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This is the place for discussing the potential collapse of modern civilization and the environment.

Collapse, in this context, refers to the significant loss of an established level or complexity towards a much simpler state. It can occur differently within many areas, orderly or chaotically, and be willing or unwilling. It does not necessarily imply human extinction or a singular, global event. Although, the longer the duration, the more it resembles a ‘decline’ instead of collapse.

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This will definitely get me on a watchlist (programming.dev)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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How do y'all cope with this

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

the systems we’ve put in place FOR THE PEOPLE

lol, no (or to be more accurate - which people?)

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/08/22/american-democracy-was-never-designed-to-be-democratic
https://libcom.org/article/capitalist-democracy-illusion-choice

[–] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yes. Why else would you let women vote? /s

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

https://kbin.social/media/cache/resolve/entry_thumb/35/4d/354d0a2c404970aa339d967747e3beddaa69c0cd67753c5669e4b83975f46ac3.jpg

You probably think this doesn't apply to you, but conveniently enough it both address your poor "joke", and your reply bellow about voting - none of your rights were "given" to you either, and "letting" you vote, as someone has already pointed out to you (and as is broken down in the links I shared that you clearly didn't bother reading), a distraction and an illusion of choice to make sure the current power structure (which you are at the very bottom of), remains.
Maybe instead of being a wilfully ignorant smart ass, try actually educating yourself some?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I agree with you about the lock-in, that's the joke. The /s was there to indicate that I don't support women voting just because it is powerless. How else do you interpret it?

I disagree that voters are powerless. Being focused on resolving gerrymandering and such isn't helpful. Even with gerrymandering, voters can change things. But they cannot do that as dispersed voters. More in the other comment.