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Massive pain and suffering is upon us and worsening by the day

agreed

Is it just because you feel like you’re in a relatively comfortable position that you think the above mass suffering is defensible?

I'm a Mexican trans woman, I don't know how comfortable that makes me in the U.S. in 2024. For now I have a job and and a home and since my transition around 2002, my civil rights have mostly been growing except for where Republicans have prevented Democrats from helping (I want to be clear I'm not pro Democrat, I just can't see the group that wants to kill me as equivalent to the one who gave me a right to housing and employment).

In fact, much of my motivation for this conversation is because I feel if Trump wins my life will be in immediate danger, he's made clear his intentions; under Biden it is not.

And what makes you think I find the current situation of mass suffering defensible? You understand the word "worse" right? You used a form of it in your reply so obviously. Worse means it's bad now and will get MORE BAD. Trump WILL BE VERY MUCH WORSE FOR NEARLY EVERYONE. Unless you're an accelerationist, Trump will make any goals you might have of making the world a better place much much more difficult and risky.

Those links you gave me, do you think suicides will go down under Trump? Do you think your rent will go down under Trump? You realize, if Biden doesn't win we get Trump right? The alternative to Biden isn't whatever your utopia is.

This election is like being on a game show, behind door number one is Republican who wants to kill me and others I care about. Behind the other door is someone giving me a a Spam sandwich so I don't starve to death while they dine in luxury. Which should I choose? ** There is no third option.** You think revolution is needed or something? Work on that AND take a few minutes to vote for those who will make your work easier and reduce suffering for vulnerable populations.

And if you bring up genocide, you don't think the guy who moved the embassy in Israel to Jerusalem is going to end the genocide do you? If so, hook me up with your dealer, that's some crazy shit you're smoking.

Because if this in fact a society, that suffering is our responsibility and shame upon our heads.

I don't know about you but I'm effectively trapped in this society. If there was a realistic option to move to another where I wasn't ashamed I might consider it. I have friends that left the country, it's a lot of work and takes a lot of money if you don't want to end up in a bad situation away from everyone that can help you. But I'm more of a fighter than a flighter, I'm going to stay and stand up for my fam.

I can understand that to some degree, I'm not a pacifist. But I am a realist, so I don't think a few thousand Lemmy users and a few thousand Reddit users are going to have any success in a full on violent revolution against the most powerful forces the world has ever seen, one that actually ends capitalism. Talking that way alienates people, most people aren't willing to die for communism, they don't know what it is and we're doing a poor job of educating them. They want frappacinos and our rulers know to provide bread and circuses, enough to prevent revolution.

You can't change the way billions of people around the world think by starting a revolution, you can make things worse by starting factional wars or getting all the leftists wiped out leaving cowards. Evolution by natural selection (slow) and cultural change (fast) are the only juggernauts capable of the real change this planet needs to survive this era. You may not see culture changing, but I assure you changes are happening crazy fast, we need to direct this change, and we are. The internet is key to this change.

I"m of the opinion that there is a very small number of truly evil people, they are the rulers and their protectors (those willing to wear a uniform and/or carry a badge and kill innocents on order for pay or loyalty) and a large number of gullible idiots. If we want to win, we need to figure out how to deactivate this idiot army and block propaganda. The long-term goal needs to be to leave these psychopaths unprotected by the state, community self-defense will take care of the rest.