#where's the democracy

[aspiringwarriorlibrarian]

"You can't change people's minds" where does the change in social change come from then? Spare coins?

Not everyone is up to debate and convince people otherwise but that's why activism is a skill worth learning. Just because you couldn't do it doesn't make it impossible.

#democracy is a numbers game #if you assume a strategy of decreasing your numbers #or even a strategy where increasing your numbers is seen as an impossible feat #you are going to lose

[marvelsmostwanted]

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#love you all sorry to be a pain just don’t want to lose my democracy or rights etc etc #midterms 2022 #midterm election #2022 #us politics #gotv #vote #voting resources #how to vote #where to vote #mine

[ahsoka-in-a-hood]

I’m always a little bit baffled by the pearl-clutching about Mace attempting to assassinate (nvrmind that he went there for an arrest and Palpatine attacked first) the head of state because *gasp* how terrible

but like, considering what Palpatine did afterward, (and it’s not like it was actually in response, it was the plan either way) (and also nevermind that he was already a dictator at this point, not the democratically elected head of state) and “I sense a plot to destroy the jedi,” a line said by Mace beforehand, it’s really. . Imagine you’re at the head of a small religious order, charged with the protection of not only the democratic state that guy just usurped but also, crucially, the protection of every single child in your monastery and every single knight or student in your order, and the head of state wants to destroy your people, and even belongs to a secret cult committed to the cause of killing your people, and has access to the full might of the state to do so, unopposed by anyone except you- well, what would you do, i guess? What is a reasonable course of action, there?

#personally i'm not opposed to a little bit of mild assasination as a last resort but whatever #look #if the avenues of democracies are shut down people have no choice but to take to streets #if the law stops you from leaving your abuser sometimes kicking the stepladder out from under them is just what you gotta do #if a dictator's term is for life then i guess they might have to die prematurely #if you leave people zero options except the radical one you can hardly be surprised if they're radicalized #............................................where was i going with this #anyway #mace windu

[taitavva]

ARE U SURE??? I FEEL AN INTENSE NEED TO PAY U BC ALL OF THE PIECES R AMAZING.. also i have gone absolutely crazy and ontop of shiho-goro bm au theres hifumi + shiho + mishima + eiko (girl in makotos confidant) + ken (p3) + goro bm au.. like if yaldy got to pick whole teams against eachother instead/if philemon (p1, creator of velvet room) got to debate and ask for kechi to have more people

it's absolutely fine <3 i love goro akechi & his bm squad. but it would suck if no one there could turn into a van. how are you traversing the metaverse ?? on foot ??? 😭 it's like a group of preschoolers trying to traverse shibuya crossing

#i might open a kofi in the future but. #that's also a big maybe #coming up with pt outfits is agony #how does anyone do this #the idea of having 2 justice confidants on the team is great #like who here is the leader ???? #+ hifumi ? 😭 #its a democracy .... #imagine goro using call of chaos on one of his teammates #“shiho where is your RAGE.” #“RISE RISE RISE” #pleaseeee let her go insane #p3 #persona 3 #persona 5 #p5 #p5r #persona 5 royal #procreate #2023 #goro akechi #ken amada #shiho suzui #yuuki mishima #eiko takao #hifumi togo #1 hour #taitavva sketches #taitavva talks

[ewingstan]

All Women Are Bisexual in Wildbow Novels.

#getting flashbacks to the part of The Republic where Democracies are disparaged as like colorful cloaks attractive to women and children #don't know if there's any actual resonances there but felt strong enough to note #ward 7.y #parahumans #wildbow #leo says #leo reads ward

[shima-draws]

Seething at one of the tags on that poll saying FMA is a military + genocide apologist anime have you even WATCHED it

#It’s literally the exact OPPOSITE of that lmao #Looks at the two characters’ whose motives are to dismantle the military from the inside in order to change the country #And turn it back into a democracy and stop making Amestris a military state #LITERALLY the upper ranks of the military are corrupt as fuck and Roy sees that and he’s like. Oh HELL no. I HAVE to do smth about this #And all the OTHER military folk who are ready to be tried for their crimes in Ishval bc they KNOW it was wrong. #And they’re trying to make up for it and are ready to accept the punishment for the slaughter of so many people #AND. The last fucking 15 EPISODES of FMAB are ALL ABOUT preventing another mass genocide #Literally the culmination of the entire anime is them stopping Father from wiping out an entire country just to gain the powers of ‘god’ #SORRY LMAO trying not to make waves. But FMA has got some DEEP messages and character motivations #And I hate to see takes like this. Smh #What’s that one meme where it’s like. The point of the series flies over people’s heads. That’s what this is #(If the person who wrote those tags sees this I’m sorry I prommy I’m not actually mad) #(Just trying to make a point lol) #Anyway. Coughs #FMAB sweep. #Shima speaks #FMA

[dykedvonte]

An independent Courier would actually hate being in charge or enforcing standards in New Vegas. At least in my mind.

They made Vegas independent but I feel like that playthrough/style so clearly makes it apparent it isn't for them. They are making Vegas a place where people can live freely, like how House genuinely didn't care what people did but without the behind-the-scenes Big Brother surveillance he did. Having every family, faction, and other influence group or person comes to them about alliances or rules would be draining, and boring, one note.

