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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

RULES:

  1. Your post must be a screen capture of a microblog-type post that includes the UI of the site it came from, preferably also including the avatar and username of the original poster. Including relevant comments made to the original post is encouraged.
  2. Your post, included comments, or your title/comment should include some kind of commentary or remark on the subject of the screen capture. Your title must include at least one word relevant to your post.
  3. You are encouraged to provide a link back to the source of your screen capture in the body of your post.
  4. Current politics and news are allowed, but discouraged. There MUST be some kind of human commentary/reaction included (either by the original poster or you). Just news articles or headlines will be deleted.
  5. Doctored posts/images and AI are allowed, but discouraged. You MUST indicate this in your post (even if you didn't originally know). If a post is found to be fabricated or edited in any way and it is not properly labeled, it will be deleted.
  6. Be nice. Take political debates to the appropriate communities. Take personal disagreements to private messages.
  7. No advertising, brand promotion, or guerrilla marketing.

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[–] iii@mander.xyz 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

anarchists can maximize this as a guiding principle culturally with no state

As a fantasy, sure. I can see how some members of past "revolutions" might have thought that that's what they're going to do.

But then came reality, and the realisation that you can't vibe everyone into cooperation. There's so many different kinds of people with different goals, life stories and traumas.

Then comes the supression. Which they're doing only for your benefit, so they rationalize.

Yes, the feelings associated with the "let's all vibe" and "they're not vibing and everything is crumbling down" are different. But we have to be intellectually honest and realise as a leads to b, they are the same thing.

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If you think you can create a utopia through revolution, you're delusional

A utopia can only be built by genuine buy-in. If it doesn't come from the people, you're just another authoritarian believing you've cracked the code

I don't even think you'd disagree with this from what you've said so far... But can you really not imagine a better world? Can you really not even picture a path where people just are better, without the need for laws or violence?

I get how you might not see a path from where we are to there, but can you not even imagine the best timeline?

[–] iii@mander.xyz 1 points 7 months ago

Can you really not even picture a path where people just are better, without the need for laws or violence?

I know there's pain so great that expecting people to accept it is delusional.