I think the youth will take that, grumble about it, dislike it but still be too propagandized and not uncomfortable enough to actually revolt or do anything that threatens the western system or governments.

While I agree with this, the revolt is actually already taking place at the periphery of the US empire. It’s other countries that previously had no choice but to toe the line with US policy. Now they have alternatives. We see the rise of BRICS+ and their influence both politically and economically.

There won’t be a revolution inside the US because there is no political alternatives. The economic side could go to shit and there would still be no actual political change : Maybe the names of the politicians change but the policies are still controlled by corporations and capitalists.

Even if there was a US revolt, there’s no alternative organisation to take control.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/shooting-attack-jerusalem-wounds-least-6-ambulance-service-2023-11-30/

Reuters article on the incident fails to mention IDF killed their own. I wonder how informed these Zionists are.

Many non-uniformed Israeli are packing heat as well which exacerbated the problem.

Also from article:

But with guns in the hands of so many and Israelis as tense as springs, many fear that they are more at risk of being harmed than saved.

Israel has hit the perfect mix of “scared” and “gun ownership” for a friendly-fire explosion.

But it’s going to be written off as "Fog Of War, ah well 🤷 ".

But I reckon there’s more to it that I’m just failing to understand, and if I don’t even properly understand the problem, I won’t be able to come up with a proper solution.

Analyse why they are stuck. You already have the answers while they don’t. Hence you knew what to search for. This indicates your course work has gaps. Gaps that they can’t think their way out without your help.

Even young adults are building cognitive skills like abstract thinking, organisation of ideas, systematic problem solving, creative thinking etc. It’s more important they develop those higher cognitive skills rather than just solve a particular technical problem you have created. E.g. there should be multiple solutions or paths to getting to a particular solution. Going to internet search is only one path (that seems obvious to you but not them).

If you need them to do a search, then they have to be able to create that search phrase. That’s a skill in itself that possibly requires exercises.

The GTA games allow gamers to choose who they want to be in the game. Sometimes they can’t do that in real life so it is enjoyable to have that persona in the game world.

To use terms/phrases like bloat and too many wickets, downplays this as a fundamental feature of the games. And it treats this feature as something that should be de-prioritized because it’s not “fun” for the chuds and it’s even taking the fun away.

Part of anti-capitalism is the rejection of neoliberal ideology where people are voluntarily pursuing achievement and performance as expressions of personal freedom. Byung Chul Han wrote about these concepts in books like “The Burnout Society”, “Capitalism and the Death Drive”, etc

In our supposedly free society, the social pressure to “do well” creates the burnout. People work hard because of an illusion of scarcity rather than the boss exploiting them.

The comedy “Hi Mom” is on YouTube now with subtitles https://youtu.be/9hGNmRzZ5Qo?si=2hHyPb2HankkjOAq

It’s about a woman who time travels back to the 80s in China to meet her mom as a young woman. Don’t know if the humour translates to wypipo but I found it hilarious.

I made the mistake of turning on the car radio yesterday and hearing the news brief. Needless to say it was not news, just some “explanation” about how bombing hospitals is okay because Hamas was inside.🤮

Exhortations to study the Quran are another: ordinary proselytizing.

Why are you opposed to studying something from the Quran ?

If the leadership of Hamas is driven by Islam, then you need to understand Islam to analyse their decisions. They are the major resistance movement in this situation.

Solar is WAY cheaper, quick to build and still decreasing in costs. Nuclear is expensive, slow to build and not appropriate for all terrains. Earthquake prone areas are bad as we can see from Fukushima nuclear plant. Nuclear also needs a source of water for cooling. It’s good in niche cases but getting less and less economically justifiable compared to renewables.

By telling progressives that the referendum is only performative and then telling conservatives the referendum goes too far, the media brainwashed the public.

Aussies are settlers inherently. They needed excuses to vote No. By raising bullshit arguments unrelated to the actual referendum question, they found one palatable excuse somewhere.

The basic attitude of white Australia towards indigenous recognition and reconciliation is terrible.

Fucking hell. Another No campaigner given national airtime to blather on about progress when they are actually advocating no constitutional protection for a national indigenous body. That’s the opposite of progress. The dumbass said it himself: “There have been bodies before”. Those bodies got destroyed. The referendum was about cementing a voice into the constitution.

To say the voice would have no powers is wrong. Fake news to create the excuse to vote No. There was never a NEED to write what the powers would be for the body IN THE CONSTITUTION.

