bastion

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[–] bastion@feddit.nl 2 points 2 days ago

Sirin audiobook reader.

[–] bastion@feddit.nl 18 points 2 days ago

You've been savagely attacked by an internet monster.

[–] bastion@feddit.nl 1 points 4 days ago

The majority will act, in time. But it acts as a surge of repressed feeling. Once spent, it loses focus.

Any real, functional system must incorporate the standing focus that authoritarian systems hold, but have capacity to be utilized by the people to enact their will.

[–] bastion@feddit.nl 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Interestingly enough, it's not the ideals of communism that are the problem. Doing things by and for the people is good.

It's the feasibility of communism that is the problem. "Fascism pretending to be communism" is the problem. Communism is easily hacked.

That's not to say capitalism is great - it fails because it lacks ideals.

[–] bastion@feddit.nl 3 points 5 days ago (4 children)

How's that communism going, guys?

[–] bastion@feddit.nl 1 points 6 days ago

What was that old adage: "i may not hold the opinion you do, but I will defend your right to hold that opinion."

I suppose my view on it is similar:

If you believe that a psychological stance should be punished physically, it might behoove you to realize that you are only permitted to hold that opinion by the good graces of those who, rightly, stand ready to destroy you if you try to enforce that view physically.

[–] bastion@feddit.nl 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Clearly they watch it because they enjoy causing terror. They're basically putting themselves in the shoes of the antagonist, and these movies make our more likely that they will take action on these impulses.

[–] bastion@feddit.nl 1 points 6 days ago

Physical crimes need to be addressed physically.

Psychological crimes need to be addressed psychologically.

[–] bastion@feddit.nl 1 points 6 days ago

Your psycho-pass is clouding, and your crime coefficient is well over 100.

[–] bastion@feddit.nl 21 points 6 days ago

Absofuckinglutely.

Toxic positivity leads to omnipresent, convoluted negativity. Just feel what's there. Let the thoughts run their course.

Of course, actually discovering that this is viable is kindof a dice throw of readiness. But at least if you don't have the necessary experience, you live the necessary experience.

[–] bastion@feddit.nl 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You: has a very reasonable take

Lemmy: downvotes

[–] bastion@feddit.nl 1 points 1 week ago

It's not that we had enough power to guarantee we would make an impact. It's that we had enough power that we should have tried.

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