so I’m curious, do you just not eat any actual food anymore other than Soylent?
so I’m curious, do you just not eat any actual food anymore other than Soylent?
is it better than Huel? Huel tasted awful
I completely agree with every single one of your points. At the same time… some of the memes are fucking hilarious when not taken seriously. It’s extremely difficult not to take it as such, though, with a topic as inherently severe as politics.
I really hope not. I fear that any violence will only doom us to prolong the mass hatred and suffering going on right now.
Realistically, historically, and regrettably, you may be right.
Personally, I believe this is a fairly big reason as to why the majority of people are disillusioned with politics and would rather not discuss it. I mean no offense to you or your comment. Truly, I only mean that in the grand scheme of things, your reply has many words that don’t address any substantial problems.
Surely wanting an equally free, comfortable, and good quality of life for as many as possible while using empirical data is not the same as spreading hate and disinformation?
I’m not a political science major, local politician… hell, I’m not even a political activist as much as I’d love to convince myself that I am. I’m a multiracial guy from two immigrants who was raised in a melting pot of a city, being told my whole childhoold that I live in the greatest country in the world and I can never question it.
From a quick search, populism is a political doctrine that supports the rights and powers of the common people in their struggle with the privileged elite. From my interpretation of the definition, Trumpism is not populism, but capitalism under the guise of populism. That being said, at the end of the day, I prefer to use as little labels as possible (politician names, political parties, ideologies, etc). Everyone has their own interpretation, experiences, biases, and understanding of such labels. It feels almost self-defeating to discuss politics using labels instead of discussing the actual issues, at least to me.
If you don’t mind, I’d rather discuss the core problem: Trump was able to exploit the working-class people who have, for whatever reason, felt disillusioned by both parties. It was a ruse that many people saw through, but many also did not. In the past few decades, wealth has been further distributed to those few that control most media, corporations, and legislation. The minimum wage has remained the same despite the massive increase in the cost of living. More and more people are feeling less and less fulfilled. More and more people are less and less likely to be able to retire. I can go on and on. That has been a slow, persisting threat that has spread throughout several administrations representing both parties.
Whatever you choose to call my beliefs is on you, I’m simply offering my perspective to anyone who’s interested in listening. I’m just a random guy who doesn’t mean shit compared to the people in charge and sees the silent suffering of the people around me that I love and care about. And the people who I don’t know that are going through the same exact shit. Maybe all this is just my way of coping with the chaos of the world, but to me, it feels like more people agree than we’re led to believe.
“All” it takes is for people to get tired of it and have a massive strike.
Unfortunately, it’s really difficult due to a dystopian mixture of:
elite-owned and operated media
a “golden era” of distractions (phones, movies, television shows, video games) (see above)
overwork and exhaustion
struggle to survive and make ends meet
warranted desire for a quiet life for one’s children
fear
general negativity and toxic stances from one person to another
dramatic lack of funding and support for mental healthcare
abysmal lack of funding and support for healthcare. period.
Massive amount of debt and lack of financial freedom
lack of bodily autonomy and a safety net for unplanned pregnancies
failure of making people of other genders, cultures, and beliefs feel safe, instead threatening and taking their lives
plus many other things. I tend to be generally positive and optimistic, and I’m very hopeful that we, the people, will change things incrementally… but it’s also hard to ignore how shit things are right now.
Let’s just remember that it wasn’t a single person or party that got us here. It’s been decades of systemic failures choices by the ruling class, from people far beyond party lines, behind closed doors. Lobbyism is bipartisan, at least as far as some of the most powerful people in Congress go. Those failures choices led to the rise of fake populism in the form of Trumpism, and other equally disturbing movements.
At the end of the day, I personally don’t think anything is going to happen for us. Instead, the people at large need to decide that they’re ready for it. I’m hopeful that it’s going to happen, but it won’t be easy.
it’s not the same thing at all, but I found that my Steam Deck with Windows 10 LTSC 2021 installed works flawlessly as a media server with Jellyfin installed. I’ve found myself thinking that it’s the best contemporary equivalent of a Shield that we’re gonna get.
it feels like the “promises” (read: lies) of neoliberalism have screwed over many first world nations.
a lot of what you excellently described is going on in the United States as well, for the most part.
many kudos to our French brothers and sisters and their massive protests. I’m not sure what needs to be done, but I hope that people around the world can take back what is rightfully theirs: equality, true freedom from oppressive, corrupt governments, and an honest living
it’s a soccer competition
that’s a really disappointing response instead of taking a few extra seconds to protect people who want to have spoiler-free discussions.
spoilers…
Disclaimer: I am a massive Baldur’s Gate 3 fan and fully expected it to blow-up, admittedly not in the way it has. I personally consider the game to be my favorite game of all time and won’t go into too much detail as to why, I am only attempting to explain the phenomenon that is this game from my perspective. It will be hyperbolic, but hopefully, I’m able to illustrate why I am.
Larian has been an indie developer for quite some time now and have been getting more and more popular with each game, similar to CDPR’s trajectory before the CP2077 launch. They have been a clear ally of the anti-DRM and microtransaction movement since its inception to now, a day and age where publishers have gotten so cozy with monetization that we have glorified mobile games releasing as fully priced AAA games with minimum effort.
Here comes along this developer that has incrementally gotten better at this one, admittedly niche genre of games. Then, it is revealed that those games, already well-loved, were sorta an audition for the D&D franchise and Wizards of the Coast. And then the same developer gets the license to Baldur’s Gate, takes 6 years with a massive, talent, and passionate studio, and delivers a game with legitimately hundreds of hours of interesting stories to tell.
This game is now the highest rated PC game of all time, highest ratest game in a year where a mainline Zelda game of all time, and has turned a NICHE genre to one of the games with a top 10 amount of concurrent players on a SINGLE platform. All while giving players so much… freedom. Gameplay wise (choices, experimentation, splitscreen or online co-op, etc), monetization wise (no-DRM, no-MTX, etc).
I completely understand if, in your eyes, Baldur’s Gate 3 is meh or even a great game that “isn’t anything special.” But this type of zeitgeist is only captured by a very few amount of games in existence, and the fact an indie-turned-AAA developer managed to do it while promoting the absolute best politics and sentiment in video games? That’s a massive win, in my opinion. This moment is very special in gaming, mostly because of its significance in this current time in history.
mark this as a spoiler
frenzied throw on goblins as well
I’ll be honest, I could see an expansion that adapts the game to OneD&D (6th Edition)
shadowheart got… narratively killed early on in Act 1 for my solo playthrough. I ended up switching Wyll to Cleric and getting a Bard hireling.
imagine Larian keeps putting out banger after banger for decades… that’s why Zelda is revered.
You forgot to add an overly pretentious “like it or not” at the end of your reply.