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  • Is "socialism isn't a poverty cult" just treatlerite copium?

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  • I don't see a purpose to this line of thinking outside of shaming consumerist lifestyles. Which, while absolutely worth denigrating, are imposed on and used to pacify. I think it fails to address the unique conditions in the west. Outside of the west, I think you have more of a leg to stand on.

    When western countries hover between 50-70% in 'white collar' work, it's debatable exactly what masses you're talking about. I don't think the struggles for socialism can be or should be experienced only by those in poverty. There's an obvious contradiction in building socialism in the west at all, but that doesn't mean we still don't need to do it as a moral imperative.

  • LGBT situation in China? Friend says it's pretty bad

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  • I've heard a lot of similar things in my time browsing Chinese social media. I didn't see much of any LGBT presence when I visited there years ago, so everything I'm saying is white boy western speculation, but -

    Identity-based cultural changes move much faster in liberalized countries with a strong focus on the individual. That's the only reason why transgender rights have progressed as fast as they have in the past two decades. I'm not making a value statement here on either liberalization or the rapid onset of transgender acceptance in the west. I just think the TQ+ side of the equation found easier footing in the west because they worship the individual (Not that I would describe the cultural change as 'easy' in general).

    My general read of the situation based off what memes are deemed acceptable on Chinese social media is that LGB rights aren't as hotly contested as TQ+ rights, and the Chinese cultural climate is still in a period of change regarding this. There's no specific anti-discrimination laws based on sexuality, for example, but the rates of homosexuality in the population is observed as roughly the same in the west. This suggests people aren't repressing their sexuality any more than they already are in the west.

    You also see almost no anti homosexual sentiment on social media, but anti transgender sentiment is very common (again, based on personal experience with their social media feeds. YMMV)

    I think it's inevitable that China catches up in this regard, it will just take longer. The thing about minority groups is they'll usually end up organizing and advocating for themselves in political ways. For the time being, I wouldn't celebrate China as a cultural bastion for sexual minorities or anything.

  • Search Engine Alternative

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  • If you don't mind paying, Kagi's the gold standard imo. Been using it for years. The pricing has been pretty garbo at times but they've settled on a good model now. Used it extensively for research back when I was a freelance writer and it's stuck around as my general-use search engine. It's great for research, functionally really well designed.

  • Animal Crossing Deluxe - F3 2025 Preview Trailer [Fan Mod]

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  • I've been waiting for the perfect day off to set this up on my Steam Deck. I'm extremely excited, as I started the series with Wild World onward. Never got to properly experience the first releases, and I personally love playing fan-mod 'definitive' editions of older games like this.

  • Zionist watching the Superman Movie when they see the bad guys being evil

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  • if my child ever starts talking about israel i'm grounding him

  • Hey

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  • unhinged extended thoughts under a meme pic time but - I was never into UFOlogy for very normal reasons, but after becoming an annoying communist its become more absurd to me. imagine an alien species overcoming all the material hurdles required to attain space flight, flying all the way to earth, and not uplifting the billions of suffering creatures on the dying rock by at least saying hello

    like sure alien life might be fundamentally different to us, we might never be able to comprehend their origins and society and whatever. but i truly believe if something out there has unlocked the literal magic of interstellar travel, they're not doing so for ominous reasons, or to conduct pointless surveillance. they're not going to 'wait for us' to become enlightened and they're definitely not crashing over north america 10 times a year

    yeah maybe we'd be insignificant to them and i shouldn't apply human reasoning to hypothetical alien intelligence, but like, if humanity was out there traveling the stars, a huge portion of our population would probably be advocating aid programs for 'lesser worlds.' it's a very personal thought but i'm forced to assume aliens would be the same. so that's how i know aliens have never actually visited us, on top of all the other normal rational reasoning.

    anyway thanks for listening to my ramble you may enjoy your meme

  • Gold-pressed latinum was a Ferengi retcon

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  • I was under the impression that the writers were wishy-washy about that sort of thing. Sort of a 'it functionally works this way, but varies as the plot demands.' CyborgMarx has pointed out it definitely gets a reference in an episode.

  • why dont the doctors without borders have any borders yet? can we give them vatican city or something

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  • Modelled after Doctors Without Borders, it sends practitioners to developing countries to administer the pseudoscience of homeopathy

    something so haunting about wealthy westerners flying around the world to underprivileged or economically underdeveloped areas and, i guess applying salves or some shit?

    ghoulish

  • Skyrim ٠ Followers Reaction to Healing Spell

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  • So healing spells more often elicit surprised reactions than not. Makes one wonder: are healing spells accessible? They're cheap for the player and seem easy enough to forage for on your own. You have to assume they're not, because people generally still suffer in this universe, and healer is like, a profession.

    But what about the reactions of its physical sensation? A companion remarks that it feels nice and another remarks that it feels like just waking up from a nap. Do you think there's possibility for recreational heal spell usage? Maybe you pair it up with Skooma/other in-universe 'narcotics' for a nice combo buzz that heals away the damage from the drugs.

