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There were literal warnings though.
Not to victim blame but sphagnum had to go full anime Marx.
You never go full anime Marx.
(what is a splitter)
Oh, I missed that.
sphagnum always catching the bullet on these things.
no different from any party or movement vying for power, really
https://twitter.com/globaltimesnews/status/1090112300068077568
It's still a mix but a lot more CG than they showed in the trailer, which was about 0.
I'm reminded of a quote about the nature of property and power and that even if power is decoupled from property for a time, power will seek to then acquire property and the two will be linked once more.
I'm pretty sure it's from one of the founders (who were intuitive enough to understand the relation of power and property but being property owners themselves elected to cement their power forever) but I can't find it because searching for such a thing just gives me a bunch of conservative bits about eminent domain and why it's bad and immoral.
Anyone know what I'm talking about?
EDIT: Just saw this execellent SMBC
I'm pretty sure it's from one of the founders (who were intuitive enough to understand the relation of power and property but being property owners themselves elected to cement their power forever) but I can't find it because searching for such a thing just gives me a bunch of conservative bits about eminent domain and why it's bad and immoral.
Anyone know what I'm talking about?
EDIT: Just saw this execellent SMBC
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Hmm, not ringing any bells. But if we're talking about property and power, we should keep in mind that one way to look at it is not decoupling one from the other, but eliminating property altogether so that no relationship can even exist. Power dynamics will still exist and violence will persist just not to the same extent, which I think is something that is commonly misunderstood about anarchism. The stated goal isn't to eliminate violence, but to eliminate the state's monopoly on violence. Simultaneously, getting rid of notions of property would reduce crime. Here's another passage from Berkman:
Honestly just dispelling the taboo on the word itself is massive. Whenever I've talked to people at work about democratic ownership (without using any jargon), I've always gotten positive responses. People are receptive to socialism as an idea, they just need to have that propaganda over the word removed.
I talk about democratic ownership as well and people are very receptive to it. With the stigma stripped away from it, it's so much easier to talk about
Might have to cancel those plans boys, re claims of Corbyn's anti-semitism:
Saikat could've done 5 seconds of googling and learned that Shmuley is a right-wing grifter
Saikat could've done 5 seconds of googling and learned that Shmuley is a right-wing grifter
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Honestly, Team AOC needs to step up their game. The fact that they were about to meet Shmuley without first looking who he was is quite concerning.
What if I were to say that Corbyn's 100% not an antisemite... Not that he's not a trainwreck when it comes to Brexit and speaking about border security.
Let's average it out and all agree that Corbyn is about 50% an anti-Semite
Sure, I was just about to edit my post to add how awful he's been at dealing with antisemitism in the party so 50% seems fair on that end. I'm just vexed by how little coverage the prime minister's racist windrush policy is getting right now and next to nobody in the UK gives a shit about it in comparison.
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Also Tory MPs doing the "all black people look the same" bit.
I don't want to get on a they do it too level because conservatives are obviously racist; the left should hold themselves to a much higher level in that regard. It's just frustrating to see racism is one party being placed as a bigger threat despite them not supporting racism in policy or holding any power when the other side constantly employs explicit racist policy that results in direct harm. Even on a antisemitic front I'd point to Tories support of Viktor Orban to be far more concerning than anything Labour's done, though that doesn't absolve Labour of ignoring a lot of the suggested actions from their last investigation into antisemitism or still keeping Peter Willsman around.
As a non-Zionist Jew with ample experience with the current political culture of American Zionism, I don't expect AOC to turn around and endorse BDS and a binational state overnight, but she needs to get better at recognizing bad-faith allegations of antisemitism for what they are if she has any intention of shifting the Overton window to the left on this issue (yes, Corbyn and Labour have problems, but I do not agree at all that he has anything against Jews personally). Her response was frankly skittish, weak, and frightened, and the specific actors she chose to amplify and legitimize (obviously Boteach, but also that PopChassid dude) have a history of outright apologia for Israel's human rights abuses.
I saw this tweet earlier, and can someone please explain the context for me
https://incendiarynews.com/2019/02/...FIXcLQ6dK-hrhXEQ6mYMK7_Zsu_ww24p3h8YAOAlwA2ok
its from this wall of laughable onanism
People who embarrass themselves got into a slap fight with other morons. Both claim to be the true Socialist movement.
I'm ignorant on Venezuela but having seen the consensus on political OTs on Brazil, Palestine, or other political threads over the years which I'm much more informed on I thought it would be pointless to ask there, but is this video a decent take on the current situation there?
I'm totally unfamiliar with the channel, it just popped up in my recommendations so I've got no idea how trustworthy it is and some of the framing seems a little iffy.
I'm totally unfamiliar with the channel, it just popped up in my recommendations so I've got no idea how trustworthy it is and some of the framing seems a little iffy.
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I've been skimming through the video and I don't think so.
Oil prices are one thing, but Maduro is a corrupt piece of shit. There was a guy on the old place who talked about the troubles getting basic foodstuffs for years. He was panicking to get out. Meanwhile, Maduro was enriching himself and his buddies.
Chavez was insane, but he at least made some progress on social programs.
Machado, it was Machado. He's still around. I don't know if he ever made it out but he seems to be in a stable situation.
Yeah no functioning country should have people who sound like Machado, his thread was something like "today it's my turn to line up for food and I might get shot for it".