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Evil tankie and Stalin’s little spoon

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Cake day: June 20th, 2023

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    1. Try to re-engage with the cosplay community or engage with another hobby community

    I don’t want to be internet psychologist but it seems to me that you have social anxiety. Seeing a therapist would probably be for the best but based on your post history that may not be reasonable. Finding a non-political hangout group might also help you. It’s ok (good even) to care about politics but there is a time and a place for it and sometimes you should bite your tongue in order to maintain your social groups.

    1. Join an org

    I see you talked to PSL, based on this post I’m guessing that did not go well. You could try again or find a local group. Imma be a lib real quick and say there is no issue with joining cpusa or the dsa if you want to find tolerable people to talk with. This ties back into point 1. Socialization is a need, like with food sometimes it requires you to put up with things that aren’t perfect.

    1. Go to college

    I see you have a post asking if it is worth it, here is my take: if your family can financially support you then the new environment is worth it. You will be able to meet an entirely new group of people who are most likely way more liberal (some socialist even) than your hometown.

    I would not recommend going into debt just for college, unless your area has a work program to forgive debts (like teaching in underserved counties), or unless your passion is medicine or law where your salary will be enough to cover it. To that end I would recommend starting at a community college or going to a technical school and learning a trade.




  • Tariffs raise the price of affected goods allowing local suppliers to grow their business and fill the gap. A lot of countries looking to industrialize will institute tariffs to protect their industry so it can grow enough to compete with foreign companies. In our case it’s putting the cart before the horse; our domestic industries are currently unable to supply domestic needs (remember the “logistics” issue at the beginning of COVID?) and several of these goods require specialist knowledge to produce, so it’s not like we can just open a couple factories. Which is the other thing- companies might not invest in new factories as these tariffs could go away tomorrow and it takes time for factories to be built and then to even start producing goods. If the tariffs goes away before anything new is ready they will just shut down.