Crazy how quickly the roboracism thing just became barely covert anti-black racism. I figured thats where it would go, but damn.
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Crazy how quickly the roboracism thing just became barely covert anti-black racism. I figured thats where it would go, but damn.
I bet DNC strategy meetings right now are filled with older white men saying stuff like "how do we prevent this authoritarian takeover?" and "hes not a dictator yet" Just bathing in cope trying to avoid acknolwedging that they could've prevented it if they listened to voters and not donors.
I genuinely believe America would be a better place if the Soviet Union was still around. They forced America to try to be a functional state that took care of its people as a matter of pride.
In fairness to the "hes dying" crowd. He has been speed running heart disease his entire life with those rare steaks with ketchup.
We should probably start calling out the media when they say "anti-immigrant protest" instead of "racist ralley" Normalizing anti-immigration like its a social cause seems like a slippery slope to calling pogroms a "anti-immigrant riot" Its too neutral. Call it what it is.
Another good one specifically for Gavin supporters "I dont pick candidates based on spectacle, I choose based on principles." We need to start marketing ourselves on the farleft as the Principled Wing of the party. Even if we dont like the party. Thats how we can co-opt it.
Someone just rewired my brain when it comes to how to respond to "blue no matter who" and Dems who fear Zorhan. "We should be choosing candidates based on principles, not fear of the alternatives. Choosing fear over our principles is how we lose."
I didnt realize I needed to see it put this way. This is exactly the response required for patronizing "blue no matter who" people. "We shouldnt be choosing based on fear, we should choose based on principles. Choosing fear is how we lose"
I can’t find the lie in this.
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Your analogy would be better if it were a bus and the drivers were being chosen by a big evil company but all the drivers are blind. Then when we say "can we have a driver who can see?" They yell "HOW DARE YOU??" Then after they crash the bus. The suicidal guys take over.
Some tea companies are under the impression that when someone wants Chai Tea they *actually* want cinnamon candy flavour. They must be stopped.
2 For example, Dualism. Most Athiests influenced by that era are HYPER-dualistic in their worldview. But that imo the most harmful part of Christian frameworks. Trapping most people in a binary framework that flattens the world. If you dont understand Abrahamic Philosophy, you cant unpack it.
I couldn't agree less. That era of athiesm was more concerned with Gotchas than deconstructing Christianity unpacking its harms with understanding. Anytime someone says "Magic Sky Man" as an insult, imo they are more concerned with making Christians mad than they are dealing with Christian harms.
It was a strain of Athiesm popularized by r/Athiesm that is more concerned with pointless Gotchas to make Christians feel bad than it is about unpacking the actual harmful components of Christian culture by understanding and deconstructing them. Basically, your post.
Does single ply toilet paper actually save businesses money? Or is it just one of those things where it FEELS like saving money?
My issue isnt with your point in general. Its the essentialist way its being applied. The person you disagreed with and called a maga shill earlier is very clearly not. Essentialism of any kind is dangerous. Thats my red line. Thats all Im saying. You have a great day too.
I will leave you with this. If thats one data point among many, then sure. If you are using that as an essentialist method of categorizing people based on how you perceive them, and therefore disregard other evidence just cus they said "Democrat Party" (which you already did) then... Nah.
Yeah, a man who is arguably most responsible for kneecapping the party. I supported Kamala. Youre just spiteful and scared and need someone to take it out on. I get that. I'm angry at the Dems for letting themselves be compromised by dark money. Youre mad at me for saying it. Mines more valid.
What if instead of "good do a revolution" the answer is "vote for better candidates who arent bought off by the came corpos that support Trump" But then your childish dualism wouldnt work as a worldview, so I guess its revolution or ineffectual governance and thats it. Very cool.
I'm queer, and I'm not yelling at a black man. I'm just not going to unquestioningly support the party that could've passed Universal Healthcare 5 times in the last 30 years and chose not to. I feel like I'm debating a rabid squirrel. Just clawing randomly hoping you hit something.
