VerbFlow

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[–] VerbFlow 31 points 5 days ago

Under no pretext shall arms be surrendered from the workers!

[–] VerbFlow 1 points 5 days ago

Now they have ample opportunity to fuck up in front of everyone.

[–] VerbFlow 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Making racists openly uncomfortable without changing their minds just makes them use dog-whistles, sneakier tactics, and play martyr; and when the ruling authorities (like the government, powerful corporations, world leaders) fuck up, racists can just take advantage of that. The great irony is that "End Racism" is doing everything but actually ending racism, because actually ending racism would be a threat to a lot of people in power, namely the police who rely on fear of Black people, mega-corporations who scapegoat Jews, countless corporations who rely on prison labor, ICE agents who'd be put out of a job if immigrants were welcomed in, and so on and so forth. Racists, from 2008 to 2024, were not foreign, dangerous wolves who needed to be shoved back into the forest. They were rich, well-respected, and relied on racism for their powerful position in society.

[–] VerbFlow 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Not to say that Nazis are good, but that's a primarily defensive tactic, where we should be using offensive tactics like propaganda and sabotage. You're not living in the America you knew. The enemy surrounds us entirely and we have to understand that.

[–] VerbFlow 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Good idea, but how do you then denazify them? There's way too many Nazis to just "cut them off", it'd be like living in a rural town without using a car.

[–] VerbFlow 2 points 2 weeks ago

They do claim that they're nOt lIkE fOx nEwS aNyMoRe, though.

[–] VerbFlow 5 points 2 weeks ago

Despite the Dem party having their own problems with fascism, this proves nothing. The video during shows him exactly copying the Hitlergruess, unlike someone hailing a taxi or waving to the crowd. Please don't defend this douche-bag. He is not any sort of rebel rising up to defeat the American Empire, he is part of the American Empire.

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Counter-Drone articles (self.justpost)
submitted 3 weeks ago by VerbFlow to c/justpost
 

I haven't read these yet, but I will soon. This is in response to the United States using drones to enact ethnic cleansing. This was a breakneck search, but if anyone has a good in-depth article for countering drone warfare, please let me know.

NATO.int | Countering Drones: Looking for the Silver Bullet

NDUPress.ndu.edu | Breaking the Shield: Countering Drone Defenses

Claws.in | Drone and Counter-Drone Warfare at a Tactical Level

A good idea would be for drone hobbyists to outfit theirs with weapons. It's incredibly important, too, to target factories, and develop chemicals, EMPs, and other technologies that can disrupt drone functioning (drones are quite fragile). Hopefully China, or otherwise industralized states, developing drones en masse can send some to resistance groups.

[–] VerbFlow 9 points 3 weeks ago

We're going to have to develop anti-drone tactics.

[–] VerbFlow 1 points 1 month ago

If you are a trans person in Cascadia, consider fighting for Cascadian indepence, or if you live somewhere else, fight for any indepenence movement you can find. Do not let your fear prevent you from dealing a blow to the United States, because it's a worthless nation.

[–] VerbFlow 10 points 1 month ago

Epstein didn't kill himself, as evidenced by this mf

 

I'm trying to post any comments, but it endlessly loads. I'll check my internet connection

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submitted 2 months ago by VerbFlow to c/cascad_hist
 

There's also the Oregon Encyclopedia if you're interested in the region as a whole.

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by VerbFlow to c/nostupidquestions
 

I was just thinking about it after looking it up. What has it, in world affairs, actually done? What changes did it make to society that were worth making?

EDIT: I wanted to ask this because I had some thoughts on Critical Theory that I wasn't sure of. I thought it was just empty talk that would be repeated and repeated but never acted upon. Like, what would our world look like without Critical Theory being developed? How come such a "great ideology" couldn't actually stop the War of Terror, or the election of Donald Trump, or wealthy corporate executives becoming obscenely rich, or the Housing Crisis and Great Recession, or the Rwandan Genocide, or Russia's invasion of Ukraine, or anything? What does it do to actually help people?

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submitted 3 months ago by VerbFlow to c/justpost
 

I wanted to show all these indie sites so that you guys could explore. These have really good ideas and aren't hindered by concision.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O

 

This is a really good read. If you have any crits let me know.

 

Sometimes, I'd scroll Reddit because something would link there, but in the case of making a new account, I can't post anything, even comments because there's a minimum karma limit on almost every sub.

The deal is that Lemmy doesn't have the number of users that Reddit has. I suppose I'll make new communities. That'll help.

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After Harris/Walz Victory (self.politicaldiscussion)
 

What should we do after Harris/Walz is elected? I was wondering if you had some ideas. Here are mine:

  • Mass strikes in the workplace, demands being taxes for the rich and higher wages
  • Mass strikes in the military, demands being to end support for Israel, take away excessive military bases, shut down Gitmo, drastically reduce the budget, &c
  • Get as many people off the internet as possible
  • Get people arms and arms training so they can defend themselves without police, and heavily reduce police funding
  • Refuse to pay any landlords, lead attacks on real estate offices

Maybe some stuff would be extreme, but I ask you please to separate the wheat from the chaff, along with adding your own material. I may not be that smart, but at least I'm preparing.

(If you want to remember to vote, set yourself a timer like everyone else with memory issues. It should go ding on the day you get your ballot!)

I also feel kinda hazy

 

I'm not saying that freedom of speech IS a bad idea, or that the government should simply censor ideas that are harmful, but the idea to just silence people for misinformation seems to be gaining traction.

To be clear: I am NOT pointing fingers and accusing any political party (including the D-Party) of being censorious, or accusing censorship and its proponents as malicious, nor saying there is a conspiracy out to promote censorship. It simply seems that, due to a surge in right-wing terror attacks and the Capitol riots, people have become more accepting of censorship, from Popper's "intolerance of tolerance" to laws against homophobia and conspiracy theories, in search of a comfortable, safe state of society.

I also want to ask how censorship would be enforced. How would riots be dealt with? How would the police be handled? How would jails be prevented from overloading?

Also, this question is not directed at Anarchists. Some leftists don't like censorship, and others do, and I want to ask those that do.

If this question is stupid, tell me why. I may end up seeing myself that this question is stupid, and if so, I'll tell you.

 

I downscaled it this time.

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How Does OpenAI Survive? (www.wheresyoured.at)
submitted 5 months ago by VerbFlow to c/fuck_ai
 

I know this sounds pretentious (which is quite ironic), but this is something I've noticed about the internet. You never read about what someone does, only what they say. You hear politicians claim that they'll fix the economy, or celebrities make speeches about what they feel like, or what "message" a fictional movie has being discussed over and over, but none of that matters, because it's all saying and no doing!

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