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In the US and Europe now is a very dangerous time to give up on news. Cables news should be dropped, but I'm seeing in the comments here a few people ardently a

by legodt 10y ago

In the US and Europe now is a very dangerous time to give up on news. Cables news should be dropped, but I'm seeing in the comments here a few people ardently against all news. Considering that a white nationalist backed candidate is in-office with full party support starting this year, ignoring the news is a luxury only affordable to the rich white male class. Everybody else is affected.

stephenboyd 10y ago
Unless you live in a total dictatorship, it's selfish to be completely disinterested in what's going on in the world. We don't actually live in that dictatorship yet here in the US, and the actions and expressed preferences of common citizens are still influential in politics, especially if you care enough to call up your legislators and write to your newspapers. We are the cast, not the audience.
- eli_gottlieb 10y ago
  >We don't actually live in that dictatorship yet here in the US, and the actions and expressed preferences of common citizens are still influential in politics, especially if you care enough to call up your legislators and write to your newspapers. We are the cast, not the audience. Many people participate, and push back, but we can see which way the wind is blowing. Dictatorship? Well, maybe not outright dictatorship, but certainly heavy authoritarianism along the lines of Putin and Erdogan.
eli_gottlieb 10y ago
I follow the news, but I also need to get to work on efforts to move somewhere else. My wife is completely terrified of moving far-away from family, but of course, I'm rather terrified of living under a fascist state.
- legodt 10y ago
  I don't know where you live or how hypothetically fucked you are, but it isn't too late to give a little of your time to get involved in local politics and fight back! No guilting or judgement, just trying to keep a positive mood as a lot of times these "escape plans" don't work out for various reasons
  - eli_gottlieb 10y ago
    Dude, I already pay monthly dues to an activist org, attend the monthly meetings, attend demonstrations, sign petitions, talk to my local legislature, and basically the whole lot of it. The term "card-carrying" refers to me. I have a literal membership card from said activist organization. I am fighting back. EDIT: Actually, no, I have two membership cards. One is from my normal activist org, the other from the ACLU.
    - legodt 10y ago
      Best of luck, stay safe

by legodt 10y ago

stephenboyd 10y ago

Unless you live in a total dictatorship, it's selfish to be completely disinterested in what's going on in the world. We don't actually live in that dictatorship yet here in the US, and the actions and expressed preferences of common citizens are still influential in politics, especially if you care enough to call up your legislators and write to your newspapers. We are the cast, not the audience.

eli_gottlieb 10y ago
>We don't actually live in that dictatorship yet here in the US, and the actions and expressed preferences of common citizens are still influential in politics, especially if you care enough to call up your legislators and write to your newspapers. We are the cast, not the audience. Many people participate, and push back, but we can see which way the wind is blowing. Dictatorship? Well, maybe not outright dictatorship, but certainly heavy authoritarianism along the lines of Putin and Erdogan.

eli_gottlieb 10y ago

I follow the news, but I also need to get to work on efforts to move somewhere else. My wife is completely terrified of moving far-away from family, but of course, I'm rather terrified of living under a fascist state.

legodt 10y ago
I don't know where you live or how hypothetically fucked you are, but it isn't too late to give a little of your time to get involved in local politics and fight back! No guilting or judgement, just trying to keep a positive mood as a lot of times these "escape plans" don't work out for various reasons
- eli_gottlieb 10y ago
  Dude, I already pay monthly dues to an activist org, attend the monthly meetings, attend demonstrations, sign petitions, talk to my local legislature, and basically the whole lot of it. The term "card-carrying" refers to me. I have a literal membership card from said activist organization. I am fighting back. EDIT: Actually, no, I have two membership cards. One is from my normal activist org, the other from the ACLU.
  - legodt 10y ago
    Best of luck, stay safe