TheDemonBuer @ TheDemonBuer @lemmy.world

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I think it's relevant, but I admit I failed to acknowledge a critical part of this situation: the ways in which women are harmed by these circumstances. Obviously, there are the direct effects of the kinds of misogyny peddled by men like Tate, but there are also the less direct and mostly unintentional effects of the broader movement that helped create the conditions that made the manosphere possible.

Liberal feminism tried to liberate women, but unintentionally ended up confining them to a different kind of prison, one in which they would remain the person primarily responsible for keeping house and caring for children, but in which they would also be the sole financial provider, as well. Liberal feminism convinced women that it would be liberating for them to take on both traditional, household gender roles, but all it did was saddle women with an even greater burden.

Meanwhile, the movement to make women independent left a lot of men lonely, bitter, and resentful, ideal for manosphere grifters and parasocial cam models to exploit. It really was a scenario that ended up making essentially everyone worse off. It also absolved men of any of their previous responsibilities.

I think people need to abandon the idea that freedom comes from independence. Independence can be liberating, but it can also be isolating, and burdensome. A person who lives totally self sufficiently, alone in a cabin in the woods is independent, but also lonely and saddled with the entire burden of survival. Many hands make the burden light, fewer hands make it heavy.

Where liberalism fails time and time again is in its antisocial tendencies. Liberalism's focus on the atomized individual so often disregards relationships of interdependence, or even sees them as antithetical or hostile to individual freedom. But this mentality ignores the inherently social nature of our species, as well as the absolute material necessity of social arrangements.

It's deeply unfortunate. Workers need a true advocate, not a conman. Unfortunately, there are very few, if any true advocates for the working class, especially in politics. I guess many workers are so desperate for representation they'll choose an obvious wolf in sheep's clothing.

It reminds me of that line from The American President:

People want leadership, Mr. President, and in the absence of genuine leadership, they'll listen to anyone who steps up to the microphone. They want leadership. They're so thirsty for it they'll crawl through the desert toward a mirage, and when they discover there's no water, they'll drink the sand.

I feel bad for all the dumb guys who get robbed blind by all these con artist grifters. Whether it's someone like Andrew Tate or some OF model, they're getting taken for a ride.

If there's some young man reading this who has or is considering giving money to a manosphere grifter or some cam model, just know they don't know you, they don't care about you, they only want your money. You're nothing but a mark to them. Get off the Internet, go to church, or go to school, or to the library, or do some volunteer work in your community. Meet a nice girl, in real life, treat her right, and cultivate a real, lasting relationship.

Fuck 'em.

Maybe dealerships served a purpose at one point, but today they are totally unnecessary. They are needless middlemen who exist only to jack up the price of vehicles.

Edit: this is the bullshit that needs to be undone. Dealerships should not be protected by unnecessary laws that force consumers and producers to use them.

Autoblog reports that the California New Car Dealers Association claims the direct sales strategy violates a 2023 amendment to California’s State Vehicle Code which prevents automakers and their affiliates from bypassing their franchise dealerships.

Well, Republicans are more likely to identify as working class than Democrats.

My life is fine, thank you.

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy defended hiring high-skilled foreign workers, emphasizing the need for global talent in tech, while far-right figures like Laura Loomer and Matt Gaetz criticized the move

I'm critical of it too, but not for the same reason as Loomer and Gaetz. My problem with it isn't that it hurts America, but that helps America TOO much. If all of the best and brightest are coming to the US, they're leaving their nations of origin, depleting the talent pool of those nations. It leaves those nations disadvantaged relative to the US, and it's not fair for the US to have that advantage, because we are already the world's dominant economic superpower. We can't keep taking resources (in this case labor and intellectual resources) from poorer nations, to help generate profit for our wealthy elite.

I think she tried, but in a very ineffective way. The problem is the emotions that many, if not most Americans are feeling right now are centered around anger, resentment, disillusionment, angst, etc, and I don't think Harris knew exactly how to capture that vibe. Admittedly, it's a tall order.

I think what people wanted was someone to tell them they were right to be upset and that there were going to be big changes, but that's risky because Harris was part of the incumbent administration and because it potentially alienates people who are pretty ok with the status quo and don't want things to radically change. It's an extremely difficult (if not impossible) balancing act, which, obviously, Harris did not pull off. To be fair to Harris, she didn't have a lot of time to try and find the right balance given the unusual circumstances surrounding her nomination.

Who could have guessed

Not the Democrats, apparently.

Although, to be fair to the Democrats, it is difficult, if not impossible, to appeal to every potential voter's emotions, especially in the Israel-Palestine conflict. It's essentially impossible to try and appeal to the emotions of those sympathetic to Palestine without upsetting voters who are sympathetic to Israel, and vice versa.

I actually think this is a very important lesson for Democrats: if you expect voters to vote rationally, you will lose. You can't win by trying to appeal to people's intellect and reason, you have to try and appeal to emotions and passions. If that sounds potentially dangerous, that's because it is, but unless they're willing to abandon democracy, I don't see any other option.

BYD is a multinational, multi billion dollar, for-profit, publicly traded corporation. If they're Marxist-Leninist, then I guess so is Apple and Tesla.

I think people are just trying to catch their breath before the next presidential election cycle starts in a few months.

Facts don't mean much in the US today. Maybe they never did.

Why is this being downvoted? This is a great example of a shitpost.

proactively develop governance frameworks, coordinate globally, and prepare our societies for unprecedented change

Get in line behind climate change.

The only way they could get people to complain about "social issues" is asking people that voted trump

Well, he won the election. If you want to find out why, you ask the people who voted for him, as well as people who didn't vote for either candidate.

You're wooing for justice, right?

Yes they are, Colin. Yes they are.

If by left policies you mean: CEOs shouldn't make 300x as much as their average employee, or housing should be more affordable, or we need better, more affordable healthcare, then I would believe that those policies are generally favorable to a majority of the working class in the US.

progressive civil society has come too close to abandoning mass politics to build working-class alliances and support for left visions.

I don't think the working class, generally, wants to build alliances with leftists, because many, if not most, working class people are not only not leftists, they're vehemently opposed to the left. I'm not saying the working class and the left are mutually exclusive, there are working class leftists, but they are a minority among the working class. I'm also not saying that the working class is mostly far right. I don't think they are, I think the working class is relatively moderate, if slightly center right, especially on social issues. I think where the working class can often skew left is on some economic issues, but it's difficult, if not impossible these days, to separate the more popular economic left policies from the more controversial socially left policies.

that 600 million is going to the pockets of the service industry

I guess trickle-down economics works after all.