rockSlayer @ rockSlayer @lemmy.world

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Why do the categories have to be mutually exclusive? ADHD is a neurodivergent condition that can cause disability.

It's literally a matter of national security for other nations.

The way I look at it, things have to get better. Because if they don't then we will destroy ourselves. Barbarism until socialism.

My reaction was "this is deeply unsettling and probably a good way to get a UTI, but whatever"

And Blinken will find some excuse to keep pushing arms despite them crossing the line

Nationalizing energy infrastructure

Give people the basic dignity of existence, even when you're pissed at them.

Why do you believe that what he did wasn't mobilization? Enough people voted for him that he won, that's called mobilization.

Why do you disagree? He mobilized the same number of voters, consistent over 3 elections. He got them to care, by borrowing leftist aesthetics to push class division.

Politicians mobilize voters, not the other way around. A politician failed to effectively mobilize. The strategy isn't just "make everyone vote", it's to get people to care. The genocide isn't a single issue to be ignored, it's 43k reasons to not vote for either candidate.

Microsoft is already working on it

Don't forget to keep the bottle upright, mr. Frodo

That just means the groundwork of building a general strike will require building class consciousness, as well as building a support network for vulnerable people.

I'm not aware of the history of this movement. Could you please provide some context? I want to push against reactionary undertones I might come across

Wow things sure changed about Android roms! I still remember how difficult it was to try to simply install a rom through Knox

That seals the deal for me on rooting my pixel. I've been hesitant about rooting ever since I bricked an extra galaxy s3 and nearly bricked my (main device) Verizon galaxy s5

Your cat seems quite annoyed at you taking pictures of their ginormous nut sack

They'll be put on the chain gang, based on the rejection of the proposition to ban slavery in prison.

No, they definitely thought about this one

I agree with most of your analysis, when viewed through the lens of immediate consequences. However I'd like to push back on the idea that it's just revolutionary roleplay, and I'd like to explain why I see things that way.

I'll agree that both parties, as in the voting base and establishment, are generally supportive of capitalist policies. However I believe that it's far deeper than that. Not only are the folks at the top of both parties capitalists, but a vast majority of all the fundraising money they earn comes from billionaires. In a political context, money is never given without a reason. When you or I donate money, it's because we want to see 1 or more candidates to win. When a billionaire donates money, they want political influence to direct party and government policy to benefit them and their capital. If they can't get that influence with one party, they will happily change party allegiance because the duopoly does not provide any wiggle room for genuinely progressive policies due to financial incentive, unless there is a true working class crisis (i.e. the fallout from the great depression). It's happened constantly throughout US history.

I will always point out that Marx would have never been able to do his crucial work in economics and political theory had Engels not funded and co-authored the endeavors. Everyone in the ruling class has the capacity to become a class traitor and fight for workers, but not the incentive. Mark Reuben genuinely seems like a decent person to me, and I respect him stepping in with Cost Plus. However, he has an economic incentive to get influence through the democratic party to improve profits for his other ventures at the cost and exploitation of the workers at those companies. It's nowhere near as blatant as Musk, but it's absolutely still present. If the Democratic party puts forward a policy that is in direct opposition to his profits, that support will dry up immediately.

Not only that, but remember how the democratic party forcibly pushed out Bernie in 2016, because he was offering genuine improvements to the working class? That pressure came from both the billionaire donors and the billionaire party establishment. The same happened in NY to AOC, to a lesser extent and primarily over her anti-genocide and anti-colonial stance towards Israel. The billionaires want to profit off of illegally seized land, and they do not care how many people they need to kill to get that profit. In my eyes, this might be a reason why Harris didn't even try to disingenuously sell an anti-genocide stance.