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  • 9/10 times, there's your problem right there...

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  • I think it is. To say that you need to perform some arbitrary action or have some arbitrary prerequisite to be a member of a belief structure is silly. I see it as simply being that you are a leftist if you have leftist ideals. Like, you can argue about the applicability of communist vs anarchist vs socialist, because those relate to organizational structures, but to say you can't label yourself as a leftist for a reason that isn't really related to being a leftist is just moral gatekeeeping.

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  • Right. I think it'd be great if they have that drive. But some of them won't. And I don't see them as not a leftist just because they don't. And I especially don't see it as harmful to me if they identify as such. The label isn't mine to dole out.

  • 9/10 times, there's your problem right there...

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  • Yes, I understand that you think that. I also don't agree with you. I think you are gate keeping a term.

    Like, if I want to dismantle hierarchical structures that oppress me and all that jazz, but I know jackshit about class because I don't read or participate because I just gotta work my day job day in and day out, am I not a leftist? I don't think the answer is no. Now, I wouldn't trust a person like that to make good decisions in forwarding or explaining leftist ideas, but... They're not the problem. I don't even care if they call themselves a leftist because they're not contributing the problems. Like... This feels like a fake problem.

    To me, I don't think it's possible for everyone to be knowledgeable about the things they believe in. I think it'd be great if they were, but it's not always a great starting point for everyone, and if a stoner bro wants to call them self a leftist, ain't no skin off my back. Anyone that was going to use that guy as baggage against me was going to also use sex workers and unhoused people and gay people and trans people and furries and anyone else that's seen as undesirable. I just don't give a fuck, man.

  • 9/10 times, there's your problem right there...

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  • Yeah, no, I heard you the first time. I just don't get why you give a fuck. They're not doing anything negative, so who fucking cares what the call themselves?

  • 9/10 times, there's your problem right there...

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  • Lmao. Are you gatekeeping being a leftist?

  • Indie Game Awards Disqualifies Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Due To Gen AI Usage

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  • If no one cares, why didn't they disclose they used AI?

  • China to cover all out-of-pocket childbirth expenses

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  • That doesn't make any sense.

    Paying workers more is fine, but you're saying that the costs for reproduction should come from parents, and then you're saying they should come from the rich. People without children should contribute to childcare costs, and they are incentivized to do so, too, because children are important to pretty much everything. By having the government fund childcare, the rich do contribute more.

    Whatever you said is inconsistent.

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  • NSFW. This links to the meme page with a citation to the original comic, but this page contains a description. The meme page is SFW, but the citation is NOT.

    https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/im-hungry-i-gotta-poop#fn1

    Don't look at it, it's exactly what you think it is, but y'all wanna not listen, then go ahead.

  • Sooo... This is happening on Imgur

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  • Did somebody get theiw feewings huwt?

    Fuck Nazis, I hope they all get the Nazi punched out of them.

  • Activists pours bag of manure under The Ritz’ Christmas tree in anti-rich protest

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  • But if they strike, the poor workers won't get paid!!! \s

  • Parenting advice

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  • Clearly, you don't have the maternal instincts either.

  • Paul Krugman. He is the author of 27 books. He has a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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  • I mean... I doubt the veracity of these claims.

    Like, you could pay with cash and get the same level of benefit. While the serial numbers are tracked, movement of money is pretty random once it hits a customer's hands, and that level of randomness might as well make anonymous.

    Additionally, good luck getting crypto through anything that isn't centralized, which removes the supposed benefit of the technology. If you want to get crypto anonymously, you'll have to buy it from people instead of exchanges.

    Plus, crypto comes with the inherent downside of premiums to exchange currency. You might as well just tax yourself 5% extra, but that's probably generous considering how awfully volatile crypto can be.

    And the fact that this uses fucking VISA should be a huge red flag for privacy, lmao. Congrats on not amalgamating your customer profile by purchasing our VISATM brand prepaid credit cards. They still made money off you.

    Overall, you'd be better off asking someone a city over to buy what you want off the internet and paying them cash.

    Crypto is, at best, a stupid hobby that got out of control, and, at worst, a huge scam people are desperate to find a legitimate use for and still can't.

  • Debating the right to exist

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  • I think that's a fair stance to take. I just don't believe that the state protects us from the wealthy, though I do think it could. But, I would rather dissipate the power the state holds so no one can use its mechanisms against the people, and whether that be by distributing power away from centralized sources or through some other means, such as periodic redistribution, I think they're workable solutions.

    But, I'll admit my stance is a bit too rigid, but take that as my optimal solution, and not my only acceptable one.

  • Debating the right to exist

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  • Groups can organize without a leader. Rules can exist without rulers. It is silly to say the only thing protecting us from the wealthy is the state, when the wealthy are far more protected by the state.

    But, I do understand what you're saying. What happens when someone breaks the rules? Who enforces those rules? But when the wealthy capture the state (and that is ultimately the goal of the wealthy), the rules will still be unenforceable against them. So, I'd say it kinda fundamentally falls apart eventually.

    But, that's not an answer. The real answer is that it is on the citizens to topple corrupt states, but they don't necessarily need a state to make that possible.

  • Debating the right to exist

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  • The rich didn't create themselves, buddy.

  • Zohran Mamdani calls the president of Cuba and Venezuela “dictators who have stifled free and fair elections, jaled political opponents, and suppressed the free and fair press”

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  • Yeah, but why no tall ones?

  • USA: Shoplifting Has Increased 93% Since 2019; 45 % of Shoplifters are Stealing Food

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  • But theft is out of control right now! When I go shopping, I see so many instances that I have to find the manager and show them the video evidence I collected, showing all of their CEOs profiteering off the pandemic and tariffs.

  • Prop 50: Californians pass redistricting measure that helps Democrats flip up to five House seats

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  • Highly recommend it. Sounds cool. Sounds like kum-pah-dray. Roll the R. Means companion or friend. Let's you say howdy and y'all for free.

  • Prop 50: Californians pass redistricting measure that helps Democrats flip up to five House seats

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  • Compadre? Compadre is not uncommon here in the States, especially in the South, due to the dialectical intermingling of Spanish. Though it is similar, it has different connotations than comrade, but, you know, I don't read, so I can't tell the difference.