This is why it’s dangerous to not always be seeking the truth, no matter how uncomfortable it is

It’s going to come back to bite you sooner or later

History repeats

Are you willing to take that risk?

Because I wouldn’t

Though, hell, it’d already be too late for me, as I’m trans. Thankfully I don’t live in the US

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/papers-please-creator-lucas-pope-says-its-a-tragedy-his-2013-immigration-sim-now-feels-so-on-the-nose-you-want-your-work-to-be-relevant-but-at-the-same-time-wow-i-really-wish-it-was-not-that-f-ing-relevant/

Even the Creator is dismayed

“it’s never going to happen” until it happens

How many “it’s incredibly unlikely the republicans do this” are we past now? Because it sure as hell is a ton

Mutual support like that is what’s going to make the world a better place, keep it up, it’s just what the world needs right now

Unless you kill yourself, because you know, that happens a lot in untreated mental illness

Or even more “minor” stuff like not taking care of your own health, pushing away everyone you know and love, or even maybe want them to hate you so that they won’t get hurt when you do finally do something

You are downplaying mental illness, whether you admit to it or not. Our brain is the core of our being, why do you not take it as seriously as the rest of our body?

No, its you that are downplaying the effects of mental health

Why is it that mental health issues are treated less severely than physical health issues? You can be deeply affected, and even die, due to them either way

They both can ruin lives

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Maybe part of it is the whole “greatest country on earth” stuff as well. In other words, a lack of humility

In the European countries I’ve lived in, pride like that wasn’t really encouraged. And if you’re too boastful or what not to the point of arrogance, you tend to get the stink eye

And this applies to patriotism as well. Here in Norway for example, despite us having a stronger claim for stuff like “greatest country”, very few people, if any, really feel like being “proud” of one’s own country is something that one should be doing, or it being honorable at all. The best I see is that people enjoy living here and, if they see another Norwegian out there or Norway mentioned, they just get happy to see a fellow Norwegian, just because we are relatively small

Honestly, most Norwegians I’ve met complain about Norway’s problems more often than not lmao, despite, all things considered, you can hardly find better countries to live in, except some other European ones depending on your own preferences

There really is just, no culture of like, arrogance. Something that I feel like is very different to the US with its super heavy emphasis on individual capitalistic success

Maybe that’s a large part of it as well. A consequence of American culture being so extremely individualistic

We’ve gotten very uncomfortably close to a nuclear exchange multiple times in history

The only reason it didn’t happen is pure luck

Until one of them fires the nukes, that is. But sure, it might not happen

It’s like paying your rent by playing Russian roulette

I am aware it’s difficult, but my point was that you aren’t powerless

I am aware

So instead of fighting now you’re just going to allow yourself to get drafted later? How is that in any way preferable

I mean, if they all did it, it absolutely would make shit happen

The whole issue stems from most people wanting to just keep their heads down

They are powerless if everyone stops giving them power

The country is nothing without its workers

Of 10-20% of the population actively protested and actively tried to halt any functioning of society, you’d be surprised at how much you could get done. A that large mass of people is absolutely hell to control and subdue, and they certainly cannot arrest even a significant fraction of them. If the threat of protests of that scale were real every time they tried some fuckery, they would give in very quickly

The problem is that almost everyone thinks like you say, “what am I to do? I’m powerless”, and give up before even trying

And yet, Democrats tend to overperform on polls

America is cooked

“Quisling” is another good one

Hello fellow Scandinavian

I share your worries, I truly think we’re going to have war at our doorsteps sooner or later, and I don’t really know what to do about it (beyond I guess, preparing mostly self-sufficient communities of like-minded individuals capable of self-defense, but yeah…)

It’s definitively scary