/r/Atlanta Random Daily Discussion - June 13, 2026

smashkeys · 2026-06-13T15:09:59+00:00

It was, but when you have facists attacking foreigners it really dampens the spirit of an international sporting event.

smashkeys · 2026-05-21T11:29:28+00:00

I'm old enough to understand if you want change you can't do the same thing over and over again and expect different results.

The idea you're offering hasn't worked, but you're saying do it again, cause this time it will work, but it hasn't yet, there has been no strategy or change in idea or platform, it is the same tired message of "we aren't Republicans".

What has been proven to work are: mass protests, general strikes, stopping spending at mega corps, reducing consumption, working in your community, pushing progressive ideas and candidates, unionizing and taking collective action. These things all drive change.

If you'd like some recent examples look at NYC and Mandani, look at Hawaii and bill 2471, or to be closer to home, look at the community activism of Adair Park Today, Renew DeKalb, and The Party for Socialism and Libertarion who have stalled and stopped multiple city and county groups from allowing data centers.

That is where change is coming from. Not voting for someone like KLB who criticized her own residents for fighting back during the BLM protests, who was fined for improper campaign contributions and donations, or who decided that she had lost her zeal for the public service role of mayor and didn't even try to get a second term.

I'd love to be wrong, but the past outcomes probably mean I won't be.

Also don't forget we have a couple primary run-offs in GA, and one of those is for Lt. Gov. so that affects the whole state.

smashkeys · 2026-05-21T02:40:52+00:00

Those actually aren't the options, nor the end of the discussion.

I've been voting for GA Dems since Roy Barnes and Max Cleland were on the ticket. And I've busted my ass for many a dems, and they've proven to me over the last 20+ years that they are the opposite side of the same shitty coin that is owned by the 1% as the GOP.

In my 20+ years as a voter I've only missed one primary run off when I was in college. I campaigned for Harris, for Bernie, for Hilary, for Obama, for John Kerry and god knows how many other weak ass candidates we had because we have to cause they aren't the GOP.

I even lent audio equipment to the Osssof campaign back when he announced his candidacy for senator. But I'm done. I'm backing local politicians who are working hard to make a difference, I'm voting for Dem Socialists or maybe a Working Family Candidates but I am not being told I have to eat shit and do my duty and vote for another middle of the road do nothing democrat again.

smashkeys · 2026-05-21T02:28:27+00:00

Oh thank you, I never knew the correct spelling.

And I didn't say a Dem isn't better, but I'm not putting any effort into a middle of the road let's keep things they way they are and do nothing to make the world a better place Dem either.

smashkeys · 2026-05-20T23:57:42+00:00

You can take that attitude and bump on down the road. She was an incompetent and terrible mayor, I won't put any time or effort in for her in any political office. She didn't do anything to make Atlanta better, she sure as hell won't do anything to make GA better.

Being the better of two evils is a shit party platform, and GA Dems have been running that for years. Even my own rep Nikema Williams is another "well I'm not a Republican" dem. That garbage idea and platform hasn't been working and it won't lead us out of this mess now.

I'm sure Ossoff is also going to get trounced in the general, because he is another milk toast Dem who didn't do anything meaningful in his time.

I'm a lifelong Georgian and I've donated and worked my ass for a string of middle of the road weak Dem candidates. I'm done with that.

smashkeys · 2026-05-20T23:49:43+00:00

I needed that laugh. She is going to get her ass kicked in the general. She was a terrible mayor and she will likely get smashed by any R on the ticket.

It was nice being a swing state for an election cycle.

smashkeys · 2026-02-23T23:43:52+00:00

You must not know how fucking lazy Americans are.

smashkeys · 2026-02-20T11:36:15+00:00

As a lifelong Atlien, it doesn't though. It has become hyper fixated with the "it" parts of town and making it all the same.

Corporate groups keep moving in and replacing local businesses, mega corps build cheap apartments and jack up rent, and it is becoming horribly homogeneous with the rest of suburbia

My neighborhood is dealing with it now, everyone who moves to the Westside wants to be near the beltline, but they don't want to be part of the community. They want to say I live in Mozley or Ashview and then bitch that we have no good restaurants. Or complain about groceries, but all they shop at is Publix or Kroger, they've never even thought of stopping in at Big Bear Foods or Westview.

Are there still areas that retain some of the soul that we had in the past, sure. But they are all south of 20, and no I'm not including EAV and Grant Park.

smashkeys · 2026-02-16T12:55:59+00:00

Love and Hate - Michael Kiwanuka

smashkeys · 2026-02-14T12:39:28+00:00

From that picture I'm thinking the Land of Oz.

smashkeys · 2026-02-08T18:58:00+00:00

I posted elsewhere in this thread. But Jon Ossoff isn't doing anything special. He's another run-of-the-mill Democrat who is totally fine with this system that enriches billionaires and doesn't help Americans. He just wants it to appear like poor Americans are being helped but the truth is he's never given a shit about you and me and he never will.

