I can honestly say I have thoroughly enjoyed my time as a federal worker.
Right now I’m working on my resume. I’m open to work, preferably in finance as I have my accounting degree. If you know of anyone hiring please let me know.
As I have mentioned before, please do not post your political beliefs as I am not interested in debates or opinions. During this time, please remember that government employees are workers at risk of losing their job. It’s scary as most of us have dedicated our careers to government and government operations is all that most of us know and now will be forced to look outside for other options and start over. No matter which side everyone is one, no one wants to lose their job so please be mindful of this. Remember that government employees are humans too and it is a very scary time for most of us and our families.
do you wanna stop fascism? want to see trump and elon musk lose power?
working class solidarity is the first step
our entire lives, we’ve been tricked and manipulated into fighting among ourselves, because they know if we worked together, we would be able to take them down.
why do you think, every time that something bad happens, there’s all the media spin about who we should blame?
they love to do this for age, think about all the boomers vs. gen X vs. gen Z articles and social media posts you’ve seen
but they do the same shit all the time with different things. their aim is to split the working class into as many splinter groups as possible.
we need to stop letting the assholes in power divide us like this.
unfortunately, that means extending solidarity to people who haven’t earned it, including people who chose to vote for Trump.
most of these people were tricked and manipulated. many of them have been fed a steady diet of misinformation. many of them are proud, insufferable bigots.
but being smugly superior, insulting, rude or intolerant isn’t how we change people’s minds. the best way to do that is by having a two-way conversation.
we are all so busy yelling at eachother. it doesn’t work. we need solidarity.
No, it does not mean extending solidarity to people who are ok with hurting everyone but themselves, they can go and fuck right off. So whatever solidarity you have in your mind, I for one won’t be a part of that
yeah. it’s not bad to help them incidentally-as a byproduct of helping everyone, but helping them specifically, even by extending a momentary gesture of compassion, is a moral failing.
i totally get what you mean, and of course i would never ever push anyone into it. i just read some kinda dark comments in this thread and i wished that people would be a little more compassionate
i know they don’t deserve it, really - and i totally get how you can think of it as “aiding the enemy” or something.
but i genuinely believe that we can reduce harm just by being a bit more compassionate, a bit more patient, and a bit less aggressive
fascists believe that the world is polarized into “us” and “them”, and they believe that “them” would stop at nothing to destroy them.
just a simple act of compassion can show them that there are choices beyond destruction
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i totally get that, i really do. and if you don’t think it’s right for you, i fully respect that choice, and besides, some of us still need to be the “stick” so that the “carrot” gets put into perspective!
thanks for your reply! <3
Didn’t they just say they’re not interested in a two way conversation? They want support from the people that they voted against the rights of/wills of, because I assure you, plenty of Rs are thinking their cushy fed job should never have existed, and they have no sympathy.
“Views on the impact of downsizing USAID divide sharply along partisan lines, with most Democrats and independents expecting more illness and death in low-income countries (91% and 69%, respectively), and most Republicans expecting positive impacts on domestic programs (72%) and the budget deficit (67%).”
figure they aren’t down to be anarchists, requires too much forethought and consideration, but ask them if they would be cool to join the communists and fight for the rights of all workers. if they aren’t down for that, fuck em.
honestly, you never know - anyone can be brainwashed and radicalized, it’s not just something that happens to stupid people
i went through a little alt-right phase when i was younger, now i’m an anarchist i want to go back in time and kick my own ass.
people sometimes take strange, winding journeys to get where they’re going!
I like you. You’re a nice person.
thank you! i try my best, but i don’t always succeed!
I get that, and I try, but keeping down so much bile is taxing. Any advice for that?
first of all, don’t put too much pressure on yourself, it’s really tough to hold back sometimes. if you can’t hold it back, that’s okay! sometimes, people do need to be told when they’re being cunts sometimes.
but what does help me a bit is really going all-in on the “kill with kindness” thing, really just turning on all the southern charm and hokum. i find playing that character to be quite funny, so it feels less like i’m being taken for a ride, it’s more like i have a private joke.
also, i think it really helps to find some common ground, even for some of the worst people imaginable, they’ll usually say at least something you agree with, even if it’s something silly, like you both like the same video game - i always start with the common ground, people are way more receptive when you open with “yes, i agree with you, and…”, that’s honestly been really effective for me.
if you look through my history you’ll find plenty of evidence of me not taking my own advice. but i’m trying, and i’m trying to bring others with me
i don’t think we all need to be perfect, if we can all just try a little bit