Anyway, I saw a video about how Russian people think of some minorities (can’t name them for the sake of neutrality) and actually, I just looked at the people in the video and what surprises me is that they look perfectly normal and just happy just like in any democratic country (e.g. Canada, EU, UK, Australia, etc.). How can people be happy in an authoritarian society? I heard of a philosophy named “stoicism”, which appeared in the time of Emperor Nero and consisted of trying not to be affected by losing everything during his reign. But when I come to think of it, in Russia, you just say the wrong words and poof. You might get kidnapped and maybe even. . . well let’s not get into it but you know what I’m saying. Do they hide their fear or do they just learn to live with it? Do some others consistently resist to corruption and oppression as well? Sorry for the philosophical part of my post, but I wanted to share my thought and see how you guys would answer those questions.
Sorry for the double post. I wanted to initially put it in the shoutbox, but it was too philosophical to be in the shoutbox. It also didn’t have anything to do with my previous post.
My school is shutting down for an extra week after spring break. Which sucks because they don’t have any online classes so they are just extending the school year.
It may come as a surprise, but communists and anarchists consider even Western democracies to be authoritarian.
In the US, common complaints include: police brutality against minorities, detainment of immigrants and deportation, public hostility towards the LGBT community, an oversize defense budget, politicized espionage, and an arbitrary punishment system, as well as a heavy informational bias against far-left thought. There’s a reason they use the slogan ACAB, or “All Cops are Bastards.”
That’s not to say that the United States hasn’t improved its civil rights record over the past century, and is certainly built on a foundation that mandates we improve them. There’s still a long way to go beyond what has been done, though.
Despite this, it’s possible to live a nice life in a country with all these problems. People can still enjoy themselves even in the face of an omnipresent threat, as long as their needs are met. And I guess there’s a certain joy to “being the dead,” as 1984’s Winston would say.
If I’m with my friends, then I’m going to be happy no matter how much blood the government has on its hands.
I hope it looks half decent for a first try, It took me about 2 and half hours.
I didn’t follow a tutorial (At least, not while actually making it), I just took my general body proportions, and then adjust based on what looked right.
[justify]Well, some have friends and others don’t have friends. I’m from the latter, so I would probably go Vendetta, become nomad and kill off autocracy by myself if I’d be living in an authoritarian state. I’d be an agent of chaos.[/justify]
[justify]However, I do agree with you that it’s still possible to have a good life in such a state.[/justify]
[justify]I must congratulate you since I’ve never really gone far with Blender. Excellent work![/justify]
What do you mean?
[justify]EDIT: Bump! Someone gotta revive the thread and the forums! Answer, please![/justify]
[justify](I’ve seen some people on Steam forums who each time nobody answers them for bugs, they just say “Bump!” It’s quite hilarious to read.)[/justify]
