All I will say is I find it easy to imagine myself in the position of these conscripts.

Aliexpress slop is depressing

Must be rough to be one of the people who thinks China is like the super Bernie Sanders country that read Leigh Phillips’ People’s Republic of Walmart cover to cover and made it required reading in schools, when their whole mission is supercharging the economic base of the global south by swapping all the high value financial asset wealth for industrial capacity. (Americans can only daydream about more efficiently organizing treatlergistics. China has turned its exploitation against its masters and pinned them.)

Not even that MMT guy who pops up to say socialism in one country cannot exist seems to get it. Dependency theory triumphant without anyone having read it. SSanderista Graham Platnerism #EpicFailing because someone finally read it and it sucks.

Does anybody actually know where the PSL came from just curious

Putting this socratically so I do not get banned for sectarianism

If it’s reassuring, I don’t even think you are suspicious, “MMT guy who hasn’t read dependency theory” explains 100% of the shit you say. ☺️

Hopefully means someone who understands their position and will not try to undermine tje armed struggle the way certain Lebanese politicians do

Criticism of a guy with Aryan Brotherhood tattoos is invalid because it expended time that could have been used to Do Things™ such as church-style community activism

Why is that type of criticism chiefly directed at people who try to refine a theory of action, point out opportunists, and place things in historical context? Is this not a perfect example of the way it can be used to browbeat people belatedly attempting to hold the line against fascism?

Spamblocker on Fdroid’s pretty good, works with contacts/contact groups and stuff

Nope of course I’m not trolling this is a serious issue, and I’d be happy to support jt in a longer post tomorrow when I am more alert by quoting bell hooks etc

One of the most fundamental schisms in women’s rights activism is between “women’s liberation” and “feminism”. Women’s lib critique targets colonial patriarchy which serves a particular in-group of men and its subordinate women who uphold it, oppressing women and out-group men alike. Feminism is more preoccupied with how all of womens’ problems are attributed to men at every level, including supporting the women who adhere to and support the patriarchy, and attacking the men who are victimized by it.

Redditor “erm reverse racism and sexism is a thing” stuff is not women’s lib though lol. It’s just crocodile tears from those who benefit from systems of oppression.

After reading this thread I’m just going to steal the physical books 🥷

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The idea is that every veiled woman is a victim who you need to personally save from her man. Similar sentiments explain why the Portuguese were once shot on sight by China

You guys, I’m not gonna flip out, you don’t have to apologize for asking clarifying questions after the incoherent diatribes where I try condense too much into a few sentences, or reassure me we are not fighting, most of the people on this app instantaneously call me tankie Hitler, we are all gazpacho. We are all gucci… I don’t know why Meow said that, I don’t put anything particularly well. I am just astonished certain points are not already raised.

I think my acquaintance Mischa on the garbage takes app put it well: the liberal nonviolence playbook is all about giving up your leverage, it sn’t improved by mixing in guns or disorganized violence, because that just adds risk to symbolic actions.

Effective action like striking requires far more concerted organization than “show up to this parade to state your grievances and be ignored while we show off the headcount and advertise the democratic party”. Striking not just like the longshoremen to raise their wages in their practically hereditary org, but striking for the whole working class, declassed workers, migrant workers. The defense of part of the working class is denounced by these protests. “They hate us even though we don’t strike against DHS forces!” They take no action against DHS kidnapping despite already being aggressed upon. Coast is clear. Nothing but blue no matter who in sight. Another generation of Free Speech Zone protests to be forgotten and repeated.

They don’t even mention carnitine or anything 🤨

Actually wait they don’t mention blood sugar or the parasympathetic nervous system #killalljournalists