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  • FridaySteve@lemmy.worldtomemes@lemmy.worldGeneration Nero
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    5 days ago

    It’s 100% true. The safety of your local streets, housing costs, education, availability of food and clean water, even parking enforcement, all of these are decided by your city, county, township, or state. The executive branch of the federal government has almost no control over people’s daily lives.

    National guard: Little Rock Central High School and the Kent State Massacre were two notable cases where states deployed the national guard to terrorize civilians. In the late 60s Delaware deployed the national guard to Wilmington for nine months. I strongly encourage you to learn the history of what guardsmen have done in your state.

    Now, please talk to me like an adult speaks to another adult or don’t reply.


  • FridaySteve@lemmy.worldtomemes@lemmy.worldGeneration Nero
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    We’ve gone from “sex sells” to “rage sells” and it’s reflected in all media. I’ve been on the internet since 1994 and I was on BBSs before that. In the 80s we were always taught to be cautious about the motivation behind public communication, whether that’s advertising, news, posters on telephone poles, or people yelling on street corners. Nowadays people walk around in a constant state of despair and furious rage over “seeing how awful things actually are”. The conflict in Israel has been going on since 632, for example.

    If there’s an active conspiracy out there, it’s a handful of super wealthy folks in media are producing content that causes you to hyperfocus on Agent Orange and his band of fascist wannabes because that’s the politics you have the least control over and has the least control over you. They want people’s minds flooded with hand-wringing anguish because it stops them from focusing on their own family and community and making things better for people in their orbit, which would cause them to potentially lose a little bit of power. If you want to buck the system, start with your own city council, I promise that your local zoning board has plenty for you to be angry with.