Long term computer programmer, making my own library. American based. Far left politically. Promotes use of paper ballots. Follows news about environmental collapse, political corruption in my country, human rights, science and tech.

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  • Humans domesticated themselves, making tools they later depended on for survival. Each layer of entrapment, by tools, over the millions of years demanded some sacrifice that never went away.

    Each generation learns the pain of entrapment on their own, and are invalidated by the older ones who shrugged the feelings away. But the feelings of unease never go away.

    Any other animal can tell people this is insanity






  • limer@lemmy.mlBannedtoAsklemmy@lemmy.mlHow far left am I?
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    2 months ago

    I can agree that intent is important for the local (picking up trash, helping to babysit, giving someone food).

    There is no downside for trying.

    I would argue that for the state and nation different standards should apply.

    If one naively reinforces what they want to change, then it makes them a burden to society, if only a little.

    We are designed to instinctively know the causes of issues in the small group. Understanding what we cannot see takes education



  • limer@lemmy.mlBannedtoAsklemmy@lemmy.mlHow far left am I?
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    2 months ago

    Will your ideas and political leanings push society forward? Will you be making the world better than you found it? Or are you trying to resist change, fighting against progress because the status quo, or the recent past, benefits you in some way?

    Strictly speaking, forwards and backwards can only be applied if one has both awareness and a realistic plan to help change the larger situation.