In an independent Vegas, The Courier is also Independent. They like getting rid of lines and borders that impede freedom, they like to help give people the tool but I don't believe they want to be the one to shape it.

#a lot of this is like how ncr started but then lost its way #the courier would like a democracy but like one that is truly run by the people like if public votes or letting people split off and embrac #their traditions instead of a universal standard like house changing the tribes caesar wiping out so many cultures and the ncr whole thing #with their money being worthless in territories they have not taken control over cause people dont want to #the courier doesnt want to be house 2.0 and i see that so often in peoples interpretations of that ending and I just dont think its the cas #like theyd stay to help it stablize for a but ultimately i think theyd leave to clean up any loose ends or just travel the mojave like #a lot of the dialouge good or evil is very much like the courier doesnt want the responsiblity to be placed on them rather they choose what #they want to take on that is not presented in sort of a scenerio where they losely rule NV cause everyone else would go to them even if the #say they arent in charge #i at least for the follower quest tell them their choices are theirs and no one elses so i see that as their outlook so im biased #cause im also good karma just for how nice I am and I like doing crazy adventure shit and its actually hard to have fun when everyone hates #you for being legion #anyway make of this what you will #fallout #fallout new vegas #fnv #the courier #courier six #courier fnv #the strip fnv #robert edwin house #caesar’s legion #new california republic #independent vegas

[taffywabbit]

#buny text #democracy #i don't even live in a place where i gotta worry about being loud anymore but i still instinctively half-whisper at all times regardless

[blood-mocha-latte]

if you haven't seen all three, care to specify? i'm Nosy

#rie posts #what better way than Democracy to learn these numbers? #anyways i've seen all three but now i'm curious. where are my pacific and gen kill peeps at #band of brothers #the pacific #generation kill #hbo war

[zvaigzdelasas]

Erdogan is a tyrant and a murderer of his opposition. He is the killer of Turkish democracy. How fucking dare you post quotes from him?

"how fucking dare you post quotes from him"

#to b clear diff anon than the one i mentioned just before #interesting how your gripe is with turkish democracy instead of artsakh #the democracy of *checks notes* a nato attack dog during the cold war strategically positioned against the ussr #founded by fucking ataturk #basically run by its intel agencies and the country where the whole fucking term 'deep state' comes from #yeah that democracy #*posts quote from geopolitically relevant statement by donald trump* how fucking dare you #like in case its not clear - my opinions on erdogan haven't changed whatsoever in the last week #the support palestinian politics has among the turkish working class hasnt changed so #kilicdaroglu would probably make similar statements

[hotvintagepoll]

I’ll have you know that putting Howard Keel against Peter O’Toole is the hardest decision I have made all year 😭 you put my type against my other type🤣 so fun to see everyone’s propaganda!

Thank you! I love having the polls be clashes of types. I've seen some complaints that I shouldn't pit very different people against each other, but I kind of think that's the point—I've arranged the poll so I genuinely never know who will win. The chaos reigns!

#idk i see polls that clearly have people in different 'lanes' and it just leads to a final where you KNOW who will sweep #here? no idea! every romantic type has an in! #i have /guesses/ but the polls have repeatedly thrown my ideas sideways. i love it. democracy at its finest #(save for that one poll which is a GRAVE INJUSTICE and a CRY AGAINST GOD) #asks

[never-was-has-been]

This is no longer saying the "quiet part" out loud. This is Bald faced Christos-Fascist agenda that I've been saying for many many years on social media. NOW, it is apparent that it has sprouted in full bloom like a Venus Flytrap growing with steroidal chemicals and nitrogen. This adversity from them and their ilk will not stop (or be stopped!) until they achieve Full Spectrum Theocratic Dominance. Mark. My. Words here: 12-24-2023.

#1 Christos-Fascist agenda #They HATE Democracy! #They want a Monarchy where the “God” of Abraham RULES the land-nay-the Whole phucking Planet. #Mark. My. Words. #Who's Going to STOP them eh? #The Left is powerless against these a-holes unless we/the Left can change it together.

[bonefall]

naruto as a whole is a fucking mess and i say thisas somebody whos read the entireseries 3 times over. “naruto is going to change the system! haha teehee never mind hes not doing anytning about the child soldiers and slave castes and the genocides.” “sasuke can be upset at his brother for committing a genocide but actually genocide against an oppressed bloodline is good if theyre getting uppity and its sanctioned by the government and also have a genetic predisposition to be evil so he should just get over it and be okay with it” “sakura needs to stop obsessing over a guy whos not even interested and become strong for her own sake. actually shes a housewife now”

kishimoto im going to blow you up with my mind

YOU GET IT

For real though I think what they did with Sasuke's arc was one of the most baffling fucking things I've ever seen. "Actually. Your brother who carried out a genocide loved you :( he only put you in the Torment Nexus for several days because uhhh he wanted you to hate him and not find out about the government who ordered it. Everything he ever did was actually to protect you. And Uchihas are actually kinda rotten anyway so it's good an entire GROUP OF PEOPLE died. Don't think about any babies or children who were also slaughtered btw uhh nope all of them were bad."

