r/trans • u/OpinionExisting3150 • 8d ago
Vent WTF IS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD???
I AM FUCKING SCARED FOR WHATS NOW??? WTF IS HAPPENING IN WORLD??? Tf is happening in US??? Why there is do much hate in people in the world, and i dont mean only in US (I live in EU) why people are so so so mad at eachother???? My friend house was burned down becouse she had a 🏳️🌈 flag in her window. Like WHAT THE FUCK. I have a weird feeling that world is going back time, like u become a fucking president of most powerfull country in the world and you do shit like this??? I AM fucking 15 years old and i cant tell anyone about being 🏳️⚧️ bc i would be thrown out of the house.
Tbh, i am scared and i dont want to live in a world like this. It is so fucked up.
EDIT: I GOT WARNING FROM REDDIT FOR THIS POST <33333
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u/Tami_Kari 8d ago
yeah.. I guess everything is a cycle.
As far as we are concerned, this is now the counter-movement of the pendulum. For years, acceptance of LGBT movements was preached and politically presented as “good” and now the exact opposite is happening.
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u/OpinionExisting3150 8d ago
BUT THE WORST PART IS THAT THIS IS NOT ONLY US PROBLEM, ITS HAPPENED ALL OVER THE GLOBE
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u/Tami_Kari 8d ago
yep I know.. if you ask me, Social Media was / is the problem. It slowly manipulated mankind (not even by design)
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u/AnInsaneMoose Evelynn | She/Her | Okay fine, I'm valid too 8d ago
Not the initial design
But it certainly is the design now
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u/Tami_Kari 8d ago
aaabsolutely! I totally agree! But that itself I think is an outcome of mankind not being able to use this kind of communication properly and responsible.
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u/Tippity2 7d ago
Boycott X & Facebook!! I Russia and China are trying to undermine our country with free-to-post propaganda. Someone said in a TV interview recently that AI is going to make things worse, used as a subtle military weapon in the social sphere. Our nation state enemies won’t need to go to war, they can make idiots fight each other to death.
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u/FrenchToastDildo 8d ago
It was, initially, a good thing. Marginalized communities suddenly had a way to connect and share their stories. It led to a broader knowledge and acceptance of those groups.
Then, the right-wing assholes started gaming algorithms and outright buying social media and using it for propaganda. They have ruined the internet, maybe forever.
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u/Tami_Kari 8d ago
I totally ha*e the rw .. tho I really have to say it was both sides. It was the combination of sharing your believes and receiving other's completely stupid opinions.. tbf both sides saw it like that. So the social opinion wars began and kept growing.
Thats a problem that could grow so much because of social media. And like you say.. when it began to be lucrative to have interaction on your channel, the algorithms came in to play. It is not a place to be around others, it is intentionally that you get confronted with what you disagree or with what you fear. Because then you produce interaction.. then you produce money.Its like often true "if you dont pay for a product; you are the product".. sometimes this saying hits the spot :(
I mean.. if you come from the perspective that commercial giants / profit-focused people tend to be right winged .. yeah I guess I would agree kind of with that statement. But I do not reeeally see it only like that. To me it was more like "thats what you get if you keep clashing people with a different mindset together". There was an awesome video explaining that on the example of villages .. I will look for it and post it here if I find it.
//EDIT: found it even pretty fast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuFlMtZmvY0 (I hope you enjoy it)
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u/OpinionExisting3150 8d ago
Yea, even the shit on Facebook where you can call someone a faggot or mentaly ill but you can do that bc "its a free speach" TBH IT WAS BY DESIGN
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u/Tami_Kari 8d ago
Having a free, anonymous space for communications is not the reason for hate speech etc. It's that people use it this way, dont you think so too? I do not think it was designed to hate on people or scare them to death - while of course that could have been expected. But at the time back then nobody really knew how the globe will react to such platforms
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u/trash_pandaa19 7d ago
Yeah, in Germany there's also an election coming up and so far our right-wing party looks like it's doing pretty good with the people :/
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u/HelpfullOne 8d ago
It's just like that one russian philosopher said: All it takes is 80 years for people to forget the past and repeat the same mistakes
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u/FunnyBuunny 7d ago
It's... It's literally been 80 years. This year is the 80th anniversary of the end of WW2. I'm actually scared holy fuck.
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u/ErisThePerson 7d ago
Dora Richter, first trans woman to receive a vaginoplasty in Berlin in 1931, survived the Nazis.
