@Sriadobada I HATE DIVERSITY. HOW TO FIX?

diversity is racism, so stop being racist

done

That is a most difficult question. There is the fact that liberalism, as a successful movement - in the sense of becoming a dominant belief structure - has slid into degeneracy. The alt right gaining public attention is another signal that liberalism is on the way into the compost heap. And yet, I suspect that mass transit and merely *regional* economic interdependence will make attempts at solving diversity most difficult. Furthermore, if this society is collapsing then one should expect volkswanderung. The final factor for consideration is that should a place such as America build the wall and end immigration, it will of course result in the development of modern barbarians on the other end which poses existential threats. Of course, America cannot endure in its current policy nor one that is "open". I'm afraid that we shall have to wait until the rubble stops bouncing. In the meantime there are adaptive solutions to be implemented in ones immediate life that are well worth discussing.

mass transit and open opportunities for education

Indeed.

in the US there is a federally enumerated and guaranteed RIGHT to travel

which I think was an error

Communities, as with households, as with individuals are not locally reliant. Adults are specialized in a single trade, households do not produce a variety of goods or services for both the family and the community. Local communities depend on larger entities for their infrastructure.

local-ism is still possible

has to be identified as a worthwhile goal

in itself

PROGRESSIVE AGENDAS ARE FORCED UPON SMALLER COUNTRIES. THE GLOBALISTS PLAY A GAME CALLED SOCIAL ENGINEERING. LIKE GREECE, WHICH HAS THE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH FURIOUS OVER ITS SPREADING. THEY WANT THE MASSES FOCUSED ON CHEESEBURGERS AND GENDER FLUIDITY.

Yes localism is possible but you have to understand that doing so will impart considerable hardship, not the least of which is owed to the fact that most people have lost the skills necessary to maintain community. What is absent, in my observation, is a coherent and compelling narrative which one the one hand gives purpose behind necessary suffering but also a light at the end.

LOOK AT THE BRAVE BRUCE JENNER, AS WE ENSLAVE YOUR FUTURE GENERATION TO MORE QE AND NAT DEBT.

excuse the poor wording of the final sentence.

I deal with this all the time in energy, which has a similar problem: How to get people to give up convenience for a principled existence? In the energy field, it's conservation and renewables at issue, but the problem is basically the same. Nobody really wants to internalize the costs of a better long-term praxis.

Most people are dirty peasants and can't actually afford the imported beers kept artificially "cheap" by an economic structure that makes up for the real cost (and then some) in harder to notice and quantify ways

I agree.

The expectation most have is that by 2200 the world should look science fiction-y operating upon good clean energy and efficient flying cars.

holding this carrot in front of communities may have gotten most to feel content slogging through factory work whilst being poisoned by industrial byproduct/externality. This dovetails however with what I had said earlier about needing another carrot which would make expensive beer and groceries palatable.

Well the carrot or narrative that motivates me to move incrementally in that direction is my recognition of the importance of local dependence, meaningful human relationships, a community with a healthy sense of identity, good food, family around, etc

but that carrot is weirdly popular in theory but unpopular in application it seems

like nobody would really disagree with me, but once I start talking about what it takes to make that happen, people push back and seem to believe it just happens ex nihilo

It could be that it is less a narrative than a description of parts. In some sense what is needed is a "corny" pulp fiction in which a whole world is constructed complete with characters that is more than the sum of the items you listed.

My wife is playing this videogame "Stardew Valley" that is sort of like what you suggesting I think

Interesting. That it would come through the medium of a video game is unsurprising.

It's a remake of the old Nintendo "Harvest Moon"

basically you inherit an old farm and iteratively immerse yourself in the local community over the seasons. The game rewards patient cultivation of a variety of skills; farming, ranching, foraging, etc

I like that concept.

it's nice. explicitly condemns its perception of modern dissociative lifestyle and also presents corporate "JoJaMart" as the villain

boycott Walmart and tag it under #profli-gate

I've completed my first cup of coffee

I ended up finishing my third.

I am going to try tea tomorrow morning alongside music after my sit.

I'm going to smoke a pipe and rake up leaves all evening and probably rant at my dogs about bugman politics

I love putting money in tax sheltered accounts

fuck

Holy fuck there is the worst looking crossdresser i have ever seen at my campus right now. Saw it at coffee break, looks like the one that wanted to snap Shapiro's neck.

Just arrived this week training. I would take a picture but i would get fired.

@Parasite JUST TAKE A PICTURE AND SAY WITH A SINCERE FACE "TO SHOW THE WORLD YOUR BRAVERY"