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  • APassenger@lemmy.onetoAsklemmy@lemmy.mlWhy are folks so anti-capitalist?
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    1 year ago

    All systems require a check on greed and something that pulls things back to balanced. What we have (in the US) right now isn’t it.

    SCOTUS has not helped in the least.

    We need incentives for participation because “the feels” isn’t enough to motivate most to work all that much. But we need taxes and laws to keep things from skewing like they have.






  • Grieve. Be kind to yourself, be kind to them. Allow yourself to feel without resisting the feelings. But don’t chase them either.

    There isn’t a right way to feel for most of this.

    Part of grieving is reflection (usually). Remembering good times, bad times and wish-they-were-different times. Find a way to be with those moments and accept them as they are: moments. They aren’t lost, just future ones will be different.

    And that’s okay. Or it will be. And you’ll be okay, too.

    I ruminate too. I tell myself it helps me learn, helps me grow, helps me remember not to “x”. It rarely helps. It’s just a conditioned response that makes me feel more control while i actually lose some.

    What truly helps is healing. Learning that sometimes compatability isn’t a you tho Ing or a them thing. But it’s still a thing and somebody called the spade a spade.

    If you weren’t up to your standards, then rise. Otherwise, coat yourself in patience. Listen to YouTube videos like Tara Brach. Be honest with yourself as you heal. We all have barbs, we all have scars.









  • You continue to assert I, or others, are saying things we are not. I have not alleged that the EU is lacking or “wanting.”

    I’m saying the US is far more diverse than is often credited. People are moving from one state to another because of that very reason. It is a confederation of states, by law. And our SCOTUS is making that more true each year.

    I am not saying “parity” but I am saying it’s far closer than your broad brush comments.




  • Sounds like we’re both wrong, then.

    If I drive 45 minutes east, I’m in something akin to the US south. Extremely conservative in specific ways. North a few hours and everyone distrusts anyone who didn’t grow up there.

    45 minutes west and I’m in everyone’s favorite (not) failed city, San Francisco.

    And those very conservative places I mentioned… are quite different from south conservative. They drive the same vehicles, wear the same hats, but don’t hold the same values.

    California, for all its notoriety as being overly accepting has known pla es POC are advised against visiting. Some areas are very non-church and others are profoundly Christian or other religions.

    We have enclaves of near-pure ethnic/cultural people tracing back to wherever. I’m not simply talking about Chinatown or Japan town.

    We’re not a monolith even within a small area. I didn’t assert that the EU was. Only that we are more diverse than credited.

    Particularly when the topic arises by people comfortable talking others how to be when they know nothing of the person or people.