Are you okay?
rando895
joined 1 year ago
Sure. Leaving most of Trumps policies in place as well as supporting a genocide in Palestine. He also hasn't done anything to reverse the genocide on the Indigenous people in the USA, if you want to be spicy. He hasn't done anything about the clearly disproportionate violence against non-white people, and he allows the hate speech and othering to continue unabated, providing a nice scapegoat for the country's problems without him having to lift a finger.
There's also the ongoing imperialism of the USA, and their hundreds of military bases across the planet, asserting control over numerous populations. While this isn't necessarily fascist, the common argument used for invasion into other countries is that "we need to bring them freedom and Democracy, and our Western values". And again, there is still an occupation in Iraq by the USA military, under Biden, where these were clear "reasons" for the occupation.
So, is it fascist to allow the continuation of things that may be considered fascist when viewed together? Probably. Especially when you lead the largest military in the world, and the second largest economy, no one else has the power to sign a paper and end the atrocities. Well, at least some of them.
A neat thing is no one actually needs to even die to meet the definition of a genocide
Yeah, the war was in a sailmate before that. What don't you understand? No one could get boats through thanks to the underwater tubes of semen.
I hadn't thought about that, I still have the (liberal) knee jerk reaction to defend what a government could be, when they complain about the government and taxes. I need to move past this I think, and focus more on how they fuck everyone but big business.
Afterall, the small shop owner has more in common with us than they do with Bozos
I try and treat them like students without being too obvious. Praxis is important. If I can ask a couple of pointed questions based on what they are saying at me, they think I'm interested, but with the right questions it instills doubt into their views.
Then walk away lol
That's a good point. I can talk to a shop owner like they're a shop owner, but they have no idea who I am.
But then why talk politics at me in the first place lol.
Yeah I find yelling with regular people about the rich usually works. Shop owners are more difficult for me
... You work harder than everyone else but get paid the same
And to be honest, if you are already a socialist you are more likely to read and organize. So videos aren't necessarily meant for you at that point .
Though I admit as a country bumpkin it would be nice to find something like a how-to list of somewhat fleshed out ideas for organizing in your community. Like a third-thought channel or something lol. It's pretty hard to start from scratch. And yea there are no socialist/commie groups here so joining isn't an option and starting one goes back to my previous point.
So, you think I am in support of genocide Joe?
And besides, he's so old I would be surprised if there were enough drugs on the planet to get him hard enough to ride.