Wow it’s almost like privatized education inherently prioritizes profits over quality service.

Thanks, that means a lot

I voted dumbass, it didn’t fucking matter and it never will because voting can’t stop fascism. Liberal democracy does not have an internal route for stopping fascists. It has failed to do so in every historical moment where it had the chance.

My argument is not that the democrats are worse than republicans by nature. I think they are ontologically evil, yes, but I do agree republicans are worse. My complaint is that they are an insufficient tool for preventinf fascism and should be abandoned as the primary route.

Before fertiziler famines were often a cyclical process occurring once every 10-30 years depending on your region. Would you like to go through multiple famines your lifetime?

Communism

I agree, the goal would be the authority of workers to be popular first.

Absolutely, convincing liberals of this necessity is imperative

I mostly agree. I see nothing wrong with voting, though I understand the folks who didn’t vote in the last presidential election. I don’t think voting matters all that much outside of local elections but do what you will. It’s getting a lot of hate rn because it has felt very ineffective at preventing fascism and people are seeking alternatives.

Pacifism is not a virtue in and of itself. These people are going to murder me and the people who are supposed to prevent that have done nothing of value. I’m sorry your precious liberal values stop you from defending yourself. If liberal democracy can do nothing to prevent fascism then liberal democracy should be replaced.

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I understand not wanting to do violence, trust me I do. I hope I never have to hurt anyone in my life, so far I haven’t done so physically or on purpose. It does need to be done though. We are having violence done to us and it is okay to respond violently.

My problem is not with the individual my issue is with the deomcratic party. You are correct that there wasn’t anything Biden could actually do on his own. It would take a collective effort and likely military cooperation. It would cause political mayhem and be detrimental to the country as a whole and possibly destroyed the democratic party. It could prevent fascism though. I’m not saying any of this is easy or legal but it could have prevented fascism. Instead they did nothing of consequence.

I am personally of the opinion that fascism is incapable of being prevented through official means under capitalist liberal democracy so everything I say here is effectively meaningless. I’m sort of arguing that people in a system incapable of stopping fascism should have just done it anyway. Point is, you either have to accept that the democrats did nothing to stop fascism or that capitalist liberal democracy is incapable of stopping it and should be abandoned. Assuming you agree that the Trump administration is fascist.

You would probably refer to me as an authoritarian yeah but I think the term is meaningless. As far as I’m concerned all states are authoritarian and my endgoal is the dissolution of all states.

Edit: Roe v Wade should have been codified far before they had the chance to dismantle it but the democrats used it like a carrot on a stick.

Fascist should not be treated the same as a normal political opponent. You NEED to purge them from your government as soon as possible. You can spot proto-fascists, it is possible. Why in gods green earth would you wait until they have established power to challenge them, that’s stupid as hell. I’m sorry if it disturbs your liberal sensibilities but fascists deserve to be oppressed. They won’t hesitate to oppress you when they get power

They did in 2020, and then they did nothing to prevent fascism. The fascist did not face serious detrimental consequences of any kind. In fact they actively coveted and aided Israeli fascist which harmed their ability to get reelected.

This isn’t just about oil. Petroleum is needed for a fuck ton of commodities, fertilizer is a big one and planting season started right before the blockade for a lot of the world. This will effect the price of food significantly and it will be reflected in british politics. We don’t just need petroleum to run cars and factories, we need petroleum to eat and produce a plethora of chemical components necessary for critical manufacturing processes. This isn’t even including the cost of shipping and with the way our production chains work in the modern day a raise in shipping costs can effect the price of a commodity at multiple stages of production causing a compounded effect. Starmer is worried for a good reason. The whole world is worried, there just isn’t much they can do about it.

I mean probably but its also just incredibly bad for the British economy

Having an it is what it is moment rn and its gonna cost me 6 points on my essay due tomorrow.

Thanks 👍

Okay I can see what is happening here and its objectively funny but I crave historical context. What event does this image depict?

Assyria, the Maya, and a few Chinese dynasties are particularly notable imo. What scares me is the climate change they experienced was on a significantly smaller scale than us.