[-] gaja@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I don't think that's how that works. Historically, peace rarely gets results. Do you think the end of the holocaust came about through peaceful protest? French or American revolution? The hands off protest was marked 3rd largest in US history by Wikipedia and nothing has changed. Black lives matter protests were arguably ineffective considering we elected Trump again. We see time and time again that armed conservatives and police forces freely obtain what they want so much to the point that their most desperate members felt comfortable enough to storm the Capitol and they got pardoned. I think the mindset to advocate for peace isn't one that aligns with results. We see the results. I don't like violence, but I know they'd love to inflict violence against me.

[-] gaja@lemm.ee 14 points 1 week ago
[-] gaja@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

Idk feels like lemmy user don't have friends

[-] gaja@lemm.ee 89 points 1 week ago

It's a threat to the poors. You hurt the rich, you'll be treated the same.

[-] gaja@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

The reality is that it is hard to quit, but even addicts who haven't even tried will tell you that. I think it should be encouraged.

[-] gaja@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

No, no... they're onto something.

[-] gaja@lemm.ee 47 points 2 weeks ago

I'm at my first office job. A lot of people seem to eminate of the same forced positivity I saw during college. I don't want to isolate myself, but I can't see myself making connections.

[-] gaja@lemm.ee 14 points 2 weeks ago

Crazy how ethics work. Like a pig might be more physically and mentally capable than an individual in a vegetative state, but we place more value on the person. I'm no vegan, but I can see the contradiction here. When we generalize, it's done so for a purpose, but these assumptions can only be applied to a certain extent before they've exhausted their utility. Whether it's a biological system or an electrical circuit, there is no godly commandment that inherently defines or places value on human life.

[-] gaja@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

He isn't. Even so, how sincere do you take a billionaire making an argument against democracy?

[-] gaja@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago

I'm too new to upload so look up 5 column corne keyboard

[-] gaja@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago

They threaten people who parody their work with DMCA

[-] gaja@lemm.ee 10 points 2 weeks ago

Oil is set to run out as soon as 40 years from now. Explains the American panic to invade oil nations.

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