It cheapens the suffering, has no positive benefit at all, and turns a real war crime into a meme. It’s disgusting.
My earnest advice to you is to stop worrying about labels like "liberal" and "conservative" and think about the immediate, concrete, REAL effects of, say, an AOC presidency vs. A JD Vance presidency
Not just at Trump’s supporters, but at all the people who let structural misogyny take the future away from them.
Not just at Trump’s supporters, but at all the people who let structural misogyny take the future away from them.
I don’t mean that in like a name-call-y way. I mean it literally. It’s one of the biggest changes in internet use over the last decade.
I keep trying to remind myself of it when I get annoyed with people staying stupid shit.
I don’t mean that in like a name-call-y way. I mean it literally. It’s one of the biggest changes in internet use over the last decade.
I keep trying to remind myself of it when I get annoyed with people staying stupid shit.
If they actually believed their theory, they’d stop.
I try to lay this out here. 4/
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If they actually believed their theory, they’d stop.
If the government seizes that from billionaires, that’s de facto nationalization of many companies - and I’m not sure that’s really all that popular.
If the government seizes that from billionaires, that’s de facto nationalization of many companies - and I’m not sure that’s really all that popular.
If this happened in 12 months, it would almost certainly trigger a depression before the jobs could even be replaced.
If this happened in 12 months, it would almost certainly trigger a depression before the jobs could even be replaced.
The best way to hold them accountable is to … hold them accountable, which means not letting republicans cyclically take power with worse and worse people.
The best way to hold them accountable is to … hold them accountable, which means not letting republicans cyclically take power with worse and worse people.
1. Billionaires don’t just have liquid money you can easily tax. That’s why they’re billionaires.
2. Even if you did that, it wouldn’t pay for either of those programs, let alone both.
3. Addressing market failure with government intervention is inherently capitalist.
1. Billionaires don’t just have liquid money you can easily tax. That’s why they’re billionaires.
2. Even if you did that, it wouldn’t pay for either of those programs, let alone both.
3. Addressing market failure with government intervention is inherently capitalist.
He won because plenty of people voted for him even though he didn’t change his platform to “earn” their votes.
Those people, unlike yourself, understood the stakes and realized it doesn’t matter what he gives them if he loses.
He won because plenty of people voted for him even though he didn’t change his platform to “earn” their votes.
Those people, unlike yourself, understood the stakes and realized it doesn’t matter what he gives them if he loses.
You can do litmus tests.
Or you can try to find ways to peel off right wingers, which is the ONLY way you can strip ICE of funding handed out last year.
Bernie got a 49-51 vote on that point. You need 12 votes.
You can do litmus tests.
Or you can try to find ways to peel off right wingers, which is the ONLY way you can strip ICE of funding handed out last year.
Bernie got a 49-51 vote on that point. You need 12 votes.
I’m saying anyone arguing the U.S. is the worst place to be a leftist on earth is a privileged moron.
I’m saying anyone arguing the U.S. is the worst place to be a leftist on earth is a privileged moron.
Mamdani won because that’s not how supporters of any other non-Cuomo candidate reacted. Even many of Cuomo’s supporters came around to support Mamdani even though they disagreed with his policies.
Mamdani won because that’s not how supporters of any other non-Cuomo candidate reacted. Even many of Cuomo’s supporters came around to support Mamdani even though they disagreed with his policies.
I wonder what they do to communists in the Philippines.
I wonder what they do to communists in the Philippines.