• TheSambassador@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      Not sure what the average person is supposed to do from where they live. I go to protests and try to contribute to my local community, while giving money to orgs that are better positioned to do stuff, but I hate this narrative of “nobody is doing anything”. I’m not going to pick up a gun and start deciding on targets, and fuck anyone who does generic calls to violence.

      At the end of the day, people are just trying to live their lives, and they don’t have a lot of individual levers to pull to make an impact. It requires organization and belief that good things can still happen, which are sorely lacking in left leaning spaces.

      • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        24 hours ago

        I’m not really talking about those people at all. I agree with you entirely.

        I’m talking about the third of people who seem like they’re happy to watch the conservative third of people murder the “left” third of people because they just “don’t care about politics.”

        Everyone who gives a damn is doing what they can.

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        10 hours ago

        It’s not hard - they’re hateful, selfish assholes who should be the ones being deported. But only hateful assholes would do such a thing. Decent, empathetic people try to understand and help even those assholes, but they never truly appreciate it - even if they act like they do because they know it gets them what they want.