#i live in the US and don't have healthcare

[vexwerewolf]

Harrison Armory

I think a lot of people fundamentally misunderstand Harrison Armory, Lancer fans on Tumblr especially.

Harrison Armory is not Nazi Germany. Harrison Armory doesn't actually have an exact parallel on modern-day Earth, and it would be difficult to draw them without potentially insensitive implications.

I think the closest parallel I can draw is late-stage Obama-era America, with a lot of Nordic-style public investment and China's Social Credit system.

People depicting the Armory as a cold, grind-obsessed hypercapitalist nightmare are thinking of IPS-N. The Armory looks after its citizens, at least in as much as happy workers are productive workers. Even as a colonial subject, you can expect a decent standard of living simply because they don't answer solely to shareholders - for better or for worse, the Armory has a vision, an insistence upon the dignity of Humanity which wouldn't allow them to let you live in squalor. This is a cold, haughty kind of beneficence - they don't care about you per se, it's just that allowing you to suffer would reflect poorly on them.

You will get healthcare. You will get free, frequent public transit that you might not even need to use, since every city is walkable. You will get clean water, healthy food and safe streets. You will get frequent vacations and as many sick days as you need. No matter your ethnicity, birth gender, gender identity, religion, sexuality, physical or mental ability, the Armory has a place for you. The Armory does not discriminate.

The Armory is expansionist, for sure, but it chooses its new acquisitions carefully - Diasporan worlds under the thumb of ruthless dictators, repressive theocracies, avaricious hypercapitalist oligarchs. If you're a colonial subject, the Armory have likely liberated you from tyrants.

What do you give in return? Complete cultural obedience.

You will not cause a disturbance. You will not rock the boat. You will not question the benevolent system that gave you this abundance. The Armory gives you all the choices that really matter to someone like you: eat what you want, shop where you want, buy what you want - after all, every shop, every café, every restaurant is an Armory subsidiary, so whatever cuisine you favour, whatever brand of dataslate you prefer, the Armory is making back most of the salary they pay you. The Armory puts a roof over your head. The Armory protects you from the wolves at the door. The Armory even lets you vote on your local representatives (they've all got spotless Socials, so you know that no matter who you choose, they're loyal, attentive citizens). Are you not happy? Are you not grateful?

Show us. Show us you're grateful. Show up to the Foundation Day parade. Salute the statues of Harrisons I (PRAISE THE DIRECTOR GENERAL, LONG MAY HE SERVE), II (PRAISE THE DIRECTOR GENERAL, LONG MAY HE SERVE) and III (PRAISE THE DIRECTOR GENERAL, LONG MAY HE SERVE). Recite the Pledge. Volunteer for the local Guard Corps - or better yet, the Colonial Legion. Don't you care about your community? Aren't you proud of your nation? Don't you want to give back? Aren't you a good citizen?

What's that? Dissent? You little shit! You ungrateful little worm! After all we've done for you, after all this Great Nation has sacrificed for you, you dare ask for more? Harrison I (PRAISE THE DIRECTOR GENERAL, LONG MAY HE SERVE) sacrificed himself on Union's altar for us - for YOU! Harrison II (PRAISE THE DIRECTOR GENERAL, LONG MAY HE SERVE) died refusing to bend the knee, refusing to sacrifice our freedom - YOUR LIBERTY! Harrison III (PRAISE THE DIRECTOR GENERAL, LONG MAY HE SERVE) tours the Purview to see and hear your fellow countrymen and address their concerns, and you dare question his right to rule? The Steward Council is comprised of only his most trusted advisors - do you doubt their commitment to our values?

We live in the best and brightest era of human civilization, the problems of the past all behind us, and all you can think about is ways to drag us all down. You ungrateful, shiftless, lazy little bastard. You want me to call the local Social board? See how they feel about your profile? If you don't feel like the Armory is doing enough for you? Well, let's see how you like it when the Armory does nothing for you. You clearly don't have the spirit or the courage to be truly free.

Ugh, dissenters, am I right? Fuck, sorry about that, folks. Yeah, that was... intense! Anyway, let's not let that whole sordid ordeal ruin this party. Let's all just chill, take an edible, and celebrate what we came here to celebrate - the Colonial Legion incorporated its first all-trans Genghis brigade! What a win for progressivism, right? You'd never see that in the Trade Baronies! Praise the Director General! Long may he serve!

