Like I know not everyone is a political commentator and won’t touch politics for fear of ostracizing their audience.
But sometimes seeing most creators not expressing any shock at these unprecedented times makes me think “damn this seems dystopian”.
I imagine what would the world be like if streaming was available during Hitlers rise.
Would people just be living in their bubble of “thanks for watching, hit like and subscribe, and if you use this code on simplisafe you’ll get 20 percent off!” winky face
Idk if I could do it, never talk about it or taking a stand. Its just too big to ignore. At least imo.
What do you guys think? Also lemmy wanted me to add a picture so here’s a picture of my dog.
I refuse to believe 99 out of a hundred people are so broken by capitalism that they won’t help others for the sake of it. I think we are so alienated from eachother and so exhausted from labor that we are rarely in situations where helping others is an option. Further, the ways in which we define help so individualized that the impact of it is minimal. we aren’t in situations where our help is meaningful, we are too exhausted and isolated to make the extra effort, and most of us don’t even consider community action as an option.
People want to help others, they just don’t know how
Let’s try to spread messages of how, then. There are a lot of ways!
My tact is going to be to get much more involved in my local politics and my community. I’m going to start going to city council meetings. I’m going to keep an eye on the various committees if I can. These meetings are all open to the public. I never once went, but I will now, so that I can make sure my voice is heard, where I feel it needs to be raised. Later on, once I get a better grasp of who does what in my city, I’m going to see about trying to encourage other people to communicate with our mayor. Maybe let my neighbors know I’m willing to talk on their behalf.
I’m also hopeful this will help me understand things better to start communicating with my governor, senators, house rep better. I’m sad to say I’m pretty ignorant on the chain of command at a local level. I want to fix that. If my mayor reports to my governor, and I establish that rapport, I can let her know that she should be leaning on the governor on policies that I don’t like. And up the chain it goes.
It’s absolutely miniscule. It affects nothing on a federal level. But it’s where my personal impact will be strongest. I can do my best to try and ensure my city is a good one and hopefully encourage other people to be involved too.