@girlusocrazy: Oh, well, heh. I'm definitely interested in running for office--part of the reason I pay attention so closely 😅
I had the crazy idea of running for Congress a few months ago, currently investing in relationships with some local activist groups to see how feasible that is in the near-term.
I want to say it's not likely, but these are crazy times, and leaders can emerge from unlikely places.
@girlusocrazy: It's a weird quandary for me. I don't feel at all addicted to my phone, but I use it all the time partly because I'm interested in politics (like in being active in it). I'm still trying to figure out if I'm ACTUALLY going to be active in it or to go and do something else with my life, but the second I decide to go do something else I'll probably cut down on my usage by like 80%. If I ever find myself mindlessly scrolling I tend to chuck my phone across the room. Generally I find myself actively looking for the next morsel of information that helps build out a thought about something I'm thinking about. Sometimes I pull myself away, and sometimes I don't and the last thing I looked at during that extra five minutes before bed helps inform what I'm thinking about. It's a complicated place to be, but probably is more valid if I start substacking or youtubing more consistently than I currently do. I kinda think I'd rather do different things, but then again... the state of the world... and I think I'd be pretty good at it all, precisely because I DON'T want to be in it. If the world starts to right itself, I'll be in a better place. 'Til then, I consume politics and keep pushing forward on getting involved in big ways and small.
@IcyBlaze_XZ: Lol people keep saying this but the internet is very much having real-world effects on the structure of things. And the structure of things, as it collapses, doesn't affect everything around you--until it does. What happens in the dark corners of the internet matters.
@illegal_peanut: Working hard guarantees nothing. Being intelligent may not help at all. I have friends that I care about and they are wildly successful. These same people, who I adore are not that smart and a couple of them have essentially failed upward their whole lives- they barely worked to get where they are. Is it unfair? Maybe, but if I spend my time thinking about that, I am spending valuable time on something that isn't benefitting me.
Given that, I don't think it's unreasonable to want to build a socialized ground level for people that they can either use as a platform for reaching higher or one from which they may simply enjoy a simple life (access to which I think tends to inspire one to reach higher).
An interest in building that platform for others and for the society as a whole I think is to be commended, or at the very least, not squashed.
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