Happy Valentines Day!
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South Florida, in an old neighborhood
how did Luigi change your life?
how did Luigi change your life? - Lemmy.World
I went round in circles trying to think what my action should be, but I’m a crafter not a bullet engraver. The most vicious thing I could see myself doing was sending threatening decoupage. I landed on building community with my neighbours, and have started be giving homegrown produce (mainly kale and loofah), homemade bread and free childcare in my neighbourhood (just a couple of hours a week). I’m also just not spending money until I must, and being more conscious when I must. The death of the united Healthcare CEO started me thinking, and made me take action. It’s small action, but it’s within my ability. What did it do for you? (Pic: my photo but not my craft, I bought these fingerpuppets a long time ago, but of course now I have a fave)
giving out food bags to employees
"If you don't vote <insert democrat> democracy will end"
"If you don't vote <insert democrat> democracy will end" - Lemmy.World
This article does a great job of explaining people’s frustration with having to vote for Biden again. It’s long, so here are some quotes. They’re totally cherry-picked, I’d recommend reading the whole thing (especially if you think the problem started with Biden, and that Clinton and Obama were ever good choices). > during the 1980s and early 1990s, fears of a relentless Republican juggernaut pressured those left of center to take a defensive stance, focusing on the immediate goal of electing Democrats to stem or slow the rightward tide. > Today, the labor movement has been largely subdued, and social activists have made their peace with neoliberalism and adjusted their horizons accordingly. Within the women’s movement, goals have shifted from practical objectives such as comparable worth and universal child care in the 1980s to celebrating appointments of individual women to public office and challenging the corporate glass ceiling. > Each election now becomes a moment of life-or-death urgency that precludes dissent or even reflection. For liberals, there is only one option in an election year, and that is to elect, at whatever cost, whichever Democrat is running. This modus operandi has tethered what remains of the left to a Democratic Party that has long since renounced its commitment to any sort of redistributive vision and imposes a willed amnesia on political debate. I mean, you probably should vote Biden this time, because he’s not all that bad, he’s done some good things. And trump is so terrible, it probably will be the end of democracy and the victory of fascism if he wins. Right? But what about in two years time, or four years, or eight years?