"Russia’s economy minister admits ‘reserves have largely been used up’ while communist lawmaker warns of 1917-style revolution as #GDP shrinks"
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@benroyce @crcollins @spreadthetruth @retech
100% people sitting out and stamping their feet is how we got where we are right now.
@Sfwmson @benroyce @crcollins @spreadthetruth @retech my current response to those people is “thank you for the current SCOTUS. I am certain that as a cishet white male ( because for fucks sake they are cishet white males 99.9% of the time ) it will be quite some time before they impact you. Bravo.”
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Joe you need to to remove socialism from your list
Democrats think Sweden, Denmark and Norway are socialist
Republicans think China, Venezuela and Russia are socialist
so i want to sidestep the inevitable argument about what socialism means and simply note that the term is just a lightning rod in the USA for endless pointless bickering over word definitions
international observers: you may laugh, the USA is a land of morons dealing with decades of propaganda hangover
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@retech @DonChacale @farbel @spreadthetruth
"That women didn't know about primaries"
what?
why are you gendering this topic?
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@retech @benroyce @DonChacale @spreadthetruth Performative cynicism will get us nowhere. Generalization will get us nowhere. There are no pure socialist societies. There are no pure capitalist ones either. They are all blends. Intelligent participation adjusts the blend for the better. There is nothing more privileged than calling for revolution, to burn it all down. Because you know you will survive. Want people to vote? Stop telling them their vote doesn't matter.
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@benroyce @DonChacale @farbel @spreadthetruth The part I referenced: "...so out did canvassing the other day, a lady said I don't need your literature and we replied with its for the primaries she said I always vote... "
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@benroyce @DonChacale @farbel @spreadthetruth The part I referenced: "...so out did canvassing the other day, a lady said I don't need your literature and we replied with its for the primaries she said I always vote... "
@benroyce @DonChacale @farbel @spreadthetruth I just deleted what I said. It will only muddy the waters.
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@retech @benroyce @DonChacale @spreadthetruth Performative cynicism will get us nowhere. Generalization will get us nowhere. There are no pure socialist societies. There are no pure capitalist ones either. They are all blends. Intelligent participation adjusts the blend for the better. There is nothing more privileged than calling for revolution, to burn it all down. Because you know you will survive. Want people to vote? Stop telling them their vote doesn't matter.
@farbel @retech @benroyce @DonChacale @spreadthetruth
And just because a country calls itself, socialist, or democratic, or even a republic, does not mean it is one.
(and beware f those that think that being a republic and a democracy are mutually exclusive)
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@retech @benroyce @DonChacale @spreadthetruth Performative cynicism will get us nowhere. Generalization will get us nowhere. There are no pure socialist societies. There are no pure capitalist ones either. They are all blends. Intelligent participation adjusts the blend for the better. There is nothing more privileged than calling for revolution, to burn it all down. Because you know you will survive. Want people to vote? Stop telling them their vote doesn't matter.
@farbel @retech @DonChacale @spreadthetruth
"Because you know you will survive"
most of those cosplaying revolutionary will not survive a real revolution
furthermore, revolutions are not bastions of ideological purity. whoever wins could be worse. even if by some miracle something better does win, the new regime will still deal with impotent purists whining "but i want perfect, waah"
toxic idealists who bizarrely defer to revolution are excuse making for their own uselessness
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@benroyce @DonChacale @farbel @spreadthetruth I just deleted what I said. It will only muddy the waters.
@retech @DonChacale @farbel @spreadthetruth
ok but you said women, not the woman
you should make your point in a general fashion. because you're going to get accused of misogyny, and that would be a fair accusation because of your wording
and you didn't have to delete it, just remove the unnecessary gendering
it was really bizarre
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@farbel @retech @DonChacale @spreadthetruth
"Because you know you will survive"
most of those cosplaying revolutionary will not survive a real revolution
furthermore, revolutions are not bastions of ideological purity. whoever wins could be worse. even if by some miracle something better does win, the new regime will still deal with impotent purists whining "but i want perfect, waah"
toxic idealists who bizarrely defer to revolution are excuse making for their own uselessness
@benroyce @retech @DonChacale @spreadthetruth "the new regime will still deal with impotent purists whining "but i want perfect, waah" jajajajaja, so true.
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@farbel @retech @benroyce @DonChacale @spreadthetruth
And just because a country calls itself, socialist, or democratic, or even a republic, does not mean it is one.