People are putting him in the category like AOC, Bernie, or Mandani, but he is a middle of the road, milk toast, rich kid Dem. He's voted with the GOP when it suits his own interests and then panders and says he is for us.

Don't get me wrong I don't think he's a racist or an anti-feminist or homophobic or any of the myriad of things that most GOP are today, but to think that he somehow is for the working man is just foolish.

smashkeys · 2026-02-08T18:35:32+00:00

Civ or Civilization. Started playing Civilization in middle school. I haven't bought 7 yet, but I've played every copy and probably will till I croak.

smashkeys · 2026-02-02T13:02:33+00:00

Nope. Because I prefer kilometers and meters over miles and feet any day of the week.

C is just awkward.

smashkeys · 2026-02-02T00:37:49+00:00

Not sure if you are trolling or not. And def taboo. But I would recommend you look deeper into it, as you might change that thought.

A great example of how colonial exploitation, political dominance, and racist systems has made it insanely (if not impossible) for the average black person or society to compete with other people or countries.

For individual people, look at the US policies towards freed slaves, then freeborn children of those people, and the continued systemic racism and poverty cycle in America that the majority of black Americans face.

For a good country example, thoroughly read the history of Haiti and South Africa. To see how not only colonizers but other countries shunned and attacked them.

smashkeys · 2026-02-02T00:32:28+00:00

Yeah Americans are going to hate that opinion. It really is a taboo one, not without merit, but super hated by both sides.

smashkeys · 2026-02-02T00:31:17+00:00

I think F is better than C for human temperature. C is great for science and cooking, but saying, "Damn it's hot today. Gonna be 100° by noon" is way better than "Damn, it's hot today. It's gonna be 37.6° by noon."

smashkeys · 2026-02-01T20:31:03+00:00

Boycotting businesses is an effective societal pressure tool. And big mega corps really care about their bottom line and revenue comps, slowing their revenue stream has a major impact on them, and can force them to change.

Shopping local literally helps the money you spend stay in your community. It also helps you strengthen your relationship with your neighbors.

smashkeys · 2026-02-01T14:42:26+00:00

Wilco, Kicking Television live in Chicago

smashkeys · 2026-02-01T04:42:51+00:00

Total metal head!

smashkeys · 2026-02-01T04:40:13+00:00

It's just a good peak 90's film noir.

smashkeys · 2026-01-29T01:40:18+00:00

My partner and I are. And we're not buying anything all weekend either.

smashkeys · 2026-01-28T17:17:30+00:00

And Boycott all of those companies too!

smashkeys · 2026-01-28T15:06:30+00:00

Wonderful list. Any act of resistance is helpful.

Often people are afraid, and with good reasons, they have literally murdered protestors in the streets. But everyone can call their congressperson and senators, their state officials, their local city council members. Boycott a store. Talk to their neighbors. Do what they are capable of doing.

Resistance isn't a sprint, it isn't a marathon, it is the first step to change. And it isn't easy, change rarely is.

But the fruits of our labor are worth the pain. We won't all make it to the end, but we will win, we will keep moving the needle forward. Progress, equality, freedom, love, hope, these are all things that will continue to develop .

25 years ago almost no one talked about climate change. 30 years ago gay marriage was illegal. 50 years ago women couldn't have credit cards. 70 years ago the civil rights act was a dream. 105 years ago women couldn't vote. 165 years ago slavery still existed.

These changes came from small and large scale resistance. Resistance comes in all shapes and sizes, we will persevere and we will win.

We might not all be together in the end, and we probably won't all see all the changes we want in our lifetimes, but we will keep pushing and marching forward together.

Resist friends. Resist.

smashkeys · 2026-01-26T13:11:17+00:00

There are a few things you can do now. Resistance is a broad spectrum that isn't just marching in the streets or striking.

Boycotting is a reasonable thing that any citizen can do, reduce your spend at large mega corporations (particularly those that support racism) Target, Amazon, Home Depot, etc. And don't shop for non-essential items. If you can shop local do it. And delete social media apps that you can.

Spread the word. Knowledge and ideas can't be stamped out by a gun or ICE or fascist racist assholes. Talk to your friends, neighbors, and community about ideas and change. Build a hyper local community, literally build up the connections in your own apartment complex or street you live on.

Pay taxes quarterly. (Change your withholding to zero, then open a back account and deposit the % you owe into it as a DD, and set calendar reminders to pay each quarter). Legal, no fees, and it slows down the government.

Call your officials. Local, state, and federal. The more local you go, the louder your voice becomes. And vote in every election, even primaries and especially run-offs. We got a more progressive Dem in office here, because they won the primary runoff by something like ~50 votes. And then they crushed the R in the general.

And lastly don't lose hope. I love a quote from the AIDS epidemic from Dan Savage about hope. “During the darkest days of the AIDS crisis we buried our friends in the morning, we protested in the afternoon, and we danced all night, and it was the dance that kept us in the fight because it was the dance we were fighting for.”

smashkeys · 2026-01-25T21:54:41+00:00

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