That is quite a difficult decision to make, and not one I envy.
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I tend to fall under no ethical consumption under capitalism and I don't begrudge anyone choosing how to make a comfortable living, unless their job is about directly worsening the lives of the marginalized and poor. My instinct is to say fuck landlords, but I also understand if you have a choice like that, it's hard to say no to that sort of income, and I have landlords in my family, so... would be kind of hypocritical of me to tell you otherwise.
So basically just don't be a cop. I have strong opinions of military service as well but the US military is so normalized even among liberals that telling people to not take part in warfare and imperialism is surprisingly difficult.
So basically just don't be a cop. I have strong opinions of military service as well but the US military is so normalized even among liberals that telling people to not take part in warfare and imperialism is surprisingly difficult.
There is a natural disaster that is unique to Mongolia.
But more seriously, Mongolia is pretty similar to Montana, and steppe is very similar to the northern parts of the great plains prairies in North America.
Yea,
That said being pragmatic about it. I would ask are the tenants going to be better off if you sell the business to the next person to fuck them over? Be the best landlord you can be.
Either way I would not want to be a landlord and carry that responsibility personally.
There are multiple explanations for the populist rage that has put democracy at risk across the Western world, but the side effects of austerity rank high on the list.
In Eastern Europe, white nationalist parties came to power after center-left governments alienated the working class by letting themselves be talked or bullied into austerity policies. In Britain, support for right-wing extremists is strongest in regions hit hardest by fiscal austerity. And would we have Trump if years of wrongheaded austerity hadn't delayed economic recovery under Barack Obama?
Suprised to see Krugman blame Obama's conservative economics for Trump. And he's right, Obamanomics sucked.
The US pretty much forced those countries to do that, and it is still doing so (and not only in eastern Europe).
And that shit is bipartisan, I honestly have no idea if rank and file Democrats even know what the IMF and their trade deals are doing in their name.
p.s.
Milton Friedman should rot in hell.
And the Obama administration pushing austerity onto other countries is the tell that their austerity here wasn't because Republicans bullied them into it. The Republican strategy of obstruction on everything might even have made Obama do less austerity than he wanted.
Funny you say that, because all I can think about is how they fucked around with Obama's "Grand Bargain" nonsense. We were saved by the tea party there, who wanted even more draconian cuts.
If that had honestly passed, there's no damn way I would ever be calling myself a Democrat. I think the party itself would be dead in the water.
America just push countries to have more right wing economic policies, as far as I can tell it does it pretty much on auto-pilot and I see no huge differences between the GOP and the Democrats on that front.
Really think it will depend on if Bernie would be able to land a critique on Obama-era foreign policy without it backfiring. I think the go-to would probably be about still not bringing home the troops after saying it for so long. Things like past votes on wars have been mentioned already and are too far in the past and the Iran deal will definitely be used as a shield against most other critique. On the other side, I think the more its talked about/made to seem that we are in a war already or that it is inevitable, the public at large will lean towards Biden as someone who knows there way around the situation to get through it.
That's because it was around 2008 Here's a video:
This is in 2011:
On some level, I understand why people defend her so much. They're okay with this attitude of America being the world police.
Something I've been thinking about a lot lately, with everything that's going on...
It feels like being a socialist is to be both cynical and optimistic.
You're cynical in the institutions and platitudes you've been taught to respect your whole life. Cynical of liberalism and its inability to affect real change while co-opting progressive ideas, cynical to the fact that the powerful and wealthy protect their own interests above all else, cynical in how easily people succumb to fascism, cynical in the ability to reform the system when the wealthy can buy their way out of reforms, cynical to how often people will vote against their own interests or not care about the plights of others... you get the idea.
But you also have to be optimistic. Optimistic that people, when shown the light, are fundamentally good, and can change - and that includes us as well as socialists. That when shit hits the fan, they will fight the good fight. Without them, our revolution, whether physical or cultural, cannot happen. And that's the sucky part. Walking around feeling like these millions of people who, intentionally or otherwise, stand in the way of progress, also have to be turned to our cause somehow. That we can't just give up on most people. It isn't really an option. We have to believe people can be good when stripped of the need to submit themselves to the hierarchies that control their lives. That we, all of us, can be better than we are now.
