Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://dmv.community/@pixelpusher220" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pixelpusher220</span></a></span></p><p>the pridefully <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ignorant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ignorant</span></a> ones will endlessly blame shift away from their own <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/entitled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>entitled</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privileged" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privileged</span></a> indolence</p><p>the question is do they outnumber the ones who can have their eyes opened via the suffering they bring onto us by not <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a>/ voting for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigoted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigoted</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocrat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/malice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>malice</span></a></p><p>some have the bare minimum of heart to go "i was wrong"</p><p>if they are not enough? too late?</p><p>then we are truly fucked</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/voters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voters</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonvoters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonvoters</span></a>: i absolutely despise you</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/primaries2026" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>primaries2026</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/midterms2026" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>midterms2026</span></a></p>
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Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>inthehands</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@StillIRise1963" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>StillIRise1963</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.io/@tarheel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tarheel</span></a></span> </p><p>study the history of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chile</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/southkorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>southkorea</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spain</span></a></p><p>look at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/serbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>serbia</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>georgia</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hungary</span></a> today</p><p>corrupt, murderous regimes, opposed</p><p>they fought! they're fighting!</p><p>what you about you <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a>?</p><p>i will not listen to arguments saying <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/american" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>american</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> is doomed:</p><p>hopelessness</p><p>cynicism</p><p>it only helps <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocrat</span></a>-<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigot</span></a> malice</p><p>you fight</p><p>you <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a></p><p>now and forever</p><p>that matters</p><p>"but it should be easy"</p><p>never is and never will be</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/america" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>america</span></a>:</p><p>show a fucking spine</p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.wales/@rhodriplewiskc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rhodriplewiskc</span></a></span> </p><p>the problem is not that a demented <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocrat</span></a> should be full of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hate</span></a> and stupidity. that's almost a given</p><p>the tragedy, which we really need to get a handle on, is why his moronic <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigotry</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ignorance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ignorance</span></a> appeals to so many</p><p>"lol! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigotry</span></a> is new to you?"</p><p>no it's not new. but how it is goosed on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialMedia</span></a> for power so brazenly in cahoots with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> is a new and terrible wrinkle</p><p>yes, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigot</span></a>-plutocrat <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> axis is also not new</p><p>but it is supercharged now</p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p>One of the side effects of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gishGallop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gishGallop</span></a> of endless hate and outrageous stupidity is that it obscures the abuses of yesterday, yet they continue, while outrage and attention shifts</p><p>Example:</p><p>the sadistic attack on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/womensRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>womensRights</span></a></p><p>"Two <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Houston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Houston</span></a>-area clinic employees arrested for allegedly providing illegal <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> s"</p><p>We must confront the totality of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocrat</span></a>-<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> axis in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> and not be endlessly distracted</p><p><a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2025/03/17/texas-abortion-midwife-arrested/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texastribune.org/2025/03/17/te</span><span class="invisible">xas-abortion-midwife-arrested/</span></a></p>
Tom Baker<p>Know the difference
<a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Ukraine" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Meme" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meme</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Humor" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Humor</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23MAGA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23RussianSympathizer" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RussianSympathizer</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Traitor" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Traitor</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Oligarch" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oligarch</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Plutocrat" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Plutocrat</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Fascist" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascist</a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p>"Arlington Cemetery strips content on black and female veterans from website"</p><p>If you're <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>black</span></a> and/ or a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/woman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>woman</span></a>, your sacrifices will never matter to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> and their only reaction is to try to erase your history and ignore your existence.