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[–] arrow74@lemm.ee 22 points 19 hours ago

Let's not be unreasonable, there can be multiple causes and multiple solutions.

Those countries also used to have a more communal structure amongst families and that still was dismantled.

But they actually implemented social programs and living wages making it not an issue.

Also yes it is capitalism fault. It all is, including the dismantling of our communities to favor more isolated living. It's design to separate us and disempower the worker.

[–] arrow74@lemm.ee 5 points 19 hours ago

That probably explains the censorship crackdowns

[–] arrow74@lemm.ee 9 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (11 children)

I'd blame a lot of this on the destruction of our communal living patterns. We used to live in extended family groups. It was reasonable and expected to live with your parents and siblings. If you did leave the family home it often was just to build a home on the same property.

But then the idea of the nuclear family was popularized, probably to make more money and sell house, and here we are.

To be clear since what I said has been immediately misinterpreted, family centric living patterns were torn apart by capitalism. It heavily favors capitalism when we are separated from each other and lose community. This wasn't a benign social shift

[–] arrow74@lemm.ee 3 points 19 hours ago

Fire red will always be my number one as it was my first game.

Otherwise it's a hard choice between Sapphire and Heartgold. Both had great regions and lots to do.

My most played would be Diamond and it was good, but sinnoh was never my favorite region.

[–] arrow74@lemm.ee 14 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

I don't think he'll live more than 4 years anyway. Hopefully the movement collapses when he does

[–] arrow74@lemm.ee 8 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

I made a comment self censored to "Mario bros" on reddit. Got a permanent ban. They're going scorched earth on anything moderately inflammatory

[–] arrow74@lemm.ee 4 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

And this is why I'm glad I moved to lemmy. I was banned for supporting Luigi. A permanent ban, after 12 years.

Lemmy has a bit of a learning curve, but in time it's UI will improve. Then it's user base will grow. Honestly it's not that hard to use, but there's a bit of a learning curve.

I don't want it to get reddit sized by any means, but for longer term success it'll need a significant increase in traffic. Which reddit's admins will be providing with all these bans.

[–] arrow74@lemm.ee -1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Ignores my statement of active action

Claims point was proven

Refuses to elaborate

Leaves

Bold moves

[–] arrow74@lemm.ee -1 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

Okay so we're going to have to define words.

Reason:

  1. a cause, explanation, or justification for an action or event.
  2. the power of the mind to think, understand, and form judgments by a process of logic.

Please refer to definition 2.

[–] arrow74@lemm.ee 3 points 21 hours ago (5 children)

Sure we can spend all day defining words, but that's obtuse. You very well know what I meant. Not turning an active flight around is magnitudes different than continuing arrests and deportation after a court order.

A justification requires at least some pretense of a reason. Just because you want to is a statement.

Once again, it's not a cope to acknowledge that things are bad now and they can get worse. I'm going to protests, I've stopped all discretionary spending, and I tell my story to anyone that will listen (my work has been directly impacted). Hell I haven't spoken to my Trump voting father in months. Short of taking arms against the government there's not much left to do, and frankly to get to that level the milestones on the way to the bottom do matter a lot.

[–] arrow74@lemm.ee 5 points 21 hours ago (7 children)

Saying I felt like it is not a justification. Wouldn't call this a cope either. I know things are bad, but there's still room for them to get much much worse. I think they will reach that point. It's just watching the milestones pass now.

[–] arrow74@lemm.ee 1 points 21 hours ago

There are words and there are actions, but we're not far off

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