Olhonestjim @ Olhonestjim @lemmy.world

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No, that's how it's prevented. Putin cannot endure a united Europe entering the fray.

Did you?

Username does not compute.

Well, that's certainly one way to reduce our screen time. I've got shelves of neglected books that need attention.

Yet comparing all socialism to the Soviet Union is exactly what you did. The fact that Russian revolutionaries failed to eliminate dictatorship does not invalidate the philosophy of communism, it just demonstrated that Russia was unable to overcome their own social inertia.

Russia was always brutal to their people and to their neighbors, for centuries. They stayed that way as Soviets, and they haven't changed from it as capitalists. Abusing the working class is a violation of communist principles, not an inherent feature.

Damn, that's a great idea. I gotta go back and finish that series.

Let me guess. Post-Russian? Don't blame communism for Russia's glaring flaws.

He should give it to the employees collectively.

9 Nazis and a weird conservative are seated at a table...

You too can email Elon's HR team.

Oh, I don't think we're doomed at all. They are. Just look at the damned fools overplaying their hand. I was merely pointing out the stakes. They are existential. It's us or them, by their own account. Maybe you and I disagree about that.

Of course the Constitution doesn't matter. It's a piece of paper with words on it -- better ideas by better people have been uttered for centuries. We can, indeed we must, do better. Furthermore, it is currently sitting defenseless against a proverbial serial arsonist. But it's past its prime regardless how they wipe their collective ass with it.

I was there dude. I was a devout member of the Evangelical movement before gay marriage bans were overturned. Their reaction is one of the reasons I left. They hate the gays. You think it's just a light smattering of bigotry? It's way beyond that. Those people are in charge now. They're all cozy with the billionaires, or so they think. They want to nuke the Middle East to make Jesus come back, and they've got the red button now. They're hateful, evil, arrogant, delusional, and insane. They've been waiting for decades for the chance to get rid of the gays, and they miss the times back when they could. This is the best chance they'll ever get. Yes, they're gonna go for it. The billionaires do not give a fuck about anybody, but are happy to throw them a bone, as the powerful always do with the gullible.

But sure, theConstitution will stop them. Any day now.

I'm glad we agree on something. You might say you care about these issues the same or even more than your downvoters, but you're in denial that it can't get worse, that our enemies are "too smart" not to capitalize on keeping us alive and happy. I doubt that. We care about these things just like you, but you might take it more seriously in light of history.

That's not how it works.

Nah, everything you said was all just staggeringly naive and amounts to nothing more than "they can't do that, it's unconstitutional!"

The ultrawealthy want us all dead or enslaved, and nothing else will do.

They randomly kill members of the working class every single day, and you barely even notice.

They're evil, and absolutely yes, they're fucking stupid. They aren't gonna go to all the trouble of a fair trial and appeals, they just want to kill whoever they want, when and where they find them.

Dude, they want to decree all gays as pedos and give them the death penalty.

And you're going, "they can't do that! That's illegal!

Seriously?

Hurry Elon, hurry. Godspeed.

They want slaves.

Too easy for the rich to get out. Bring out the guillotines.

Replacing the top people with incompetents.