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[–] BraneS2 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

probably an incorrect premise. Many here are up for intelligent dialogue.

Isn't the problem being these adolescent kids, locked in their rooms, angry, cursing, and downvoating?

(that's why they had to change the downvoating rules).

Boastful Ignorance.

This is no place for them, but they cannot be censored as that is antithetical to the social media concept. I had proposed we at least keep track of them on a specific subverse, but it did not seem to get any traction.

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[–] OllieQueen [S] 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

While I agree that pyrotechnics are fun, it's hard to always keep them going.

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[–] TheBeesTrees 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Yeah, I'm thinking of giving voat a bit of a break. I find that it's affecting my RL mood negatively. There's a lot of passion here, but that's not all good...

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[–] Wedhro 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I think most anger comes from frustration that is mostly irrelevant to the "issues" that apparently move "hateful" people. Never seen an happy person complain.

Where does this frustration come from? IMO it's because the world is no longer hoping for an Age of Good Things and therefore it sees no point on working toward it. Even more IMO, that's because power is being once again concentrating in the hands of the few, so that most people are technically powerless.

On a side note, I hope this doesn't become a mirror image of Reddit: instead of being full of SJW and "sheeple", full of haters and cospiratards.

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[–] hitamhitam 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

When you are insecure, everyone is your enemy.

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[–] OllieQueen [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Except the Justice league. Those guys are pretty cool.

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[–] hitamhitam ago 

Sorry, is it the DC comic you are referring?

I am not living in western countries, this is why I ask.

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[–] Morbo 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Paul Areides taught me the answer to this in Dune: "he who can destroy a thing, controls a thing".

It's always about control.

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[–] xeemee 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

i suspect that some of the strife is caused by reddit users/admins who have an interest in protecting their community by destroying the competition - apparently Voat is the most popular reddit-like platform besides reddit

some problems are also caused by the anonymity afforded by the net - it's easy to be a dick when you're not looking someone in the eye, however, if you want free speech, then you have no choice but to grant others the same

and other problems are cause by tensions in our individual lives and the shitty situation throughout the world regarding war, nearly worthless education systems, etc., etc., etc...

there is much more to be said about the erosion of basic compassion that exists in society today and who/what is responsible, but i think -- hope -- that major changes are on the horizon - there's more of a focus on supporting local businesses, eating healthier, sustainability, etc., and that will trickle down to our world community as well i would guess

your post very much reminds me of the documentary i just watched about the birth, life and death of the bulletin board systems (BBS), the precursor to the internet - when they started, you would typically dial in to your local node to avoid long distance charges and so these small communities were pretty close and used to physically meet to shoot the shit sometimes

as the system and technology grew, the nodes could talk to each other and some of the closeness was lost

then the internet took hold and virtually all of it was lost

some of the people interviewed in the film said they missed the closeness of the BBS system

why isn't there local forums, like for every town? meetup.com seems to be the closet thing to what i'm envisioning i suppose

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[–] Tenrei ago  (edited ago)

https://youtu.be/PNR8u9CGOI0?t=2m44s

Liberty isn't coded into blood it is a privilege that is always only one generation away from being extinguished, rather than check my privilege I think I'll continue to fight for it.

Start at 2:44 to see the main baddie make the same argument as OP. :D

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[–] OllieQueen [S] ago 

Not...entirely what I was going for. But badass.

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