  • why dont the doctors without borders have any borders yet? can we give them vatican city or something

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  • This is a common misconception about doctors without borders. It's not that they operate independently of a nation, or that they are awaiting to form a nation. It's just, there's supposed to also be a complementary group known as the Militaires Sans Frontières, and the two groups would combine into one to make 2/3's of a nation. Unfortunately, this complementary group manifested in the wrong reality and is part of the reason we're in the worst timeline.

  • Gold-pressed latinum was a Ferengi retcon

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  • I always liked to imagine the federation had a separate economic system for trading with capitalist coded races in Star Trek. Basically an isolated, pretend command economy where, for the purposes of importing/exporting, all of these whacky alternative currencies are accepted and then immediately melted down into whatever the replicator uses. The federation operates at a loss while trading this way but the loss is ideologically justified by eventually converting the species into a federation member that will convert to trek's brand of fully automated communism.

    The Ferengi's free market ideology is baked into their religion so they're this one annoying stubborn species that the federation can't flip, and the Ferengi continue interacting with the federation because they understand this system and continue to take advantage of it.

    All of this headcanon serves to make any and all references to currency make sense when I watch Trek. Makes the gold-pressed latinum conundrum a sort of paternalistic struggle between the federation, trying to uplift the Ferengi, and the Ferengi government who just wants to keep hoarding shiny metals.

    "Yes, sure, we'll accept your...two tonnes of worthless metal, sure. Have you given any further thought to our aid programs...?"

  • Anyone here played Death Stranding 1? How do I use the bike (reverse trike) properly?

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  • Munrock already nailed it pretty succinctly but yeah, prepare to still be walking everywhere as vehicles aren't suited for the terrain largely. You'll get a lot more use out of finding other players vehicles in the wild to use when the opportunity strikes.

    You'll eventually be able to build roads, but that is very much an optional/end-game task.

  • You Need to Know This About Prime Day Deals

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  • Westerner's depending on Amazon is such a simulacrum of where their country stands in the world. Reaping benefits from something you know is wrong and directly hurting someone. Only, while understanding the modern geopolitical landscape is complicated and takes determination/education, understanding that Amazon's business model is untenable against humane working conditions is obvious on the face of it. You can see it when you drive past their warehouses.

    So while I almost never hold people personally responsible for consumption habits, I find it extremely grating that Amazon is so successful specifically because people can't say no to same-day delivery. Like, fuck, go down to the shops. Do you even need plastic junk delivered to your door today? Most people could benefit from leaving their homes more.

  • liberalism.jpg

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  • feeling for the two houses built next to the church in an all-white neighborhood. they better not park their cars on the street

  • Use The New Means And The Old

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  • My bad brother. Should have been more charitable before hitting reply.

  • Hahahahaha

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  • your tesla steers into a group of children crossing the street b/c its grok-based brain deduced it was a woke mob of protestors attempting to box you in. you try to apply the brakes but grok has a prompt hardcoded in urging it to not shy away from politically incorrect actions. seven children are instantly killed and another two are splattered across your windshield. your tesla dings that its time to replace the wiper fluid.

    elon retweets the news story weeks later with a one word reply. another twitter user asks grok if its true. grok replies by questioning the veracity of the holocaust

  • Use The New Means And The Old

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  • 'the backward group' is pretty uncomfortable phrasing, if I'm being honest.

  • Use The New Means And The Old

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  • The root of anti-AI narrative on the left is reactionaries pining for the fact that automation has come for the industry that used to be artisanal.

    We have, time and time again, seen the result of Luddism. It can come from a good place. It can be ethically relevant. It can be handled correctly. Yet - time marches on, and the proponents of it are seen as jokes of history.

    I have no love for AI slop, but it's a part of our world and the world my children will grow up in. You better believe I intend to have a good handle of it.

  • Use The New Means And The Old

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  • Surrendering generative AI and all of its utility to the ruling class because of its disruptive effect on intellectual/artistic labour is a folly, it's luddite tactics that we know come from a good place but are ineffective and leave its advocates in the dustbin.

    We are marxists and as such the material world and its realities are most important to us. The fact AI is capable of spitting out shortform content more efficiently than ever before cannot be neglected or the ruling class gets another cudgel under its belt. Why not produce propaganda using the same avenues as the elite? In addition, letting something like 'fash aesthetics' influence you is absurd. If I can eek one positive thing for the working class out of 'fash aesthetics' then I really don't care about said aesthetics.

    Another thing - the 'cudgel' under the belt of the ruling class - at the moment generative AI is dominated by paid services and companies controlling its input and output. Despite this, all forms of generative AI can be handled locally. AI running on your own machine truly is just another tool at your disposal. If we don't utilize and educate about generative AI then the ruling class keeps its grip and knowledge of the 'true democratization of art' and any benefit is lost.