• StoneyPicton
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    20 hours ago

    Can you fucking believe it? The obvious move toward drone technology for land, sea and air and our moronic government is buying warships and fighter jets. When will the stupidity end?

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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      20 hours ago

      It’s only stupid when you assume that the government is working in the interests of the working majority. However, if our government represents the interests of the oligarchs like the Irvings then this makes perfect sense. It’s a great way to divert our tax dollars from socially useful things they’re meant for like building housing or infrastructure, and put them back in the hands of the kleptocrats who own this country.

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        19 hours ago

        I see your point but I’ll stick to my view that it’s stupid, for the people. That is always my take.

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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          19 hours ago

          It is stupid for the people, and therefore we should not be tolerating our government working against the interests of the working majority.

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            19 hours ago

            So what to do because I’ve tried nothing and am all out of ideas.

            • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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              18 hours ago

              At the stage we are currently at, education is really the thing to focus on in my opinion. No meaningful change will be possible until there is a critical mass of people who have a shared understanding of the problems, and agree on a general course of action. This is a good read with some food for thought

              https://redsails.org/witbd-rs-abridged/

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                17 hours ago

                What rabbit hole is this that you have shared? It does look like a good read and I’ll definitely follow up. To your point, no meaningful change will be possible until we genetically alter our humanity into something more coherent. As we are late to the show we will also have to resort to a bit of extermination as well if we hope to beat the clock on the worlds demise. That’s the part where people think I’m nuts, which is of no consequence. They have no concept of the depths to which we will be sinking either way.

                • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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                  16 hours ago

                  I’d argue that social systems can be just as effective at driving human behavior as anything. A lot of people who’ve only lived under western capitalism tend to conflate the way humans behave within this system with human nature in general. Having grown up in USSR, I can tell you that social relations are very much a product of economic relations within society.