The people the government derives it’s power from the consent of

Do a headcount of which citizens are on which side. Rationality and empathy exist in bubbles, not a sea. Most of the population is really just that plain dumb and/or sadistic and apparently has grown in numbers and magnitude since last time. The side you’re rooting for also will almost always pull their punches whereas the other side simply doesn’t. Give me a deus ex machina fairy tale dream to cling onto because those in power with the big guns and tanks and bombs lust for hurting people and they’ve got the majority of the masses tricked into happily getting themselves and others trampled upon.

Oh, yeah? Me and what army?

So a perfect time for a military coup? 🤞

life is suffering

Bro so true

Suffering comes from attachment, craving, and ignorance, particularly craving for things that are impermanent

How does neurological pain that is chronic and beyond apparent medical remedy fit into that categorization?

Suffering can be overcome by eliminating the causes of suffering

That seems tautological? But just axe my whole damn sensory receptors please

“Accidentally”. The cruelty is the point.

Instead just one comedian, you get house full of clowns

Not an American tourist this time

Certain Lemmy apps show an indicator, such as the baby face emoji, next to newly created accounts. I assume this is a futureproofing measure against spam or bot accounts by bringing the newness of the account to other users’ attention so they know to be more wary of them. Based on my previous experience hunting bots on Reddit, I think this is an excellent futureproofing feature.

If you’re using the Voyager app, you can activate or deactivate this indicator on your end by going to the General settings in the app and switching the New Account Highlightenator. Other users will still see the baby face next to your username until you age out of it, but I don’t know how long that will take.

Welcome to Lemmy!

Apparently, Reddit has started mega-censoring anything even slightly inciting of violence, ranging from comments saying “F Trump” or just the word “Luigi”, as well as banning users just for upvoting this content.

Woody Guthrie famously had written on his guitar “This machine kills fascists”.

The top eighth of a billionaire and the bottom seven-eighths of a billionaire

1,000,000 ppm