Goldkin @Goldkin@awoo.space

@CoyoteTraveller Ehhhhhh... as someone who has played 'em all, the EO games stopped fairly short of giving good or complete furry options. They kinda started in EOIV with an unlockable race, had some options in V, but it was all super limited and only vaguely furry bait. Nexus then smushed it all into fewer options for sake of their compilation game.

Pretty sure you can do better. :p

This also means that we should get comfortable with the idea of bureaucracy as a good thing, and as a means for people to specialize. Because the alternative is... well, *gestures at everything*

Something I'm not sure is generally understood: when a politician or businessman says they're going to reduce bureaucracy, it means they're making a grab for power.

The main benefit of bureaucracy in businesses and government is to diffuse power. Conversely, abuses happen when that power is grabbed by smaller and smaller parties.

It's why the current rogue's gallery of fuckwits are all populists promising to cut headcount. It's how they dress their lust for power as a public good.

@KayOhtie The best "fight" we can do right now is to just show up for people. To organize. And to not let these assholes pick us apart.

And yeah, community and activism helps all that. It's mostly important to pick something, because tbh, that's what got me through 2016-2020 myself.

When he won in 2016, it felt like disorienting punch in the gut. I spent so much time trying to convince people what was coming. I had naive hope that our institutions would save us. I had to plead constantly to get people to care for each other and, more importantly, vote.

This is different. We all know what he is. We know what is coming if he survives in power. I feel galvanized and ready to fight.

For now, grieve and prepare. Tomorrow begins the work of being the change we must see in the world.