Unfortunately there isn’t a current one that I know of. But it is the thing we could do that would make the most sense. A lot of these weird gerrymandered districts are because of the camp number of seats in the house. And far more people than were ever intended being represented by a single person. If we went back to how it was originally intended. Districts would be much smaller and more representative by default. Though I would still be all for making them more representative.
Just to be THAT pedant. There have never been communist regimes. There are authoritarian, regimes who like to talk about the concepts and misuse of the word constantly. While doing the least communist sort of things one could imagine. But those are Marxist leninist and not communist. It’s like magats larping as patriots.
Yep. Biden and more importantly Congress enable Bibi the butcher. But they aren’t committing genocide. And anyone who implies they are is making light of genocide. There’s plenty to criticize everyone on without making shit up.
If I give you a gun and you kill someone with it. Does that make me a murder? No. An accessory to it perhaps if I was aware of your intentions. But that’s all.
Yes. But it isn’t the same thing. It’s an important distinction. One which a lot of people for propaganda purposes are ignoring. And makes it that much easier to dismiss the complaints of people with valid criticisms. We shouldn’t be complicit enabling or having any part in genocide. But what is real and Netanyahu is doing is vastly different from what Biden or anyone else in the United States is doing.
Any press that is publicly traded is yellow journalism at best. When the bottom line is to shareholder value. Facts are truth are the first things discarded.
I know right? In fact when he ran he didn’t run as an independent he registered and ran as a Democrat while having previously been an independent. They picked basically the worst possible choice to try to make an example of.
I know most people that were on reddit at the time are fully aware of this and won’t be surprised but don’t dismiss the findings out of hand. It’s important that studies are being conducted and the fact that the finding match our lived experience is still noteworthy.
What’s a right wing libertarian other than a fascist so selfish they aren’t concerned or swayed by ideas of nationalism or “heritage”. But they’ll happily enable and march with the ones who are. When their self interest aligns. They just want to be the ones on top.
Former President Donald Trump’s youngest son, Barron Trump, has declined to serve as a delegate at this summer’s Republican National Convention, according to a senior Trump campaign adviser and a statement from Melania Trump’s office....
Let me start by stating that I do not think his mother is a very good person. For multiple reasons. However I don’t think she is the monster her husband is. I don’t have a link to the video currently. But I remember back in 2015-2016 8 years ago. A 10 to 12 year old Barron Trump and Melania being interviewed by inside edition? And the thing that struck me the most. Was that this child born in and raised in the United States. Had been so isolated and insulated from everything not just his father. He spoke with the accent of a Slovenian immigrant. What little he did speak.
Mind you that isn’t a dig at his intelligence. Because I’m sure he probably does speak his mother’s native language as well as english. Which is more than many of us could say. But the fact that he was so isolated not just from his father but from everyone else around him. That he didn’t speak English like a New Yorker or just naturally at all. It really tells you who he was raised around. Which can give you some hope that he won’t be the outright monster his father is.
I think it’s important to remember that Trump became a monster not because of genetics. But because of his father. That fuck, Fred. Not to mention his frigid mother. However Fred Trump was such a bastard it was celebrated in song. Buy one of America’s great socialist song writers. And unlike the rest of his siblings. He latched on to his abusive father and they became inseparable. His father feeding his mental illness.
Considering how Donald generally treats Baron I don’t think he’s going to have a lot of affection for his father. He was whining so much about needing the day off for Barron’s graduation. Yet he couldn’t even spend a whole day. One single day celebrating something like that. Because. His election is so important to him that he cannot take one full day to spend with his son.
I think it’s pretty safe to say whatever Baron becomes good or bad. He’s likely to be his own man. Not a carbon copy narcissist like his father or leaches like his Step Brothers.
I wouldn’t take the mises institutes word on anything. Fascistic adjacent right wingers larping as libertarians would never accurately identity fascism.
You keep asking this question already knowing the answer but let me put this towards you. Why would a non-fascist celebrate the anniversary this year on March 24th of the 1976 fascist coup in Argentina?
I literally gave you an instance of what you were asking for. And you ignored it and continued attacking. It’s exactly as we all thought. You’re not engaging in good faith.
