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/u/outwrangle before everything went to shit in 2020, /u/emma_lazarus for a while after that, now I’m all queermunist!

  • China commanded the economy to shut down to implement the zero COVID policies, it likely saved the lives of millions of workers. That's not something any other continental capitalist country could even attempt, because in capitalist countries the market is in command. There were a few islands (or semi-islands like South Korea) which could boast similar successes, but they were clear outliers that benefited from not having land borders. The rest of us live at the whim of the market and we were all marched to our deaths.

    That convinced me that actually existing socialism actually exists. It's not perfect, with many capitalist compromises and internal flaws, but politics are in command.

    When I point out that you have to pick a side, you vacillate. You insist that there aren't any sides worth choosing so you can avoid dirtying your hands in the real world. You just retreat into the perfect socialism that does not exist and will only ever exist in your head. You have removed yourself from the struggle entirely. You might as well not even exist.

  • The US: epicentre and outlier

    USA! USA!

  • It's the only socialism that actually exists, hence, actually existing socialism.

    So, choose. Do you want capitalism, or the only existing alternative? In Venezuela you can support Maduro, or you can support Trump's regime change. Those are the only options that exist. Pick one.

  • The goalpost is "actually existing socialism actually exists"

    That's it. The fact that it exists under siege simply means that our goal should be to lift the boot off their necks, instead of wasting time criticizing them. Are they imperfect, flawed, with tragic excesses and rightist deviations? Yes. That's beyond the scope of anything we can possibly do. Our project, if you actually believe in anything other than capitalism, is to use our privileged position within the core to fight for the defeat of the empire: lift the blockades, end the espionage, stop regime change.

    Right now it's Venezuela on the chopping block. You will help them far more by fighting the US than by criticizing Maduro.

  • Oh! "Hangout" like "hanging the information out"

    I always thought it was a "hangout" like "people hanging out together" and that never made any sense.

  • You're judging them while they have the boot heel of Western imperialism on their necks.

  • Well the bank teller that lives inside the machine needs to go home sometime.

  • They didn't use the common definition, they specified the animal kingdom. That definitely includes humans.

  • Talking to a hallucination is, in fact, not good for you.

  • Possibly the most complex language in the animal kingdom

    That... seems wrong.

  • Germany is one of the largest purchasers of US military hardware.

  • Let's grant the fetus personhood.

    It doesn't change my mind.

    No person has a right to parasitically feed on another human host or tear its way out of their body. Abortion is self defense.

  • You have a set amount of HP that constantly ticks down, and you need to post and get replies/mentions to boost it back up.

    If you don't post at least a few times a day or get any engagement, your HP will drain to zero and your account gets deleted.

  • Kill the manager in your head.

  • Actually existing socialism actually exists: imperfect, flawed, with tragic excesses and rightist deviations. But it exists.

    And I'm interested in the real world, not creating an ideal world in my head that can't actually become reality.

  • The purpose of a system is what it does.

  • Okay, but it's worth paying attention when what rich tell you to do is different from what they actually do in their own lives.

  • If your drug dealer doesn't do drugs, what does that tell you about the drugs?

  • Yeah like, the most shocking thing about 2025 is how fast shit has happened.

    I was definitely too used to politicians preserving norms and traditions. Embarrassing.

  • News @lemmy.world

    Biden considering executive action to close southern border, sources say

    www.cnn.com /2024/02/21/politics/biden-considering-executive-action-to-close-southern-border-sources-say/index.html
  • World News @lemmy.ml

    Israel orders more Gazans to flee, bombs areas where it sends them

    www.reuters.com /world/middle-east/israel-says-ground-forces-operating-across-gaza-strip-offensive-builds-2023-12-04/
  • News @lemmy.world

    ‘All men 16 years and above, raise your hands’: how al-Shifa raid unfolded

    www.theguardian.com /world/2023/nov/15/all-men-16-years-and-above-raise-your-hands-how-al-shifa-raid-unfolded
  • Ask Lemmygrad @lemmygrad.ml

    A recent argument forced me to see that "genocide" has been turned into an imprecise word, and I don't know what to do about that?

    www.un.org /en/genocideprevention/genocide.shtml
  • World News @lemmy.ml

    Did Israel bomb a civilian evacuation route in Gaza? | Financial Times

    www.ft.com /content/95c5fcf1-c756-415f-85b8-1e4bbff24736
  • United States | News & Politics @lemmy.ml

    Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on How She’s Changed - The New York Times

    ghostarchive.org /archive/c8b8b
  • Firefox @lemmy.ml

    What the hell is this horror show shit that keeps showing up in Pocket?