Is anyone else sick of living in a reality which is nothing but all the #dystopian #fiction from 50 years ago?

We have #JamesBond villains ( #Musk)

We have #InvasionoftheBodySnatchers zombification ( #MAGA)

Etc, etc.

And now we have #Wargames:

" #AI s can’t stop recommending #nuclear strikes in #war game #simulations

Leading AIs from #OpenAI, #Anthropic and #Google opted to use #nuclearWeapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases"

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2516885-ais-cant-stop-recommending-nuclear-strikes-in-war-game-simulations/

@benroyce

I do regularly say "I don't want to live in this world any more".

Between utter failure to make progress on stopping global warming, to the rich pushing fascism on the rest of us, so they can avoid the consequences of global warming, it feels like everything is going to keep getting worse for hundreds of years.

@alienghic

my attitude is to go down fighting

if you're surrounded by 20 goons, you can feel hopeless

or you can go out swinging with a stupid grin on your face

that's my approach

"rage rage against the dying of the light" and all that

anyone who just curls up in a ball and accepts defeat?

this is not the real left

all there is, and ever was, in this world, is the good fight

you fight, you may lose

you may also win

if you give up you will lose

there are no better terms in this world

@benroyce @alienghic My spirit animal is a raccoon holding a switchblade saying “maybe, but I’m taking you with me.”

@tek @alienghic

😂

it's true though

i can't stand fucking whiners "on the left" talking defeatism. or so fucking stupid they don't understand that that is what not voting is

even if they are invested in some other attempt to defeat #fascism

that other track will have tactical thinkers going "oh, but also #vote, that's good vandalism/ sabotage"

all these fucking whiny entitled lazy assholes "on the left" are nothing but willingly and meekly submitting to fascism if THEY DON'T FUCKING VOTE

@benroyce @tek @alienghic

I will vote if am allowed to, and I will hope that the results of the vote are accurate and true.

I don't expect either to be the case going forward, but I will vote and hope for as long as I can.

And when they come to drag you off to the labor camps, I will do everything I can to prevent it.

And when they come to take me to the gas chambers, I will not go quietly.

In the meantime, my attic is available for anyone that needs to hide out and keep a diary.

If you're cold, I'll try and find you a blanket. If you're hungry, I'll try and get you something to eat. And if I see you stealing bread and blankets:

no the fuck I didn't.

@saltywizard
What kind of law restricts you from voting?

@nuwagaba2

The US government is currently entertaing leglislation that will require voters to show proof of citizenship at the polls. Obtaining this 'proof' will be beyond the means of many citizens, thus restricting the power of the vote and further disenfranchising the populace.

@saltywizard Such a strategy has for a long time been used by the democratic dictators to minimise voters and stay in power. This makes the majority to lose hope in democracy and look upon other stragies if not sitting and wait until they become victims of the bad governance. Is there any hope for change in the coming elections?

@nuwagaba2 @saltywizard

The SAVE Act should fail in the Senate, but the house wrote it up to disenfranchise voters, mostly women, who need current ID to match birth certificate. The work-around is passports but they are very costly.

They tried Executive Orders, twice, but judges shut them down, twice.

Next is declaring a "national emergency" which may postpone elections while also granting the regime special additional powers.

It's up to congress & judges to shut that down, like in S.Korea.

@MrBranch40
Is there any hopes for absolute change?

@nuwagaba2

Sorry to say this but I do not expect the kind of changes the USA needs anytime soon.

We can stop fascism here and maybe elsewhere where extremism has not fully developed.

There is hope.

People need to educate themselves, engage in local civics, talk to each other and get off the internet.

This, for many, is a huge ask.

But there is hope.

@MrBranch40
That sounds great when people have hope. It's the reason why we shouldn't quit and keep going. Can I share with you about my project?