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@pimoore I agree. I'm also enjoying hearing others comment on this topic. The way I see it is that our own personal context of suffering is the microcosm experience of the greater suffering of humanity and the planet on a macrocosm scale. It is all interconnected. No need to trivialize or diminish our own suffering because we are connected to the suffering on a greater scale. Neo-liberalism has us thinking and operating from an individual perspective. We have lost our sense of interconnectedness. We think that what is happening in Palestine (for example) somehow won't happen to us or isn't happening to us. But in some sense it is already happening to us, we are just experiencing the early stages of it. The richest 1% own almost half of the global wealth. The richest 10 men in the world doubled their wealth during covid. Disaster and catastrophes are a money making proposition (disaster capitalism). Wars are money making enterprises. I fear the attitude of 'I can't do anything about whats happening in the world'. I love the philosophy of Ubuntu (not the Linux type!). It is a traditional value system throughout the continent of Africa,

...the belief in a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity...Ubuntu encompasses the interdependence of humans on another and the acknowledgment of one's responsibility to their fellow humans and the world around them. It is a philosophy that supports collectivism over individualism.

It is often phrased "I am because we are". It takes me out of my individual thinking western mind and reminds me that I am part of a collective. What is happening to others is happening to me and I have a responsibility to others because we are one.

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@hutaffe @ner3y @jsonbecker @pimoore @the yep I agree with you all it is all too much. I've had to retreat from the harshness of it all and remain within it at the same time. What that looks like for me is that I moved to a simple life in a tiny house in the bush. I removed myself from the dramas of other people's lives. I then had space to immerse myself in doing what I can for humanity, the environment and world affairs. I've also spent a lot of time in understanding what has brought us all to this point - in a nut shell it all leads back to capitalism (in my opinion). Unless we fully understand the problem we will never get to a solution. The most important thing I've learned is that it's not my failing. Neo-liberalism wants us to all think that it's our own individual fault that has led each of us to this point. Which feeds the internal narrative of 'I should be better/more resilient/what' wrong with me etc'.

But as the quote goes 'It's easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism'. I like to challenge that where I can and look for parallel structures that aren't based on a capitalist model (FOSS for example). I try to act in rebellion to neo-liberalism both in my own thinking and in my actions. It's surprising how much it is embedded in me.

That's just how I have tried to navigate it anyway. Everyone will have their own way of navigating it.

@cliffordbeshers wow, impressive

@alongtheray I love it!

@Miraz how cute

@futurebird very cool!

@Miraz looks like a lovely ride

@jabel Yeah it is. I didn't realise how gratifying it would be until I started doing it. My skills have grown enormously too, thanks to YouTube!

@sundogplanets I agree

@alongtheray lovely!

@Denny spectacular photos

@Gabz that's excellent!!

@futurebird they are definitely determined!

@jean wow looks very rough.

@denny FYI

The definition of antisemitism that has become a weapon to defend Israel