You seem to have a chip on your shoulder and didn't really address the parent commenter's points.
Knowledge that AmeriKKKa is in no small part run but a cabal of billionaire pedophiles, many of whom engage in not just sexual violence but outright torture, is absolutely radicalizing. It is our "job" to turn that disgust and revulsion into class consciousness, because otherwise such radicalization can be subsumed by the larger superstructure. I agree that fixating on it is counterproductive in the same vein as fixating on who really killed JFK, but it is easy rhetorical fuel and to dismiss it like you do is reflexive contrarianism imo.
This is mostly tongue-in-cheek but takes like this make me believe in the idea of philosophical zombies. Besides the obvious grift and engagement bait there are such incredulous rubes out there, even in "tech" circles like Hacker News that should know better.
I am once again asking STEMlords to take a Philosophy 101 class
The recent This Machine Kills podcast episode where they riff about how in the future the rest of the world will build a wall around America to contain it may well come true. This country is actively sabotaging itself at every turn. Thankfully Mother Nature will provide a reality check soon enough.
We must be the soul source of psychosis-inducing babble! These text generators are no match for our long history of driving the mentally vulnerable into fits of mania
Eggnog I love you because you autistically adhere to the same party line I do and always make a point to bring it up. People really need to internalize this. We don't have the luxury of decades to slowly build a coalition as capitalism disintegrates. The "socialism or barbarism" meme is much more literal than I think most leftists realize.
Yeah I agree that the burden of moderation is prohibitive and unfair. I do think mod action could set the good example you suggest, but again for a volunteer effort it's probably too much to ask unless we can add multiple mods specific to the news mega to relieve you of some labor. Either way, I didn't mean for this to turn into a struggle session. Thanks for what you do.
It's "relevant" insofar as it's talking about current goings-on, but if commenting that you watched a YouTube video (without even linking the video) then what the hell is the news mega for? Posting life updates?
There is no "news" here, just a commenter saying they watched YouTube slop. They didn't even bother to link the damn thing. We've had good discussions about this exact topic elsewhere that at the least reference the news.
You seem to have a chip on your shoulder and didn't really address the parent commenter's points.
Knowledge that AmeriKKKa is in no small part run but a cabal of billionaire pedophiles, many of whom engage in not just sexual violence but outright torture, is absolutely radicalizing. It is our "job" to turn that disgust and revulsion into class consciousness, because otherwise such radicalization can be subsumed by the larger superstructure. I agree that fixating on it is counterproductive in the same vein as fixating on who really killed JFK, but it is easy rhetorical fuel and to dismiss it like you do is reflexive contrarianism imo.