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We can't know the future & so many are struggling in this world
Those who help most struggle most
Those who help least struggle least
The #middleclass produces despots by giving of themselves more to support #capitalism & #fascism, than ever to help those in #poverty
There's this state of #apathy & #complacency, built on fear, that keeps lined the pockets of those at upper echelons of #society
Like keeping those in power appeased, that they too aren't left with nothing
→ Algorithms are breaking how we think
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJpZjg8GuA
“[A]n increasing number of people are so used to algorithmically-generated #feeds that they no longer care to have a self-directed #experience that they are in #control of. [I]t feels like large swaths of people have forgotten to exercise their own #agency. That is what I mean by algorithmic #complacency. More and more people don’t seem to know or #care how to view the #world without a #computer #algorithm guiding what they #see.”
NAME IT
Tilda Swinton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te2CMrfxdKI
“State-perpetrated and internationally-enabled mass murder is currently actively terrorizing more than one part of our world”
Curiosity may have killed the cat, but complancy and a lack of curiosity killed the democracy.
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Well America is a nation in decline you see… made possible by Trump and the Republican Party… not so MAGA basically.
#MLK #Apathy #Complacency #PositiveAction
We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there "is" such a thing as being too late. This is no time for apathy or complacency. This is a time for vigorous and postive action.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Why have we stopped fighting back?
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@adamantichrist
I'm noticing that an awful lot of people are ONLY JUST NOW suddenly starting to realize the consequences of a second T**** term. They just weren't aware of what was at stake by allowing a #Hitler-quoting twice impeached, #ClimateDenying #ConvictedFelon #AdjudicatedRapist who's going to abandon #Gaza & #Taiwan and destroy the #economy with massive #tariffs, to become president (again.)
#Harris' greatest enemy was #Complacency.
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In 2024, Trump received 2-3m fewer votes than in 2020; Harris-Biden 13-14m fewer.
Why did so many voters stay home?
There are 140m poor & low-wage adults in the US, "43% of our country":
30% of white ppl
60% of Black ppl
68% of Latino ppl
68% of Indigenous ppl
Everywhere a living wage was on the ballot, Dems won.
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/11/8/william_barber_trump_economic_policy_project2025
(Rephrased from @DrALJONES)
Democracy Now! · Democrats Deserted Working Poor: Bishop William Barber on Healthcare, Living Wages, Voting Rights
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"With the assistance of big corporate donors, Democrats out-fundraised their opponent by huge margins. After Biden’s victory four years ago, they also had a readymade template for how to defeat him — preaching ambitious social policies and activist government — but bafflingly opted to pursue a rerun of Clinton’s disastrous strategy instead."
Luke Savage: https://novaramedia.com/2024/11/08/democrats-have-only-themselves-to-blame/
Novara Media · Democrats Have Only Themselves to BlameKamala Harris supporters are already blaming a stupid electorate and an inclement economy for their historic defeat, writes Luke Savage. Maybe it had something to do with cosying up to war criminals and billionaires?
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@Nonilex A consequence of an effective Biden administration: #Complacency
On this #mutualaidmonday before #Election2024
Please continue to #advocate for those struggling to survive
Don't let #apathy & #complacency lead to inaction
Consider as you eat today & have the shelter in this week, that there are many who don't
For each person who says it can't be their fight, the war will eventually reach their door & there will be no one left
@SabiLewSounds needs your help, as do many others
#EthnicCleansing & broadcasted ongoing #Genocide is supposed to make you feel uncomfortable. It's not something you're supposed to feel good about. It's boundless human evils, in living colours, aired for the world to see. If you don't see ethnic cleansing happening & you're not legally blind - it's not your eyes that need fixing, it's a lack of #humanity which blinds.
Let your anger, discomfort, sadness & humanity move you to take some actions where you live.
Let it propel you to connect with #antiwar BIPOC folks & comrades - where you live & with online communities of activists who always need more help/volunteers.
Let it shake you out of robotic #apathy & privileged #complacency, as more brown peoples are still being massacred by #Israeli #terrorists daily.
These heavily funded/physically assisted Z terrorists are dependent on their #terrorism inducing puppeteer/super colonizers/genocide apologists/BIPOC murderers - USA.
Never forget #USAFundsGenocide. It's not the first time that they're involved in ethnic cleansing & violating #sovereignty of others. They have a long history of brutality against #BIPOC peoples - domestic & globally - that spans from its creation to present day.
USA & #Israel belong in the #Hague.
#FreePalestine
#FreeLebanon
#IsraelIsATerroristState
#IsraelWarCrimes
#RacistIsrael
#IsraelRogueState
#ArmsEmbargoOnIsrael
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@douglasvb @susankayequinn @TonyYarusso @ai6yr @tehstu
All I see around here is "one offs" with the idea to fulfill needs of single property. And yes... via those with the ability to write the large check.
For society - what would be better is "additive" to the grid - effectively a slow replace of the current power generation. Keep the natural gas units available to fill in, over time as new methods scale up.
It seems it is always wait till replace can happen. Then nothing. #Complacency
“ensure #complacency is never the reason for #failure.”
https://fs.blog/steve-jobs-crazy-ones/
Farnam Street · The Iconic Think Different Apple Commercial Narrated by Steve JobsHere's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes ... the ones who see things differently
#COVID Is ‘Still a Pandemic,’ WHO Leader Says
“It’s still a global health threat and it’s still a pandemic causing far too many (re)infections, hospitalizations, deaths & #LongCovid
It’s marked by #complacency. I will never accept that there is an ‘acceptable level of death’ for COVID
“Governments must not be complacent, individuals must not be complacent
https://themessenger.com/health/covid-pandemic-who-cdc-russia-world-health-organization
The Messenger · COVID Is 'Still a Pandemic,' WHO Leader Says
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"The early hysteria about Trump has ended up submerging deep concerns about democracy in a haze of equivocation and complacency. Even people who have no particular love for Trump typically argue that life under his administration was mostly normal, and that all of the fears about how Trump could collapse American democracy were just overheated rhetoric."
#Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #democracy #complacency
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"Trump’s autocratic instincts have now fully mutated into an embrace of fascism. And yet, America shrugs: Millions of voters think of the upcoming election as just another contest between a conservative Republican and a liberal Democrat, instead of an existential contest between democracy and authoritarianism."
~ Tom Nichols
#Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #democracy #complacency
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https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2023/12/trump-reelection-2024-second-term/676237/
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The #Sun’s 
activity has already surpassed the forecast, reaching levels not seen in 20 years, and #solar maximum 
may arrive within the next year, months ahead of its presumed schedule. At peak activity, the Sun more often unleashes particle storms that crash into #Earth, threatening #satellites 
, jamming #radio transmissions, and overloading #power 
grids. Because the previous cycle was unusually mild, “We’ve been lulled into a false sense of #complacency” https://www.science.org/content/article/peak-solar-activity-arriving-sooner-expected-reaching-levels-not-seen-20-years