FTFP 14 - Standing Tall and Not Backing Down Amidst Manufactured Crisis

Fixing The Fixerpunk episodes cover ideas about changing yourself and society from my own self-development process. These are generally far more unstructured episodes.

The inspiration for the title of today’s episode comes from Brandon Cutler’s quote from his match against Jon Moxley and Claudio Castagnoli of the Blackpool Combat Club: “What do you do when the people that stand up to bullies aren’t here anymore? You Stand Tall, You Don’t Back Down, and You Be Elite!” I feel these words are very instructive amidst the manufactured debt ceiling crisis, created by Congressional Republican bullies (whom I will term the Black Pill Combat Club, get it?) who are holding the world economy hostage. I likewise feel they are applicable as pressures from the economic situation and a variety of manufactured crises are being applied to distract and intimidate workers seeking better conditions and a more equitable economy, and to those advocating for changes to create a better society through public investments in our social safety net, clean energy, and other programs that are being put on the chopping block.

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The goal of the livestream is to help others through their journeys
Key principle: Everything takes longer than it should
Our idea of self improvement is based on that people know instinctively what they should do, and it’s the lack of resources more often that stops them from doing it, judgment and authoritarian ideas don’t help
One important “rule”: As soon as you see something go wrong, do not let it linger without taking care of it
Why this podcast has gotten deeper into politics
We need to address the systemic issues and crises that prevent people from reaching their potential
People are struggling out there, but we have to take time away to deal with contrived problems made up by people who want to oppress other people
We get distracted by random crises, pathological or not, in our lives too
A lot of today’s politics, especially with the GOP controlling the narrative, is fake issues designed to distract and take back progress
COVID pandemic created astonishing progress around actually helping people economically
Lots of people’s economic situations improved due to relief programs
Even low-wage jobs started treating people better
From this foundation, maybe now we have a chance to start building a better world.
This debt ceiling situation is designed to get you to believe that our chance to create a more economically just world with less inequality is no longer possible and that your leverage against oppressive bosses is gone.
Remember what your purpose and intention really is before you sell yourself short
Very carefully define what an “opportunity” is to you so you don’t define the scraps they give you in a crisis as your purpose and goal
My purpose is to advocate for others and find solutions to our economic and political state for those who have been oppressed can reach their full potential
The false “wisdom” around economic talks
What Darby Allin and Sammy Guevara can teach us about purpose, bad advice about “playing it safe,” and not selling out when given false “opportunity”
Sammy Guevara retweeted me!
Going beyond what others expect of you,
listening to others can keep you stuck and not achieving your dreams
There is practicality, reality, and time that need to be considered
Having some fun before it all crumbles down
Getting preoccupied with your worries when you are supposed to be having fun
The Superkick Party Ahead of the Apocalypse
Have fun responsibly and it can give you hope, it will help you know why you are doing all that hard work
You have to know why you are putting yourself through the suffering and pain of whatever effort you are putting in<