Its just... there's a character limit. Those two letters are easy to drop. Your appeal to authority in this case just reminds me of how ISIS is full of engineers because intelligent people are very good at convincing themselves of nonsense. There are better dog whistles to watch for.
Maybe if there was a good candidate that didnt get kneecapped by the DNC, the fascists wouldnt have been elected. Crazy concept. Maybe having a party establishment entirely controlled by corporations loyal to fascism might be a cause of bringing fascism.
What side do you think I'm taking on this issue? Your response is so unhinged and reactionary that I cant even be sure you know what I said.
"Ah, but you participate in society. Checkmate. I am very intelligent." Being dismissive doesnt make the Democeats better. It just makes it easier for you to cope.
This seems like a weird benchmark on a platform with a hard character limit. It's just gonna get you into dumb fights with people you're aligned with out of some hyper-essentialist view of how Republicans must spell stuff. I go by the things they say, not how they say them.
Hey, you've been yelling at people who have moral clarity to "vote blue no matter who" while the Dems pandering to Republicans for the last 20 years. It may be time to switch tactics and be more discerning about candidates. Bullying dissenters hasnt worked.
If Biden held a Primary and we actually got to choose a candidate, Trump would've lost. People forget Kamala dropped out first in the primary the Dems had over a decade ago cus she wasnt as popular as ANY other candidate. She would be better than Trump, but it was Dem arrogance that got us here.
Ah yes, the party that enabled the fascist takeover by ignoring the Left for decades and basically govern as Republican-lite who have shown next to no interest in fixing any of the problems even when they controlled the entire government should NOT be criticized. That'd be MEAN. This'll save us.
Pay attention, Canada. If Alberta is successful in this book banning, this will spread. Look around you, b/c this is how it starts. We're on the same ledge the US was on. And we either start fighting this right-wing rise now, or we follow the Americans over the edge. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
How do you get some of that Newsom Dark Money? I got bills to pay, I'll post some AI slop of him on an Eagle or whatever.
Its like if Fisher Price made a line of toy cars based on Final Recall but didnt try that hard.
This is the most German post. You misunderstanding the joke elevated it. "The joke is factually incorrect, as the shell is the shield in the word. Your extra shield is superfluous." Meanwhile the artist: "Haha shield toad, I'll give him a shield cus its cute"
There are so many better options, idk why we'd latch this hard onto a man whose good with media but either THIS much baggage. Why not Pritzker or even Buttigeg? Push Newsom on Universal Healthcare. Try it. Then you'll understand why informed citizens dont want him. Only infatuated ones do.
Your anger is justified, but this 2000s Reddit Athiesm critique isnt gonna do anything. This doesnt describe Christianity, it describes a far less complicated and way easier to insult Strawman. I also dont believe spirituality holds back the human race, dogma does. No matter the belief system.
True, the unintended and WAY more useful tool of control is the implications that God is a "Lord" and that his divinity can be inherited. I would argue this is what helped it spread more than anything else. Its useful to elites claiming Divine Right.
It was the best way to sell his rebrand. Its like when a Wrestler takes on a new persona. Fire and Brimstone Yahwe was out, and Benevolent Daddy God was in. Jesus was God's brand launch. You need a spectacle.
The Left: "The end times are near 🤬💔😢" The Right: "The end times are near 😇🥳🥂"
God as a P.T. Barnum-style character is really funny. "This Fire and Brimstone brand is all washed up. What if I rebrand to a benevolent daddy? Now time to find a young girl to impregnate with my brand ambassador."
Head canon that when they said "Jesus died for our sins" they meant he literally died because someone gave him up to the Romans. Instead of cosmic sacrifice, its more "Oh shit, Josh died and its our fault for not stopping the snitch. We biffed it."
