Comment by fperrine on 21/01/2025 at 19:04 UTC

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No matter how much local volunteering I do that won't prevent the massive damage that will be done to both systems.

Yes and no. I agree that you and I alone won't stop the industrial poison we're spewing onto the Earth, nor hold the gate for the techno-feudalism we're about to live under. But any kind of opposition has to exist somewhere. I don't think I'm a revolutionary by any stretch, but those ideas begin at the ground level. And let me be clear: I'm not blind to what is coming. I do not look forward to the future of this country. But the people I care about live here (including my dog).

So I think the only option is to find a way to live in a world without those values or die.

Yes. Unfortunately. But, to be fair, isn't that always the state of affairs? I do suppose you could attempt to flee, though. Emigrate to another society.

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Comment by WonderKindly at 21/01/2025 at 19:07 UTC

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There is no where to flee to. It's happening every where. The only true escape is death and I see no reason not to