and therefore, the cruelty is not the point, politics is political，and we live in a class struggle to boot!

that quote is hilarious. Are we already at the point that core imperialist countries are casually begging the global south for capital?

There was a time when organized labour posed such a threat that liberals more or less saved capitalism by making such concessions. That time is a distant memory now

You would be right to observe that the Democrats would do way better if they adopted those social democratic policies. I seriously think they'd crush elections if they did that. But they are a corporate imperialist party. they will not, they will crush such efforts as their #1 enemy and move right.

i pulled the trigger

The phrases "the essence of", "based on" establish that we are talking about "essential natures" of things, and i jacked the definition of idealism from some rando's essay, because it's concise and good

I think this is how many liberals see the world including many people I know personally. they think of change in the world in terms of ideals and moral principles like greed and moral good and evil.

Materialism is more accurate, more useful, and more liberating

Walz is essentially pro-LE, and has been. Proved it during the 2020 Uprising. State Police, in particular, slashed tires, gassed protesters, even shot a couple journos with "non-lethal" munitions.

If you thinking of him for higher office, be aware that he absolutely will not abolish ICE.

I would also rather be a Soviet citizen with Stalin than a colonial subject with Churchill, but this is only internet discourse, it's not so serious.

Don't know if you are getting bad messages elsehwere but in this thread I see criticism of ideas and not you as a person. That's beside the point though. In the friendliest way possible I think you are getting too invested, and it's time to sign out and do something fun.

Generally online we have to try not to spin out this way and if we do it is time to sign out