Freudian psychologists studying the fascist mindset following WWII have long commented that violence becomes the substitute for sexual release in the fascist's mind; celebration of death replaces celebration of life, making fascism a death cult in the truest possible sense

If you are posting ordinary thoughts with replies and quote reposts turned off I am going to mute your account. That shit is annoying af, stop it. People are here to interact, not just check up on your day

So there's new "discourse" now that thinking the world would be better off without the US in charge is some kind of problematic opinion that will turn people off leftism. I wish I were shocked but the lies people will tell and the fools who believe them have long killed that emotion in me

This is true if you are a liberal, yes. If you are a socialist, you know that the proletariat must not allow themselves to be disarmed, and that the only security capitalism affords to those it oppresses is what we can enforce with our own power. The state will never, ever, ever help us.

Tbh I never understood the "tankies" insult anyway; surely if there's any good use for tanks in this world it's killing fascists?

In case anyone was under the impression this fucking twit is still electable

caves of qud

It's an interesting dilemma, because naturally it's racist as hell but also, vaudeville and minstrelsy WAS popular entertainment at that point. Or rather, popular entertainment WAS vaudeville and minstrelsy; there wasn't much else going on. So there's not really anywhere else cartoon inspiration

I'd love to do that but unfortunately this person has disallowed replies; what a shame that they will never know the depths of my comedic derangement :(

Fifty years ago this may have been the likely outcome when the only difference between progressive and conservative liberals were practical ones of policy, but when disagreements are substantial and fundamental enough, proximity tends to produce the opposite result and increase polarization

What video game do I consider perfect? None; perfection represents a dead end and I do not believe in artistic dead ends. That said, there are games I have not seen meaningfully improved upon yet and which I do not believe will be improved upon in my lifetime, and this is one:

Or too cold!

Unfortunately, those companies have failed to consider: The Chinese Century

Something I haven't mentioned to people often because there's nothing to gain from it is that not very long before I left Facebook it placed in my feed a Group page follow suggestion with what absolutely had to be a picture of an underage girl fully and frontally nude, which I promptly blocked

If this is the way you are approaching the US turn toward fascism, then I am sorry to tell you but you have fallen for the Socialism of Fools and are only a few steps away from ranting about Judeo-Bolshevik Threats and Asiatic Hordes. Please stop before it's too late to save you.

I was a fool for abandoning martinis so long; what an absolutely marvelous invention they are

Speaking as a pretty damn accomplished cook: I barely ever taste food while I'm cooking it. I don't see the point; it's not finished while I'm cooking it. It doesn't taste the way I want yet, and it would even be bad if it did, so it's not a useful reference

Whatever you do, kids, don't become this

I'm not picky and I'm not ungrateful; if you give me a piece of tiramisu I will eat it and thank you. But if you use whipped, sweetened cream cheese instead of mascarpone, I'll know. I won't say anything, I'll still smile... but I'll know. And I'll remember.

Communists: fulfilling the empty promises of bourgeois government since 1917

My brother has kindly pointed out that this is largely the result of record populations of Black and LGBT people entering the middle class in the 80's and 90's with liberal tolerance drives, resulting in the successful ones becoming, as successful people do in white supremacy "white minded"

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Regarding the idea that this new wave of US fascism is somehow unrelated to the rise of a communist threat (which is absolutely is, because fascism and anticommunism are ultimately synonymous):

But violence isn't the- Shut up. Yes it is. If violence weren't the solution human history wouldn't be one long, gigantic story of it; liberal thought-terminating cliches notwithstanding humans are actually very smart and efficient on the mass scale when their material interests are concerned

But Terra, I hear people say, this sounds like you're declaring war! And how do we know that we're killing the right people? Not everyone who uses fascist symbols and dogwhistles is a committed fascist! Well, those are some great points! Yes, I am declaring war, because war is already underway

Non-oppressed groups are not going to stand up and take the front lines for oppressed groups; that is mere wishful thinking at its most immediately toxic and harmful. And other oppressed groups are not going to stand up for your oppressed group without mutual solidarity. So I urge everyone posting

If someone believes they have a counter-argument to this I welcome them to attempt it. If they do not or cannot, then they are compelled to admit my point, and at the very least not stand in the way of people who are willing and able to help solve this problem we are facing

I am not kidding or being dramatic when I say "kill fascists" by the way; it does not happen often but should the opportunity to murder a fascist with near certainly of getting away with it present itself, it is not only permissible but a moral imperative to do so. To do otherwise out of cowardice

Enshittification really is the absolute manifestation of capitalism's perverse incentivizing of anti-human behaviors. Companies expend a great deal of effort and resources to piss off everyone. No one wins, not even the capitalists in the end, because after the initial boost in value it always fails

be my slug!

The first one is a tight 2-3 hours!

I think an insufficiently examined part of a lot of people's deposit right now is that they think they would be unhappy living under any kind of centralized authority, that all authority is created equal and the more centralized it is the worse it is; and this is not really true.

An absolutely fantastic analysis

A realistic assessment of what's happening would be: prior to now, the US govt was always under the administration of people who knew the unwritten "rules" of the game and how to preserve the illusion of democracy, but now it is under the control of a non-vetted maverick who has freely broken them,

If this guy keeps being smart like this he's going to solve himself into some very powerful enemies and an early grave, but it's very interesting to see because usually the Democrat party is extremely effective at weeding out or taking guys like him before they paint big targets on their backs

caves of qud

Me: i’m Autistic Them: Oh you take things literally Me: No that’s kleptomania

by the gods..... fear it

Well, fucking thank you Bluesky for lagging out and causing me to get blocked because a reply posted in the wrong thread, love it

LGBT, racial, disabled, and women's oppression are all interconnected and separable only in discourse from the broader oppression of all workers. We all have one enemy and we cannot win unless we fight it together

Dunno who needs to hear this, but if you require kid gloves and careful handling before you are willing or able to learn, you are never going to learn, because the world is not kind and nobody is going to wait for you to find the most comfortable spot to listen

If you are one of the many people utterly shocked by how shamelessly and unanimously the US corporate press will lie to confirm with official directives, the best thing you can do is direct that newfound skepticism to EVERYTHING that press ever publishes and has ever published.

highly relatable, as possums tend to be

Short answer: the science is unclear, but it doesn't look that way

If the Emperor has the Mandate of Heaven, then we will kill Heaven.

Yes, the fascists want any excuse they can find to come get us. That's why we should stop worrying about it. Who cares if they find an excuse? We already see that if they don't, they'll make one up instead, and the media will turn it into truth for them. The correct response is not trying to defend

Those are penii

A fight is always against someone, so it's pointless ever to think or talk about fighting for universal rights. There are no universal rights, only rights for one class over anf against another. Rights for our class, none for theirs should be our rallying cry from now on.

www.linkedin.com/in/james-fan... www.linkedin.com/in/sadie-gur... The Wall Street Journal can't be held accountable for its terroristic attack against transgender people, but here are the LinkedIn profiles of the hitmen they used to carry it out.

It's not much, but why not hop on Google Maps and leave The Wall Street Journal a shit review with a screenshot of their lying story about the "transgender bullets"?