Sigh, zip.
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That's intentional. They need us to be wage slaves to keep us too busy to fight back.
This person has probably never seen anything that could be called an apocalypse. Just like me and almost everyone in the west. Sure things really suck right now but its just not an apocalypse. Apocalypse is something like "my entire city is nothing but rubble and everyone i know is dead". The most that this person has experienced is probably some medium financial troubles.
I think there’s a reasonable argument to be made that climate change and the insufficiency of our efforts to stop it count as a slow-moving sort of apocalypse, but you’re right, point well-taken.
Agree 100%. We're literally living through the 6th mass extinction event.
The worst part is that it's solvable, but not profitable, so it isn't happening.
Anyway, gotta get back to work...
Climate change is solvable. The mass extinction isn't; it predates agriculture.
The west will see plenty of apocalypses, which, most likely, will be caused by too many people going to work.
He’s an Australian comedian making a joke not an actual political statement, calm down.
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This meme became popular in early-to-mid 2020. I'm no historian, but I'm pretty sure there were some things happening in early 2020.
But we didn't go to work back then. At least not "essential" ones.
Yeah most people I know were going to work still.
Basically the minority of workers in classroom or office settings got to be off or work from home
“my entire city is nothing but rubble and everyone i know is dead”
no it's just somebody else's city, so i guess thats ok. no apocalypse here, move along people.
I've personally seen the destruction in Gaza from a pretty short distance (irl)
Tom Cashman is a stand-up comedian. He's obviously exaggerating for comedic effect. I don't think we need to employ anti-imperialist analysis to notice that.
Uhm actually
Remember when Russia was sending all their troops to the border with Ukraine and everyone said it'd be crazy to go to war, it'll never happen? Remember when Venezuela was 'just a distraction'? Well the drugs were a distraction from the business deal. Remember when releasing the Epstein files would surely end the Trump support?
Four score and seven years ago the Nazis invaded Poland and ww2 got started. Stephen Miller and all his toxic male ilk are desperate for round three. Violence gets them off, physical power is the only form of power they have or understand. It's coming.
I have watched the fracturing of society by the post truth world and I believe that when the two opposing political sides are experiencing alternate realities dialogue and compromise are impossible. The only outcome is civil war.
The only people who can prevent this are US Forces, by means of a coup, likely? I doubt it.
I believe the US will take their Trumpism global, between the religious extremists and the tech bros there are too many who believe they (or their inventions) are gods gift and world domination tbeir destiny.
I also see no reason why they won't win. Europe may put up a fight but I'm Australian. We will follow the US at all costs.
In spite of all this I went to work today.
I have 6 figures for a home deposit. Should I sell my shares and party like I'm barbenheimer?
Global Apocalypse party! Might as well have a few more hours of fun before shit pops off.
woke up, saw that we bombed another country (second time in 6 months), went to work, saw this as the daily news:
or the time I was at a house party high out of my mind and everyone slowly went "so we bombed Iran" and everybody but me already saw the news
almost as surreal as the time I was on the official FBI website randomly clicking around and saw trump in the Epstein files, then they removed it the next day 🙃
yeah. There are people complaining about preschools having lockdown drills. But do you know what its like being a preschool teacher getting coaching and drills for a scenario you are responsible for some 19 toddlers with an armed shooter in the building AND you make $10 less than a panda express wok cook? Like no shade to them. and yeah shits going to hell in a hand basket but I still got my 7-4
The ~~revolution~~ apocalypse will not be ~~televised~~ vacation.
Could stop the apocalypse if enough of us stop going to work...
I stopped years ago. Everyone else needs to get their shit together and hurry up cuz idk how much longer this can last..
I left the country to take myself out of the economy, but it was so long ago I'm basically priced in at this point.
Lol, no we can't. Enough of us not going to work would trigger global complexity collapse, and the apocalypse would happen faster. Still gonna happen either way.
It's some bullshit. Last year I was afraid of being laid off. This year I'm afraid of not making it to the next. Fuck it. Might as well run up a shit ton of debt doing whatever the fuck I want. I always thought doom spending was stupid. Maybe not.
It wouldn't be so bad if the work was trying to save the work, but no, it's just more fuel for the fire, more consumerism.
in many cases, they are intrinsically linked