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[โ€“] Pilk@aussie.zone 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Hey Slayers_Picks just wondering where you landed with your thinking about Pride Month.

[โ€“] LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Interested to know too. They commented in the other place DT that it's healthy to have a civil war happen once in a while... better ways to solve conflict

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

civil war can take hundreds of years to recover from

it's very very bad ๐Ÿ˜”

[โ€“] LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

One hundred percent. Makes me think of this diagram I saw a few days ago. War is a power based approach

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

war is a physical violence based approach to attaining and keeping power

I like this essay on Power

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power:_A_New_Social_Analysis

[โ€“] StudChud@aussie.zone 3 points 1 month ago

I like this musical essay on power

https://youtu.be/BLPV55zXwJM