Militaristic? Check. Hyper-patriotism? Check. Heavy focus on discrimination against out-groups? Check. Totalitarian power structure? Check. Subjugating citizens for the greater good of the state? Check.
By golly, I think he's right.
Candelestine
joined 2 years ago
Very little in its current form, I think mainly just IP address.
Don't underestimate the number of registered dems that simply aren't very progressive, and have zero interest in talking a progressive talk. We're a coalition party, after all. The fix for that is voting reform, ranked choice, something like that, so we don't all have to cram into one party just to survive.
Some people are just pro-choice and want some more business regulation, but that's it. They can be dems too. I'm personally not in favor of any kind of ideological purity, I think they should be allowed within our ranks.
edit: underestimate, not overestimate, which made no sense.
I agree, we generally do try to look at the bigger political picture, and especially since Citizens United, money is a very, very major consideration. Politics is an inherently ugly practice that involves a great deal of compromise, just to function in a complex world with large numbers of different interests in it.
Though I'd say the modern day is a more mixed bag, it's easier now for a more independent politician to rise with grassroots support than it was pre-internet. This was a major factor in Bernie's success, and we have people like Katie Porter proving it wasn't actually just some fluke. Even Obama did well, mainly with grassroots support against Hilary.
The big conspiracy theory that these considerations amount to some shadowy suppression is bullshit though. All the interests are pretty out-in-the-open with what they want. People who did not like him were not hiding their distaste for Bernie, or reasons for not supporting him.
One thing I think gets underestimated by younger progressives is just how many educated, middle-aged soccer moms with two and a half kids that we have.
Depends how the eggs were cooked, really.
Sure does make it harder to say nobody is providing any oversight.
All I know is that if you're very worried about being surveilled by governments, the Fediverse is the absolute last place you should want to be.
This is one of the most transparent platforms we have come up with yet. Instead of all your data only being viewable by a host company, it's viewable and able to be analyzed by basically anyone who puts some effort in. This makes it economically worthless, can't really sell something that everyone can already just get for themselves.
We're all out in the open here. So, wave to all the national security agencies everyone. Hiiiii! Hope you're all enjoying the memes!
Good thing we're on a service fighting back against algorithmic control in the service of greater profits, where more nuanced takes are not buried by algorithm-served emotional sound-bites.
It's a legit argument. Though I would counter by saying it was hamas' goal to further strengthen the right-leaning elements in Israeli society, and it was successful in that regard.
Netanyahu was in a very ugly position, and it was looking like he might finally be succumbing to his own corruption, which would open things up for his leftist opposition. The leftist opposition wanted peace, while Palestinian militants did not want peace, they wanted a continuation of violence. The best way to secure the continuation of violence and halt any peace progress was to empower the Israeli far-right towards ultra-violence, to further inflame the whole region towards a future of war.
So that's what they did, to wild success.
Regardless, blaming all of Israel is unproductive. The real blame should fall on the Israeli Netanyahu government, and far-right settler movement.
Before Netanyahu took over, the Israeli military was evicting their own settlers, which Netanyahu put a stop to, if memory serves:
Shipping between the northern Atlantic Ocean and the northern Pacific Ocean regions will get a touch cheaper, maybe. Canadian shipbuilding might proliferate a little bit, in the very long run. Half of Florida won't be there anymore.
Upvote for solid unpopular opinion post. Also a fairly entertaining rant.
I suspect there's a direct correlation between education level and urges to be pedantic. When schooling hammered vocabulary into your head and punished you for misusing it, vocabulary being misused becomes tougher to enjoy.
Toxic though? You're not insulting or harassing someone, unless they're really thin-skinned.