I find it a little frustrating that you think any of this started with, because of, or will end with cheeto.
This:
a fractured nation, a failing education system, crumbling infrastructure, and a healthcare system that leaves millions behind
has always been the case, and it is a feature, not a bug. Always has been.
And it will never change as long as you continue to focus on the things the system tells you to focus on (like team red vs team blue, or the clown at the front of the stage) rather than on the system itself (a state mechanism built on slavery and genocide from day dot, and designed and enforced by and for the rich and powerful, who are the ones actually pulling the strings) and abolishing that.
And before OP gets their underwear in a twist - all states are oppressive and should be abolished, but a country founded on and with the biggest hard on for capitalism on the planet, and who has the power to, and has been since its founding, loudly and aggressively dragging the rest of the world on a race to the bottom (if not directly with war mongering and political interfering, then with profiteering off of their enemies war mongering and politically interfering), deserves all the criticism it gets, and the fact that it's easier for you to create a straw person to dismiss the perfectly valid and long overdue criticism, than it is to hear them and sit with the mild discomfort it causes you to hear the truth and confront reality, is a you problem, not a lemmy problem.
ID: photo of a black cat sat on a leopard print blanket, in front of them is an open copy of The Conquest of Bread by Peter Kropotkin
In response to @Comrade_Spood's query on pt 1 (found by complete coincidence, but had to share considering that exchange lol)
Your brother is on a (specifically designed and heavily funded) pipeline to being a total piece of shit (not just with misogyny, but racism, and probably queerphobia and ableism too), do what you can to get him off it. A quick search brings up what looks to be some good info to start you off:
Misogynistic influencers are trending right now. Defusing their message is a complex task
De-radicalising incels out of the ‘manosphere’ through Reddit
There are also many youtube videos on the subject, though I haven't watched any recently, so I won't link, but look up something along the lines of "manosphere right wing pipeline" and you should see some results.
If you’re really asking what it means, an Alpha is a
pseudo scientific myth that has been twisted and then adopted almost exclusively by toxic men to try and boost their own ego and justify their shit behaviour
FTFY
And you're telling everyone here that you are an ableist.. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
It obviously hit home with the bored loser, since they picked it for one of their latest account names lmmfao
(seriously though, the mods of this community need to get a grip on this spam)
Yes, but also "laziness" isn't actually a thing that exists:
https://medium.com/@beardedbestie/the-ableist-roots-of-laziness-9eaaf3026d6c
https://fortitudeandflow.com/you-cant-be-lazy-laziness-does-not-exist/
There seems to be this new trend of accounts being created to post this low quality rage bate and other boomer humour at best in this community. This is either a bot, or a really bored loser, either way, the pattern is very obvious (new account that posts 3 comics in a row here and nothing else), and easy to spot and block.
I know this will have little impact, but do yourselves a favour - don't feed the troll.
I love how the men who can't help but pipe up about how "ackchyually" this isn't the case because reasons all magically happen to anecdotally be the statistical anomalies of what decades of research (not to mention their reflexive reaction) has repeatedly proven is a real problem that exists across all walks of life.
Like pretty much all posts about anything even remotely feminism related, it is a self selection mechanism that they just can't help but react to.
Wow, I feel both seen and very attacked 😂
I do all of this and more. It's constant, and it's exhausting.
ID: "You're always writing about politics. Why don't you post cat pictures like everyone else?
Me: Okay!"
Below is a photo of a tabby cat burritoed in a bright pink blanket on a sofa, they look to be intently reading Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels The Communist Manifesto which is open in front of them.
ID: Kombucha Girl meme, at the top it says "new year's re-" then on the left, above her disgusted face, it completes to "-solutions" (resolutions), and on the right above her impressed face, with the text now glowing red, it completes to "-volutions" (revolutions)
ID: Drawing of a single flower growing in a pot, it is looking sparse and only has 3 petals left, 2 more petals have fallen off to the ground next to it. Text says: "It's okay if all you did ~~today~~ THIS YEAR was survive"
ID: white text on a black background around a faded photo of a person with a black face scarf on and a hat that says "illegal" on it:
"But it's illegal"
"Saying that something is illegal is not an argument, it is an appeal to authority. Laws are arbitrary dictates to control a population, not universal standards of morality.
Credit: freethouchtproject.com
ID: image titled "Health Insurance CEOS and their pay:" above 8 photos of the CEO
Cigna, DAVID CORDANI $21M
WellCare, MICHAEL CARSON $23.5M
Humana, BRUCE BROUSSARD $16.3 M
CENTENE Corporation, SARAH LONDON $18.6 M
MOLINA HEALTHCARE, JOSEPH ZUBRETSKY $21.4 M
CVS Health, KAREN LYNCH $21.6 M
Elevance Health, GAIL BOUDREAUX $21.9 M
United Healthcare, BRIAN THOMPSON $10.2 M
ID: Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck next to a poster saying "CEO season" with a photo of Elon Musk
ID: On the left is a chart of "Claim denial rates by insurance company", ranging from Kaiser Permanente at 7%, through the Industry average at 16%, all the way up to UHC at 32%. Based on available in-network claim data for plans sold on the marketplace.
On the right is a photo of Brian Thompson on a cloud, bellow him is text: "Today we remember the legacy of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson." -Ken Klippenstein
ID: Drawing of a duck billed platypus underwater, they're wearing a rainbow coloured t shirt and a pink bum-bag, and saying: "Ally is not something you can self-identify as, it's a title that you earn. Let your actions speak for themselves!"
Credit: Sophie Labelle
ID: screengrab of a list of tips and tricks for the game Pocket Build, it says:
When making a circle with walls or fences, make a line in the middle first as a guide then proceed to place the fences while changing the angle one notch at a time. The change in angle has to be consistent for it to be a perfect circle.
When you place a fish, you can scale the number of fish that appear but not their size.
Since People and Goblins don’t disappear once they die, you can use their bodies for decoration.
ID: Person A posted: "Gen Z is too afraid to ask a waiter for extra ketchup, but will bodyslam a cop"
Person B replied: "We respect those who actually serve"
Person C says: "BRUH"
No, stop, I can't fucking breath.. 🤣🤣🤣