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As a Western Europe based, peace loving, tolerant, introvert software dev I'm highly worried by what's happening in the world but at the same time feel totally powerless (I admit to be - for now - selfish enough to not be willing to jeopardise my family and career above this worry).

The frustrating thing is that there must be so many 'of us' and I can't help but think 'we' should organize. Not sure if this (blog) could be a starting point for that?

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Organize locally.

I cannot stress this enough: for those of us not in the US, do not get sucked into the circus, focus on addressing the same forces locally where you can more easily make a difference.

And you don't even have to organize. Just participate in the world. Go to improv classes, or play PnP RPGs, maybe in a bar or something. Go to a sport club, learn new things. Don't despair, and don't get caught in the circus. Do the best you can to avoid consuming too much, especially avoid solitary consumption. The organization will come organically.

no, it won't.

no one just accidentally turns into a political action campaign. esp. the glued-to-the-phone 2025 bourgeoisie tech worker.

like I don't want my DnD session to turn into a revolutionary committee; I'm just here to cast spells and eat pretzels, man. Ditto for other places -- there is a right time and right place, and most of the time it's neither.

you need to make a choice to get involved and organized

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