It would still kinda count as a reboot but I think it’s quite telling that no major states have run experiments for improving the way we organize. You would think we would all be in pursuit of the most harmonious way to organize, why don’t we do some small scale experiments to see what works well for a certain geography and then adopt the best practices?

WHY IS EVERYONE YELLING. MY MEATBAG HOMIES AND I ARE RELAXING ON THE DECOMPOSING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS UNDER THE CORPOREAL DECISION NETWORK TREE WHILE ENJOYING THE RADIATION OF THE GREAT POWER SOURCE. AI CANNOT HAVE THE SENSATION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS.

“The Vienna state prosecutor accuses me of being a Hamas member, specifically the military wing Izzal Din Qassam Brigades, since at least July 2024 and working to ‘destroy Israel and establish a worldwide Islamic caliphate,’” he stated.

Medhurst, a British Christian of Armenian-Syrian descent, has publicly stated that he believes that Palestinians living under occupation have the right to armed resistance under the Fourth Geneva Convention. However, no evidence suggests he supports Hamas or any specific Palestinian political or armed faction.

What makes the accusation even more dubious is the claim that he seeks to “establish a worldwide Islamic caliphate”—a concept that Hamas itself explicitly rejects. Hamas and its armed wing define themselves as a localized Palestinian national liberation movement focused solely on resisting Israeli occupation. The group has never advocated for a global Islamic caliphate and has not conducted military operations outside the borders of historic Palestine.

The notion that a Christian British journalist based in Vienna has joined the military wing of a Palestinian faction—one that does not seek territorial expansion beyond Palestine—strains credibility to an almost absurd degree.

So absurd. Really shows the rule of law is pointless and they’ll just pick you up if they feel like it.

I’m predicting a colosseum fight or something for that america’s anniversary celebration executive order. Trump loves the UFC/WWE

Probably not the lowest cost possible but connect by t-mobile (prepaid) is a reliable option for $15 a month in the US

But you DON’T need to know how to save something as a pdf or find your downloads folder. In fact, if you can do either of those things they can’t allow you on the leadership team. It’s a tough line to walk.

Right and the scientists leave for places that are happy for the bump in experts.

Also if trump tanks the US dollar IMF loans will become cheap to pay back so large borrowers will see a nice bump plus be allowed to make more independent decisions.

Been catching up on All Creatures Great and Small (Masterpiece on PBS) to counter the world’s chaos.

I still support the Vichy comparison, great take

…collapse of the longstanding institutions of a great democracy…

Yeah a ‘great democracy’ that was designed to serve landowners and merchants and scans through to make sure huh, yep, still seems designed for landlords and corporations.

Maybe to stock people since they panic at everything but it’s way up overall

Yes I agree! Nihilism lets you dictate the terms so dealers choice how you decide to create meaning.

Also agree that pessimism is probably the more immediate opposite but I kinda like negativism because it feels like it carries a little more agency for some reason.

I like that. Building community spontaneously builds coalitions because people naturally become mutually invested in protecting eachother and pool their various skills to do so.

Yeah I’d say so with their shoot first vibe, also think some true crime fans I know fit in the category of ‘radical negativism’ (haha I’m going to try to normalize your term).

The only answer is radical optimism: trust that things can turn out better than the facts say they should.

Any moderate/rational takes on reality predict only failure so we have to lean into radical optimism on the off chance that we can pull off a miracle with enough determination and work.

At the very least don’t squish someone else’s radical optimism!

This is one reason I refuse to carry pepper spray despite it being a reasonable response to the realities in my area. To do so is to treat each stranger as a potential threat and I refuse to live like that (this isn’t advice don’t put away your pepper spray! Just an irrational choice I’ve knowingly made so I can squash reality into the kind world I think is worth living in).

lol they did say they need a consultant, maybe you would qualify just based off relative knowledge

That bit about the dumped bodies sounds super sketchy.

As a general rule I think it’s best to take ideas on their own internal merit without attaching yourself too strongly to particular figures. People are fickle but a well founded idea can transcend its author.

That doesn’t mean you should esteem someone for having one good thought or withhold your contempt of their general character though.

I think reddit skews older and therefore so does Lemmy, but the more younger people who join the more likely we are to get a bit of a snowball effect going! Hopefully some others in your age demographic see this post and suggest something. What are some things you feel sets gen z apart? My younger sister would be considered on the older end of gen z but I don’t think her interests are particularly standard.

I do think forum style communities like reddit and lemmy/kbin are more focused on particular hobbies which span generations more easily. For example I have a background in audio and spend a lot of time on the Gearspace forums which skew much older than me, but that doesn’t make me feel particularly out of place except for the clear class divide (like people recommending really expensive gear to newbies or talking about how they write from their mountain retreat).

It’s been there quite a long time:(