It's just empty rhetoric to try to garner some kind of support from radicalists. It's a power grab among right wingers who have nothing left to latch onto except hatred for an unknown, undefinable enemy.

"Extinguish the left" is not really an attainable goal, just like no one can define "woke", it's whatever you want it to be. Just like fighting "terror" all over the world was stupid, fighting a "war" on drugs, it isn't possible to "win" because it has no definable goal posts.

Yet it's dangerous talk because it means people will freak out and start attacking everyone they don't like. Crazy people will go on a shooting spree, thoughts and prayers all around but nothing will change and we're right back to where we started.

Those that eat this up are disenfranchised, angry at something completely different that's happened to them in life and they're taking that frustration out on people that don't even affect them because the manifestation of their frustration onto a person is easier for them to understand

What's to say they still won't do this, considering now Wagner are all branded traitors? Prigozhin should have known better, it was always going to be a one way street he wins or he dies

So the pandemic time was weird for me too but in a different way. I was fine, the entire time I was fine I never got sick, got paid plenty from the government stimulus while I was furloughed and once back to work I got a big raise, more responsibility etc. However I think it made me depressed and I didn't know it.

I'm a high functioning person, see me on the street any time and I'll tell you I'm fine, because I am fine compared to those less fortunate but mentally I might not be and I couldn't tell you why. Looking back now I can see it, I gained a ton on weight, drank a LOT more than normal and wasn't interested in what I normally was. Sometimes I'd just sit and listen to music and cry. Every day I'd watch the news, people died, bodies piled up, people yelled and screamed COVID wasn't real, more bodies. I couldn't do anything outside and I'm generally fine with that (introvert) but... nothing outside ever, no events, not seeing friends or family, worrying every time I'd go to grocery store I might get sick, that did have an impact.

How can we make sense of pandemic times? Reflect I think. What did you like, what worked, what didn't, more importantly, why? Then you can reverse engineer it and go after what you find works best for you. It's a big crowded world we live in and we all have to find our place in it.

I think... I've learned I need to care for myself more and worry about other people less. I need to listen to my body and my mental state and I need to put more effort in where it matters most. Maybe that means completely changing my life, moving, switching careers, who knows? I do know my happiness can't just be reactive, it takes work, a proactive approach

That's really nothing. I think reddit will gladly trade 10% for more power over the platform. Those people will probably all go back in a few weeks anyway

Mercenaries are about to own the whole army

Seems weird though. Why the show? Putin could just throw his general out the window, make a dumb speech and end it any time

Maybe some kind of fake operation to get Ukraine to launch it's main counteroffensive early? I just can't believe any type of coup would hold water

NSFW obviously, hah 🤣

Hello there!

What a clown 🤡

Really wish people would stop giving him a megaphone

Honestly it's for the best. Don't dwell on the past, these are different times so look forward

Reddit will be absolutely fine but I don't see myself going back. I realized I only ever used it for a few things, mostly memes. I can get that here so I'm sticking it out and helping build something new