I don't normally like posting rage-inducing stuff like this, but I think a lot of people really, REALLY don't understand/know about the evil that ICE is doing to innocent people, and it's important to share those stories every so often.

Hello everyone

I would like to thank everyone for their support so far. It has meant a lot. After the news about my university losing its UGC status broke I received messages from well-wishers and friends about how I can handle the situation.

So far, the most likely approach seems to be to do Bachelors all over again, as alternative options in Europe are either very expensive [in Sweden] or very few to begin with [in other EU countries]. With Germany, I can get opportunity to study free of tuition, and given the financial situation, that maybe the best I can do.

If you are wondering, non-EU western countries are ridiculously expensive, even more than Sweden to study in.

Issue is, if I am forced to go for Bachelors all over again, banks would not be enthusiastic to give loan for a second Bachelors! So, in order to address this, since I will not have enough time to gather funds once I get the offer letter, I have started a GoFundMe campaign (with help of a friend in Netherlands, as GoFundMe does not operate in India).

Here is link to my GoFundMe page, with the full story of my situation and why I need help.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-an-autistic-transwoman-pursue-higher-education

So far I am already 26% of the way in, which is very assuring. This is because of generosity of Morbid Zoo's promotion of my GoFundMe at the end of their latest video. So a huge shout out to Morbid Zoo's Mariana Collins, she is awesome!

If you can spare an extra 5 bucks, that would be received with a lot of gratitude. Otherwise, please consider promoting and amplifying it within your means!

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"a little advice from someone studying extremist groups: if you're in a social media environment where the daily ubiquitous message is that you have no hope of any kind of future and you cant possibly achieve anything without a violent overthrow of society, you're being radicalized, and not in the good way.

if the solution to your problems sounds like "we need a blank slate" its a lie. there are no blank slates, and the closest approximation people can generally imagine is "burn it all down and let god/fate/history sort it out"

thats not problem solving. its barely catharsis, in practice. it doesnt just create more problems than it solves, it destroys more solutions than it creates.

put the apocalypse down, and back aways slowly.

real solutions to complex, systemic problems are not so easily reduced to "us good, them evil; kill them."