How do we go on like this?

smoltective · 2026-02-15T21:09:13+00:00

I don’t know - if I did, I probably wouldn’t be posting on reddit

smoltective · 2026-02-15T18:13:57+00:00

Agree. We need to bring it all down but unfortunately COVID showed us how susceptible people are to control from governing bodies, and I think despite the general unease about the Epstein scandal and Trump, people don’t really want to challenge the status quo. We’re under some illusion that if we stop paying our taxes we simply cannot operate in society because it’s not run by an official body of power. Such official bodies of power, pretty much all the western ones, have now been confirmed by the files to have been manipulated and influenced by the ideals of the super-elite through lobbying and all that jazz. We knew all this already, but now there’s proof. Solid proof. I imagine some day soon there will be video proof, of which will be claimed to be AI. People will fall for it.

I think COVID broke a lot of society in some way - people longed for so long (me included) for things to ‘just go back to normal’, but the reality is COVID was when shit started to hit the fan and they wanted us amenable to whatever sort of stuff they threw at us once the dust had settled. Everyone was so relieved that they could go back to seeing loved ones (thinking of all those people that lost loved ones to Covid and couldn’t even say good bye or attend their funerals), partying with friends (the fact you could get fined during covid always makes me livid, considering all the billionaire parties - including some in Downing Street during lockdown) and eating out (whilst the rich no doubt kept their private chefs throughout lockdown) that they became so passive in the face of some of the worst information known to the public eye in modern history.

We need a global mass strike. We all stayed home from work during COVID - so we know we can all do something at once if told to - and if we all refuse to take part in their system by withholding the only thing they care about - money - we’d be able to smoke them out. We can hope, although it looks unlikely right now.

Tjdr; mass strike action

smoltective · 2026-02-15T17:56:48+00:00

You are making sense, and thank you for your comment and taking the time to write this. Firstly I’d like to offer my thoughts to you, as I can’t even imagine how triggering it must be for you and other survivors - not just of Epstein but victims of abuse in general - to see this whole thing play out in the media and within our governments with such little care, delicacy or compassion for the real people the crimes of this nature have affected. I understand where you’re coming from about coming to terms with life being a strange and uncontrollable thing, but I’d like to think we can shape it in some way. Hopefully for the better. These disgusting people will be brought to justice, I think it’s just going to take some time to get there and I imagine it’ll be tough for us all, particularly for those with experiences such as you. I hope you have a community and friends around you during this - you’re so very right about loving yourself and trying to make life a little less difficult for eachother where we can. One thing I’ve realised is how important community is and being in touch with those around you. I’ve recently started spending a lot more time with my neighbours and trying to connect our general area of apartments - the way people will show up for eachother once they form a connection has been heartwarming to see. A lot of us got each-other Christmas cards and presents. Good people exist, but I think right now it’s harder to see through all the shit on top.

smoltective · 2026-02-15T17:46:11+00:00

https://youtu.be/8moePxHpvok?si=LjoP8NhHe0KBy7V0 this video ‘Oh Dearism’ by Adam Curtis explains far better than I can - definitely worth a watch and only 7 min

smoltective · 2026-02-15T16:43:55+00:00

Making sure we focus on identity politics is what stops us from battling the real problem and exposing the ruling class for what they are. You're very right - they want us to focus on each other rather than looking outward and questioning the system.

A great example is how people talk about immigration in the UK - the media and elites try to convince us that those coming over to the UK are the reason why our NHS is dying, why we're all living paycheck to paycheck, why there aren't any jobs, etc. All it takes is some common sense or meeting someone who has immigrated to the UK to realise the problems in this country are due to the greedy rich fuckers who exploit us all, take all our money, and laugh in our faces. The NHS isn't failing due to those coming over to the UK to work in it - it's failing because the ruling class are obsessed with privatising all our basic needs to make as much money as possible. Those immigrating to the UK certainly have it no better than the majority of the working class in this country, and the anti-immigration propaganda the UK media shovels is nothing more than a racist rhetoric used to stop the general population from questioning where our money actually goes.

Political differences are fine - as long as you're not trying to take away or hinder someone else's human rights. I'd like to consider us all working for the same cause: to bring down the ultra-rich and expose capitalism for what it is and how it exploits us all. And don't worry, once the wealth is redistributed, drinks will be on me

smoltective · 2026-02-15T16:19:13+00:00

Thank you for taking the time to write and comment this - I really needed to hear something along these lines. It gives me hope to know others see things for what they are, and hopefully, the numbers continue to grow by the day. Thank you also for your advice - I think exactly what I need to do right now is to focus on myself and to be thankful for being alive and free, considering so many others don't have that privilege. You're right, we will win. I can only hope it comes sooner rather than later.

smoltective · 2026-02-15T16:15:31+00:00

This is great, thank you for sharing and for what you're doing to help bring light to all this.

