by capacity I don't refer to physical capacity although that is also dwindling
rather most men are not cognizant that they could, if they chose, possess and use power
awareness of capacity is necessary though of course not sufficient to be dangerous
I have mostly negative feelings about this
Generally I think people would be better off if they conceived of themselves as possessing agency and sought to develop it where it was lacking, rather than just flowing with the currents of systems and institutions
is it any wonder that (most?) graduates leave more comfortable passively floating through systems rather than seeing a world they want to make real and exerting blood and sweat and cunning and charm to immanentize it
they have no practice with this at all a few outliers excepted
@CpnShortbread generally anyone breaking into your house is prooooobably trying to burgle you rather than kill you and they really don't want to deal with an apeshit psycho blinding them and beating them with a blunt weapon
@CpnShortbread @ctdonath Probably better off with a short shotgun if you want a firearm no?
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i have seen a Lot of shit like this including from longtime mutuals and its pretty depressing
eyeballing it seems more common from first gen than second gen which suggests some combination of integration is working and newer immigrant waves are different (worse)
im reluctantly coming around to broad and aggressive immigration restrictions for a generation just to let the people already here integrate and for all this shit to settle out into a new ethnic detente because the status quo is just not working
i have to say i do not regularly interact with any business that exhibits greater nor more systematic contempt for its customers than does medicine
normal businesses: yes we would love to take your money. how can we help you
medicine: oh you probably have pneumonia? this 50yo battleaxe will menace you, lecture you about the proper procedure for scheduling. no she won't help you. no you can't do that here. get fucked lmao
i am going to sit, sick, in an empty lobby for 180min or more
there are three administrators at a desk doing nothing as far as i can tell
this entire industry needs to be cobalt nuked
praying for everyone with a healthcare degree to be summarily fired and replaced by robots