Ugh I literally just today had to get back on FB after like 4 years. It’s where the customers are. I’ll be damned if they slap AI slop on my business posts.

What a lovely day that would be

This is exactly the energy I’m bringing into middle age.

It’s also why I’m leaving offerings for the crow.

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That is a cruel fascist notion, they literally function on dehumanizing people

I mean yeah of course. That’s exactly how it works. And here in the South good luck with having a good union.

Thankfully, a totally normal part of my trade is self-employment.

It’s your duty to sacrifice so the ruling class can prosper!

Yeah it’s bullshit, that’s why I work for myself. Nobody else is profiting off the decay of my body but ME.

Potato, potahto.

The budget doesn’t prioritize you.

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Well I take some issue with that. What’s happening isn’t because everyone’s dumber than you are, it’s happening because powerful people have systematically worked at making this happen. They fuck our schools, they remove our history, they do everything they can to keep this shitshow rolling.

Meanwhile, everyone’s just trying to fuckin survive. Someone told people they’d bring the cost of eggs down. That’s how politicians work everywhere. They lie to get in power. Here, there, everywhere.

Now, as a blue-collar anarchist I do my best. But most of these people never got critical thinking skills in the first place, and that’s the problem.

Education is failing people, and the Right is making sure of it. You’ll have this problem wherever you are, given enough time, if you’re not careful.

But what do I know, I’m just a hillbilly.

Yeah it’s very much like that thing, “I’ve seen what makes you cheer, your boos mean nothing to me”

Now, what I do want to say is this: having spent my career surrounded by blue-collar men, there are about 1/3 of them that are the actual ringleaders for fascism. Whatever their camp is. Of the remaining 2/3, I would say half on a good day are still tolerable people. Misled, narrow-minded, problematic, check check check. But tolerable. And capable of being spoken to.

Union organizers know what I’m talking about. You’ve gotta divide the workers into camps you can get to, and camps you’ll never get to. It’s part of the process, I’ve read the books.

Now, those guys. They deserve to have the right people talking to them. It’s not their fault the education system failed them. The media lies to them. That bullies seem to win everywhere they look.

But for me, rn at this point in my career, fuck em. I’m done. I’ve tried. Over and over again. Fights, had em. I work for myself now and the less I talk to other electricians IRL the better. They can all suck a big fat one.

:deep sigh:

Eventually, my position may change.

Even if the economy recovers and we don’t enter a “recession” none of the other Millennials I know are ever gonna be able to trust the federal government again. In my experience, as a demographic, we tended to lean LibLeft anyway, or at least those of us with IQs and test scores to stay out of remedial classes do. There are exceptions - we all know that guy, and it’s always a guy. But still.

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Sorry I had more but I got distracted by the sounds of birds in my yard and, well 🤷‍♂️

Alright I found what you were talking about and like yeah okay, still not exactly cancel-worthy.

One time thing, it happens.

Exactly. I’ve always thought it was a pretty neutral adjective for a nonbinary person. Shit, if someone called me “fey” I’d be pleased as punch.

Edit: as a lifelong nerd who’s only ever heard it to mean “elflike”

I mean that’s pretty minor dude. I didn’t even know we were considering “fey” a slur and I’m queer.

Seems like a one-time thing, if he had a pattern of being a POS it would be different.

Moment of appreciation for Bryan Cranston, afaik just a good person all around. Top tier role model on how to be a non-problematic man. o7

Definitely gross but did you catch the bit about sex trafficking? Like, I know this is a low bar, but at least it’s a bar.

What a fantastic reply, thank you! That was extremely well put, I hope you’re an educator.

…I’d understand if you were pursuing other options at this point in history, though

I think there’s a lot of value to examining the collapse of large empires these days.