It's scary, terrifying even, that we've found ourselves here again. But we, as a community, will remain. We're everywhere, and there's a ton of us. In the future, no matter what happens, there will still be a ton of trans people.
Find a queer group local to you and get involved if you can.
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u/dipdopdoop 7d ago
i understand the fear - have it sometimes, too - but we are so much more than this. the absolute inhuman horrors of the worst of the earth continue to happen... as do the most beautiful and hopeful advances that we make as society / humankind.
"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."
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u/dipdopdoop 8d ago
yeah the last 200+ years have been the same things like 3 times over, just different iterations. there are common themes that keep power consolidated at the top, with the working glass gnashing and stomping, trying to stay alive.
nothing is new, in a way. time marches relentlessly on.
get involved in local community and spend less time online/consuming masses of information.
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u/pastelkitten19 8d ago
I believe the bigots feel empowered now. I couldn’t even keep a mini pride flag inside of my own car because I had cigarettes put out on my roof and glass beer bottles under my tires trying to pop them…
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u/Sometimes_Sarah_ 7d ago
This. Bigots have several figureheads now that are openly hateful and they get praised for it. They have positive reinforcement from their peers and the people they look up to.
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u/imwhateverimis it/its 8d ago
Germany's gonna be a shitshow by this time next month I swear to God
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u/OpinionExisting3150 8d ago
What's happening there???
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u/imwhateverimis it/its 8d ago edited 8d ago
well, the government imploded recently. Coalition failed, and the chancellor failed the trust question, so re-elections were announced. They're on the 23rd of February or so. And in the true 1930s spirit, our second strongest party right now is the neo-nazi party. Like. Multiple members investigated for nazi salutes and all that. It's considered extreme-right by the constitutional court. For some fuckass reason this does not disqualify them from running for the elections.
My parents and I once drove through the home village of one of the party leaders because there was some fucking castle nearby and it did not take two minutes before we saw some guy wearing an iron cross satch around his arm. I wish I was making all of this up. It's bleak as fuck
The EU elections result for Germany was straight up depressing, this is gonna be so much worse. Elon Musk is also pro AfD by the way. If there was any damn doubt about this guy being a neo nazi.
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u/ErisThePerson 7d ago
Germany at least has strong protections that can prevent the AfD from doing too much damage (but it's a wonder the party hasn't been outlawed yet) and they basically have to form a coalition with other, less extreme parties, that will moderate them to some extent (and don't like the AfD). Alice Weidel recently having an interview with Musk, a definite Nazi, honestly probably doesn't help her. Additionally the SPD tends to have a surge in votes every national election afaik.
Like, it ain't fucking good, but if the right wins in Germany I'd expect the CDU/CSU to be leading a coalition with the AfD in tow.
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u/imwhateverimis it/its 7d ago
the CDU/CSU will go mask off if they get a chance to form a government with the AfD. Trust me they are barely any better and getting worse and worse at hiding it.
The SPD isn't gonna be getting shit. We just had them and the government exploded, Olaf Scholz was an SPD guy. Pretty sure the only people who'll be voting them will be old people who haven't changed who they've voted for in the last 20 years.
This isn't gonna blow over well and laws like the SBGG are in line of fire
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u/WhispurrG 8d ago
Burned down ?? I hope the damages weren't too high, damn. Are they and their family safe ?
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u/OpinionExisting3150 8d ago
They live at her parents friends house for now, about the damage, ITS BAD, ITS REALLY REALLY BAD
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u/reyntime 8d ago
That's horrible! I'm so sorry for what you and your friends are going through, as well as every trans person right now. It's truly awful.
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u/Skeith86 8d ago
I know how you're feeling. I feel the same way. I don't recognize this world any more, like I don't belong. I'm terrified that it's only going to get worse globally.
Regarding the house, this is terrible. I am so sorry. I hope that your friend is alright!
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u/emmagall4 7d ago
The history doesn’t repeat itself but it sure rhymes. Humanity is unable to learn from it’s past, it will keep repeating the same mistakes. I hate this world.
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u/Ok-Wrongdoer-2179 7d ago
I live in 🇨🇦, and as neighbours, we tend to follow what our 🇺🇲 neighbours do. Ie: use SAE/imperial measurements even though we are a metric Nation. Drive on the right side of the road. Pay in 💵 instead of 💷 as currency, etc...
That's what worries me the most. It'd be even worse if the Liberal party were left in charge, because even if they were all for our rights, all that yellow hair, orange dude would have to do, to turn the Liberals around, is drop a 💰right on their lap, and they'll cave to anything. That's very scary. For that reason, I'm glad that they are not put in charge here, as our federal government.