[thepolyamorouspolymath]

In 2012, healthcare was all over the US election debate bc Obama care was new, and I had 4 kids and chronic conditions in the family in every direction and I'm sitting at a party, talking about it to this 22 year old, doing shots with him as he explained how he didn't really get why it was being made such a big deal, and I'm like yeah, bc you still have your parents insurance and bc you're 22 so probably in pretty good health overall. Do you know how much it costs to have a baby? To vaccinate said baby?

(It was awesome until half my friends decided we must be hooking up bc we were talking for hours... in full view, 5 feet apart about a damn policy debate which isn't generally considered sexy.)

But no, that part never occurred to him, because he'd been taught, like all Americans NOT TO HAVE ANYTHIJG OCCUR TO HIM. It's not that Americans inherently lack empathy, because they don't. It's that from birth on we are told not to worry our collective pretty heads about anything because our country is special and perfect and a shining city on hill bullshit and of course there must be things to help people who need it!

I'm one of the most politically aware people I know, and have been for decades. And I regularly still find myself forgetting to ask "what state do you live in?" When someone has a problem because Illinois has problems but they have more help than a lot of places.

[khrayton]

Please read.

All the problems in America originate in giving the power to push laws to corporations.

The reason why farmers can't replant the seeds from their harvests.

The reason why all cities in America have to be built around cars.

The reason of the housing crisis.

The reason why Healthcare companies can simply deny all claims and get away with it.

The reason why companies are pushing AI to have copyright despise being built without the consent of thousands of artists

The reason why Tesla can get away with selling the cyber truck despise being the most poorly designed most dangerous vehicle which by the way, can't be sell outside the US.

The reason of the unnecessary complications of paying taxes.

The reason why Billonaries don't pay taxes.

The reason why we have to deal with a useless middle man taking all of our money in taxes, healthcare, etc.

They own the system WE use to prevent those things from happening, they push the people they want into the system, they push the laws they want into the system to work with.

Do you know the legend of the Gordian knot?

"Whoever could untie it would be destined to rule all of Asia"

The one capable of untie the complex knot of the human rule of power…

But that's not what the legend is about isn't? The legend talks about Alexander the great, who rater to attempt untie this complex of human connections he decided to draw his sword and cut it out.

If we are not able to solve this problem with our mind then the sword will.

Best case scenario we somehow unite and get out companies to make laws and we take down the laws those same companies have made.

I don't believe is possible for us to fix America using the system those companies own, we can't untie this Gordian knot of problems, human relationships, of professions, of whole companies. If they don't cooperate then we will be force to use the sword, and I don't know if we will survive a fight against them.

People are confuse, homeless, sick. Individualism have taken over so many people because we are drowning in on our problems and we are alone trying to fix them.

We surpass them a thousand to one yet we are incapable of uniting, we are scared of violence and the consequences of it, but at this point things are only going to get worse. If we don't act quickly then wen violence become the only solution, it will be worse, so much worse…

Go outside, talk about this problem, join forces with others, make it fun, make it something to be proud of, we revel against a broken system and if you don't hear our demand then you will a victim of them, make music about it, share food on it, today on age we live in a world with so many distractions, we seek immediate satisfaction, so lets bring that satisfaction to help us fix the problem.

Luigi (allegedly, innocent until proven guilty) remind us that Billionaires and CEO's are people like us with names and addresses

How many people will be enough to trash one of those companies places so the police can't deal with it? They are protecting them, not us, lets change that, convince them, they receive orders, many from one…

The problem of many is also your problem, and you can do so much about it.

[existennialmemes]

Reject Toxic Positivity. Embrace

Cathartic Complaining

Save me your silver lining, now it's time for pout and whining.

Pretending your problems aren't problems isn't "having a good attitude." It's Denial. The word for that is denial. And it's way less useful than just complaining about what's wrong.

[jheselbraum]

This applies to non-manual labor jobs too. When the art museum opened back up halfway through 2020 (long before the vaccine came out, though I don't recall what month exactly I want to say it was late summer) security had to come back. Retail had to come back to sell tickets and run the gift shop. Restaurant staff had to come back. Janitorial staff had to come back. Admin got to stay home.

HR tried to get my unemployment claim denied even though they reduced my hours (they reduced everyone's hours, they disputed any unemployment claim we filed) from the comfort of their homes. That museum violated state and local ordinances as well as general covid safety guidelines, putting all of us at risk and directly exposing us to covid, the after effects of which shortened my lifespan by worsening my pulmonary hypertension. I was symptom free before I got covid. I can barely walk to the bus stop now. I'll be on medication for the rest of my life. I'll be priced out of my own country if I ever start making a living wage because I won't qualify for assistance anymore. Because I have a chronic illness, I can't go anywhere with universal healthcare unless I start making a living wage because my only hope is Italy's jure sanguinis policy, which I need a mountain of paperwork and thousands of dollars to apply for. I have no legal recourse for this even though my place of employment broke the law, because workers in my state have next to no legal protections. I was symptom free before I got covid.