I'll admit sometimes I get caught up in looking down my noses at others because of their blindness to what's going on. We can all learn to be more humble. Socialism should be by the people, for the people, as trite as it is to say. It's good to remember that we're fighting for the people, not the perfect ideal of the people that exists in our head.
Anyway happy Monday.
It feels like being a socialist is to be both cynical and optimistic.
You're cynical in the institutions and platitudes you've been taught to respect your whole life. Cynical of liberalism and its inability to affect real change while co-opting progressive ideas, cynical to the fact that the powerful and wealthy protect their own interests above all else, cynical in how easily people succumb to fascism, cynical in the ability to reform the system when the wealthy can buy their way out of reforms, cynical to how often people will vote against their own interests or not care about the plights of others... you get the idea.
But you also have to be optimistic. Optimistic that people, when shown the light, are fundamentally good, and can change - and that includes us as well as socialists. That when shit hits the fan, they will fight the good fight. Without them, our revolution, whether physical or cultural, cannot happen. And that's the sucky part. Walking around feeling like these millions of people who, intentionally or otherwise, stand in the way of progress, also have to be turned to our cause somehow. That we can't just give up on most people. It isn't really an option. We have to believe people can be good when stripped of the need to submit themselves to the hierarchies that control their lives. That we, all of us, can be better than we are now.
I'll admit sometimes I get caught up in looking down my noses at others because of their blindness to what's going on. We can all learn to be more humble. Socialism should be by the people, for the people, as trite as it is to say. It's good to remember that we're fighting for the people, not the perfect ideal of the people that exists in our head.
Anyway happy Monday.
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I was a leftist until that thread showed me the error of my ways. The sheer scandal of Bernie's heinous lies!
Well now I shall surely be writing in Mitt Romney's name on the ballot come November!
What thread is that? It seems I've missed it.
Basically where I'm at. Couldn't even be bothered to make my juice cleansing to be a better socialist joke.
So I don't think any of this terribly matter, but I see some people post in those threads like it's important to "correct the record" or whatever. And I think no well researched argument where you pwn some fools with your receipts on page 4 is gonna do more than that thread title staying on the front page of the OT.
Though as I said, I generally think it's not terribly important either way, so if people like that, whatever.
Though a lot of the time I will avoid those threads, I think there is a danger in letting Liberals have total control of the narrative around some subjects.
There was a thread some weeks ago, that turned into a bloodletting over a certain figure. It was a really nasty thread involving a small group of posters, and I don't think the majority of people on the board find that compelling if not repulsive
Hey Comrades, I think this might be my first post on era, but I've been a longtime lurker and the past few days has motivated me. You all have been pretty instrumental in my leftward shift since eras founding and I just want to thank yall.
no war but class war.
no war but class war.
No war but class war.
Scary to think we have this much sway over lurkers, far too much power. Welcome!
Scary to think we have this much sway over lurkers, far too much power. Welcome!
Remember to bring the antiwar message out loudly - at times I find that message harder to carry than socialism...
ironically until the news, I was feeling very upbeat because I had just finished reading Red State Revolt - and fuckit if it did not invigorate to go out pushing unionism and the message of strikes again to the real world - for the whole of a couple of hours before the optimism was somewhat shaken by this.
ironically until the news, I was feeling very upbeat because I had just finished reading Red State Revolt - and fuckit if it did not invigorate to go out pushing unionism and the message of strikes again to the real world - for the whole of a couple of hours before the optimism was somewhat shaken by this.
It's been on going... Doesn't help when american backed coups help fascists win though
Class warfare is inherently anti-fascist warfare.
The fascists are on one side of the class war. Figuring out which side might make some people uncomfortable about their own position....
"At least 10 trade unions called on employees to stage protests on Wednesday against what they described as the "anti-people" policies of Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist government."
Fantastic! Fuck Modi the... (look here) fascist.