Japan dealt with Fascism by not dealing with Fascism in any way whatsoever. Just leaving its legacy for the younger generations to unpack. The system remained virtually unchanged. Imo this is explains everything from the birth rate, Nintendo being weird about IP, and their immigration policy.
For real, I dont trust any mayors claiming to stand against ICE raids if they aren't sending their Police Force to put a stop to it by force. This is a paramilitary gang kidnapping people. The men are being tortured and the women and children disappeared. We cant keep waiting for paperwork.
I do wonder at what point we just have to put our bodies on the line. I watched a video of 6 people recording & yelling while 2 ICE agents kidnapped a woman. They had the power to stop them. They didnt. Now shes gone. No one even knows where the women & children are going. How long can we wait?
Something is fishy with the fact no one can find the women and children kidnapped by ICE. No one knows where they are being taken. I'm worried whoever they replaced Epstein with has the pedophile ring back in operation, and ICE is how they get new victims. Trump needs to prove it. #wherearethey
I bet whoever Trump replaced Epstein with has the pedophile ring back in full operation. Thats why they are so brazen. They think they have it under control. Which raises the question, where is ICE taking the women and children? Why cant anyone find them?
I bet whoever Trump replaced Epstein with has the pedophile ring back in full operation. Thats why they are so brazen. Which raises the question, where is ICE taking the women and children? Why cant anyone find them?
I bet whoever Trump replaced Epstein with has the pedophile ring back in full operation. Which raises the question, where is ICE taking the women and children? Why cant anyone find them?
With how organized everything is Im betting Epsteins been replaced and Trump has the wealthy pedophile ring back in full operation. Which raises the question, where is ICE taking the women and children? Why cant anyone find them?
I bet whoever Trump replaced Epstein with has the pedophile ring back in full operation. Which raises the question, where is ICE taking the women and children? Why cant anyone find them?
I bet whoever Trump replaced Epstein with has the pedophile ring back in full operation. Which raises the question, where is ICE taking the women and children? Why cant anyone find them?
Epsteins probably been replaced by now so the rich can still prey on kids. I bet thats why no one knows where ICE is taking the women and children.
What if the reason no one knows where ICE is taking the women and children is because they are being trafficked to whoever replaced Epstien? The pedophile ring is definitely still happening. They would've replaced him quick. Why else would ICE be hiding the women and children?
Let's be honest. The reason no one knows where ICE is taking the women and children is because Epsteins been replaced and Trump is in on it. Why else would they hide them? What dont they want us to know? They're trafficking kids to pedophiles and ICE is how they are doing it.
"People should pick their politicians not the other way around" I'm pretty sure the first time I heard that statement was from John Stewart on the Tonight Show 20 fucking years ago.
I cant believe it took a fascist dictatorship to finally get Obama and the Dems to start taking gerrymandering seriously. Imagine if they had this energy in 2008 when it was already a major threat to democracy. At least they got there. Its just insane how much it took for so little response.
Obama swooping in at the 11th hour when fascism has nearly subsumed the nation to remind us gerrymandering is bad. GOP has been rigging elections for decades. They've moved to fucking with voting machines. Why werent you on this decades ago? Why are you still so fucking polite about it? Jfc.
In this case I was using it to mean freedom of domination by the state and private entities, but you are absolutely correct. Liberation would be a better word to describe that kind of freedom, which I would say isnt opposed to collectivism because that form of freedom relies on it.
Ive been emailing the Canadian government about how if they dont do something to keep sovereignty over the North Sea that America or Russia will take it for over 4 years now. I'm sure I just go to spam now. I HATE being right.
Yes! I also think they view Canada and Greenland as a frontier for their creepy city state plans. Thats also why they are doing the genocide in Gaza. Cus Praxis Nation needs "beautiful Mediterranean beaches" as they put it. People underestimate the Palantir and Yarvin factors.
Currently the fascists are focused on individual freedom but define it as hoarding guns, saying slurs, and hurting queer people. Individualism and collectivism are ends of a spectrum, fascism will use either. Social cohesion can be about having common goals and community, not only subservience.
