All too often, I've encountered people who cannot tolerate the very existence of entire species or even kingdoms of living beings.

But you know what's worse? Everyone else who tolerates and excuses such behavior.

lebad – Goner
#Alternative #apathy #garbage #postpunk #postrock #Vancouver
CC BY-NC-SA (#CreativeCommons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike) #ccmusic
https://lebad.bandcamp.com/album/goner

There's been a pattern of me posting something critical of civilization and someone getting *really* mad and coming for me in replies. I was pondering this the past couple of days after the latest iteration of this phenomenon.

I came to the conclusion that the folks doing this are *terrified* and reacting like a wild creature that's backed into a corner. Lashing out in anger as a form of defense against the possibility that the Leviathan they've been embedded in since birth is actually a force for their destruction wrapped in a shiny package.

I was discussing this with my eldest, a very perceptive spawn of mine and he said it's existential dread on the level of eldritch horror. I can't say he's wrong.

The problem is, how can we have a discussion about this with people in feral wounded animal mode? It's one of the reasons I've come to the conclusion that we're not going to be able to walk away like the inmates of prior civilizations were able to do. We're going to have to ride the falling giant to its inevitable end and forage off its rotting corpse in the aftermath.

This makes me really melancholy. But then I remember back to when I was assimilating all the anti-civ stuff I was reading about a decade and a half ago, and how it made me feel like I was losing it for a while until I found a balance in my head, and I guess I can't fault folks for reacting like this. I've long lived on the knife edge of paradox of various kinds and am no stranger to navigating the cognitive dissonance that occurs while figuring out how to fit it into my worldview. Most folks just aren't, and can't, and we'll just have to sink or swim when the time comes.

Don't mind if I do!

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Apathy won the election for Ford again. The "why care about democracy?" crowd gave him a mandate to continue to destroy healthcare, education, the environment, and farmland. Now he can privatize the LCBO for his cronies to cash in and screw us more.
#ontario #onpoli #fuckford #apathy

Useless quote for 20 Feb:

"Apathy is the glove in which evil slips its hand."

~ line by Professor McDoogle (Paul Gleason) in the movie "Van Wilder" (2002), script by Brent Goldberg and David Wagner

The #facism is being televised, and not enough Americans give a damn… Oh well. Guess I’ll just play #MarvelRivals while #ElonMusk dismantles our democratic institutions. Also, Squirrel Girl is a hottie! #apathy #uspol #capitalism https://kottke.org/25/02/the-venn-diagram-of-trumps-authoritarian-actions

How is #nazi #fascism even allowed to exist in the first place?
Last I checked, we're supposed to arrest and punish criminals; not fund, protect, and empower them.
#apathy #pacifism #politics

always though #complexity was the enemy, but it's #apathy, tired and annoyed disinterest in the world you live in.

and it is so bad that even the US #environmentalists i was with did this. saying things such as: "it has to get worse to get better".

all that means at the end of the day is: "can we just get this dysfunctional civilization done over with" - which is apathy, bc you can't.

now it WILL DEFINITELY get worse, but there is no evidence it will get better after that.

THE END - A short story

A handful of decrepit old men decide to enslave the world in #tyranny and suffering.

A few more join them in hopes of getting a piece of the action.

Many more carry out their orders, telling themselves they aren't responsible for their actions, hoping to be slayed last.

The rest sigh and stare at their feet, waiting to be slaughtered.

The End

#books for understanding #USA #News

n this groundbreaking book, distinguished historian Gotz Aly addresses one of modern history's greatest conundrums: How did Adolf Hitler win the allegiance of the Germans?

The average person is extremely unlikely to personally engage and call out #Trump #Musk or #Zuckerberg , compared to doing the same with your neighbors, friends, and family.

If you can't even stand up against fascist #apps on your phone, or that hateful relative at the dining table, what chance is there of standing up to fascist dictators?
#socialmedia #journalism #politics #fatalism #apathy #grassroots #socialresponsibility

#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.

#photography #tomorrow #apathy I'm sifting my photo's for a project. I came across this piece of stencilled #grafitti.

Crass - Mother Earth (Peel Session)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR4LEaK2xPE

Let her suffer, give her pain is the verdict you gave,
You just can't wait to piss on her grave.
You pretend that you're horrified, make out that you care,
But really you wish that you had been there.

The top environmental problems are " #selfishness, #greed & #apathy,” (~environmentalist #GusSpeth). These are #spiritual issues; #science & #technology cannot solve them alone. #Spirituality & #spiritualwarriors are required. And that means all #workers & all #citizens. https://bit.ly/407JJNt

You may think #apathy, #centrism, or #neutrality are moral positions, but they are rooted in moral cowardice. You may not care about politics but it cares about you, and you have only those freedoms you are willing to defend. The corporate #PoliceState grows fat on disinterest.