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  • ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.onetomemes@lemmy.worldSeparate Group Chat
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    5 days ago

    I use to BFF with someone. I heleped them secure a new position. For my help, I was brought on as a consultant. I did a fantastic job as a consultant. I was everyone’s buddy and everyone loved me.

    I was part of high level meetings and decisions.

    Then I found out some of my so called “friends” had a secret Signal chat. They even invited some random person! I cried for days.


  • Basically they do shit that is straight up illegal in most western countries.

    May I introduce you to the Reassignment center.

    A reassignment center (also known as a rubber room) is a type of holding facility administered by the New York City Department of Education for teachers accused of misconduct while awaiting resolution of their misconduct cases.[1][2] As of 2007, the city had thirteen reassignment centers.[3] The teachers are not required to do anything, and they may be assigned to the center for months or years.[citation needed]

    Three Department of Education employees speaking to the UFT’s “New York Teacher” confirmed teachers’ allegations that Fordham High School for the Arts Principal Iris Blige filed allegations against the school’s UFT chapter leader, to place her in a reassignment center, in order to intimidate her and to set an example to the school’s staff.

    Since the teacher has been accused of misconduct. The Deptartment can hide behind that fact to argue against dismissal.



  • This feels really insightful, and I wonder if there is a source other than ShaggySnacks.

    Sadly, no source. It’s something I’ve observed. I can’t recall any time a State changed it’s position on an issue simply because it was the moral thing to do.

    There are other forms of power such as legal (using the Courts), culture, morality, etc.

    The examples above aren’t exhaustive, for example having allies in the State does help with change, which is means running for office in an a democratic system.


  • The State only respects power. If a group of people show that they have more power than the State, change can happen. However, what is power?

    Power comes in many different forms.

    There is economic power which is showcased through strikes and boycotts.
    There is democratic power which is showcased through the ballot box.
    There is soft power which is showcased through the lobbying, and speeches.
    There is non-violet power which is showcased through protests, marches, and sit ins.
    There is violent power which is showcased through physical violence such riots.

    While, the populace has access to many different forms of power. The State is limited to either soft power or violent power. Depending on the State, soft power might not even be contemplated.

    Riots are just one form of power for the populace to exercise.




  • Giorgia Meloni is a fascist.

    In 1992, Meloni joined the Youth Front, the youth wing of the Italian Social Movement (MSI), a neo-fascist political party founded in 1946 by followers of Italian fascism. She later became the national leader of Student Action, the student movement of the National Alliance (AN), a post-fascist party that became the MSI’s legal successor in 1995 and moved towards national conservatism. She was a councillor of the province of Rome from 1998 to 2002, after which she became the president of Youth Action, the youth wing of AN. In 2008 she was appointed Minister for Youth Policies in the fourth Berlusconi government, a role which she held until 2011. In 2012, she co-founded FdI, a legal successor to AN, and became its president in 2014. She unsuccessfully ran in the 2014 European Parliament election and the 2016 Rome municipal election. After the 2018 general election, she led FdI in opposition during the entire 18th legislature. FdI grew its popularity in opinion polls, particularly during the management of the COVID-19 pandemic by the Draghi Cabinet, a national unity government to which FdI was the only opposition party. Following the fall of the Draghi government, FdI won the 2022 general election.