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So get involved in something. Demonstrate, join a local activist group, volunteer, vote, change your lifestyle drastically. Pointing fingers over the internet i

by jamil7 6y ago

So get involved in something. Demonstrate, join a local activist group, volunteer, vote, change your lifestyle drastically. Pointing fingers over the internet isn't helpful.

4636760295 6y ago
Disagree, it's important to start changing the dialogue everywhere you can. HN likes to stick their head in the sand because a lot of the people on this site benefit directly from companies/investors who are part of the problem.
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  - 4636760295 6y ago
    I can't afford that, I'm a wage slave. So I have to fight with the limited means I have, and one way I can fight (aside from protesting) is to make noise on the internet.
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- jamil7 6y ago
  Changing the dialogue maybe, but thats not what your (now removed) comment did. It targeted a specific group of people and shifted the blame onto them. I've been involved in various climate and environmental related protests, blockades, open source projects and acts of (peaceful) civil disobedience and I've seen people from all age groups and walks of life getting involved. Alienating, blame shifting and generalising helps nobody. Instead point your frustration and energy at the system that they're a product of.
  - 4636760295 6y ago
    So you're saying we should just ignore the facts? The fact is: the government is mostly controlled by one particular demographic, and they are the ones who got us to this point. They want to maintain the status quo because it's the system that got them where they are, and they want to continue to benefit from it. You are naive if you think you can change the world without first acknowledging where the problems came from to begin with. The reason why nothing changes is because there's a revolving door of the same people being in charge year after year.

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So get involved in something. Demonstrate, join a local activist group, volunteer, vote, change your lifestyle drastically. Pointing fingers over the internet i

by jamil7 6y ago

So get involved in something. Demonstrate, join a local activist group, volunteer, vote, change your lifestyle drastically. Pointing fingers over the internet isn't helpful.

4636760295 6y ago
Disagree, it's important to start changing the dialogue everywhere you can. HN likes to stick their head in the sand because a lot of the people on this site benefit directly from companies/investors who are part of the problem.
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  - 4636760295 6y ago
    I can't afford that, I'm a wage slave. So I have to fight with the limited means I have, and one way I can fight (aside from protesting) is to make noise on the internet.
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- jamil7 6y ago
  Changing the dialogue maybe, but thats not what your (now removed) comment did. It targeted a specific group of people and shifted the blame onto them. I've been involved in various climate and environmental related protests, blockades, open source projects and acts of (peaceful) civil disobedience and I've seen people from all age groups and walks of life getting involved. Alienating, blame shifting and generalising helps nobody. Instead point your frustration and energy at the system that they're a product of.
  - 4636760295 6y ago
    So you're saying we should just ignore the facts? The fact is: the government is mostly controlled by one particular demographic, and they are the ones who got us to this point. They want to maintain the status quo because it's the system that got them where they are, and they want to continue to benefit from it. You are naive if you think you can change the world without first acknowledging where the problems came from to begin with. The reason why nothing changes is because there's a revolving door of the same people being in charge year after year.