The point was to create constitutional protection of the existence of a voice. Look at the referendum question:

1. “there shall be a body, to be called the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice;”
2. it will make representations to parliament on indigenous issues
3. PARLIAMENT WILL DECIDE THE POWERS

So there was never any description of what powers and funding and structure the body would have. So how can this guy say it has no powers? The powers would have been up to parliament to create by passing bills and laws. Why would the constitution need to have those details in it? The referendum was to amend the constitution to make sure a body stays permanent.

The No campaign gave all the fuckwits excuses to vote No. You heard a million bullshit excuses. Understand that they only have to obfuscate the issue and scaremonger and trivialize the idea because Aussies are dumb as shit.

Claim it’s just symbolic, then claim it has too much power, claim it is divisive, blah blah blah. All those claims would have depended on parliamentary decisions! The referendum was NOT ABOUT DECIDING THE POWERS OR LACK OF THEM.

Every fucking fossil in politics PRETENDS they are progressive. No one is stupid enough to punt a baby in public. They ALWAYS pretend to care. Read between the lines.

We already see at the state level that bodies like this do more than symbolism:

In this article https://theconversation.com/some-states-already-have-indigenous-advisory-bodies-what-are-they-and-how-would-the-voice-be-different-214726, they mention an ACT community housing project for older indigenous Australians was provided in cooperation with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elected Body.

The TSRA manage the fisheries in Torres Strait and many other projects.

On the national level previously ATSIC provided funds for grants and loans and even provided funds for litigating native title claims.

Previous bodies were not symbolic. Yet the No campaign will ALWAYS be trying to trivialize anything an indigenous body could contribute. We know exactly how these pieces of shit operate.

The electorate is being characterized as racist deplorables?
Yet the outcome here is obviously going to result in taking something away from a racial minority (i.e. see the previous indigenous advisory bodies and safely assume the next national body formed without constitutional protection will ultimately be removed again by a conservative election win). That is simply a racist result. Analyzing the material conditions and history, we can make the conclusion without obsessing over the motivations of individual voters.

The point was to stop the bullshit of dismantling those similar national Aboriginal orgs each time conservatives wanted to crush them to score a political point. Given their track record of ABOLISHING these bodies, the referendum would have protected them which would already be a material improvement.

That would have been the change. That’s progress. But rather than making them permanent, the No vote has just doomed Australia to the endless cycle of creating an org then getting rid of it each time we switch governments.

Australia already attempts to deliver policies and services for Aborigines but the recent approach has been to involve them in the design and delivery to give better results. That is why these bodies need to exist.

Dark army = typical racist bullshit stereotypes.

How about you also read the article and understand the historical context:
The past two First Nations advisory organizations have been shut down by the conservative parties each time they won government. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) shut down in 2005. National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples shut down in 2019. These advisory bodies already existed before.

Having won the federal election, Labor knew if they didn’t put a change IN THE CONSTITUTION, as soon as they lost an election then all the years of work they might put into funding and creating another body would get thrown in the garbage by the FUCKING SCUMBAG parties.

So the referendum was about giving Aboriginal leaders back what they PREVIOUSLY HAD in a permanent way RATHER than creating another advisory body and then taking it away with the next change in government under the DOGSHIT two party system in Australia. But Australians are too fucking conveniently ignorant to remember the past. Hence the no vote.

So for the article to talk about boycotting the referendum when the federal government has previously abolished the parliamentary Aboriginal advisory bodies … Let’s just say it’s rage inducing.

Yeah I agree. Games are just to de-stress their brains, especially at the end. As long as they are implementing the rules and spirit of the game, you’ve achieved your goal.

One tip I would give (as a kids sports coach): Instead of starting with every student doing a stand up activity simultaneously, start with nominating one student to do a part of the activity in front of everyone as a demonstration for the others to observe. Once they complete the task, you can give feedback to them or quiz the other students asking what feedback would appropriate.

Then you repeat with another few students until everyone understands what is expected. Once they understand, you set them off to try on their own and place a short time limit on it initially. Five minutes is fine because they need more guidance. Break the task up. Once they are familiar with the exercise structure, you can go longer time and more complex.

Don’t expect them to succeed. The point of exercises is to build up slowly from low ability. Give praise for what they got right and make a note of where they can improve.

At 13yo, kids are still learning how to study or apply their knowledge.

The contribution to Australia I remember for Whitlam was making studying at university free. The federal government would much later bring uni fees back though.

Just another instance of class mobility. If for instance this person has to rely on the rent for their main income but works a casual job to supplement it, then their interests lie in protecting that rent.