Political Memes

We need to like, mass-spam the entire Midwest america with historical romance novels with bodice-ripping sex scenes. I think if more guys just got lost in that shit, we would have a lot less tension and pain in the world.

Doing that to somewhat compensate for harm from romantic chatbots and porn would be absolutely beneficial.

I'm imagining you doing the Gollum thing arguing with yourself about theory and both sides accusing the other of being a revisionist

The right falls in line because they're fascists who are afraid of thinking for themselves. Diversity of thought causes discourse, that's a natural fact, but it should be celebrated as a strength. Looking for leftists to shut up and fall in line is like peak "enlightened centrist" thinking.

They definitely can. It's been off putting lately that the left has a check list that I have to hit every mark on to not be seen as a right winger.

There are leftist who are Christian. There are leftists who are against abortion, but understand that education and reproductive health (including allowing abortions) is an important and productive way to reduce abortions, instead of bans. There are leftists who are still traditional, holding morals and ethics that aren't fluid but also not rigid.

No one is truly happy about their political choices. Except for the insane 1/3 of Americans on the Maga train maybe.

Yeah, a lot of the stuff that the "Left" fails on seems to be because it hits "well it's not exactly perfect and good for absolutely anybody do we're not gonna do it"

Whereas the "Right" is basically 'well it came from my guy so... seems good'

They're poor that's why.

Uneducated, low resources, no time, no money or means.

True. But it needs to be one to be an effective boogeyman in a speech like this.

Still, makes us generally immune to a charismatic con man taking over the entire party.

Yeah, I once got interested like a bored person with a special interest in 70s sci-fi, Asimov, Star Wars, Wiener's "Cybernetics", all those aesthetics. Because leftist ideologies are kinda associated with them.

You come to trots, they seem fine and tolerant (they even consider tolerance and humanism as their main difference from stalinists), until you mention anarcho-syndicalism as something normal or ask questions (in the spirit of normal brainstorm) about the ideal society they describe in their articles. Here they either become hostile or ghost you.

Cause it's their (trots) fucking religion that every cook can guide a state, that a military of a trot state looks like every adult having a gun at home, and in case of war them all assembling, making a shot each and going home (quoting that Swiss joke).

And that their direct democracy and planning system too should not be really designed. Some "modern technologies" will do that.

They are just not interested in discussing how to actually build that shit. Only in the daily activity of a couple of obscure trade unions and in hating "the rich" or/and "the bourgeoisie".

You come to ansyns, they react like "you're already one of us if you want, now get off us, we're not interested in that shit".

You come to ancoms, admittedly some conversations are interesting, but talking specifics with them is like Napoleon going into Russia - the conversation seems to be going on, but you're increasingly feeling that you're getting lost without gaining anything.

You come to stalinists, they tell you your opinions will be considered when they kill everyone they don't like.

You come to usual left anarchists and may get a good conversation occasionally, but in the end realize that they are mostly interested in their hydroponic farms.

YMMV, but I don't see much consolidation.

(or were just trying to scare/motivate their own base)

DingDingDing we have a WINNER!

No, it's make everyone's quality of life better! /j

Honestly I expect life to get worse for 0.1% of people.

The right may not have great organization, but they have an astounding ability to put their blinders on for the Ten Minutes' Hate when it's called for. The right's problem is that when they smell blood in the water, THEN the unity falls apart. It's power games for them.

Parts of the left, or what passes for it in this country, would prefer martyrdom to cooperating with heretics.

Can't have a conspiracy theory if you see your so-called oppressors as atomized, alienated, confused, and largely helpless.

But then the trick fascists always pull is to describe their enemy as simultaneously weak and strong, brilliant and foolish, hyper-surveillant and utterly blind.