Eldritch @ Eldritch @lemmy.world

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Even if they were doing nothing they'd be doing more than the Republican Party.

There is no guarantee of security being provided by the us as long as agent krasnov is in office.

Oh he knows. He just wants to be friends with the aggressor. He admires that sort of person.

Independence entails not taking money from people you want to criticize.

No it doesn't. Criticizing those that fund you would literally be one of the more independent things a group could do.

Comparing them out of context to us has no value. The average serf today works more for comparatively less than those that lived under many monarchs. Do you think the average serf back then worked 40 hour weeks. 40+ weeks a year? This isn't a defense of monarchies however. Just a condemnation of capitalism.

The increase in standard of living comes from industrialization and automation. Not capitalism. Because for all the atrocities and faults of ideologies like Leninism. They achieved similar increases in standard of living. Which again, is not a defense or praise of Leninism. Just pointing out that capitalism is equally contemptible at least.

Show me a system that doesn't allow for oligarchs or vanguard, and we'll talk.

Not really. The wealthy classes had no issue making money under mercantilism. The issue was, no matter how much money they made. They were denied a level of power and control gate kept by monarchs. Economic liberalism did away with the divine right of kings and rule by bloodlines. Replacing it with something ultimately, arguably worse.

As inbred and shitty as most monarchies were. Oftentimes they at least attempted to be educated and trained to be decent rulers despite generally failing. All capitalism ultimately did was simply redefine who gets to be a monarch. And do away with any pretense of being trained or educated to be a decent ruler. Now we simply promote the least qualified most mentally ill and unscrupulous people possible.

In fact the average person stands to make a far more money under any system that doesn't tolerate monarchs, oligarchs, or vanguards. As opposed to capitalism for Marxist leninism which does.

Thee are still plenty of unrepentant ones as well. But honestly those are just accelerationists who don't care who they have to hurt to get what they want. They just want to be the ones choosing who to hurt. Much like the magats. But pretend to be different/better.

We know what's wrong with his brain. Greed and narcissism are mental illness. They're some of the most understood issues throughout human history And a society that tolerates it only enables it. Until such time as people stop worshiping the wealthy. And start showing them proper respect. Spitting in the face of most of them and taking their wealth back. These people will never see the help they need. Whether it is mental therapy and mutual aid. Or the guillotine.

Capitalism always ruins everything in the end

In their defense, if everyone was perfect everything would be perfect.

But you're absolutely right. As long as humans are human there's no way to separate human nature from authority. And as a result, any system that doesn't strictly limit scope and authority is inherently bad.

There's a lot of reasons they're losing election. One of the least of which is that they are too far right.

Full disclosure I am anarchist/anarco communist. Yes democrats should move left. But it isn't some sort of Panacea that would see them suddenly start winning elections regularly. Democrats moving left would see a lot of the party's funding evaporated. Which on one hand would be good. Because a lot of that funding is coming from some of the worst people. But on the other hand. Campaigns have been made very expensive. It would put Democrats at a distinct disadvantage, and see them losing just as much if not more than they already are. Without that money. Yet it is still the lazy go to answer.

The truth is Democrats don't even need to move left one iota to start winning again. All it needs to happen is for us to stop leaving everything to National leadership. Which is bought and owned. Completely disconnected from all constituency other than the donors. We need to revitalize state democratic parties. Have them take leadership back.

They will just pocket it like everything else. And yes they intend us to work to death and be grateful for it.

A Boltzmann brain is possible. Just not bloody likely.

I have. It was fine if disorienting at first. Hello my old friend walls. Bong bong bong zigzagging for a bit. But once you're used to the perspective shift and start getting a feel for it. Your back gliding around corners just fine. Though it is pretty intense. And I would take breaks every few races. Everything just comes at you so fast and goes by like a blur. But like with any racing you sort of get a tunnel of focus ahead of you. Though you have to keep enough awareness when you're in the pack.

Or Libertarianism for that matter. As any actual libertarian would be focused on leading those like him off to the guillotine.

For autocrats and dictators, yes.

It's unprecedented in us history. But in world history it's following a particular game plan from the last century 100%.

Those are services etc on the internet. Not the internet itself.

The internet is what you make it. I've never spent much time on overtly corporate media social or otherwise. Combined with largely avoiding the most politically toxic places both maga or ML.

Most of my time online is spent visiting places focused on retro Computing, Retro Gaming, music or some other hobbies. The internet hasn't changed drastically in 30 years. Just the way average people use it.

The corporate sites will never respect your time or privacy. They're just endless treadmills to keep you busy and engaged. We've always been able to hop off.