treefrog

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[–] treefrog@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Money is a carrot on a stick. It's not fulfillment.

We find lasting fulfillment and self-worth through our connections with each other. With your kid, with your co-workers. With other people in your life.

Try consciously putting your attention on the things that are actually fulfilling. Money doesn't buy happiness. It does make life easier. But happiness is the time you spend with your kid, not the money you spend on him.

[–] treefrog@lemm.ee 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

He's addicted to ketamine. When that stops working, which it will, he'll either OD or switch to stimulants like Trump and Hitler.

People with antisocial personality disorders tend to not like classical psychedelics as much as they let on. As it tends to be a humbling experience. Which is scary when you think the world revolves around you.

[–] treefrog@lemm.ee 19 points 3 days ago

RFK Jr, who is likely to be our new head of health and human services, wants to ban it nationally.

[–] treefrog@lemm.ee 24 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

They mostly ignored trans issues too aside from to punch back at Trump's ads on sport networks.

And I say that as somebody that paid a lot of attention to those issues because I'm trans.

The Trump campaign spread hate speech about me and a ton of misinformation about my health care.

Should the Democrats have just said nothing?

The whole argument reminds me of gay men pretending like I don't exist so they could advance their own rights, even though it was women like me that started the riots as Stonewall. Throwing trans comrades under the bus just like your post is doing.

[–] treefrog@lemm.ee 40 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Hate crimes went up 20% during Trump's last term. Hate crime related murders were at a 28-year high.

[–] treefrog@lemm.ee 38 points 4 days ago

Hate crimes went up 20% during Trump's last term.

Hate crime related murder was at a 28 year high.

Stay safe comrades!

[–] treefrog@lemm.ee 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

The FTC over the last two years has been going after corporations. But, anti-trust lawsuits take time. And I agree that they could have been more aggressive.

So, the issue wasn't that the democrats weren't doing anything and had no plans to do anything. It was that their messaging was shit. They should have directed more outrage at corporations and used fewer appeals to reason.

The rhetoric that works in a courtroom isn't what wins elections, in other words.

[–] treefrog@lemm.ee 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Which is why I blame Biden for his pride and hubris. He should have stepped down, so a primary could have been run and the candidate, Harris or otherwise, had a better shot.

[–] treefrog@lemm.ee -3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I've suspected this from before election night. And 100% wouldn't be surprised.

And I'm hopeful an investigation lands Trump and Musk both in jail.

[–] treefrog@lemm.ee 10 points 4 days ago (7 children)

I get that. But the subjectivity is lack of political education and media bias.

In other words, it's not subjective, really. It's a misnomer that's been spread through propaganda by both parties. And repeated ad nauseam by the media.

People need to understand that the democrats are centrists drifting right, in order to understand that there are other real options, like organizing, striking, and community action/mutual aid. Otherwise, everyone is going to sit on their hands for the next four years, praying that the democrats save them.

[–] treefrog@lemm.ee 19 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The only words I may have put in your mouth is democrats being the party of the underclass.

Which I pulled from context and may not have been your intention. But it's certainly how Democrats market themselves while being status quo politicians.

The rest of my comment directly addresses your main point.

Losing didn’t reveal anything wrong with the DNC. The problem is with Americans.

Which boils down too. The DNC is fine. Americans are just brainwashed and don't know what's good for them!

But I get the impression you're being dismissive anyway. Similar to your attitude towards working class voters.

[–] treefrog@lemm.ee 14 points 4 days ago (7 children)

They actually have been.

The issue was messaging. Harris made her campaign about fear of Trump. She should have used outrage towards those you just mentioned along with a solid plan of how to regulate that behavior.

 

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