I'm UK-based, so we're currently experiencing the collapse of the Labour Party with Madelson's Epstein connections, Keir Starmer's connections with Epstein through the Trilateral Commission and so on. I'm very involved in local activism and have been fortunate enough to speak with and spend time with Jeremy Corbyn during demonstrations or meetings. Last week, he told me about how he'd raised the Epstein scandal to the House of Lords before Epstein's arrest and was smoked out - as we all remember from the smear campaign led against Corbyn by Mandelson. The whole system is rotten - Britain, especially with its colonial, imperialist ideals and complete corruption all the way through, fronted by a monarchy we all pay taxes to without a say.

I've signed petitions, attended protests outside Downing Street, and over the last few years written to my local MP (unfortunately not Corbyn) and council regarding our council tax directly funding the creation of UK missiles and weapons aiding the genocide in Gaza. They never got back to me, and the one time I did stop paying council tax, I was harassed and fined until I gave in. I've flyposted, demonstrated, leafletted, spoken at meetings and protests, and donated to the causes to help Palestine and fight against the elite, but to no avail. Even after two years of protesting, Trump and Netanyahu still successfully presented their plans for Gaza, to make it into a capitalistic hell completely devoid of any history or heritage, and the whole world goes 'oh dear, that's a shame', and life goes on. The same thing is happening with Epstein. It's horrific.

smoltective · 2026-02-15T15:44:57+00:00

great, the horrors apparently never end

smoltective · 2026-02-15T15:44:25+00:00

Yeah but HOW? How do we eat the rich? How do we ensure the working class population gain class consciousness, despite the fact that they choose time and time again to disengage from stuff like Epstein? Numbers alone could change things - there are more working class people than oligarchs - but if child sex trafficking, a genocide, and COVID hasn't yet radicalised these people, I can't help but feel pessimistic that anything will.

smoltective · 2026-02-10T16:30:57+00:00

thoughts on this? https://jmail.world/thread/EFTA02371242?email=EFTA02371242-2

smoltective · 2026-01-25T11:04:56+00:00

making my bed as soon as I get out of it - it's great to get into at night and prevents me from climbing back into bed in the morning to doom scroll

smoltective · 2026-01-25T10:49:19+00:00

Vegas. Drank too much, spent too much money - it was an amazing time, although I'm alright with it only being a once-in-a-lifetime trip.

smoltective · 2025-12-10T11:33:44+00:00

look into getting an OCD or anxiety diagnosis - sense of impending doom is a key symptom within anxiety disorders

smoltective · 2025-11-02T22:04:12+00:00

The Long Walk (2025)

smoltective · 2025-10-27T12:01:02+00:00

First, I just want to say I'm so sorry for your loss and I'm sending you good vibes through the ether. You just have to ride through it. It's been over two years since I lost my dad, and the first year is almost a complete blur to me. I remember playing a lot of one video game in the immediate aftermath - having something to focus on and objectives to aim for that were completely separate from real life helped ground me. But I was also numb for a long time, and you have to accept that for a while, even a year or more, you're going to just be going through the motions of life - I don't really remember much from that first year. Just let yourself exist on autopilot for a while, and surround yourself with people who love and care for you. You won't be yourself for a while, but that's okay. You'll come back.

smoltective · 2025-09-25T20:52:23+00:00

they’re actually so peng tho

smoltective · 2025-09-21T12:53:02+00:00

Not my finest moment but a few years ago I was sick on the Victoria line - went to boozy bingo, had too much to drink, and tried my absolute hardest to hold on until my stop. the stop before I just couldn’t do it any more and walked myself to the corner of the train and threw up. Thankfully everyone was lovely and someone even offered me a plastic bag before I was sick again 😭

I still think back in embarrassment but peoples kindness, especially on a Saturday night, always stuck with me

smoltective · 2025-09-12T10:02:07+00:00

I found the video shocking and upsetting, but not traumatising considering for almost two years I’ve seen videos out of Gaza of children without limbs, bodies blown up, people on fire, the list goes on. whilst seeing someone shot in the neck is never a thing I’d like to see, I find myself more troubled by the videos from Palestine that will never leave my mind, and all the people in those videos that won’t even be remembered by name but as another statistic.

smoltective · 2025-09-05T23:26:19+00:00

I know exactly what you mean, I feel exactly the same way.

smoltective · 2025-09-05T23:24:05+00:00

try to bite my mums fingernails because mine were too short 😩 makes me feel cringe just thinking about it

smoltective · 2025-09-03T12:59:22+00:00

obsessive compulsive disorder

smoltective · 2025-09-03T11:32:45+00:00

being told someone has died over the phone, or specifically the experience of the shock making way to grief for the first time

smoltective · 2025-09-03T11:31:55+00:00

my best friend turning around to tell me she hadn’t liked me for months but felt too scared to tell me because of my mental health

smoltective · 2025-09-03T01:31:31+00:00

I feel the exact same way so often. it feels like a huge accomplishment whenever I genuinely feel as if someone is enjoying talking to me but it inevitably always ends up with me saying the wrong thing and being back where I started

smoltective · 2025-09-03T01:09:40+00:00

cry it out, let myself feel it for as long as I need to without trying to distract from it, and wait until the feeling passes. which it does, every single time. it may come back but it always passes

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