An underappreciated thing that has helped American socialists in recent years is that, while we have our own self destructive habits of mind, we were able to exist to some extent outside of this one

I don't know your context for this remark but I love it, I think both a) it gets used way too much in situations where it's unnecessary and b) it still sucks even in situations where it is necessary

What it is, is a sure fire *political* opportunity. Unfortunately the people with sufficient capital, even the ones ostensibly aligned with the right side, are scared of the implications of funding it.

Same guy turned me on to Imre Lakatos, he was legit even if he was a conservative

The Post will have such a banger headline about the collapse of the provisional government

Smart, data-driven police brutality

From the wonderful Thom Andersen documentary Red Hollywood, which I'm currently streaming for free via my public library www.kanopy.com/en/product/r...

I only want to see your empire collapsing in the purple rain

Capitalists forever dream of a world without labor, that somehow still includes capital. And then eventually realize that the closest they can get is a world where workers are property.

Saw someone else note that this site is in a "white people accusing other white people of being white" cycle of discourse and yeah...

He tries to counter that Dinkins was a "co-member" of DSA and the Democratic Party, which makes no sense as Zohran shows in his next response.