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Rev. Watt deFalk, O.C.D.@dgar Exactly. Among the Gospels' several different Jesii, the Fascist Jesus said: "To him who has will more be given... From him who has not, even what he has will be taken away." (I know, one of the excuses they make about this verse is that it's really about positive attitude or sump'm)
@@dgar Yes, and also oh nooo not the economy
Christmas Tree@dgar evergreen comic
Blippy the Wonder Slug (MOVED)
Acetopheles@BlippyTheWonderSlug @dgar That's hot
Eric Penne@dgar Example: 1.3 billion in profit last qtr. but only 130 million in free cash flow after 500+ million in stock buyback. therefore all Q4 promotions on hold, travel restrictions, tighten budget.
The Lady (La Donna)
Kid Mania@dgar
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It's darkly amusing how a single image and ten words can sum up the truth of an entire issue.
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Especially when you consider whole books and documentaries are dedicated to the issue.
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But...
What do you do when those who need help most support the people who will fuck them the hardest...?🤔
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It's darkly amusing how a single image and ten words can sum up the truth of an entire issue.
☠️
Especially when you consider whole books and documentaries are dedicated to the issue.
💲
But...
What do you do when those who need help most support the people who will fuck them the hardest...?🤔
silentashesAnswer:
You tell them about:
- hyper-localism
- Community Land Trusts
- the CEDR (Center for Environment and Democracy) (maybe), and how it was started by the cofounder of also the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (https://celdf.org ), whose first client was a rural community of Republican and conservative hog-farmers in Pennsylvania who were getting screwed over by big corporation moving in “legally” and signed off on by the State Ag dept
@silentashes @dgar
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So do we do all this before or after we unplug them
(somehow) from Fox "News", OAN, Newsmax, Rebel News, The Daily Caller, Epoch Times, Infowars, the New York Post, Brietbart, The Blaze, The Daily Wire and the rest of the "Conservative" (read fascist) news sites?
"...Strong believer that most polarization (“Xyz is ruining abc/everything!”) stems from deliberate manipulation & distractions, on many fronts..."
I completely agree. Therefore...exit counseling?
For me,
I find that these issues around local govt / local democracy/ etc
are so universal
and so underrepresented / misrepresented in the media
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it’s actually not hard.
Instead of arguing over ‘tax policies’
(or whatever political football),
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@clintruin @dgar
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I simply acknowledge, validate/empathize (not the same as agreeing, but i dont tell them that),
then divert & redirect the focus to entirely different areas of strategy
— which offer more space to seek common-ground.
Community Land Trusts are *usually* a good approach (for now),
at least if it’s new-to-them-idea.
https://proudground.org is a good example; appeals to anyone who cares about affordable housing.
I don’t bother with the poli bs.
I see where you're coming from. Avoid the usual trap of fanatical politics and instead focus on issues that are relevant in their daily lives they can easily see. It's a good strategy.
I don't think it will curtail the nascent fascism we are currently experiencing, but it might make day to day life slightly more tolerable.
eiZen@dgar Ironically that huge mountain of money is an UNDERSTATEMENT.
Peter Brown@dgar can somebody calculate the probable quantity of banknotes in that pile? It might make the concept of a billionaire more comprehensible.
GJ Groothedde 🇪🇺@peterbrown @dgar This, I can assure you, is the visual representation of an INFINITESIMAL part of what Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk own. Like, far less than one per cent.
HighlandLawyer@peterbrown @dgar Quick & Dirty calculation: assume the pile is a cone; its volume is 1/3 pi r^2 h. From the relative size of the people let's say it is 5m high, radius 2m. That gives a volume roughly 21 cubic.m. A £50 note is 146mm x 77mm, so lets say about 100 per sq.m & 100,000 per cubic metre.
That gives the heap there in the order of 2,100,000 £50 notes or £105 million. You'd need 10 such piles to be a billionaire (using the now habitual US short billion)
That gives the heap there in the order of 2,100,000 £50 notes or £105 million. You'd need 10 such piles to be a billionaire (using the now habitual US short billion)