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My thoughts exactly. I certainly have throes of people on Facebook complaining about this, but what shall I, the individual, do about this? I have my causes to

My thoughts exactly. I certainly have throes of people on Facebook complaining about this, but what shall I, the individual, do about this? I have my causes to which I devote great time and personal effort, but if I stopped my life for every minor disaster I would spend my life shaking my fist at my computer. I quite like my life and I don’t intend to spend it getting rage baited by never-ending news cycles. Give me an action to take, not an emotion to feel.

BenFranklin100 2y ago
How old are you? What is happening now at the NSF and NIH will knock the US off its technological perch in less than 15 to 20 years. We are already fighting to maintain an edge as it is. What this means to you personally and other tech workers is that many of the well-paying tech jobs will be going elsewhere.
- harimau777 2y ago
  At this point I'm not sure that's a bad thing. It would be kind of great to be able to get a decent job somewhere that isn't a dystopia.
  - BenFranklin100 2y ago
    Whatever buddy.
  - deleted 2y ago
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  - saulpw 2y ago
    It's not a bad thing...for those other countries. As an American you're not going to be able to get those jobs. You think a Chinese company is going to want to hire a remote American worker, who is 10 time zones away, doesn't speak the language, doesn't know the culture, and who wants to work only 40 hours a week? Maybe not even if you're willing to work for $20/hour.
  - intended 2y ago
    Why would there be decent jobs? And what makes you think there wont be only more dystopia if this descent isn’t arrested? Like, it can ALWAYS be worse.
davidw 2y ago
I'm nearly 50 and have watched politics swing back and forth all my life. That's not what is currently happening. It's not a minor disaster. It's something we'll take generations to recover from, if ever. We can't do much, individually. Find people in your community working on stuff you care about and get out there and pitch in. Get involved. Make sure your local school district isn't banning books or being cruel to trans kids. Make sure you have good city councilors. A friend of mine made this in the area where I live: https://deschutesgrassroots.com/ https://deschutesgrassroots.com/
MaysonL 2y ago
Call and write your Congresspeople. Picket a Tesla dealer. Get vaccinated.
- trhway 2y ago
  In addition i'd also suggest looking at deep roots of why half the country is cheering it up. They don't want their country to go down the drain. Then why? It was pretty illustrative how MAGA was cheering the stopping of condoms money to Kenya in the Trump's speech. It looked like a caricature example of the government waste. Well, condoms there is one of the most effective ways to slow down HIV spreading. I'd bet MAGA wouldn't want more people there to get HIV. I'd bet MAGA just didn't know it. To me the "[not]know" is the root keyword in all that destruction happening now.
  - brookst 2y ago
    > I'd bet MAGA wouldn't want more people there to get HIV That is incredibly charitable. Kudos, I guess, but not at all in line with what I’ve seen.
    - jvanderbot 2y ago
      If it were free, I guarantee every single maga republican I know would be ok with it. It's an issue of tradeoffs, and the tradeoffs were never clearly articulated even to me the most staunch supporter of foreign aid. We've just accepted it and all such programs because we can see, because we trust, that the analysis was done and is valid. Government does not currently have that level of trust with half the country, and worse has active distrust.
  - harimau777 2y ago
    At this point, I'm not sure it matters that much. You can't convince people who want to be ignorant.
  - 20after4 2y ago
    I think you drastically underestimate people's hatred. MAGA do indeed want for more people in Kenya to get AIDS.

BenFranklin100 2y ago

How old are you? What is happening now at the NSF and NIH will knock the US off its technological perch in less than 15 to 20 years. We are already fighting to maintain an edge as it is. What this means to you personally and other tech workers is that many of the well-paying tech jobs will be going elsewhere.

harimau777 2y ago
At this point I'm not sure that's a bad thing. It would be kind of great to be able to get a decent job somewhere that isn't a dystopia.
- BenFranklin100 2y ago
  Whatever buddy.
- deleted 2y ago
  [deleted]
- saulpw 2y ago
  It's not a bad thing...for those other countries. As an American you're not going to be able to get those jobs. You think a Chinese company is going to want to hire a remote American worker, who is 10 time zones away, doesn't speak the language, doesn't know the culture, and who wants to work only 40 hours a week? Maybe not even if you're willing to work for $20/hour.
- intended 2y ago
  Why would there be decent jobs? And what makes you think there wont be only more dystopia if this descent isn’t arrested? Like, it can ALWAYS be worse.

davidw 2y ago

I'm nearly 50 and have watched politics swing back and forth all my life. That's not what is currently happening. It's not a minor disaster. It's something we'll take generations to recover from, if ever. We can't do much, individually. Find people in your community working on stuff you care about and get out there and pitch in. Get involved. Make sure your local school district isn't banning books or being cruel to trans kids. Make sure you have good city councilors. A friend of mine made this in the area where I live: https://deschutesgrassroots.com/ https://deschutesgrassroots.com/

MaysonL 2y ago

Call and write your Congresspeople. Picket a Tesla dealer. Get vaccinated.

trhway 2y ago
In addition i'd also suggest looking at deep roots of why half the country is cheering it up. They don't want their country to go down the drain. Then why? It was pretty illustrative how MAGA was cheering the stopping of condoms money to Kenya in the Trump's speech. It looked like a caricature example of the government waste. Well, condoms there is one of the most effective ways to slow down HIV spreading. I'd bet MAGA wouldn't want more people there to get HIV. I'd bet MAGA just didn't know it. To me the "[not]know" is the root keyword in all that destruction happening now.
- brookst 2y ago
  > I'd bet MAGA wouldn't want more people there to get HIV That is incredibly charitable. Kudos, I guess, but not at all in line with what I’ve seen.
  - jvanderbot 2y ago
    If it were free, I guarantee every single maga republican I know would be ok with it. It's an issue of tradeoffs, and the tradeoffs were never clearly articulated even to me the most staunch supporter of foreign aid. We've just accepted it and all such programs because we can see, because we trust, that the analysis was done and is valid. Government does not currently have that level of trust with half the country, and worse has active distrust.
- harimau777 2y ago
  At this point, I'm not sure it matters that much. You can't convince people who want to be ignorant.
- 20after4 2y ago
  I think you drastically underestimate people's hatred. MAGA do indeed want for more people in Kenya to get AIDS.