I’m seeing one too many people blaming social media for this and social media for that because it’s just simply - social media. I think about this because I believe that you shouldn’t blame the tool because it is a tool, but blame the person who uses the tool for their intent.

Which means I’m on the side of the camp that actually knows lots of people abuse social media and has it demonized. It’s absolutely silly to just blame a concept or an idea for just being as is. So everyone else is going around blaming and blaming social media for their problems. Not too much the individuals that have contaminated it with their empty-brained existences.

And we all know that some of the more popular social media platforms are controlled by devoid-of-reality sychophants in Zuck, Spez, Musk that sways and stirs the volume of people on their platform with their equally as devoid ideas in how to manage.

Social Media, whether you like it or not, has a use. It’s a useful tool to engage with eachother as close as possible. Might be a bit saturated with many platforms to choose from.

But I just think social media being blamed for just being as is, is such a backwards way of thinking.

  • aasatru@kbin.earth
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    7 days ago

    Thanks for looking into it!

    I think maybe it makes sense to consider three different levels of opposition.

    The first is the actively anti-human assholes. This is the direction that the US has certainly taken, that the Torys are prone to, and that trans people are at the frontlines of right now. This is where people fuelled by hate actively want to strip people of rights. As far as I’m concerned it’s really the same battle be it for trans people, women, minorities, hell, even white men who are not landowners. I think the people seeking to take our rights away here won’t stop before they have destroyed everything. Trans people first, the rest of us second. I think we’re blessed with this group being very tiny in Denmark.

    The second is just pure neglect. I’d say this is where the Torys really shine. Not giving a shit and defunding the NHS gets you to the same point eventually, but just with less opposition. A lack of education could also be put in this box. Denmark is not immune to this, but I think the current government is making an effort at least it some areas that matter to me. That said, I’m not a big fan - I certainly wouldn’t vote for them if I had the right to.

    Then, third, there’s the lack of action. This is just thinking that the current system is good enough. Opposition to gender quotas would be a typical example from the women’s struggle - for trans rights, it’s access to affordable trans health care. Here one depends on the realization that in order to achieve a just society, it’s not enough to simply do nothing. I think this is where the fight is mostly taking place in Denmark. It is an important fight, but it’s also miles ahead of the miserable shithole of the first level I listed (aka Amercia).

    Then again, that’s just my attempt to make sense of it. There is overlap between the levels, it’s not always clear cut, and it’s easy to slide downwards. But I think it’s nevertheless important to acknowledge that the fight looks very different depending on contexts.