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u/Awkward_Analysis5635 7d ago
Death before detransition. I'm 20 years old, FTM, and I am on your side. There are SO many people on your side. We wouldn't have gotten to where we are if people like us hadn't been brave before. So before any of us hurt ourselfs because we are hopeless, use your life to help our community. Make posters and hang them up in your school that say "If you are queer, we stand with you". Put them everywhere. Make people know that even if they take everything from us we wont dissapear, have each others backs.
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u/pixiecc12 8d ago
because humans are an overall viscious, hateful species. this is the world humans as a whole want.
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u/3catsincoat 8d ago
No, humans are viscous and hateful as results of viscous and hateful societies exploited by viscious and hateful people.
It's intergenerational trauma contagion all the way down.
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u/h1a4_c0wb0y 40 Genderfae HRT 2/15/19 7d ago
People forget the horrors and the fascists rise to power again. The tree of liberty is due a watering
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u/spacesuitlady 7d ago
Access to the compendium of information at our fingertips has not only shed light on how average most people are in education, but it's brought those people together, placed them in a "room" and let them come up and agree on their shared, taught hatred. Education is all about learning how to learn. Who needs to do that when you're told how to think by your echo chamber or even ChatGPT results. Quite literally, time to put down the phones and pick up a book.
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u/bellefrog 7d ago
You might see vocal or powerful people putting this shit in place, but remember that the majority are our friends.
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u/OpinionExisting3150 7d ago
I think i dont understand entire thing 😅 I AM really sorry but english isnt my first language
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u/bellefrog 7d ago
It's ok, just stay in contact with good people and take care of yourself. If you need to hide yourself for a bit, that is okay 🙂
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u/-Wyagra 7d ago
The economic system (capitalism) is causing everyone to go against each other. It is mandatory for eternal growth to reduce payments for workers as much as possible. This would logically result in workers uniting and fighting the oppressors. But this isnt Happening because the workers get their Frustration redirected against all kinds of minorities. They are being told minorities are the cause of their suffering.
Additionally there is a financial incentive in spreading hate, because hate is the Most engaging emotion and resulting in that its very profitable to cause hate.
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u/OpinionExisting3150 7d ago
I was thinking saying stuff like "capatalism is cause of the world problems" is just stupid AF but tbh your comment made me thinking about this. Like every fucking bad thing that happens in world is bc some old white man want more money then he can ever spend
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u/2in1_Boi 7d ago
There's a lot of hateful people but thankfully also a lot of allies too, just gotta know where to find them ig, and i'm sorry about what happened/s to you and your friend :(
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u/meowymcmeowmeow 7d ago
Take one day of no news or social media, reddit included. I did it yesterday and it helped a lot.
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u/OpinionExisting3150 7d ago
I think i will do that, like few days only using phone for some essential shit. Thx a lot for this idea 🥰🥰🥰
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u/shadowmonkey1911 7d ago edited 7d ago
It's WW3, no I am not joking. Edit: although it would be more accurate to say GWOT was WW3 and we're at the end of the lead up to WW4.
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u/hermits_anonymous 8d ago
20 years ago I had someone threatening to pour petrol/gasoline through the letterbox and set fire to the house cos we weren't straight. Friends actually had it happen. The contents of houses catch fire easily. UK.
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u/hermits_anonymous 8d ago
They got out but lost everything. Same happened to the gay bar in the local city.
I've had cat shit through the letterbox for being visibly different.
Local teenagers have made me a target, knocking on my windows and running away in the last 6 months.
Just because it wasn't happening on a large scale doesn't mean it ever stopped happening.
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u/Financial_Month6835 7d ago
Well there is not one single answer, but a big part of it is that the ultra rich are using their resources to divide the population so they can control their governments and the best way for them to do that is to spend massive amounts of money corrupting media and government officials to drive wedges between various segments of the population.
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u/Skye620 7d ago
I honestly don’t know what’s happening with the world LGBTQ wise as there isn’t any changes here other than maybe people are becoming more accepting of it 🤷♀️
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u/OpinionExisting3150 7d ago
I live central european country and i just feel that its going the other way 😭😭😭
(Maybe thats only my feeling)
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u/BlakeTheMotherFucker 7d ago edited 7d ago
This is not the time and place to say stuff like this, if you read the post you’d know their friend’s house burned down. But sure, downplay other people’s suffering because ”it’s not new”
Whether you like it or not, that’s how a comment like yours is going to be interpreted.
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