Financing from corporations affects voter turnout. People are tired of the duopoly. Look at Bernie’s campaign in the 2016 primaries compared to Kamala’s. It also causes right wing drift in the Democratic Party. Which doesn’t get people excited to vote for them.

And the ballot box is dead for the next two years, possibly much longer. Our only hope is the filibuster and left organizing (strikes, protests, marches, etc.)

Shaming people for not voting on the internet isn’t going to help anyone. And it’s not going to slow our descent into fascism.

We need collective action and direct pressure. And courage. Because the authoritarian regime is likely to counter with state terrorism. And blood is likely to spill.

The relationship between slavery, women’s suffrage, and the Republican party is a little more complicated than that. People fought to end slavery and people fought for women’s suffrage.

And it’s a similar story with the civil rights movement, Democrats didn’t give anybody anything. People demonstrated and organized for their rights. Likewise for workers’ rights during the Great depression.

Though I agree with your point, parties do change and nothing is static. But it’s pressure that changes them. And with left activism basically dead in our country right now, it’s election financing that mostly calls the shots.

Maybe if it bent around me in particular. I watched an interesting sci-fi movie that was on a similar concept of temporal bubbles.

But I forget the name.

Just like the first time over and over.

Space and time or inseparable, and we are inseparable from space and time.

Which is saying, if time is a knot we are part of that or knot, just like everything else and would have no idea that we are in it.

Optimally observing the breath and the body first. Trying to observe thoughts without that solid foundation, tends to get us caught up in our thoughts.

And yeah, we do have to be aware when our thinking hijacks are attention. But the focus of attention should first of all be on the breath and the breathing before it shifts to any sort of deeper observation of thoughts and feelings.

And that’s generally good advice whether you’re on the cushion or not. Thoughts and feelings can easily carry us away. Our body and our breathing is always in the present.

If sitting meditation doesn’t work for you, there’s walking meditation, Qigong, body scans.

Really it’s just about finding your breath and your body and settling into the present and sitting meditation is just a tool to teach us how to do that.

The meme is shit by the way.

The idea isn’t to build up tension all day and then let it go when you finally get to the cushion. The idea is to learn to let go on the cushion so all day you can let shit go.

That’s why we call meditation practice. It’s so we can implement it in the moment when we need it.

Racists, misogynists, homophobes, billionaires.

Oh and Russia and Israel.

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Billionaires usually are business leaders.

Musk and Bezos etc. There’s a few exceptions like Swift but for the most part you’re talking about the same people.

This ruling is just on the emergency order to shut down the lottery which would end tomorrow anyway because tomorrow is election day.

There is still a criminal case proceeding.

Which is civil rather than criminal.

I wonder if people that participated in this lottery will start filing suit.

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Well since we have to teach them to count and they do appear to have some form of language, they could just split themselves into a line and count off.

They would need poll watchers of some kind though, to be sure the count was done fairly.

They also live in smaller communities than people do, so I wouldn’t imagine this would be a great solution for a whole nation of dolphins. But it would work for a large pod.

I don’t trust cops. Even when they are nice to you they’re not your friend, trust me.

Have a good relationship with doctors. I have met some arrogant doctors but for the most part they’ve treated me with kindness.

Psychiatric doctors on the other hand have never been open to hearing me. As my diagnosis isn’t one that’s officially recognized in my country. And the treatment options aren’t well developed here either. CPTSD.

Thankfully I do have a good relationship with my primary care doctor and a decent understanding of pharmacology myself so he helps me with stuff that he can help me with.

Teachers were hit or miss for me. College professors generally much better as they should treat you like an adult.

I’m also white and was male presenting for most of my life. People’s perception of gender and perception of race will definitely affect how they treat you, unfortunately.

I tend to think of most people as being alienated by capitalism because of their jobs. Endlessly fed propaganda and given treats to keep them placated and docile.

We’re animals after all. So I don’t think of them as shitty people but I instead look for compassion.

That said, unless I’m working for a small business owner I tend to absolutely feel alienated at work and it’s crushing. I also have health issues that make work difficult so my relationship with it is extra alienating I suppose.

I guess what I’m trying to tell you is look at your boss as maybe the source of that feeling rather than your fellow working-class people.

Edit: I also live in a working class city, with strong socialist roots. So my view is pretty biased I suppose. In the sense that I’m not living in the middle of a conservative place surrounded by people with vastly different views than myself.

I hope the state goes after them.

The current DA is pretty fucking liberal as far as DAs go.

And they are a big reason why politics in Wisconsin are so stacked in favor of Republicans. They do a lot of business here and her husband is heir to the Schlitz beer fortune. They fund a lot of the Republican state representatives campaigns.

They are also the main reason why Wisconsin is still a prohibition state in regards to marijuana. Supposedly good Christians don’t want cannabis competing with their much more destructive and addictive product.

The exact type of people Jesus was talking about in his eye of the needle parable

I’m sorry to hear that.

Unfortunately most of us don’t have much power individually. Finding solidarity in our communities I think is one of the most protective things we can do for ourselves, both politically and for our mental health.

I can’t really control what state actors due to Elon musk and I don’t have much say in the election. I will say that I live in a swing state and I am voting for Kamala if it helps you feel any better lol

I’ve been delirious on more drugs than I care to count, and I didn’t suddenly become someone I’m not.

That said, when I thought sleep medication I figured something over the counter and Ambien didn’t cross my mind. People do get quite loopy on it

Yeah I would think a criminal defense attorney would be able to do a lot with this situation.

Sleep medication or not it shows a lot of bias in how this person enforces the law

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2821508

I sent you this in a DM after the previous thread got locked, I’m not sure if you saw it or not.