Law gets enforced if power finds it useful to enforce. Ignoring it is not an option, for people actually in danger of having the law enforced against them.
You can hold your nose to vote, you know? Sometimes it is necessary to vote for the least worst option but it is never necessary to pretend that it is actually perfect.
Well I’m a staunch democrat myself and I don’t believe I’ve ever wanted to “fuck the working class”
This thread is about Labour in the UK. Far too many similarities, mind.
Loyalty to a political party is a bit weird but whatever, you need to pay attention to what they do not what you wish they'd do.
“For every blue-collar Democrat we lose in western Pennsylvania, we will pick up two moderate Republicans in the suburbs in Philadelphia, and you can repeat that in Ohio and Illinois and Wisconsin. --- Chuck Schumer, 2016
That's how the Dems lost in 2016 and it's how they may lose again in 2024. And it's how Starmer's Labour party will fail to undo the damage the Tories did, just like Blair's Labour party failed (because it had no intention of trying).
This is just bullshit fluff to cover up the fact that they have absolutely no intention of making ordinary people's lives better.
Don't get me wrong, I'm glad he's not a homophobe. But this is just the Dems self-defeating demographic strategy. Fuck the working class but hey, marginalised people, vote for us!
And he can't even do it properly because he's decided transphobia and racism are A-OK because otherwise the media he is too afraid to stand up too will attack his spineless self.
No idea why they used title case but the above is a discussion of the origins of the quote you were looking for.
The full original quote is "the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function."
It's very, very diffficult to find a way 'in', not least because there are a lot of groups you will one day know to avoid and they tend to be easier to find.
Think about what it is you want to do. Labour organising, direct action, protests and stunts, letter writing.
Attend protests and talk to people. Find relevant accounts on Mastodon and follow them.
And don't be afraid to do your own thing. You don't need to be under an official banner to get a group of friends together to picket your local representative, or block the entrance to EvilCorp, or whatever. Start getting involved where you can and you'll make the connections.
Yeah, OP, do not fall for EA nonsense. They're not trying to change anything for the better, just pushing justifications for extreme wealth and the misery it creates for everyone else.
The word was coined by a woman and the support network she set up was for men and women. Until the space got taken over by bitter men blaming women for all their troubles and, here we are.
The NHS is on its knees because of deliberate underfunding. It is only still going because NHS workers have taken a 25-35% real terms pay cut since 2010. It cannot recover off the backs of its workforce, not least because that workforce can easily find work elsewhere but the NHS cannot replace them.
The Tories are doing this because they want to privatise health care. Don't make it so easy for them.
Well said. The killer and his father are both victims of stochastic terrorism. Lots of people with blood on their hands and just this one patsy to hold accountable.
But if I die at the hands of the state, I want you all to politicise the fuck out of it. None of this "not the right time" nonsense. It will be exactly the right time and you fuckers better make sure my death counts.
"Who's nicked the cutting board?" Indicates that it is not in its proper place and makes a (light-hearted) accusation of theft to indicate that it shouldn't be anywhere else.
Yes! Phones with small screens are not useful. Phones which don't fit in pockets are not useful. Flip phones solve the problem and I've been wanting one for twenty years.
Removable batteries for sure, but I spent 20 years waiting for the clamshell design to make a comeback and I love my Flip (4). Phones need to fit in pockets and have a decent sized screen.
But they're not telling men that, only women. And that is unreasonable no matter how hard you struggle to justify it.