cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/questions/p/1235213/how-do-you-keep-yourself-sane-and-happy-while-1-right-wing-fascists-are-getting-powerful
How the fuck do people don’t get radical or depressed?
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I left the US before the current idiot’s first term and have only set foot back there twice to see family. It still bothers and depresses me.
I still vote and being a US citizen still makes my financial life pain, but it otherwise doesn’t impact me directly. I suspect most of my family is generally happy with the direction of things (though not all). That makes it worse.
Hobbies, such as photography. Which brings me to my question…
Anyone know what camera, lens and film-stock (or if digital, what settings) were used to capture that look in the screenshot posted? I love it. It’s a still from “The Mastermind” and I haven’t been able to find any technical specs on the production.
Hello professional camera operator here! I do live events instead of movies but it appears the Mastermind was shot on an Alexa 35 digital camera. They used post effects to recreate the look of an older film camera. Honestly shooting digital and then using filters to mimic the film effect is way eay easier then shooting with film. Especially in low light conditions. Hope this helps!
Thank you! Appreciate it.
How the fuck do people don’t get radical or depressed?
Leaning into the former and channeling it into real world action with a community helps with the latter.
Resist. Join a protest, help out with a campaign or org, pushback when you see it online. Everything, no matter how big or how small counts. It increases the net good in the world and it also helps your own mental health.
Be white male. World never chsnges.
You forgot straight, cis, and rich.
Well i mean yeah i didnt say i was a freak
Straight, white, and male are all optional if you’re corrupt.
Drugs & Anime.
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I just try to keep in mind that even though shits rough right now its still better than just about any time in the history of humanity for the largest number of people. The fact we want better is good and is the only way we will get it. That said, trying to keep the historical context of quality of life is helpful. Less time in doom areas of the internet. I also do a good bit for my local community (volunteering and donating some things I produce on my farm)
I don’t. I went to a wedding a couple weeks ago and “playfully” tore into a bunch of old friends who work for a variety of vile corporations, including on creating AI software, including AI software that generates music. I am a musician. I literally asked a dude I grew up with to his face if he knows he’s the bad guy.
So yea, I don’t stay happy and I don’t stay nice. Polite, yes. I don’t shout at people and throw stuff, but I definitely don’t protect people from the reality and consequences of their choices.
And I was literally in the minority there. This event was in my home country and I attended one of the best high-schools there. Most of those people will be filthy rich and even more disconnected a decade from now (I’m 31) I went on to go to a good university too, just like they did. Met a lot of important people. Decided to opt out of “industry” and stay indie even though I had opportunities. Whatever they’ve done is on them. They’re not unaware.
Right wing fascists are losing steam in the US, so there’s that.
Ahm…where did you get that?
Midterm polling seems to favour Democrats over Republicans.
I think it’s more a generic cost of living rising that punishes whoever is in charge rather than disliking any authoritarian policies that drives the polling numbers.
Trump’s approval rating is at an all time low.
Democrats are ahead in every kind of generic polling and midterms will be a disaster for Republicans.
Trump is so unpopular even within his own party that he can’t get legislation like the SAVE act through.
Federal courts have been blocking and reversing this administration’s actions left and right.
Democrats have flipped hundreds of R seats at all levels of government since 2024, Republicans have flipped one or two.
Democratic Socialists, riding on the success and popularity of Mamdani, have gained a lot of steam and won several elections and we’re seeing probably the biggest wave of socialism ever in the US.
Thanks. I don’t know exactly what all that amounts to being from overseas, but if Hungary can oust Orbán then I hope the same is possible in the US. My only concern is that in spite of Trumps low rating, those people might still want MAGA, just with a different face/diaper.
Yeah, thought that in 2024.
Oops.
Let me know when it actually manifests into reality, accountability, and jail times.
If you contribute to making it happen you won’t need anyone to clue you in when it does.
You’ll have to check back after the midterms.
I have serious doubts that even with a “blue wave” the fuckass Dems will actually DO anything useful.
That’s what primaries are for. Vote for the Dems who will.
But on the other hand centrist elites have displayed nearly zero will to resist the fascist consolidation of power, so I wouldn’t count on this trend translating into a long-term decline. I’m betting on a fascist coup around the midterms and little to no effective popular response, but even if that doesn’t happen the fascists are gonna come back in 2032 unless something fundamentally changes.
What kind of midterm coup are we talking and how will it be implemented?
Have you signed up to be a poll worker yet? Are you running for something? Are you organizing for your candidates if you’re not running? What else is your plan besides voting, if you plan to vote at all?
What kind of midterm coup are we talking and how will it be implemented?
I mean, really anything from putting ICE in polling stations to arresting Enemies of the State™ to manufacturing a crisis and using the Insurrection Act. It’s Netanyahu syndrome; if Trump is ever out of power he might actually get thrown in jail for his various crimes, and of course he wants absolute power and this is his last chance to get it. Therefore the question is who or what will stop him, and you’ve seen how the non-far right political leadership has been these last two years. Now my point isn’t that it’s all hopeless and there’s no point in trying, but that the mode and intensity of trying will have to rise up a few notches for the whole protecting democracy thing to work.
Have you signed up to be a poll worker yet? Are you running for something? Are you organizing for your candidates if you’re not running? What else is your plan besides voting, if you plan to vote at all?
Does being born on the other side of the world count?
There will be uprisings and there will be civil war. I mentally preparing myself to make extremely difficult choices.
- Political activism. Voting and canvassing. I live in a country where it usually takes fewer than 10,000 first preference votes to elect someone to the Dail (parliament), so each of my votes, and each person I convince, counts.
- Retirement savings. In order to enjoy your retirement savings, you need a safe place to enjoy them. So, I match my contributions to my retirement savings plan with donations to groups that in my opinion are trying to make the world a better place.
- Self-sufficiency. I’m not cutting myself out, but I am improving my independence on the rest of the economy: renewable power sources, vegetable garden, picking up skills to fix my stuff instead of replacing it, etc.
- Hobbies. Mainly running and art, two hobbies where I can turn off my brain.
- Data blocks. Removal of most of the social media from my life, filtering news sources.
- Leading by example. Teaching my kids to be decent human beings with strong moral compass, who think for themselves. Wish me luck with that one.
Spite, malice, alcohol and the willpower to outlive those fascist bastards. 🤷♀️
I’m also doing shitloads of music…
How the fuck do people don’t get radical or depressed?
That’s the fun part, we do
I’m wary of anyone who is happy, they either don’t pay attention to the world around them, or they do and don’t care. In either case, a massive red flag.
Content is about the best that can be hoped for and help other where you can.
Nearly everything we do is making the world worse so it is unlikely to change course anytime.
