… I have been.

Please don’t forget NY we want In too.

But when government has social programs it’s socialism. It’s in the name!

I don’t think this needs a /s, but the world doesn’t fucking make any sense.

When you grow up in the heart of imperialism it’s hard to see who you’re hurting. It’s what you do when you know better that defines you.

It just turned me into a communist.

May the adjuster enjoy his well earned respite.

The adjuster, fates willing, will find them none the less.

Why should he? It’s already been made clear there is no law for the ruling class. Mind your place pleb.

That’s the rub,

You think government is inherently bad. I think they, and us by reflection are a product of their material conditions. Governments are a reflection of a people’s relationship with material. IE - America says “Greed is Good” Ergo we get the corporate profits over people shitfest we have now. The first step towards breaking that hold is education and organization at a community level. So that is where I focus.

I could get into a big lecture/discussion about Dialectical Materialism, the conditions requiring a vanguard, how that vanguard should be defined ect. ect. ect, how we as a people work to stop capitalist vampirism and “corporatism” (capitalism in a trench coat) - but I don’t think that would help.

Alternatively, I could pull the typical Tankie “Read theory” at this point (and I do think that is what is needed for us to continue this conversation, but I admit it’s a copout that doesn’t really give you a good starting point. Really though the first 2 pages of the manifesto would give you the gist of what I’m trying to say here.)

So, where do we go from here? - If you have a suggestion, I would be happy to talk more.

EDIT: The post above this was just saying that I was trying to “No u” him, but he called me a bad name, so the mod tagged it, just for context. To be fair, I am saying that it happened and happens in many cases, so I can see the argument, I just think it’s inaccurate.

We both do. I just don’t hide from that fact and work to minimize the damage.

Modern Russia is an imperialist shit hole. The question I was asked was about the Soviet.

I don’t support any killings.

Clearly you do. You support a world order that can only survive on exploitation of the global south and developing world. So yes. You do.

You can pretend all you want. But you benefit from those killings you don’t speak out against. That is tacit support.

We can and should do everything we can to minimize suffering. You want to bury your head in the sand about the killing and suffering needed to support your lifestyle.

The same you feel when I ask about the millions killed yearly due to imperialism & capitalist overreach.

No. We’re fucked. If you want someone to blame we need to look at the last 50 years as a nation. This has been building for a long time.

Does that bode well for the presidenal vote as well or am I being too optimistic?

Cool. She’s not a fascist, but she isn’t leftist either. Meming about it won’t change it.

Sounds like a great guy who would do well, but is needed in his state more than as VP.

Played since vanilla, took a break in the middle for a while, dragon flight hit the fun of Wow really well compared to the other recent expansions. I’ll probably stick around for war within too. They learned a lot of lessons from the mess that was shadow lands.

Already blaming the left I see. Ahead of the curve. Good job.

Every non violent success story has someone behind the non violent one ready to burn shit down that makes the non violent one the easier choice.