I used to be involved in political demonstrations a lot more when I was younger. I still see their value.
People would tell me, I shouldn't expect the demonstration to 'work', ie I shouldn't expect it to change the thing I'm protesting. I don't.
My take has always been that we demonstrate mostly to change ourselves, to give each other courage and resolve to do the small day-to-day small things and work that create real change.
That's still why I get up each morning. The work still needs doing
Doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results may not be the correct definition of insanity, but it is the definition of American #protest culture. You can’t defend someone if you refuse to actually defend. Fighting for what’s right is just that; a fight.
If there’s one lesson we should have learned over the past two decades, it’s no amount of playing by the rules will protect you from being portrayed and punished as a #anarchist.
The ruling class have lots of excuses for why cops should bash kids' head in for disagreeing with them. It's always "outside agitators," "Russian disinformation," or "the TikTok."
If the protesters really were fake ultra-violent professionals instead of ordinary college students, they'd be on campus with AR-15s and shit, not bike chains and empty water canisters.
But there's an audience of older, conservative people who want a reason to hate these kids.
When Trump wins, people will silently march in the street, Proud Boys will attack them, brutalize them, some will be unalived, and the cops stand by and will do nothing.
Why does #youtube keep recommending me drama? I just want to watch cute #animation works, and pick up tips for my own #art. I really don't need some guy with a backwards hat and a beehive on their neck telling me how every creative on youtube is awful.
It's a good thing nobody made any meaningful reforms the last time cops murdered a guy in cold blood for no reason and it sparked the biggest wave of civil rights protests since the 1960s that cops nearly universally responded to with a fusillade of pointless violence against unarmed people and by strongarming municipal governments entertaining even the mildest measure of civilian oversight, after which nearly all cop unions endorsed an overt racist authoritarian then in the process of implementing the most massive battery crimes in the history of the republic with the ultimate goal of ending American democracy in favor of an unelected fascist police state, so that a few years later those same cops, heroes that they are, would feel liberated to do the important work of beating and gassing kids on their own college campuses for the insidious crime of chanting slogans.
Anyone who advocates voting against #democrats over their treatment of #palestine is either incredibly stupid, or wishes nothing but harm for the Palestinian people.
We are dealing with a trolley problem, but instead of a lever, you are given an accelerator. The ones telling you to crank it up should not be trusted.
so you know what's really not cool for #Jewish folks to do?
attacking people, both Jews and goyim, for having principled and unbiased opinions about what's happening in #Israel and #Palestine.
just because people aren't falling into lockstep doesn't somehow make them an evil antisemitic who needs to be on a list or mean they don't care about Jewish safety.
far too many #Zionist types are never willing to accept even the slightest disagreement or critical thinking.
The calls have been minimal, but "Jason, where is the emulation-in-browser support for the Tiger GAME.COM handheld console" has been answered - every released game for it, and every instruction manual, as well as links to Diskman's absolutely fantastic fan site. Play the worst thing ever today:
From the years 1920 to 1929, the modern girl and modern boy were the main stars in Japan’s own Roaring 20s. Much as the new woman reigned in the 1910s, the modern girl, or moga for short, took on a larger life thanks to mass media and academic discourse.
To think Iran’s plan of straining Israel’s relationships with the west could have been thwarted had Israel chose to practice restraint and not murder civilians.
Last year, FF XVI was a flop (according to "industry analysts"), now #FF7Rebirth is "under performing" when compared with a game that released in the middle of a lockdown and before a cost of living crisis. Then there is the fact Remake released at the end of the PS4 lifecycle when the install base was at its peak, where Rebirth released in 2024 on PS5 only when the install base still hasn't caught up with the previous generation.
Let's be honest, there are indie companies who would jump at the chance to make Rebirth numbers. Yeah these "industry analysts" can suck the big one. #VideoGames
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is "underperforming", says industry analyst
@paulthenerd Square Enix is desperate to find an excuse to stop making jRPGs and focus on… I dunno, NFTs, AI, whatever the tech buzzword is this time around.
Funny how since #GretaThunberg started talking about how the #ClimateCrsis is linked to the ills of #capitalism, and actually engaged in activism advocating for it's undoing, suddenly she's nowhere to be seen on TV, Davos, the UN etc etc.
If someone had told me 10 years ago, US politics would fall apart because a spray tanned criminal, who swears, rapes, and engages in extramarital sex, would manage to convince religious voters, he was chosen by God…
