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There is no use in getting overwhelmed. I am merely getting more practiced in drinking larger and larger amounts of whiskey and smoking larger and larger amounts of cannabis to deal with it.
We all have a process
And hopefully, at least most of us will survive.
If not, for all of you fascists: I have a plan to destroy all of you that involves an enormous amount of pee. Like, so much, you can’t fucking imagine. An absolute cavalcade of pee.
Don’t try me
#PeeStrong
- The rest of us, in the civilised world, watch on from behind our fingers in horror and bewilderment
  America is a classic case of the elephant chained to a small stake as a baby
  The learnt helplessness of the population is nuts
  
  Chained to a small stake, yes. But there's also the greater threat of being shot and told it was your fault if the stake comes out.
  
  Bold of you to assume this post is limited to American neo-fascism. It absolutely resonated with me here in Germany. This "civilized world" you speak of - is it here in the room with us right now?
  
  Oh, Germany is a mess. Hungary is a disaster, Turkyie is fucked,
  There are lots of problems
  I'm grateful to live in Australia
  
  Turkiye is fucked
  Not quite - or at least they have the best chance at recovery if (and that's a big if) they can oust Erdoğan and his cronies. If they manage that, Turkiye would soon be more democratic than most of the EU in its present state.
  
  Yep
  Erdoğan is poison, and has been for so damned long
  It's a beautiful country with such potential
  
  I never got the insistence of people that "stop immigration" would be a far-right thought.
  Being against immigration can have lots of reasons, primarily economical reasons. It objectively (I'd say) is a good thing that the birth rate is dropping, because that improves the socio-economic position of the people. I.e., it reduces the supply in workforce, which increases prices for labor (a.k.a. wages). And it also means that more resources are available per person, which reduces the cost of living.
  Yet, many people (especially the "greens") seem to argue that we need more workers to fulfill the demands of our economy, which, frankly, is just bullshit and plainly wrong. ... and that assumed need for more workers is then used as a justification to import people, as if they were a shippable product. It's disgusting, really. First we start a war in the middle east; then we move the people to a foreign country. It's a double shame.
  how about we fucking do neither.
  
  Being against immigration can have lots of reasons,
  And all of them are racist. Normal people, with a shred of decency, can acknowledge the limits of a country's ability to take in more immigrants without being AGAINST immigration.
  
  Yeah, it seems to me, school is really just a process that mostly exists to teach you to adhere to nonsensical processes. At least that was largely how it was in my case.
  People are told to sit and listen for the first 18 years of their life, and then they're told to stand up and do something the rest of their lifes.
  People are educated to not think for themselves, feel for themselves, and make life experiences. Everything is regulated. Parents have too much control. It takes a village to raise a child, yet we've normalized the "core-family"-household. What a perversion of nature.
  
  School starts in 'Murica with the worship of the flag
  It's indoctrination at its finest
- After the election, I gave myself permission to become an alcoholic if I wanted. I don’t see a great future ahead.
  
  Don't do it. It's not worth it. It makes you bitter more often than numb. It's better for your mental health to channel your frustrations into something useful. Get involved somehow, make yourself useful for others. Collaborate with some direct aid org. Start making content on the internet where you speak your mind and talk about how you see the world, you might end up turning a few people.
  The thing I've noticed is that a lot of the alienation we feel is because most paid work doesn't really touch people. It's either too abstract (office work that only helps your company make money by servicing other companies so that they can make money) or direct servicing of disgruntled customers in a hurry (most customer facing work, like barista, cashier, call center, etc.). Really there's few jobs where you feel like you do something worthwhile, so try to get involved in something for your soul, something that contributes to directly building the world you want to build.
  
  I appreciate it. Even though my drinking has increased, I’ve actually become a community organizer in my city and it’s been therapeutic for me to hear people thanking us for organizing events where we build community and give people an outlet for their frustrations with the administration.
  I’m also living my life at this point with as much substance as I can have. I have health issues and when they roll back ACA protections, I’m really screwed. So I figured if I don’t have the luxury to grow old, I will do what I can for my community for the greater good.
  You seem like a really good person. Have a great day.
  
  The future is still not written. There's no reason to give up in advance as we really don't know how things will shake out, there's so much stuff happening. Make sure to make connections you can fall back on for rainy days. Hang in there, friend.
  Appreciate the kind words, you seem like a good person too.

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