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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Spread awareness, break all the little rules you can, scatter seeds of all kinds across town, refuse to recognize the dollar, point high powered laser pointers at private jets taking off, make up your own gender unique to you and dont respond to bigots who dont use it to refer to you, shit in the driveway of the CEO of your company (especially if you are the CEO), become ungovernable. The social contract is shattered, you owe nothing to them.

[–] guy@piefed.social 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

One of these is potentially dangerous to others, and how do you not "recognize" your currency? Do you pay for food and utilities with wolfskin and eggs?

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sure, barter if you want and can. Their power relies on the vibes of markets. Line go down is how you really hurt them. Stop buying stuff.

[–] Talaraine@fedia.io 3 points 1 week ago

This for real. Stop buying shit.

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[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Currently taking a sabbatical from giving a shit about anything.

Got assaulted, seriously injured, car got stolen, lost my job working at a non profit helping the homeless, became homeless, spent a year that way, racked up a whole bunch more injuries.

Managed to qualify for SSDI, got on a bus, rode halfway across the country in horrible agony to find a shithole I can afford to rent, with just the clothes I had on me.

Its been about a year now, doing my own physical therapy, slowly recovering.

Can't afford actual physical therapy, couldn't get to it anyway.

Maybe sometime next year I'll be able to get my glasses replaced.

Maybe if I get to the point I can walk or use my wrist for more than 10 minutes at a time I'll look into some kind of remote work... or just make a video game or something.

...

How do I deal with it?

Just keep living, one day at a time.

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[–] stoly@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I basically stopped participating. I work in a government position that is stable and pandemic-proof. I will never be able to buy a house so I don't even consider that. I live where I don't need a car. Basically, my needs are met and capitalism didn't work for me, ever.

[–] tisktisk@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago

I don't. We don't. Best we'll ever be able to do is keep the future generations in mind as the ship continues sinking. Remember overgrowth got us here and degrowth is possible--Hope must stay everpresent on the horizon of possibilities

I submit to it while kindling a fire inside. For the rest of the day escapism. Everyone is just doing escapism.

[–] Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I refuse to have children in response to what I see with my own eyes. No thanks to my parents for making me exist.

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

I do what I can when I can. Hopelessness hinders the change I can make

[–] HuntressHimbo@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

Weed and trying to understand what I value and want in my life and how that can be made to happen outside of capitalist structures

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

Lots of Minecraft

[–] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 week ago

I feed and drug the dog, which reminds me to take my antidepressants and another pill which I have to take with food, and so I eat breakfast. I meme with my friends online. I compartmentalize the fuck out of life. I go to therapy. I give myself treats. I wrap the dog's pills in a hip-and-joint soft treat so he'll take them without me shoving them down his throat. I remind myself that I almost-own a condo, so I'm doing better that a lot of millennials.

[–] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Drugs, lots and lots of tender loving illigeal drugs

[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

I don't let them win over my soul. I'll never believe that capitalism is good. I'll never let them that money is more important than people. And if someday enough people believe the same as me that things start to change I'll be there to help make that change happen.

[–] cheers_queers@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

i cry a lot and smoke a lot of weed lol

[–] WanderingVentra@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

I've been looking for a mutual aid organization to join and looking into what it takes to get a gun in my state. Bleak, I know lol

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Try really hard to ignore all evidence against the afterlife.

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[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

Every day is a step towards my plan leaving this country and going back to Korea

[–] hightrix@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Pretty easily.

I live my life and care about the people around me. I ignore things I can’t affect.

The sky is not falling. The ground is right here and things are generally OK for most people.

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