Man we don’t need a liberal Andrew Tate. We already have Bill Clinton
I'm sure his lawyers are very confident that this is the move, but they are operating off the logic that the law still matters. He should seek asylum in Canada. The United States is not a safe country, and we have to stop pretending.
It's wild how Theil and Andreesen are like singularly evil, have announced and branded themselves as such, and somehow that's had zero consequences on anything.
I think youve misunderstood. They arent hopeful. They are hopelessness and desperate. Which is what leads to reactionary resentment.
This might make some people mad, but sometimes it feels like Bolshevism is a denomination of Orthodoxy. I know that's not 1:1, but ifykyk.
You could've abolished ICE. There was never a reason to keep it. They were always kidnappers disguised as law enforcement. Now they've been unleashed. I hope you acknowledge your role in what's happening now. You didnt cause it, but you could've prevented it.
As someone loving in Alberta, I want you to be right, but Albertans seem to have Self-Harm as their core political ideology. The Apbertans who dont are trying to leave Alberta because of them. Its part of why Carney needs to take Trump fascism seriously, cus Alberta will be an invasion point.
Not to mention handing Healthcare to the Catholic Church. We dont talk about that enough. Its one of the scariest things Smith has done, and its clearly a move to build a 2 tiered system. She's gonna privatize it, and the free option will be the Catholic Church. Like the 1800s.
Unfortunately our rightwing is using the fact that our healthcare system is broken in complicated ways to force through American style healthcare. They framed the argument as "it stays broken vs. Privatize" instead of "Improve it vs. Privatize" so we may lose healthcare. In Alberta we almost have.
Americans really dont realize how not-free Canadian are. Not that we are actively oppressed, and itd CERTAINLY better compared to life under Trump. But its small stuff. Like if you have a beer outside you'll spend the night in jail.
I promise you I 100% knew that and it has very little to do with my post, but I appreciate your energy. Im not referring to the political parties. I'm referring to the actual Left/Right divide among the people. Liberals have always been rightwing, they just dont know it.
Way I see it, if ICE isnt trafficking women and children to the same elites that were Epstiens customers, Trump has to prove it. He has known associations with a human trafficker, and is currently engaged in human trafficking via the state. If its not true, he has to show us.
Probably. If thats not what's happening, Trump has to prove it. He has known associations with a mass pedophile ring and is currently trafficking women and children to a mystery location. What else should we think?
I think JD Vance being president would either mean Stephen Miller is permitted to be more cruel, or hes replaced by someone more cruel. Trump wants to hit arbitrary deportation quotas to sate his base. JD and Peter Thiel want to tear the country apart and have mass slave labourers.
True. Newsoms baggage may drag him down a bit, but we'll have to see what happens.
I think that sort of explains why there's a blindspot. Our political logic values these metrics above all else. They value stability and growth, and want to build a path around Trump without burning bridges. The problem is one side of the bridge is already on fire.
My moral concerns and general outrage about the man aside. Ya'll dont have to lock-in yet. Pritzker seems good. Less baggage. Why not him? Dont go all-in and the first option youve seen. Survey your options. The outrage youve seen indicates he may not be worth your effort to defend him.
Even if the Trump regime falls, the tensions are too high. Communities need to be able to defend themselves. Its proven that a lot of cops in our country have far right sympathy and support Trump, some may try to save us but others will collaborate. We cant sleep walk while hoping for the best.
I think Pritzker/Waltz is a better ticket. Newsom is good at media, but his baggage is gonna drag him down. We have 2 and a half years to decide, we dont have to settle for the first good thing.
You don't have to like what I' saying. But its based on watching the Syrian civil war unfold. This is how it happens. I dont think they are dumb or wrong. I think they are working off a flawed premise. They seem to think this will all blow over and America will return to being an ally.
