Parade du Grotesque 💀Nov 6, 2023

At the end of the day, COVID-19 made people realize:

- They could work from home and that most offices are shitty places.

- Their job was really shitty.

- Governments could finance pretty much anything they wanted.

- Global warming could be stopped.

- The really important jobs were the ones that are the worst paid (nurses, for instance).

- Most governments are run by idiots, who are in the pocket of the wealthiest.

Show threadIdealistic Pragmatist 
@ParadeGrotesque @dialect I certainly know bunches of people who learned those things. I don’t think most people learned much of anything, though.
Nov 6, 2023 at 12:34pmWeb
Show threadNikkileah 🎮🚄🏳️‍⚧️🇬🇧Nov 6, 2023
@IPEdmonton @ParadeGrotesque @dialect to be fair "live and don't learn" seems to be standard, which is rather depressing
Show threadDavid Mitchell Nov 6, 2023

@ParadeGrotesque @dialect @IPEdmonton

What people might know in their hearts, what they know but won’t admit to themselves, mean nothing if the incentives and coercive systems don’t change.

Show threadIdealistic Pragmatist Nov 6, 2023
@DavidM_yeg @ParadeGrotesque @dialect I don’t think most people are in the “know in their hearts, won’t admit to themselves” place, though. I certainly know bunches of those too (some of them from here), but they too are the minority.
Show threadDavid Mitchell Nov 6, 2023

@ParadeGrotesque @IPEdmonton @dialect

You may be right 🤷‍♂️ … I hope you’re wrong; bc it’s people who quietly know truths, even ones they can’t acknowledge yet, that are people who will be able to significantly and fairly quickly shift their lives / behaviours once the incentives change.
I know that even in ‘liberal’ Edmonton, the social pressure of Alberta culture is strongly against letting people know you have doubts about the status quo.

Show threadIdealistic Pragmatist Nov 6, 2023
@DavidM_yeg I think in Edmonton, the majority is people like my students, who won’t wear masks because they genuinely think it’s no longer necessary, not out of libertarianism. But they will always take a squirt of the hand sanitizer another instructor left in the classroom as they enter it. You know, to protect themselves and others. 🙃
Show threadDarwin WoodkaNov 6, 2023

@DavidM_yeg @ParadeGrotesque @IPEdmonton @dialect

when I've tried to enlighten conservative friends, I'm "just showing off how educated and politically correct" I am. They enjoy the status quo.

Show threadGordon J HoltslanderNov 6, 2023
@darwinwoodka @DavidM_yeg @ParadeGrotesque @IPEdmonton @dialect If this is about learning and knowing, what’s become very obvious is the only “success” a platform of fear ignorance and prejudice can offer is more extreme fear ignorance and prejudice. Those most vulnerable to this, who’s well-being isn’t propped up with fear & ignorance will change and move given the opportunity.
Show threadCourt Cantrell does not complyNov 6, 2023

@pinhman @darwinwoodka @DavidM_yeg @ParadeGrotesque @IPEdmonton @dialect

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it."

--Upton Sinclair