Whether its friends or family ... character is everything.

Watching how your friends and family treat other people behind their backs is a clear indicator of who they truly are as people.

If they talk about others, you can imagine how they talk about you to others ...

If they show a mask to other people, they're most likely showing a mask to you too.

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How To Explain Socialism Clearly In a Way That Actually Persuades People

“ Socialism is a society whose top priority is meeting all of its people’s needs, ranging from food, shelter, and health care, to art, culture, and companionship. In contrast, capitalism only cares about any of that basic human necessities stuff to the extent that money can be made of it.” Danny Katch
#CoSoBooks #Socialism

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2023/07/how-to-explain-socialism-clearly-in-a-way-that-actually-persuades-people

It seems obvious to me that our society doesn't have any solid patterns for teaching people how to deal with emotions in a healthy way.

We talk about emotional intelligence. We use lots of words.

But it feels like people are mostly taught unhealthy coping mechanisms, like denial and suppression, or that some emotions are "bad" and not to have them.

Emotional control is used to control behavior, not deal with the source of the emotions.

That's not healthy.

For your viewing discomfort. Cartoon animals asking humans to not be dicks:

https://www.boredpanda.com/shocking-illustrations-animals-milkdongcomics-part-2/

Hurt people hurt people, but it doesn’t have to be that way. We can break the cycle and create better relationships and communities. When we heal from our past traumas, we can have empathy and love for each other. Walking around with the excess baggage of our pasts is wasted time and energy. #OneLove

I also believe that which works against the survival and betterment of intelligent life is to be opposed and protected against.

So, to me, authoritarianism, monarchies, hierarchical systems of social control of the many by the few are evils.

Diversity is important to all complex systems, especially living and thinking ones.

So bigotry and hatred are evils to me.

Efforts to stop intelligence from advancing are evil to me.

@Cynanthrope @AskTheDevil What you must always remember is, do not be angry at the person who is ill.

They did not choose this.

Be angry at the illness, and at our dreadful mental health care system.

But never lose your love for the person who is unwell, no matter what they do.

it's not a choice they made consciously. And yes it's hard and you need to remind yourself 10, 15, 20 times a day of that fact.

But keep your patience, your belief, and your love.

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@ToolPackinMama

Good morning to everyone trying to balance their passions with the practicality of life.

#Potato

I wish I'd had this quote in my early career years in IT: “It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us." Jane Goodall

In this insane heat, if you have AC, cool water and shade, please share. Buying a window unit or fan for a person in poverty can save their lives. Unhoused animals can't turn on the faucet. Put good vibes into the Universe. Or for me, work off a lot off Karma.

From Tumblr, with permission.

Pet deposits and rent are the
management's way of capitalizing on our love for our babies. Imagine how many more animals would have homes if they stopped this bullshit.

It's a meme, but the news is really good.

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