And admin got to work from home.

im not saying office jobs aren’t bad in some ways but its always very telling when people treat it like the WORST job at the bottom of the rung…because they have never had to face manual labor as a real option they would ever be forced to take.

[struck-by-the-rain]

terves love to fearmonger and throw hissy fits about "vulnerable autistic gay girls being manipulated into thinking they're trans/non-binary" and like... ok I'm sorry I've spent so many years growing up being treated as some weird, freaky little alien creature rather than as girl/woman, why are you mad that I'm embracing that label and being proud of it as who I am? why are you clutching your pearls so furiously about me walking away from a gender I never felt welcome or comfortable in, partially because of people like you? as much as you claim to be my "sister" or have good intentions for me I guarantee you were one of the kids who would have been treating me like a weird pet on the school playground, the way you talk down to autistic trans people like myself is one and the same as the singsong voice kids would use when they mockingly called me "their best friend!!!". you just hate autistic people having a backbone and autonomy and not having any authority over the weird kid at school anymore

[kay9leo]

Boggart

Because at 14, everything feels so long and permanent. Especially when the future is uncertain.

Honestly this was inspired by this post asking about your MC's boggart. I always figure that my MC's would fall into a more similar vein like Hermione where her boggart represents more of a symbol/idea.

When read up on reddit on Hermione's boggart was Professor McGonagall, someone pointed out saying that it's more of a symbolic thing when you look into it under a deeper light. With Professor McGonagall saying she failed all her classes, Hermione could get expelled from Hogwarts and get her wand snap. Essentially denying her from the wizarding world.

Since Hermione -a muggleborn witch- wants to belong in the wizarding world (when the muggle world rejected her), she is trying to prove that she deserve to belong in the wizarding world through her grades and by being at the top of her class. Hermione failing her classes could risk her getting kicked out and getting her wand snap. The McGonagall boggart failing her is symbolic of her true fear - belonging no where.

While Hermione a girl trying to belong somewhere and doesn't want to be kicked out, Iñaki is a girl who's afraid that she'll never go back home.

What's a more permanent way of saying you aren't returning to your home country by getting a passport (symbolizing that you got naturalized) of your adopted country? More about Iñaki "MC" Martinez Cariaga

[poolsidescientist]

My mom has said her share of things trying to get me to care about the UHC shooter but "life is hard for smart people" is probably the funniest.

[sureuncertainty]

if i have to see one more post about disney from people who don't work here or at least live in the area i'm gonna lose it

[rxvera]

Sometimes I think people need to take a step back from arguing about Israel and Palestine all day and realize that there are much larger scale problems in the world. Everyone's become so focused one issue that they're willing to ignore and belittle the suffering of everyone else.

[anaalnathrakhs]

i'm going to be honest i have no idea what i'm going to do. i messed up my choices for higher education and now i have barely a couple days to pick between a cursus way too difficult for me, a highly specialized cursus with shit outcomes, and a leap of faith into whatever kind of gap year alternative can get me out of my parents' hair for the time being. note how i have no fucking idea what that alternative could be, or what path i'd like to take ideally. fun.

[jbweld]

npr's coverage of the ongoing war in palestine is the most jaw dropping and gut wrenching examples of liberal journalism i've ever had the opportunity to experience in real time

[chaotictomtom]

trying to check out to see if i'll ever manage to get top surgery this year and. let's just say i thought the delay would be bigger but. the price is still always such a big ass problem i kinda wanna bash my head against a wall but. anyway

[knaveofmogadore]

Some of us are never gonna look like our parents because we didn't eat paint chips or tan excessively or grow up in the time of lead gasoline or become alcoholics or pound 80 grams of the worst drugs the 80s had to offer or live in an era where our chronic illness can't/won't be treated or deal with repeated violations of OSHA's chemical safety laws over the course of 20 years or grow up with aerosols or the level of pollution our parents grew up with

THIS IS NOT A POST ABOUT GETTING WRINKLES. YOU WILL GET WRINKLES. THE ONLY SIDEWAYS STRAW I WANNA SEE YOU DRINKING OUT OF IS THIS [redacted]

[jackredfieldwasmyjacob]

the way my stomach turns just seeing this map (it shows the public vs private hospitals in madrid; red is public, blue is private)

[neverendingford]

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