millie

Just run Jon Stewart.

It's literally the political equivalent of throwing a hissy fit about the amount of foam in a latte. Literal Karen voters.

Well enjoy our society as it is I guess, because that let's find people to punish attitude is why we have a prison industrial complex.

The only way we beat fascism is with zero tolerance, and aggressive action. Anything else and you’re a lobster in a pot.

Absolutely. But that's not the same thing as saying they're not human. They are human. That's what makes them dangerous.

And if your standards are that everyone bad isn't human, you're literally propping up fascism.

I agree that fascists are bad people, and I agree that fascists won't go away by ignoring them or presuming their good intent.

But dehumanizing the people you decided are "bad" is literally the attitude that enables fascism. Not only does it set a low bar for what's required to dehumanize someone, but it weakens the kind of self-reflection that helps people avoid falling into fascism. Think about all those MAGA folk who say they only wanted to deport the "bad" immigrants. How's that working out?

People we feel are "bad" should be treated like human beings. Because what's deemed bad depends on who's doing the finger-pointing, and dehumanizing others isn't a great way to bring the information that there's something bad happening to those who don't already agree with you.

The upside to all of this right-wing censorship is that every time they do it they sell a bit of their claim to being subversive rebels pushing against a stodgy set of norms around speech and independence. Which, like, is a large part of what they've built their base on.

We're quickly getting back to that 90s era status quo of the right being whining church groups who don't want to see anyone gay on TV or hear anyone say things that they don't like politically. The result being that the left gets to look cool and subversive again, which swings the pendulum toward our side.

The biggest strategic mistake we ever made on the left was coming off as scolding moral purists. This is an opportunity to walk that back, and to reframe the push for our rights as rebellion. "I don't care what you think, I'm doing what I want" is a much stronger position than "let me tell you why what you say and do is immoral".

Such a weird mentality. Why would being small make us any less significant than something large? Why would being large make us any more significant than something small? Silly.

Wouldn't blowing up a pipeline just be like, an ecological disaster? Or is this a pipeline that isn't active yet?

What exactly is the point of a Jellyfin server? Wouldn't it be easier to just like, open the files? Why would that require a server?

So.. hierarchy based on perceived intelligence by whoever happens to have the power of physical force to take over? That doesn't sound particularly helpful for developing a sustainable society or one that isn't based on coercion. I'm also not sure how this perspective fits with the withering away of the state.

What you're describing is setting up a revolving door for anyone with the might to enforce their will while assuming that everything will work out in your favor. Manipulating people into attacking your enemies for you so that you can retain totalitarian control and alienate the people from their labor, their autonomy, and their society isn't really the same thing as freeing then from oppressive and wasteful social systems.

There's also a moral component that's being left out here, namely that humans ought to have the right to make decisions for themselves. Whether those decisions are good or bad, they should be able to make choices in their lives and work together to make choices at a larger scale when it's necessary. They shouldn't be dictated to by a political party any more than they should be by capitalists.

This is also a practical matter. What incentive for people to educate themselves is improved by rendering their input into their societies meaningless?

Have you tried using FiveM? Last I knew it didn't require social club access.

Toxoplasmosis in action!