(and beware f those that think that being a republic and a democracy are mutually exclusive)
@the5thColumnist @farbel @retech @DonChacale @spreadthetruth
the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is NOT democratic
the National Socialist German Workers' Party was NOT socialist
etc
people forget:
1. the historical evolution of a country or party
2. ideological terms are complex with muddy contradictory meanings
3. that propaganda will paint an ideological term in an unfair lightthen people will spend twenty years arguing about fucking terminology and forget real issues
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@retech @benroyce @DonChacale @spreadthetruth Performative cynicism will get us nowhere. Generalization will get us nowhere. There are no pure socialist societies. There are no pure capitalist ones either. They are all blends. Intelligent participation adjusts the blend for the better. There is nothing more privileged than calling for revolution, to burn it all down. Because you know you will survive. Want people to vote? Stop telling them their vote doesn't matter.
@farbel @retech @benroyce @DonChacale @spreadthetruth
There is no real communism, socialism, democracy, capitalism or any of the other myriad of political constructs. The only way to build a government that is 'for the people' is to start at the bottom & ask the people. Build from the bottom up not the top down. Figure out what to call it after it's done. I lean toward a Democracy however the people define it.
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@farbel @retech @benroyce @DonChacale @spreadthetruth
There is no real communism, socialism, democracy, capitalism or any of the other myriad of political constructs. The only way to build a government that is 'for the people' is to start at the bottom & ask the people. Build from the bottom up not the top down. Figure out what to call it after it's done. I lean toward a Democracy however the people define it.
@A_Minion @retech @benroyce @DonChacale @spreadthetruth "start at the bottom & ask the people." That is voting. Unfortunately a whole lot of people shrug and say "I dunno." or "I don't care." A whole lot more are manipulated into voting against their own interests, and another majority don't understand that, in a democracy, nobody gets everything thery want, so they stay home and bitch instead of doing the work.
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@farbel @retech @benroyce @DonChacale @spreadthetruth
There is no real communism, socialism, democracy, capitalism or any of the other myriad of political constructs. The only way to build a government that is 'for the people' is to start at the bottom & ask the people. Build from the bottom up not the top down. Figure out what to call it after it's done. I lean toward a Democracy however the people define it.
@A_Minion @retech @benroyce @DonChacale @spreadthetruth I would also say that communism, socialism and capitalism are economic constructs, not political. Democracy and authoritarianism and fascism are political constructs.
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@A_Minion @retech @benroyce @DonChacale @spreadthetruth I would also say that communism, socialism and capitalism are economic constructs, not political. Democracy and authoritarianism and fascism are political constructs.
@farbel @retech @benroyce @DonChacale @spreadthetruth
Won't argue but they get so crossed up that it seems they are all trying to do the same things. No matter what kind of Political theory there is an attached economic platform. They go hand in hand. The KISS principle.
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@the5thColumnist @farbel @retech @DonChacale @spreadthetruth
the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is NOT democratic
the National Socialist German Workers' Party was NOT socialist
etc
people forget:
1. the historical evolution of a country or party
2. ideological terms are complex with muddy contradictory meanings
3. that propaganda will paint an ideological term in an unfair lightthen people will spend twenty years arguing about fucking terminology and forget real issues
@benroyce @the5thColumnist @farbel @retech @DonChacale @spreadthetruth people (especially Americans) are generally not smart, and only believe what talking heads on networks owned by a corrupt billionaire tell them.
What's an Americans average reading comprehension level again, 5th grade? Yeah, we are cooked. No wonder we are headed for full on fascism.
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@A_Minion @retech @benroyce @DonChacale @spreadthetruth "start at the bottom & ask the people." That is voting. Unfortunately a whole lot of people shrug and say "I dunno." or "I don't care." A whole lot more are manipulated into voting against their own interests, and another majority don't understand that, in a democracy, nobody gets everything thery want, so they stay home and bitch instead of doing the work.
@farbel @A_Minion @retech @benroyce @DonChacale @spreadthetruth
I campaigned strongly during 2014. If one reply sickened me it was 20 year olds declaring ’I don’t do politics’.
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@benroyce @the5thColumnist @farbel @retech @DonChacale @spreadthetruth people (especially Americans) are generally not smart, and only believe what talking heads on networks owned by a corrupt billionaire tell them.
What's an Americans average reading comprehension level again, 5th grade? Yeah, we are cooked. No wonder we are headed for full on fascism.
@bridgeenjoyer @the5thColumnist @farbel @retech @DonChacale @spreadthetruth
i agree except with your conclusion
cynicism is self-fulfilling prophecy
we fight
we always fight
and any argument against fighting, such as cynicism, only aids fascism
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@bridgeenjoyer @the5thColumnist @farbel @retech @DonChacale @spreadthetruth
i agree except with your conclusion
cynicism is self-fulfilling prophecy
we fight
we always fight
and any argument against fighting, such as cynicism, only aids fascism
@benroyce @the5thColumnist @farbel @retech @DonChacale @spreadthetruth I'd like to agree ; but I'm really not convincing anyone, just annoying my friends who will further ignore everything I say.
