Grandmas were so right about puzzles and knitting and crocheting and solitaire and reading slow and slippers and baking and watching deer in the backyard send post
This was a big turning point in UK land management, and also its social fabric - the Enclosures Act. It took almost all the common land that poor people (quite literally, commoners - this is what the term means) were using to graze their animals for free, and put it into private ownership, meaning those commoners now had to pay the new owner for the grazing.
No one could afford it. This caused rapid and widespread rural poverty, and drove people en masse to the cities for work - just in time for the Industrial Revolution, which needed bodies to work the factories. It decimated rural society and culture. And by now, we see the opposite - rich people moving to the country, because they’re the only ones who can afford it.
and then they forcibly shipped that “surplus” of people around the world to do the dirty work of colonization against their will
They hang the man and flog the woman, who steal the goose from off the common;
but let the greater villain loose, who steals the common from the goose.
The law demands that we atone, when we take things we do not own;
but leaves the lords and ladies fine, who take things that are yours and mine.
- Lyrics to old folk song. This particular arrangement is by the Teacups. The original has slightly different words and different tune but same message.
love love love this! original is worth posting as well:
While the news is talking about Iran, Israel continues to kill innocent civilians in Gaza who are just trying to get back to their homes. But no, keep interviewing Israelis who saw a few drones get shot down about how terrifying it was for them.
Imagine if you had a neighbour who keeps performing songs from Phantom of the Opera in his apartment every night, by himself but accompanied by a parrot, which he has taught to sing Christine’s part. Admittedly it’s kind of obnoxious but you are far too baffled to even be properly annoyed. And also you don’t want to confront someone with that kind of power and determination. So every once in a while you just hear this guy dramatically bellow
torture getting reliable information out of people
knocking someone out to harmlessly incapacitate them for like an hour
jumping into water from staggering heights and surviving the fall completely intact
calling the police to deescalate a situation
rafting your way off a desert island
correctly profiling total strangers based on vibes
effectively operating every computer by typing and nothing else
ripping an IV out of your arm without consequences
heterosexual cowboy
This post breaching containment has taught me that a lot of people seem to think they can accurately profile complete strangers. For the record, no the fuck you can’t.
when I was a little kid at some point I got upset with my parents because I didn’t have a crucifix in my bedroom and they did- I was like why do YOU get to be safe from vampires??? you’re okay with me getting my blood sucked???? so we took a little trip to the catholic store but the one closest to us was run by a group of nuns that had been moved here from romania. I got a little baby pink cross and this sweet old nun was like ‘aww, is this a baptism gift?’ and I was like no. I need to be protected from vampires. and she immediately got SO serious and was like 'this is the best one we’ve got, you’ll definitely be safe’ and since she was literally from vampire land I was convinced she was like, van helsing. like the whole time my parents had been laughing about how cute my fear was but she literally Knew dracula and was taking my concerns seriously I held this over my parents for so long lmfao
Whenever I see someone refer to “Victorian era-” for places outside the UK I’m tempted to start saying shit like “Han Dynasty era Rome”, “Soviet era Australia” etc
“Welcome to Soviet America, home of the McDonalds and Cocaine Cola. Long live Comrade Reagan.”
The Civil War, or as I like to call it, Late Tokugawa Period America
I know this is a joke but this helps me put a lot of historical periods into perspective.
“cowboys were a sort of itinerant warrior class common in meiji-era texas”
This also goes for the “Dark”/Middle Ages and the Renaissance, which as far as I’m aware are used to exclusively refer to Europe. Historical periodization is contentious even and especially among historians.
Wow… people having to identify themselves to a government because of they are part of a group that is seen as ¨other¨ or because they want to learn about a certain topic…where i have seen this before…
I don’t know… maybe what it is considered one of the biggest red flags in steps of dehumanization of groups, mainly minorities?
Btw, this is what the people behind KOSA are trying to impose in all the United States of America.
[Image ID: News politcs article about USA politics that says ¨Kansas governor passes law requiring ID to view acts of ‘homosexuality’ online, vetoes anti-LGBTQ+ bill¨ /.End ID]
Edit: Since this gained more notes, for those who don’t know KOSA is, it is a USA bill that was reintroduced on May 2023 (last year). It is called ¨Kids Online Safety Act¨ (KOSA for short). It has been introduced and reintroduced for a while now since 2022.
It is meant with the intention to ¨protect kids¨ by restricting their use of internet by pushing age restrictions and people having to present their ID to use internet or access certain websites, quite similar to the Kansas state bill that got passed.
Many groups and people have criticized this bill for the potential censorship it can come with it and do more harm to the kids than help them. Possible censorship that has been suggested this bill can bring is LGBT+ content, politics and news, mental health search, political and social opinions in general (adults included).
What is more, it has been put into question the possible invasion of privacy for both minors and adults by having to share an identification to use certain websites. That people could get censored or doxxed by doing this.
As for the bill itself, there was a hearing earlier today in the Senate. ( April 17th-Wednesday). It could take a while before it gets voted and has to pass different stages. Then it would take months (18 months) to be implemented if it gets passed.
I’m not American myself, so i’m not sure how much i can do about this. What i do recommend is making calls to senators and people involved in pushing this bill to make clear your disapproval of it. Try sign petitions or just telling others about it.
Notable that since so much of the Internet is based in the US, there’s a good chance bills like KOSA could have negative consequences for people outside of the US as well.
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