You dont think having a military built to be integrated with America wouldnt have blindspots? Carney is a banker being advised by men who are limited by the logic of grand strategy. Guerrilla warfare is coming. We can prepare, or a bunch of us can die first. Expertise misapplied is arrogance.
Newsom is good at media, but Pritzker has a better voting record and record as Governor. We got 2 and half years to pick. Let's not be hasty Newsom is charismatic, but his baggage is gonna way him down. Pritzker is clean and has better policies.
Yes!!! Republicans will not vote a Democrat. If a Dem tailored their entire agenda to appeal directly to the GOP they still wouldn't get the vote because most GOP voters just want to hurt Democrats. They dont want a Democrat to obey them. They want Democrats to *die.*
I think as long as we focus on the fact that there are better candidates we can keep him from the nomination. As long as the DNC hasnt preselected him, we have a chance.
Ive found it very effective ti just avoid insulting Newsom, and focus on the fact that Pritzker is a better candidate. All we can do is point them in a better direction. The people falling for it arent evil, they are just hopeless and need someone to make them feel safe. Newsom is praying on that.
I think hes good at media management maybe the best America has seen at it since Trumo himself. But I think Pritzker will be the better nominee. Just a better voting record and I find him more likeable.
Newsom is probably the only Dem as good at managing media as Trump, but I think Pritzker will be a better nominee. I like his policies more. Both as a Governor and a candidate.
Liberals want normalcy, the Left wants liberation. The struggle we've been navigating since 1789. Hopefully this time the Liberals dont get their way. I dont think we have time. Liberation or annihilation at this point.
Something I've been considering is that someone replaced Epstien by now, and Trumps protecting them. Thats obvious. But it begs the question, what is ICE doing with the women and children? Why cant anyone find them?
I'll be real, I'm terrified of a JD Vance presidency. Cus he won't be president. Palantir will be. Peter Thiel will start carving out City States for his rich buddies the moment Trumps heart pops. No one likes to hear it but JDs politics are more extreme than Trumps, by a lot.
It would appear the disconnect between Liberals and the Left at this point is this. Liberals think the system just abandoned them a few months ago. The Left has been angry the system has abandoned them for years. One is looking for normalcy, the other is looking for liberation.
God that is it isnt it? He gives them hope. Thats so sad. They don't even realize the elections are mostly compromised. We dont need a Leader, we need a movement.
Hes very good at media. Perhaps on par with Trump in that regard. But we cant let him be the nominee. His baggage will sink him, and it won't be the fault of "the left." There are better Democrats who just aren't as good at generating spectacle. Primary is years away, we have time to decide.
Its just...... the primary is literally years away. Why are we even having the "blue no matter who" convo when he won't get the nominations for several years. We arent even allowed to discuss options? Its just "Newsom or youre a traitor!" For 3 fucking years? There are OTHER Democrats
Hey if you are getting mad at people who dont like Newsom, youre allowed but like.... You know he hasnt been nominated? There are other Democrats that exist who might be good options. Can we at least discuss possibilities before you "blue no matter who"? Primary is literally years away.
I do not understand how so many Liberals are doing the "blue no matter who" for an election *3 years away* about a man who *has not been nominated* Apparently exploring our options is the same as a Trump vote. Not allowed to CONSIDER someone other than Newsom several years before the primary.
For a second I read this as sarcastic and almost liked it. Then I realized you were serious. The election is 3 whole ass years away and you're already "blue no matter who" over a man who hasnt even been nominated. We are allowed to explore the many better options. Chill.
I learned today that if you tell a guy that you’ll vote for Gavin Newsom if he lets you put him in the Omelas hole, he’ll just block you, but it’ll be really funny first
"Fascism is when colonialism happens to white people"
A lot of bluesky liberals are engaging in trans genocide by not listening to us and denying what is happening. Listen to me then, an actual survivor of genocide in the past, bc I'm much more educated about this kind of thing than you are. real-life experiences are infinitely more real than vibes.