Is anyone else sick of living in a reality which is nothing but all the #dystopian #fiction from 50 years ago?

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@Lestat1977

great movie!

as reality, not so much

[alienghic@timeloop.cafe]

@benroyce

I do regularly say "I don't want to live in this world any more".

Between utter failure to make progress on stopping global warming, to the rich pushing fascism on the rest of us, so they can avoid the consequences of global warming, it feels like everything is going to keep getting worse for hundreds of years.

[bridgeenjoyer@gamepad.club]

@benroyce exactly why tech isn't fun at all any more to me. Really peaked in 2012.

Linux adoption is about the only new thing to be excited about tech wise.

[lestat1977@social.vivaldi.net]

@benroyce OfCorse not in reality but as a kid loved it to play games like missle command on my atari2600

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@Lestat1977

GALAGA!

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@bridgeenjoyer

don't forget mastodon/ the fediverse

[lestat1977@social.vivaldi.net]

@benroyce also a great game

[bridgeenjoyer@gamepad.club]

@benroyce of course! It is cool

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@alienghic

my attitude is to go down fighting

if you're surrounded by 20 goons, you can feel hopeless

or you can go out swinging with a stupid grin on your face

that's my approach

"rage rage against the dying of the light" and all that

anyone who just curls up in a ball and accepts defeat?

this is not the real left

all there is, and ever was, in this world, is the good fight

you fight, you may lose

you may also win

if you give up you will lose

there are no better terms in this world

[ilka4you@mastodon.social]

@benroyce @alienghic

[tek@freeradical.zone]

@benroyce @alienghic My spirit animal is a raccoon holding a switchblade saying “maybe, but I’m taking you with me.”

[epistomai@mastodon.social]

@benroyce I'm feeling more like a matrix type of approach. AI needs resources, and 'humans are batteries'

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@epistomai

[praetor@mstdn.social]

@benroyce When I worked at Linux Networx, the first customer they gave me all to my lonesome was a USAF facility in Idaho Falls. And this machine was running classified scenarios concerning radar (and that's all I'm going to say about that) but this cluster was so sad. It was a used cluster, not even an LNXI machine, just the head-node was, with the nodes shoved in a rack with the wrong sized screws. And they said, there is no funding for non-nuclear shit to buy a new cluster.

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@tek @alienghic

it's true though

i can't stand fucking whiners "on the left" talking defeatism. or so fucking stupid they don't understand that that is what not voting is

even if they are invested in some other attempt to defeat #fascism

that other track will have tactical thinkers going "oh, but also #vote, that's good vandalism/ sabotage"

all these fucking whiny entitled lazy assholes "on the left" are nothing but willingly and meekly submitting to fascism if THEY DON'T FUCKING VOTE

[saltywizard@beige.party]

@benroyce @tek @alienghic

I will vote if am allowed to, and I will hope that the results of the vote are accurate and true.

I don't expect either to be the case going forward, but I will vote and hope for as long as I can.

And when they come to drag you off to the labor camps, I will do everything I can to prevent it.

And when they come to take me to the gas chambers, I will not go quietly.

In the meantime, my attic is available for anyone that needs to hide out and keep a diary.

If you're cold, I'll try and find you a blanket. If you're hungry, I'll try and get you something to eat. And if I see you stealing bread and blankets:

no the fuck I didn't.

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@saltywizard @tek @alienghic

bless you

no one expects magical purity of vision

everyone sane expects participation

and if you participate with a heavy heart, that you participated is all that matters

#VOTE

[nuwagaba2@mastodon.social]

@saltywizard
What kind of law restricts you from voting?

[anniebuddy@mstdn.ca]

@benroyce @tek @alienghic

Voting is fundamental to this fight.

The reason the fascists are in power is because so many people have walked away and didn't think their votes mattered. 1/3 of Americans didn't bother to vote in the last election.

Well guess what? Those votes do matter and they matter more now than ever. If you don't think politiicians represent you or work for you, REPLACE them with people who will. You do that by voting, by paying attention and most importantly holding people accountable. Maybe you won't get all your favourite candidates, but you may get a few and those few matter when you are building a movement.

They WANT you to give up. They WANT you to feel powerless. Why give them the satisfaction?

[alienghic@timeloop.cafe]

@benroyce @tek

Heck we're in an information war facing wealthy adversaries willing to use any form of manipulation they have access to, to stay in power.

I feel like the owners of the oil industry are collaborating international in trying to maintain oil's control over global society. The adversaries we face include western companies using advertising and buying out media, to Putin & MbS doing sabotage and murdering people to stay in power.

I strongly suspect some of those voices arguing that voting is pointless are paid propaganda agents.

It's certainly worth voting, though to get to a decent world to live in will also take protesting and lobbying.