BenjiRenji

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

I don't like the suppression of protests in Switzerland. They are allowed if they don't disturb the city life too much, but if they do they get disbanded by police with illegal brutality and then prosecuted and judged harshly by judges who clearly want to achieve an atmosphere of fear.

So that's both executive and judicative that take laws in their own hands to silence protests.

And then our political finance laws are just a joke, where it's easy to donate anonymously to parties or lobby groups to overwhelm political counterparts.

Sure, we're a direct democracy, but capital and the establishment has found ways to stay in control. Still better than most other countries, but I still find things to complain.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

"If only Sanders would get some surgery too... that relief fund for Arkansas could be organized from the money we saved from that female reproductive study."

Edit: Just saw they didn't cut that money for the study after all.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

True. Maga hates the man. As soon as he's no longer "under Trump's guidance" he won't be able to afford much.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

The stock is only tangentially related to the actual business.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

Even if he isn't going to run, why would he not try to sell such hats and t-shirts? It's money in the bank.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There already has been a significant drop in tourists just in the last months. If things escalate, I bet your prediction becomes entirely true.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago

Sounds like Russia is losing then? Or at least feels vulnerable for some reason.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

I still don't think the argument has ripened fully in my head yet. I'm glad I read "The Game" in my 20s and not earlier and that nobody asked about my Insta in highschool. I had the chance to move and leave some social dynamics in the past with several fresh starts.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 3 days ago (8 children)

US immigration was unreasonably harsh and unforgiving before, but paired with the possibility to send people to a concentration camp without due process makes this fact a lot more scary. Yeah, they could get you in serious trouble for minor mistakes, but they couldn't ruin or even take your life that easily before.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

My great grandma got that one. It allowed her to be a bitch towards the Nazis, as they had to honor her.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Your government needs to provide this infrastructure. It pays off.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Lots of stuff. One has to do with modern feminism that has attempted to redefine the female gender role to become more independent and to adopt some traits that were traditionally masculine. This leaves some men clueless in their own identity, as traditional gender roles are a crutch for both women and men to kinda know their place in society. Now women refuse to fit their traditional role, so men have to redefine themselves too instead of relying on how it's been done in previous generations.

This cluelessness is frustrating and we've seen it pop up in different ways in the last decades. However with a more modern image of a woman manifesting, teens who have to figure out anyway who they are in society are affected more, especially young boys who are welcomed to society with no clear "default instructions" because the old gender role is demonized by a society that has largely accepted the new gender role for women, but is still clueless what men are.

Men may be the provider, but women now must be able to work too. Men could be more emotional and may take caregiver jobs, but women are considered better at them anyway and men are not trusted with kids or not taken seriously as caregivers. This is also not easy on women who now have children and need to care about a career. No wonder we have fewer children. And this also gets confusing for young men who go on dates, when they still need to pay for the bill at dates, their income still plays a role, even though women may make a lot of money (or even more than them) too now.

I hope this doesn't read as a rant, because I see feminism as a positive development even though I acknowledge the new challenges it provides.

Based on this background young, impressionable boys are sucked in by social media algorithms and confronted with the frustration and backlash of these men like Tate, that promote a return to the old gender roles. Many things he says could be something they said to your great granddad. Social media also leads to content and community bubbles, which are harder to penetrate for alternative ideas, so once you are "red pilled" you won't get off your track.

Additionally social media is not just content, it also publicizes and quantifies your social status and connections with followers and likes. Social status is hugely important for teens who are looking for their place in society. Even when you move, you don't have a chance to try again with a new group of mates: you still have your account and your status follows you everywhere. This increases the stakes and leads to more extreme behaviors.

I think that's all the reasons I can think off. Sorry it's so long.

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