That and the absolute failure of “Denazification” in favor of “fighting communism” following WW2. The western powers aligned with former Nazis instead of purging them from any political position.
We’ve had a generation of Nazi sympathizer in power building to this moment. And while the actual brown shirts may be dead their children are very much trying to take up where their parents failed. Musk being an obvious example.
If you have followed Elon Musk beyond just his public “tech guy” persona it’s not as much of a 180 as you’d think. At least in terms of Musk. The public perception of him has done a swap but I’d still say it’s inaccurate. The fact that we have a “party swap” on a billionaire like this is mostly testament to how both parties work for capitalist billionaire interests in their own way.
Musk has always been a narcissist. His political goals have always been aligned with his capital and seizing of power. If he could get to the same place he was today by being an oil Barron he would have done so. It should be a wake up call for people that associate their political beliefs with red or blue to realize how flexible these parties are in serving the interest of billionaires. And not necessarily a “shift” in Musk. Musk has always been this way.
The queer community is still being forgotten even today. And with attacks on LGBTQ rights on the rise there are still people largely trying to distance the Nazis for being anti LGBTQ. They do this because they know that people still think Nazis are bad (for now at least) so they literally rewrite history to whitewash Nazi crimes against LGBTQ groups. They don’t want their Nazi ideas of today being correctly associated with the Nazis.
We sadly live in a world where one of the most popular political commentators online says stuff like “I’m 99% sure the Holocaust happened” and “Well, it’s my understanding that they didn’t burn the trans literature book because they were trans. It’s because the books were written in Jewish”.
This is all to disconnect LGBTQ hatred from its Nazi connections.
If you don’t know the “political commentator” I’m talking about you’re a healthy person without brain rot. So I’ll keep it that way.
Thank you. For some reason our entire society thinks “safety” only applies to the people inside of the vehicle.
It’s a testament to our very individualized society under capitalism. It’s basing all values on a individuals consumption choices. Rather than the safety and security of society as a whole.
Sadly, carrying around a brick above your head is still the only “consumer” choice pedestrians have for safety.
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If these things are really effecting your life. Pursue a diagnosis. Being medicated is not the end all be all a lot of people seem to act like it is. For me it’s helped me be happier with myself and be able to accomplish things I actually care about. It hasn’t really helped with the “this job is pointless and is actually not helping me or society” crisis that I going on. Sadly I think that’s more to do with capitalism and ADHD people just look for the material reasons for why we become frustrated with it.
Same. Ugly knees. It’s a shame because I have amazingly muscular calves I could show off. Don’t even work out. They are literally almost as thick as my thighs.
Most ADHD symptoms are “oh yeah that’s me (sometimes) haha”
Where ADHD is usually “this is literally ruining my career and my relationships. Better go hyperfocus on a new hobby I’ll never complete a project in. That will help me avoid thinking about doing the simple thing I’m completely incapable of doing that would take 5 minutes if my brain would just let me do it.”
I’m not a part of that chapter but I sent my initial request email and it took about 4-5 months to be contacted. Most chapters have been overwhelmed since the election.
If your chapter is active you’re basically waiting for an email and they’ll get you invited to the discord for new members. At least that’s how my chapter did it. Small yearly membership fee.
I didn’t join as a national member. Just a “local comrade”. So just a member of my local chapter. No idea how national membership works.
It’s most peoples understanding that being a member of any organization that has “socialist” in the name can make you a target for fascist. But I think it’s also most peoples perspective that EVERYONE is a target for fascist eventually. There is no defense in just sitting by and hoping that you’re the last to be targeted.
As a straight white male it’s definitely a privileged position to not have to be as concerned yet.
The SRA itself is not at all political though and members are discouraged from doing any organizing that could be connected directly to the organization. It’s basically meant to be a safe space for people to learn responsible gun ownership. Something that is usually dominated by the “maga hats”.
Join the SRA! (Socialist Rifle Association). We are the wrong people! We either arm the vanguard (not actually a goal) or we get more common sense gun laws implemented. It’s a win win.
