Indigenous Canadian from northern Ontario. Believe in equality, Indigenous rights, minority rights, LGBTQ+, women’s rights and do not support war of any kind.

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Cake day: June 13th, 2023

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  • So at this point, the working parts of the government that keep everything working in a law abiding way are being dismantled … and the majority of those in power are all just going to stand by and watch it all disappear?

    I get that Turnip is a moron and that Muskrat is an idiot … but to see everyone else, hundreds of professionals, career politicians, officials and bureaucrats just stand in the wings and let it all happen is just crazy.

    I don’t have hope for individual politicians but I do hold out hope for the sanity of the entire organization of people … but judging from the way things are falling apart, I guess I should assume that the entire US government is just a bunch of idiots.





  • Agreed but at the same time, the people in that photo in the 1930s had no connection to anyone outside their own neighbourhood and the only news they had was only through the established media. Today the landscape is completely different than it was back then. I’m not saying it will be better, easier or more in the favour of the little guy just trying to get by … whether or not it will be any better or not, I don’t know. All I know is that it will be far different than it was in the the 1930s.



  • A great way to watch TOS is to read about the show and the real life historical context of when they were produced. The US was deep into the war in Vietnam at the time and the show was airing episodes questioning the idea of regional power struggles, asking questions about racism, sexism and religion when people were matching in the streets with MLK.

    TOS can be a bit slow because the way they produced the show back then was like a stage play with a captive audience. So it just means you get quite a bit of time during the show to read up on things and trivia while watching they program.

    We’re taking our time watching TOS because there are only a limited number of episodes but for many episodes it’s really interesting to learn more about the time period they were produced and aired.


  • The great thing today is communication and connection. I don’t speak German and I am nowhere in Europe, I’m in the middle of nowhere in Canada, yet I can instantly translate and understand your message and answer back. And everyone that reads this can do the same if they wanted to.

    Not just that, we also have an insight into global politics and ideas and movements and news and information. Yes much of it is confused, manipulated, or controlled but at least we have a lot of information and if we work it enough we can access the truth of things more easily than they did in the 1930s

    Those poor people in that photo never had a chance because their world and their ability to connect with others around the world was so limited.


  • They didn’t have the internet, social media or a hundred different ways of communicating with groups of like minded people back then. In the 1930s, the only people you talked to were the people you met in person.

    Today we can talk, discuss, organize and vent with people all over the globe in real time. But it also means we are bombarded with too much information, disinformation, misinformation and complete nonsense.

    It doesn’t mean it’s better or worse. It just means that it will be different. Whether that will be good or bad … I don’t know.

    BTW … that is an amazing image!