I do think it’s possible to vote your way into a situation you cannot vote yourself out of.

Like, for example, the way the system is currently setup gives much more representation (and therefore power) to smaller states. To change that, we would need to amend the constitution which would require a super majority. When have institutions willingly voted to give up their unearned power?

Now now, we can’t start holding AI to higher standards than real doctors.

(not popping off at you just clarifying the AI answer)

Jupiter is NOT a failed star, the lowest bounds for a brown dwarf are 13x Jupiter’s mass, and even brown dwarfs are classified as “substellar objects” (actual failed stars?). Wikipedia says Jupiter would need to be 75x more massive to fuse hydrogen.

Well, mostly Jupiter and a little bit of Saturn.

I don’t get why people want their problems to have cosmic importance, but the scale of the universe just makes me feel like there is so much I’ll never get to see. And if there is no other life in the universe, then all those amazing worlds with utterly unique phenomena will never be observed.

Thanks! My initial idea was AP/Reuters only “just the facts” news, but I figured that would take too much effort and wouldn’t be worth it.

I’m doing my part.

Some coordination is good, I mean distributed as in anybody with time/means can join, even if they aren’t near a population center.

Yeah, that’s kind of the idea, like starting a trend of sabotaging multinational companies that have warehouses and logistics all across the country. Anyone near one could be inspired and do their part.

you dont need to kill police or politicians, probably throwing your life away, to make a difference

I agree, I just want people to think it’s okay. If the two extremes are “kill all cops and politicians” and “kill all poor people and minorities,” then a equitable middle ground where we don’t kill anybody and tax billionaires out of existence and repress cops into being friendly servants is a good compromise.

I think lots of people saying “good, who cares” to the CEO assassination was good, and should be applied liberally.

I don’t know, I thought the same thing about Bernie in 2020 but everyone went Biden instead. I hope this goes well and is replicated across the nation, but then I remember that “do good for everyone” isn’t a common goal.

I think you’re both right, it’s easy to be the internet tough guy, but until the protests are out your door you should be making a praxis network. At least I think that’s what they mean about organized crime

I just don’t understand how to shake people out of apathy. By scores of metrics, America is doing terribly compared to other Western democracies, and the proof is ready and evident. But Americans just don’t care, “who is kamala harris” was trending on google on election day.

Then add all that on top of disinformed Americans that will fight to keep their chains.

While I understand privacy concerns (hello from Tor), I think having some kind of loose tie to a physical identity would be better than true anonymous, since that could easily be astroturfed by bots or feds. I think that kind of organization is important, especially for protests, but I’m talking about wider organization in general.

With your concerns, how would you suggest getting people engaged? Something like a mastodon account that just posts dates and locations and takes feedback assuming its in good faith? Matrix chatrooms? Honestly asking, how would you get people together? I’m very interested in converting upvotes into praxis, despite the terrible exchange value.