running_ragged

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[–] running_ragged@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

You aren't wrong.

We're stuck with the first past the post electoral system which is following the same route of falling into the 2 party trap. Corporations are buying those two parties and they are both further right than I think a lot of Canadians want, but the left leaning parties are a hard option to vote for, out of fear of the rightmost party getting the seat of power.

Trudeau did get elected originally on the promise of electoral reform with the NDP, but that promise was one of many he broke, and who knows how long before we can get it back as a voter issue.

Right now no one can get past the fear of economic uncertainty, which is being used by both the Liberals and Conservatives to ignore things that are much bigger in the long run, like climate change, and electoral stagnation.

[–] running_ragged@lemmy.world 31 points 3 days ago (10 children)

From the perspective of a non-influential Canadian citizen, you need to clean house before trust can be restored.

You don't trust a crack addict because they told you they're clean. Trust needs to be rebuilt and it takes a lot of time and effort.

Your democracy is sick, and Trump is the symptom, not the problem.

[–] running_ragged@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

You mean hyping up the value of his stock with lies and false promises so he can leverage that false valuation against other loans and profit even more off the value of other peoples labour?

It probably will work out just fine for him unfortunately.

[–] running_ragged@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Ive stuck with the guide: Some minor dynamic stetches are good. Then a good warmup. Then static stretching, or wait for them as part of the cool down.

Any time I try to stretch more than normal, I end up hurt. Maybe because I only do that when I expect to be pushed harder than normal.

[–] running_ragged@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

See, it gets tricky. If the only reason they’ve fallen into a life of violent crime is to survive in a world that made them poor. You can say the blame falls on society for not looking after people well, before they reach that point of desperation. But you can’t really punish society in that case, People want to see someone be punished when something goes wrong, so we punish the poor person, and cement the ideas that they owe society nothing, and ensure they continue to live outside of the law once they serve their sentences.

There is a reason that the US’ incarceration rate is so ridiculously high, and its not the poor people who are at fault, they are just the who gets punished, and so people stop looking for real justice.

[–] running_ragged@lemmy.world 77 points 1 month ago (6 children)

The GOP is fully to blame.

They sell the American public on the idea that any taxes are bad, no matter what they are meant to fund. When they are in power they cut public services, give tax breaks to corporations, and schedule tax raises to occur when they’re out of power.

When they aren’t in power they yell about taxes nonstop to make sure democrats are too scared to re-fund them, so they don’t get voted out.

Cycle after cycle, and now there’s no money to give the teachers.

[–] running_ragged@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Or…. ‘Teenage boys repeating the lies they been told by only group not shaming them for existing.’

They are victims of the circumstances, but because they are male, too many people act like its it’s okay to blame them.

[–] running_ragged@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Figuring out identity I think boils down to figuring out what gives you dysphoria, vs what gives you euphoria. Which it sounds like you’ve already figured out quite a bit.

As far as a specific label goes, they’re meant to be descriptive. So the label that fits in a given situation is what works, and you shouldn’t have to pick one that is who you are. They aren’t meant to be prescriptive, deciding for you how you should be showing up. If that makes sense.

From what you describe, I would explore the nuances within the non binary spaces, and find some idea that fit you there, like maybe trans masc or something like that.

[–] running_ragged@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Age verification is the label used for data collection. Forcing users to submit ID, means they, and the government can know who is saying they don’t like the things the government is doing. And where you were logged in when you said it.

Considering the row of tech ceos who payed millions to be in the front row of Trumps inauguration, that terrifies me.

Edit : https://mashable.com/article/homeland-security-issues-subpeonas-to-dox-social-media-users

[–] running_ragged@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Smaller local convenience stores in Canada, often had a CC charge added probably 20 or more years ago.

[–] running_ragged@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

No, he literally didn’t just say that. He went on to say: “ The information I have confirms that she has experienced incredible trauma in her life, which is not her fault,”

Which was included in the short bit I copied earlier, and you just glossed over. Stop looking only at the parts that confirm the lies that you have been told.

[–] running_ragged@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sort by all, block communities you don’t like. It’s your algorithm, not theirs.

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