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Defeatism is easy
by pydry 4mo ago
Defeatism is easy
- p-e-w 4mo agoDo you have any concrete plan to make things better that doesn’t involve magical thinking or pseudo-appeals like “everyone just needs to…”?
- chrinic7294 4mo ago> Defeatism is easy I prefer easy. If you prefer difficult, more power to you.
- AnthonyMouse 4mo agoIt's the same easy as falling out of a plane without a parachute. Gravity will do all the work but you'll not like what happens at the bottom.
- doublerabbit 4mo agoIsn't it easier just not to board the plane, who really enjoys being at an airport?
- AnthonyMouse 4mo agoYou were never at an airport. You fell asleep in your bed and woke up on the plane. Fighting the people taking you somewhere you don't want to go is definitely more work than falling out of the plane. It just has a specific advantage.
- latexr 4mo ago> who really enjoys being at an airport? Not every airport is a huge commercial building with hundreds of people (also, you wouldn’t visit one of those to parachute jump). Some are akin to cozy shacks without a lot of traffic where you’re in and out in no time.
- latexr 4mo ago> I prefer easy. Clearly you don’t feel that strongly about it. You know what would’ve been easier than making an account just to post that comment? Not doing that. Have you also stopped working, paying your bills, showering, eating, interacting with other people? Not doing any of that is easier than doing it.
- chrinic7294 4mo ago> Clearly you don’t feel that strongly about it. You know what would’ve been easier than making an account just to post that comment? Not doing that. I’m here to remind the thousands of readers that they are not alone. The vast majority (99%?) of us, absolutely do not give a shit about open source.
- latexr 4mo ago> I’m here to remind the thousands of readers that they are not alone. You made an account to “remind people” they have support in… Doing the easy thing… Which is doing nothing? I fail to see who needs that. > The vast majority (99%?) of us, absolutely do not give a shit about open source. Absolutely the wrong website to make that claim. That number is way off.
- dspillett 4mo agoWhich is a large part of why what cryo32 said will come to pass.
- AnthonyMouse 4mo agoOnly if people succumb to defeatism. There have been documented instances of that not happening.
- dspillett 4mo agoThose cases are rarely nice fluffy conflict free times of change, unfortunately.
- doginasuit 4mo agoAcknowledging the result of defeatism should push us toward a different mindset, not more defeatism. Over the long run, humanity has a pretty good record, carried by the people who refuse to give up.
- dspillett 4mo ago> Acknowledging the result of defeatism should push us toward a different mindset, not more defeatism. Defeatism says otherwise! > Over the long run, humanity has a pretty good record, carried by the people who refuse to give up. Unfortunately when the struggle is against other people, especially the incumbent powers-that-be (in this case the capitalist overlords), those that refuse to give up have to fight long and hard to get enough other properly in the fight, and victory requires something drastic like at very least mass protests perhaps up to civil war level.
- doublerabbit 4mo agoSo is taking without giving back.
- fg137 4mo agoCommenting on an Internet forum is what's easy.