Billionaires that are beholden to Oligarchs are not to be supported.
Posting on this platform consistently signifies you are fine being part of the problem.
This account is not.
Near as I can tell to be 'woke' is to just be ok with another person living their life and minding their own business in a way you would not yourself.
Somehow brands IDing and marketing to those buying demographics also make them 'woke'
That more or less sum it up?
Us vs them is one of the top tactics powerful people use to sell us ๐ฉ sandwiches.
Hate someone or a group of someones? That hate is doing nothing for your well being.
Deeply consider why you feel the way you do and if someone else stands to gain from that blind hatred.
@MikeSchiff_ Both would be my preference unless some greedy billionaire is making me choose. If I am forced to choose then yeah, family time every time.
At ain't about the difference between you and that Dem/trans/snowflake/whatever.
It's all about selling a narrative to distract from what's being taken from under our noses.
Dividing people is a strategy.
Don't believe me though, look it up if you want.
United we all thrive.
Say something when you see bad shit in the world. Others may not, you can't assume it'll be taken care of.
At the end of the day all you have is your voice.
Question:
Did you lose friends or injure family relationships between 2020-2024?
Funny how that works, isn't it?
See, in America they tell us "don't discuss politics or religion"
But what they're really saying is "don't discuss anything that actually matters"
Think about this for a second:
Politics = how we organize our lives together
Religion = the big questions of life that keep you up at 3am
These aren't "topics" - they're the operating system of humans & society
But here's the thing nobody tells you
The topics aren't the problemโWe are
(I learned this the hard way. Several times. Actually, about 17 times in the last 4 years)
Medieval scholars (those guys in robes) had this stuff figured out
They called it "disputatioโโ intellectual wrestling where you could body-slam ideas without body-slamming your best friend
We've lost this superpower
(Maybe itโs time to re-rebrand โThe Dark Agesโ, but a post for another day)
Instead, we've got:
โข Modern "discussions" = Two people loading their opinion-cannons, waiting to fire
โข Real dialogue = A jazz improvisation where both players are trying to create something beautiful together
Here's the difference:
โข Modern debater: "I'm right and you're an idiot"
โข Actual thinker: "Maybe together we can suck a little less at understanding this thingโ
I've been on both sides:
The first one feels good for about 3 seconds
The second one builds empires and longlasting friendships
We don't need to talk less about the big stuff
We need to:
โข Admit when we might be wrong (I do this hourly)
โข Face scary ideas (like when I had to rethink my relationship with God)
โข See "opponents" as fellow humans on this weird journey
So noโDon't avoid the hard conversations
You gotta flex that muscle
Learn to breathe deep, and have them without your brain exploding
Because here's the real secret:
Civilization is just one big ongoing conversation
Atrophied civility muscles is the problem
The quality of our civilization is directly proportional to how civil we can be with each other
While we wrestle with different worldviews and realities
Whether we like it or not.
When powerful people convince us to hate our fellow man (and woman)
it's because they seek to further their power by keeping has districted.
Hate blinds us and weakens us against the powerful 1%