Vote for a politician who advocates for slightly better policies, or…try to build a paramilitary with people I wouldn’t trust to run a lemonade stand with?
The idea that I should trust “people in my own class” categorically is insane, but that’s not even who I’m talking about. I’m just talking about the kinds of people I’ve met who think of voting and revolution in this binary way, who condemn anything short of insurrection. I’ve seen how these people live, and the most apt description is usually “barely”. Too neurotic, too online, too personally disorganized to actually change the world. Never met an IRL Lenin, Ho Chi Minh, or Sankara.
So imma let them work on that. Meanwhile, given the world as it is, between “Do revolution” and “Vote” I’ll vote every time.
Luckily, in real life (not a meme) we don’t have to choose.
I agree with your observation, and I’ve also met a couple of problematic people in those spaces. Maybe our humble help in this fight is to spread awareness about the importance of mental health, to help the people we personally know, to normalize the idea that we need some psychological stability in order not to hurt our efforts, etc. Perhaps even become mental health professionals so that we build a net of trusted professionals.
I’ve talked in this account about people I know with ASD, NPD, PDD, etc. I just saw a person with NPD/NP-traits go into “remission”. They no longer behave as they did: manipulatively, fearfully, etc. They’re happier and finally building strong connections. I believe it is possible for more people within our circles; not all cases, but some cases.
Taking care of one’s mental health is good, as is encouraging it in others. Would never want to be in a community that didn’t care about people.
But also, can we develop communities that build resilience rather than neuroticism? That attract the well? That facilitate change in the world and human thriving rather than…you know, the shit we often actually see.
We’re still in the comments under the meme where Dr robotnik, played by Jim Carrey and labeled as “Liberal”, gets to push either the “Revolution” button or the “Vote” button, and villainously chooses the latter. I did not decide that this is a binary choice, I simply agreed with the villain in the picture.
Vote for a politician who advocates for slightly better policies, or…try to build a paramilitary with people I wouldn’t trust to run a lemonade stand with?
Yeah I’m gonna vote so hard let me tell you.
Enjoy the Thiel camps, we’ll try and get the paramilitary to get you out in time
So you don’t trust the people in your own class but you trust politicians?
The idea that I should trust “people in my own class” categorically is insane, but that’s not even who I’m talking about. I’m just talking about the kinds of people I’ve met who think of voting and revolution in this binary way, who condemn anything short of insurrection. I’ve seen how these people live, and the most apt description is usually “barely”. Too neurotic, too online, too personally disorganized to actually change the world. Never met an IRL Lenin, Ho Chi Minh, or Sankara.
So imma let them work on that. Meanwhile, given the world as it is, between “Do revolution” and “Vote” I’ll vote every time.
Luckily, in real life (not a meme) we don’t have to choose.
I agree with your observation, and I’ve also met a couple of problematic people in those spaces. Maybe our humble help in this fight is to spread awareness about the importance of mental health, to help the people we personally know, to normalize the idea that we need some psychological stability in order not to hurt our efforts, etc. Perhaps even become mental health professionals so that we build a net of trusted professionals.
I’ve talked in this account about people I know with ASD, NPD, PDD, etc. I just saw a person with NPD/NP-traits go into “remission”. They no longer behave as they did: manipulatively, fearfully, etc. They’re happier and finally building strong connections. I believe it is possible for more people within our circles; not all cases, but some cases.
Taking care of one’s mental health is good, as is encouraging it in others. Would never want to be in a community that didn’t care about people.
But also, can we develop communities that build resilience rather than neuroticism? That attract the well? That facilitate change in the world and human thriving rather than…you know, the shit we often actually see.
No that’s not what I said or meant. Your statement implies that you categorically trust politicians more than people like you.
You are the one seeing things in a binary way here - you can vote and also still work on improving things between elections.
We’re still in the comments under the meme where Dr robotnik, played by Jim Carrey and labeled as “Liberal”, gets to push either the “Revolution” button or the “Vote” button, and villainously chooses the latter. I did not decide that this is a binary choice, I simply agreed with the villain in the picture.
Fair enough that’s my bad, although I still think you overestimate how much voting alone can accomplish
I bet I can guess their class
Lol
Indeed.