In more serious terms, think of it as an organization where you can learn responsible gun ownership without being surrounded by maga hats. You don’t need to consider yourself a socialist to join. Though there is a basic vetting process to keep the maga hats out.
Depends on what you mean by “change things they did”.
If that was the case they wouldn’t be those people anymore.
Capitalism isnt failing because of some moral failure of the wealthy. It’s failing because of its contradictions.
The guillotine is simply a symbol of revolution. Revolution does not require violence if the ruling class gives up it’s power. But, historically, they never have. And the Capitalist class will not either. So violence is necessary in response to the state structures of violence.
So, I guess my point is that I’m not saying I want to kill capitalist. But, historically, the ruling class does not want to give up their class position and so violence is required to destroy the structures that uphold their class position.
There was a small push to promote “ergonomic” office setups and standing desks pre covid. But most of that died with working from home.
Also, it was just a way companies could use to avoid the fact that no amount of sitting posture or standing will counter the actual problems of just not moving for over 5 hours or more a day.
In a loving, longterm relationship, still feel terrible about my body and I’m in horrible shape (despite exercising still). If it helps in anyway, be proud of maintaining physical health. Attraction is subjective but your health isn’t. Always worth it exercise even if you’re just getting your heart rate up with some cardio. At least that what I tell my fat ass.
Technically my number is not 0. And the police really only protect the small percentage of people in this world that deserve the guillotine. So, in a way they’re right about that one. Just not in the way they think they are.
I’d literally rather my kid start smoking then have some adult watch them take a shit.
Hell, kid might start smoking to deal with poop anxiety it creates. Nicotine literally helps with constipation. Lol
That’s not the point. If someone is gonna fuck or shoot up in the bathroom they’re going to. The little perv gap we have isn’t gonna change that.
Puritan ideas themselves aren’t really about helping people to be more “pure”. They’re about subjugation, control, and maintaining a patriarchal structure.
Marx wrote a lot about this as a criticism of capitalism. Specifically in how he defines alienation and product fetishism (seeing the economy as a relationship between products and not between people).
The “capitalism is human nature” is complete horse shit, because even if that was true, less than one percent of the population have enough capital to actually be able to make decisions in a way that would even apply.
There is no “human nature” in working a wage labor job. The rest of us are just doing completely alienated forms of labor with only freedom to choose which shit company to work for for a shit wage.
I think my ADHD has really made me extremely anti capitalist since I graduated from college 10 years ago. Ive lasted long enough in a well paying position to have some savings. But im getting older. I can’t hyperfocus a months worth of work in a day like I use to. And I really just don’t have the motivation to either. I know my career is gonna fall apart at some point in the next decade. Just hoping I can find something else to support myself. I just can’t work on a computer anymore. My body literally can’t take it. I can’t think anymore. Brain keeps telling me to get up and go for a walk or something. And it’s not even all physical. I can sit and work on one of my personal projects still. I just give absolutely zero fuck about writing some code for a company that is literally just making the world worse every day. (Microsoft if anyone’s curious).
I think it’s mond boggling to you because you are missing my point. Somehow you read the comment as “don’t post facts” (which I never said) and then decided to literally not understand anything else of what I said.
I swear some people read one sentence and then decide they disagree with someone on the internet and start typing without even understanding what they are responding to.
Maybe re-read my comment and the follow-up to it. Especially the video I linked. Maybe how you’re interpreting my comment is wrong.
Well, it’s the lie silicon valley has sold. A lie that is falling apart (hence the right wing shift of the tech oligarchs). The lie was “Making the world a better place” we could use technology to “fix” the contradictions of capitalism. It did this primarily through liberal aesthetic based improvements. Which a lot of every day people confused with actual progressive material improvements.
You’ll still see it today with people defending Bill Gates as he continues to maintain the aesthetics. Still seen as a “progressive billionaire” as inherently contradictory that term is.