the world we live in.
Now we can move forward.
I've decided to turn off the home feed, the global feed, and all notifications other than replies.
I have vastly restricted the psychological space that I exist in. You can step into that space if you really want to. That's up to you.
I think this will greatly improve my ability to exercise self-control of my emotions and disposition.
@rubinjoni Great, great, let's start there!
How did it get there? What's the story?
Did it start on the roof, or was it moved there?
What if it's been there the whole time?