</p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigot</span></a>-<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocrat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> axis</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz03gjnxe25o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/cz03gjnx</span><span class="invisible">e25o</span></a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p>"<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> Reported Zero Federal Income <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tax</span></a> on $2 Billion of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> Income in 2024"</p><p><a href="https://itep.org/tesla-reported-zero-federal-income-tax-in-2024/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">itep.org/tesla-reported-zero-f</span><span class="invisible">ederal-income-tax-in-2024/</span></a></p><p>this right here</p><p>the root of all of our problems</p><p>how a cringe <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/edgelord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>edgelord</span></a> icon of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigotry</span></a> like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> can wield so much power and how our <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> dies to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a></p><p>well, not the root of all of our problems</p><p>the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigots</span></a> matter too</p><p>by goosing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ignorance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ignorance</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/indecency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indecency</span></a> the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocrats</span></a> can pull con jobs on hateful dimwits to wield power</p><p>the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocrat</span></a>-<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> axis</p><p>our enemy</p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Plutocrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plutocrat</span></a>-<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bigot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bigot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialMedia</span></a> axis takes race swapping characters in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>movies</span></a> seriously</p><p>Because it's a pipeline to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/farRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farRight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a>, weaponized fake outrage</p><p>And they get to engage in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hate</span></a></p><p>"<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AyoEdebiri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AyoEdebiri</span></a> ‘got insane death threats’ after Elon <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> shared fake report about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PiratesoftheCaribbean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PiratesoftheCaribbean</span></a> casting</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheBear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheBear</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/actor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>actor</span></a> called Musk a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascist</span></a> and an idiot after his reaction to a post from a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rightWing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rightWing</span></a> account that claimed she was replacing Johnny Depp"</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/12/ayo-edebiri-got-insane-death-threats-after-elon-musk-shared-fake-report-about-pirates-of-the-caribbean-casting" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/</span><span class="invisible">12/ayo-edebiri-got-insane-death-threats-after-elon-musk-shared-fake-report-about-pirates-of-the-caribbean-casting</span></a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.io/@tarheel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tarheel</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@Kierkegaanks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Kierkegaanks</span></a></span></p><p>it's always been <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigots</span></a> everywhere in large numbers</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocrat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialMedia</span></a> amplifies it, gooses it, celebrates it</p><p>one of the avenues we can fight back: get a new social media like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> to replace corporate centralized cesspits of trolls and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hate</span></a> (i know, a big ask. one can dream)</p><p>to be clear: the root problem is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigotry</span></a>, not <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a></p><p>but bigotry is a much larger problem</p><p>so win the social media battle</p><p>and use that to further the much larger war on bigotry</p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://freeradical.zone/@FranceskaMann" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>FranceskaMann</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/@ohmu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ohmu</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@Kierkegaanks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Kierkegaanks</span></a></span></p><p>certainly</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> amplifies <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hate</span></a> on the right and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/alienation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alienation</span></a> on the left on purpose</p><p>the problem is we live in a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> (if we can keep it) so the average person matters. their choice to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a>, or not vote matters</p><p>and the reasons they don't vote or vote maga is the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocrat</span></a> influence machine, yes</p><p>but *why* does that influence work?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialMedia</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psyop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psyop</span></a> work because hate and alienation is organic</p><p>we need to fight that too</p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@Osteopenia_Powers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Osteopenia_Powers</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@Kierkegaanks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Kierkegaanks</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a>, the whole <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocrat</span></a> sludge factory, confuses being rich with being right</p><p>the problem is, so do tens of millions of middle class and poor <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>americans</span></a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.community/@jaycee" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jaycee</span></a></span></p><p>the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservative</span></a> mind operates on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fear</span></a></p><p>overactive amygdala</p><p>it crowds out the prefrontal cortex: reason</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocrat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rightWing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rightWing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialMedia</span></a> amplifies the imbalance on purpose</p><p>pushing lies that goose the fear, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ignorance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ignorance</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hate</span></a>, capturing their minds, addicting them, controlling them</p><p>as suitably brainwashed zombies, programmed like robots, they dutifully and enthusiastically go to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a></p><p>while the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> is not so engaged</p><p>this is our problem</p><p><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-human-beast/201104/conservatives-big-on-fear-brain-study-finds" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">psychologytoday.com/us/blog/th</span><span class="invisible">e-human-beast/201104/conservatives-big-on-fear-brain-study-finds</span></a></p>
GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fElonMusk</span></a> lied on his citizenship forms in the 1990s by hiding that he’d been living illegally in America for YEARS, thus he *should* be subject to deportation *now*</p><p>even Grok agrees</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ApartheidClyde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ApartheidClyde</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IllegalAlien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IllegalAlien</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeportMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeportMusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocrat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FascistAmeriKKKa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FascistAmeriKKKa</span></a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p>"Deep wisdom of the cosmos:</p><p>What is the purpose of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> in the world now?"</p><p>"Dear demoralized <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Left</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a>:</p><p>The job of your country now is to serve as a horrifying and disgusting example to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a> in the world about what to avoid: the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocrat</span></a>-<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> axis"</p><p><a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/03/05/trump-tariffs-canada-liberal-party" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">axios.com/2025/03/05/trump-tar</span><span class="invisible">iffs-canada-liberal-party</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mindly.social/@Thumper1964" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Thumper1964</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Nonilex</span></a></span> </p><p>But it only effects "the poors" so the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocrat</span></a> class doesn't care</p><p>And plenty of poor people support <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> and will blame the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a>. Because that's what some troll on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialMedia</span></a> tells them</p><p>The stupid and the evil are killing us all</p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Oneleggedjedi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Oneleggedjedi</span></a></span> </p><p>Welcome.</p><p>It's not perfect here.</p><p>Nowhere is.</p><p>You'll find many others here in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sanctuary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanctuary</span></a> like yourself, and myself.</p><p>Together we can take <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> beyond mere sanctuary and grow to kill <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/centralized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>centralized</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocrat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialMedia</span></a>.</p><p>I know, I know.</p><p>One can dream.</p><p>I need this dream. Many of us do.</p><p>We'll dream together.</p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p>"Bad thing in another country horrifies, driving support for the opposite at home"</p><p>I think it helped in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a></p><p>I think it will help in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a></p><p>So the fate of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> is to be an example of what poor <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gunControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gunControl</span></a>, no <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/universalHealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>universalHealthcare</span></a>, and what an unchecked <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocrat</span></a>-<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> axis does to a motherfucker:</p><p>Sane observant <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/citizens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>citizens</span></a> in other <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a> can avoid our fate</p><p>🥴</p><p>"Anti-<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> sentiment drives dramatic upturn in fortunes for Canada’s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Liberals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberals</span></a>"</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/26/canada-liberal-party-poll" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2025/feb</span><span class="invisible">/26/canada-liberal-party-poll</span></a></p>
GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ<p>do you recognize this <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreedyBastard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreedyBastard</span></a>? THIS is the (potentially illegal) immigrant who stole your job & left you unemployed</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FascistAmeriKKKa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FascistAmeriKKKa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IllegalImmigrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IllegalImmigrant</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocrat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeadbeatDad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeadbeatDad</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WhiteSupremacist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ApartheidClyde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ApartheidClyde</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misogyny</span></a></p>
StanceOfMind<p>Elon Musk is a destructive asshat. When Democrats rebuild the CFPB, let’s build it bigger and stronger so it can do a better job protecting regular Americans.</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Plutocrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plutocrat</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Consumers</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Finance</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Banking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Banking</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Occupy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Occupy</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a></p>
Pablonius Monk 🇺🇦<p>The Rise of the Selfish Plutocrats</p><p>The coronavirus pandemic ushered in even more grotesque inequality. Elon Musk’s net worth surpassed $400 billion. The world’s economies ground to a halt, and public coffers were crushed with debt, but superyacht sales surged by 46 percent. The public, especially the poor, suffered; the rich, like those of G. K. Chesterton’s caricature, escaped.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@brianklaas" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>brianklaas</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@TheAtlantic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TheAtlantic</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/society-culture-and-history/history/the-ultrarich-weren-t-always-this-selfish/ar-AA1yAF0M" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/society-culture-</span><span class="invisible">and-history/history/the-ultrarich-weren-t-always-this-selfish/ar-AA1yAF0M</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Plutocrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plutocrat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plutocracy</span></a></p>
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