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He got me to read the Manifesto and would have hours' long debates with our social-democratic roommate and now this. It's really shaking me up a bit.

He is on the whole defeatist 'nothing will fundamentally shake the imperial machine so might as well pick the wardog with better domestic policies' tip. I want to get through to him but I am getting stuck.

For example:

i also refuse to not vote my conscience but i figured this time its not like doing this abstract process to pick if id prefer -100 points vs -200 points is gonna matter that much if i genuinely believe itll even be slightly better under kamala i might as well

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You either die a hero or live long enough to become a villain.

I normally hate that quote because it was Nolan capeshit brainworms in its origins of common usage, but then I think of what happened to Noam Chomsky. chomsky-yes-honey libertarian-alert

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Noam was always dog of american regime, just his leash was fairly long. But when in his decrepit age had one good take about Ukraine, he was immediately cancelled by the cointelpro bog.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe so, but as far as I know he wasn't sufficiently rich to need to go to Little St. James, nor did he have to say "none of your damn business" in a snippy way when asked about it. libertarian-alert

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't understand those references.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

chomsky-yes-honey was on Epstein's flight logs to the island where numerous other very rich kiddie creepers did SV to children for years.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, and the moment when it was revealed the anti-authoritarian left lifted a bit of their Ukraine damnatio memoriae to defend him lol. Makes you wonder.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

what-the-hell

Sometimes "anti-authoritarian" just means "DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DOOOOOOOOOOO" apparently.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Remember the "School is authoritarian" struggle session?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I am an elementary school teacher oops

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

We all are in the end :/ at least we play outside and I don't yell at them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Remember the "School is authoritarian" struggle session?

Which one?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The one that devolved into calling each other reactionary troll