I would argue it always has been. Just as anarco-capitalist or what we consider right wing Libertarians today have always been fascist. Who were largely too selfish to be swayed by or buy into nationalistic or ethno propaganda. They will fight alongside those who do to empower wealthy capitalists. While pretending that they support freedom. But they would never lift a finger to actually guarantee someone had freedom and access to it.
Those are just nihilist. Actual anarchist generally aren’t the fuck shit up kind. Those are generally angsty young teens with very little understanding.
You are however 100% right about lemmy.ml. hexbear and Lemmygrad. They are all Marxist leninist. Which was an ill-conceived transitory authoritarian style anti communist government that was supposed to facilitate the build up to and transition to communism. But not communist itself. Which has failed everywhere it’s ever been tried. Much like capitalism if you go by it’s stated goals and ideals.
They love to blather on and on and on about communism and how great and wonderful it would be. And it would be. But everything they do is actually in opposition to it so they are very much fake/ performatory communists.
Yes it’s kind of mind-boggling. People pushed for decades and decades and decades for marriage equality. The Obama administration had no intention of tackling it at all. Until Joe Biden spoke. He’s literally one of the reasons we already have marriage equality. For however long we might keep it. Not to mention the nlrb union busting decision. Or the recent FTC abolishment of non-compete contracts for most people. There is no question that Biden is an outdated crusty old dumbass. Who may be far less Progressive or left-leaning than most of us would like. But he’s also ironically one of the most positively consequential presidents of the last 50 to 70 years since FDR.
The reason most people have no idea about all this. Is because they were all victories against the ownership / capital class. The ones who own all the major media. They may make a low-key passing mention of these victories. Then never bring it up again ever. But they will harp for days months and years about how some policy hurts businesses or “wealthy” americans. Manufacturing consent for their owners. It’s all by design. No one should get their information from publicly traded companies.
That’s absolutely a fair assessment. My biggest issue was the way anarchism is most commonly misrepresented and used. Of which I absolutely used to be one of those people. So it’s not a dig at anyone in particular. Just trying to help us be a little more accurate in things. But you’re absolutely correct to point out that that isn’t all nihilists either.
It’s fair to call it stalinism / maoism etc. And I also dislike associating Marx that closely with them. The Marx parts of Marxism are pretty tough to have issue with. Engles, Lenin, Stalin, Mao etc are where a lot of the backward reductive and damaging stuff comes from. But it’s about hitting them where they live. And these days they identify as ML.
And yeah I agree. Despite making wildly flawed ideology I absolutely believe Engels and Lenin had good intentions. And despite all of them, including Stalin. Russia absolutely had successes. I can’t say it was enough to out weigh the failures. Similar things can be said about China too. Though xi jinping will mark the end of all that.
The last bit, I don’t think I can go in for. If it was capitalists calling them ML and them calling themselves something else then perhaps. But it’s what they largely self identify as. The thing to remember however, is that it’s the ideas that are important. Not necessarily the names. Would Marx want to be associated with future systems based on his concepts? Sure. Would he not want it implemented without his name. That I doubt.
While NPR does have a definitive and visible right wing bias. They are much better than any other outlets. Though they will still entertain false questions in the name of pursuing a narrative.
I think the New York Times Etc have largely ruined what reputations they had. That we should never rely on a publicly traded company to inform us. The moment any company becomes publicly traded marks the decline and ultimate death knell of their reputation and reliability. Because even if the family or original owners retain a controlling amount. Eventually someone won’t care enough to hold on to it as tightly or it will be given away / diluted to the point it becomes meaningless. And then the shareholders will take over. And their bottom line is money not truth. Which is where a lot of the current problem resides. Too much focus on money and how to make more of it. With very little concern for facts or truth.
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Comic by Brooke Bourgeois for The New Yorker.
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I know most people that were on reddit at the time are fully aware of this and won’t be surprised but don’t dismiss the findings out of hand. It’s important that studies are being conducted and the fact that the finding match our lived experience is still noteworthy.
Trump campaign considering Nikki Haley for VP (www.axios.com)
Barron Trump declines to serve as an RNC delegate (www.cnn.com)
Former President Donald Trump’s youngest son, Barron Trump, has declined to serve as a delegate at this summer’s Republican National Convention, according to a senior Trump campaign adviser and a statement from Melania Trump’s office....
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