Sasuke: "Yes I understand. I will now rule the world through fear. Actually nvm Naruto won our fight so, my philosophy is gone now."

Thank goodness that Evil Sasuke killed the three Bad Government Officials before that point, though. We had this whole theme going about toxic structures, cycles of abuse, and how oppressive regimes can propagate themselves even when a leader is well-meaning... but, like, Naruto REALLY wants to be Hokage, so actually if you just kill these Three Bad Governors it's gonna be fine.

There is no need for systemic change. Slave castes and child soldiers are fine. It's ok as long as the president is blonde :)

#It also bothers me unreasonably. And HAS bothered me since I was like 15. That in the final-- #--scene where sasuke finally lets Naruto Into His Heart he goes off about how they were both just Lonely Children Looking for Love #Like... no!! No actually! Sasuke's WHOLE THING was that EVERYONE was praising him as a prodigy #But that he was pushing away everyone around him because his brother put him in the fucjing torment nexus #It would have been more appropriate to talk about how THEYVE BOTH BEEN MADE INTO WEAPONS #For Naruto to realize (now that he is Useful to his war-obsessed society) that Sasuke was also undergoing a sort of dehumanization #It should be through THEIR GROWTH AS PEOPLE that they finally have a deeper understanding of each other #THEY DID NOT HAVE A COMMON ORIGIN #THATS THE POINT. THEY BECAME FRIENDS IN SPITE OF IT #iM FLIPPING TABLES #They had the opposite problem as each other but through self-imposed ostracization and proving one's 'worth' *NOW* THEY GET IT #But we cant do that bc you'd have to admit that Sasuke hada fucking point and wasnt just wrong the whole time #And that this system is ROTTEN and that Naruto shouldn't become Hokage but DESTROY THE POSITION #because dictators choosing dictators IS BAD. #They should have changed the government to democracy and then Sakura wins the first free election #Because she's actually deeply connected with the people of the fire nation especially outside of the capital city #For like her humanitarian work during the timeskip #And for being the disciple of Tsunade who was a respected leader #And then have a cute moment where Naruto and her banter about it. That she fulfilled HIS dream lmaoo #And also let the three of them be friends im beggign OTL #She gets over her crush on him and theyre just friends #Animeposting #I shouldn't have mentioned sakura now im yelling about naruto on the cat blog

[ahsoka-in-a-hood]

There's definitely something about the how the colonialism vibes of both Naboo and Tatooine, and Padme and Anakin when they discuss The Massacre, do all sort of fit together to paint a picture of some sort. (I mean Naboo was quite extraordinary really, they weren't even in contact with the indigenous people.)

and the way that fits with the whole picture of the republic and Padme's role

And it does have me sitting there squinting about how much was intentional commentary occasionally

#because of reasons a lot of my notes have been a mix of Padme love and also Padme revulsion and general tusken discourse #i get it #i get all of it #because i can see she was an actual champion of democracy and the mouthpiece of a lot of the politics and almost the hero of the republic #and so on #and then her flaws. frequently they mirror anakin's. but then they are also............. really good examples of some of the pitfalls of #american liberal politics and stuff #anyway i'm just scolling through notes sometimes and noting strong opinions and feeling generally ambivalent. #and i don't have handy author notes to consult on. how much of that was authorial racism and how much wasn't. #remember that one deleted scene where she talked about her time volunteering. god that was cringey.

[theworldinclines]

im still stuck on tinn handing the presidency to kajorn despite the fact that tinn himself had to take part in an electoral process?? did his mom introduce the school president idea when she took over as principal, so there hadn't been one before? or did tinn really just say fuck it kajorn president bc i said so if u disagree ur homophobic✌️this plot hole is The funniest thing to me btw

#as soon as tinn said heres a binder mr pres🤪i was like girl huh wheres the democracy fjsjgksdkks COMEDY #a heartfelt moment and im just like WAIT fjsksjaks #msp #my school president #tinn #kajorn #my writing

[void-thegod]

I don't think people realize how "democracy" has gotten in the way of progress.

Yes, in a more ideal society (with more ideal people?) This shit would all work out for the betterment of mankind and the planet.

But what do we have? A bunch of rich assholes, entitled assholes, and ignorant assholes in positions of power to fuck everyone over.

All together. Even if there are OBVIOUSLY solutions to all our ills... mf can just be like "nope. Would rather argue about the obvious"

Meanwhile the planet is on fire.

Please shut the fuck up if you know what we are currently doing is not working and it is not working fast enough

Edit: I will block you. This isn't an argument.

#democracy #society #hopepunk #solarpunk #futurism #artificial intelligence #ai should be doing my taxes and cleaning up water via mushrooms #or whatever #also yeah councils of smart people in their fields of expertise #to help direct #i know we have a cabinet for that #and different branches of government #but look where the fuck we are #politics #us politics #anti capitalism #anti work #anti war #late stage capitalism #socialism #anarchy #queer #trans #black lives matter #acab #america #voidpunk #discourse #thoughts #vent