@WoodshopHandman it's stunningly beautiful, but in order to sustain a larger population while maintaining the full natural beauty of this place we need to expand.
@Hoss technology is a privilege for a civilized and moral nation. if a nation's technological capability far exceeds the moral capability of those ruling it, it becomes inevitable that it will be used against the people. the problem is not that tech is too advanced, it's that the people using it are too far behind. suggesting that the tech itself is the problem follows the same logic leftists use when saying that guns kill people.
gonna stop vagueposting for a second: this picture is the best that we can ask for in a future, because our alternative is total state control, possibly forever. for a brief moment, we left the confines of our world and our dreams of inhabiting far-off world were plans. we created machines that harnessed a history's worth of knowledge to break the walls that keep us on this rock. but alas, it will be our grandchildren's grandchildren that have the privilege of stepping foot on another world. our sole obligation to our descendants for this trip around is to ensure that they can exist to be able to do so.
@EvilSandmich@sickburnbro It's partially due to psychology: we crave certainty. We know exactly how bad the next month under the boot of ZOG will be, but we have no idea how bad (or how much better) a month post-zog could be. Additionally, very few of us are prepared for life in a post-society world. Few can comprehend how a winter without heating in the midwest is like, or what it feels like to truly be hungry. If you could get enough people to do [the thing], it's a one way switch. There is no going back after you pull the trigger, further compounding the fear of uncertainty. And if you don't pull it off, you'll be in jail for a very long time. Implications: it's gonna have to get way, way worse before anyone does anything. That being said, I still hold to my prediction that none of us will be able to post here in 2025.
@EvilSandmich@sickburnbro We've known this for YEARS now. The issue at hand is every single person on our side would rather attempt yet another political movement that will inevitably fail than actually do something, even though the methods of power employed by the regime have been proven to be weak and susceptible to non-violent, mostly anonymous methods of destruction. Yes, this is a "you won't do shit," post, and I'm speaking to myself too. They have done an excellent job of keeping us just comfortable enough to not revolt, and as long as the lights stay on, I doubt that will change.
@sickburnbro While they are certainly naturally hardwired for it, the quantity of that kind of content the average woman consumes today drives it to another level. It’s very similar to the effects porn has on a man’s view of women: too much and you begin to view all women that way.
@yockeypuck@moomin >under paganism we didn’t I shouldn’t need to remind you that the fall of Rome didn’t begin until after the conversion of the empire. But apparently you forgot about that. Did you forget about the millions of our race slaughtered in the name of christ too? Your religion ushered in the era which is literally called the dark age, attempted to crush the pursuit of knowledge because it didn’t fit your preist’s interpretation of your holy book, and the vast majority of those who managed to make advancements in our knowledge of the universe while christianity reigned over Europe would have been burned at the stake for heresey had their true beliefs become public.
@nugger@moomin@yockeypuck I'm not trying to start something, I am curious. I personally found the christian belief of equality irreconcilable with nature and a lack of power in the name of christ, despite the claims propagated by my former church.
@nugger@moomin@yockeypuck I was attempting to reference Paul's writings more, but Genesis will work fine as well. I will note that my upbringing was in the PCA (Southeastern American Presbyterian, but leans heavily towards Calvinism). On the imago dei: If not the spark of creativity (lacking in certain tribes), if not the yearning to know the universe (lacking in most non-Aryan tribes), then what is the image of God? Where does it stop? Does the Australian Aboriginal possess it? The semite?
On the power of christ: I have heard that before as well, and there is my problem with christianity. A great deal of its attractiveness to me was its claims that the holy spirit gave you the power to decide not to sin and help (through the power of the holy spirit). Throughout my upbringing, it was explained to me that without christ, you were spiritually dead and incapable of choosing to not sin, once you "accept" you are free from the punishment and can "choose not to sin" but will still struggle to be righteous, and when he comes back, you will not need to choose to not sin because you will see the better alternative in its full glory and always choose righteousness. Anyways, it all went fine until I got into lust, which as I am sure you are well aware of, is a particularly destructive sin. I began praying for the holy spirit to help me overcome it, but struggled more. I sought wisdom in the church, and the church told me to read my bible more often. I did, nothing changed. I tried having a daily quiet time, and making it as much about my relationship with god (not about the routine) as I could.
@nugger@moomin@yockeypuck Again, nothing changed. I attempted to conquer it through what my parents and church deemed secular methods, failed, and was told to not pursue such methods again because it, "was not trusting God's plan." Around this time, COVID happened, and church stopped, so I picked up guitar to continue worship via song because it was becoming the only method through which I felt even slightly spiritually alive. Nothing changed. This continued for about 3 years. The reality of the relationship that I thought was there gradually became apparent. I became severely depressed because I did not feel that I was getting any closer to the righteousness that I wanted. The second to last piece of wisdom I got was to attempt to view my sin from the perspective of grace, as if I had already been freed from it. Needless to say, this did not work, although for a little while it helped the depression. The final piece of wisdom from my church was a referral to Romans 8:28 and Paul's letters. I was told that this sin would be a "thorn in my side" and it may never come out, but that it was there for a reason. They told me to focus on my relationship with Jesus and eventually he would take care of it. I just needed to trust him. It was at that point that I realized christianity was not for me. I longed for righteousness, not a relationship. The church had told me that the latter would result in the former. My personal experience showed me otherwise.
Nothing is going to happen until a significant portion of the general population comes to terms with the violence fixing countries poisioned by these creatures costs.