jk I'm all about that bread @danishcookies@computerfairi.es

@b9AcE Symbols are powerful but I agree with the activist. The vest worked well in France because everyone owned a vest already by law which meant it already had meaning in the context of an emergency. While this is far from the first powerful movement to be associated with the color of their clothing I think each country is going to have to find their own symbols and identities that will rouse the masses. It's nice to see other countries are scared though.

Egypt banned all sales of yellow safety vests from fear people might wear them while protesting the regime.

One human rights lawyer already detained for picture in a yellow vest, accused of belonging to a terrorist organization and spreading "fake news" says Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedom.

"The yellow vests have meaning for the French but has nothing to do with our problems. We try to struggle for completely different things – like freedom.
I think it is very strange and I am amazed over this. Considering there is no activism left in Egypt.
It must be from fear authorities do this, but what they are afraid of I don't know", said human rights activist Esraa Abdel Fattah Ahmed to SVT News.

Merchants ordered by police to not sell yellow safety vests and orders must be approved by police, reported AP.
When asked why, police said were just following orders.

-SVT

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the discourse has got me feeling hungry for sammidge

How do I tell a boy I want to hold him and kiss him softly!!!!

fuck I'm back in my parents house which means there is nothing to make a samwitch with, but there is this. why does my dad buy this stuff

I have a lot of fragments of memories, I wish I was able to piece them together into a whole image that I could understand...

any other social media i have is depressing as fuck now compared to mastodon

otter posting hours

time to oppress tumblr

white people are all evil

if you buy this, the government should revoke your right to vote

hey guys it’s been my lifelong dream to be a writer and I feel like getting serious about it. would any of you beautiful tootuals be interested in a writing workshop discord? it wouldn’t be required to workshop all the stories, but if you submit it would be nice to help others. is there an interest in this at all? let me know loves 💖

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@Mailliw Yeah, you could say the same of Alexander the Great too. He wasn't exactly interested in building a syncretic society that drew upon what the locals thought. Well, except "I like those elephant cavalry. I need some of those"

@interneteh I was reading a book on Anti-Authoritarianism and it goes into detail a bit about the Native genocide and how their way of life had to be exterminated to allow oppressive regimes like the U.S. to stay in power. They had a whole society that was untainted by the same hierarchies and class strata we've been using since Sargon conquered half of Mesopotamia. I don't think it's primitivism that you're romanticizing as much as a more nature friendly, social, egalitarian, society.

I don't mean to romanticize primitivism or say life was better before things like medicine, sanitation or refrigeration. Its just we lost a lot of things that maybe we didn't have to. It could have been better.