Lol. Human nature.
If you mean “here take this money and give us your country or we will kill you” then yeah.
But I suspect you actually are referring to some weird “humans are greedy! Look! Billionaires!” While ignoring how often we freely help and associate with other humans. For example: on this website.
Yeah I tend to boycott genocide, racism, slavery, regime change, that sort of thing. So you might consider me some kind of anti-US .
Also “living in traditional ways” is at best misleading. There is already more than enough to go around when we consider actual physical resources. Using market mechanisms to determine how things are distributed works very poorly in terms of meeting everyones needs, and blinds us to actual solutions.
The idea of overshooting earths capacity is firmly rooted in extractive ideology (which is a cornerstone of capitalist economies) and doesn’t even begin to consider how an adjustment in economic output to meet real demand and not whatever is the most profitable, would result in massive changes in the way we do things.
Food production could become more regenerative because we need to feed people not make money.
Clothing industries would cut gigantic amounts of waste simply by ceasing the destruction of clothing to maintain high prices.
And these 2 ideas alone could revolutionize nearly every aspect of our existence.
Indigenous ways of doing is not extractive. It is better described as a collaboration with nature. Managing natural resources to meet our needs, and the needs of (often specifically) the next 7 generations. It means managing forests to make more forests, with all the flora and fauna that entails. Among other things
The fascist part is:
Ohh humans are the problem Okay, which humans? Who decides who gets what? Who lives and who dies? Is there any consideration for the power dynamics in our society (spoiler, no there is not)
In short the quote who ever said it:
Environmentalism without class struggle is just gardening.
Nneeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrdddddddd
But only as a term of endearment.
And also, it’s a silly comic
Because as capitalist states struggle to maintain profits and control through soft means, the only other option is through direct control and violence. As the state gets more and more cozy with corporate and moneyed interests, and starts lashing out at the usual scape goats (trans/queer, communists, socialists, trade unionists, immigrants), we have what we call fascism.
Its the predictable end to a profit driven system that requires infinite growth to continue its existence.
It is okay to accept that the US is bad. You don’t have to cope by saying “ohhh yeah but wait until China!”
Yeah like frig China. Why aren’t you killing them? Whats wrong with you? Clearly the most morally correct thing to do is exterminate them, what are you trying to hide?
VOOOOOOTTTEEEE HARDER! I’m sure at some point it will change. Its not like having all the power sitting in the hands of the few will stop you from making positive changes right? Just keep playing their game … I’m sure it will work this time…
How quickly are we talking? Then we can talk about concrete answers, and strategies to make it work for you specifically. And whats the goal? Temporary (like for a day or 2) or more permanent?
I mean isn’t this more "circle jerking " about dismantling state propaganda? Interacting with those you were told are your enemy?
Besides, people should always celebrate the positives, and look towards them as something that is possible in their country too.
And as an fyi: when we were here before, the workers revolution in Russia was new. The achievements were so profound that workers in North America began demanding similar concessions from our governments. There was a real threat of overthrowing the existing power structures. And what happened? Weekends, literacy, healthcare, just generally improved living conditions. To dismiss cultural exchange as circle jerking is to ignore history and the power that comes with knowing things are better elsewhere, and that you can have that too.
Also ADHD, and I tried your method. Except it was with World of Warcraft. Long story short, I woke up in the middle of the test having finished a sentence related to material elasticity with something like “you have to heal the…” Scrawled down the side of the margins where the end of the sentence should have been.
Not recommended
The wonderful thing about your comment is how blatantly it disregards the scale of the “atrocities” committed by the empire