LoreleiSankTheShip

joined 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (82 children)

From what I've seen, there's a big divide amongst the tankies. There are those who are basically Stalin MAGA, base their political opinions on Soviet aesthetics and don't consider much the practical implications of their actions. Some simply lash out against mainstream liberal ideology and others are just trolls.

Ane the other camp is made of people who read a lot of communist philosophy and are absolutely convinced the only way to achieve an equal society is by forcing everyone into it. This has its own problems, but they at least have an internally coherent ideology.

That's not to say I agree with either camp. Their ideology promotes a vanguard party which can quickly spiral into "some are more equal than others". Absolute power corrupts absolutely and all that. But I do understand where the second camp is coming from. I think the path to a better world lies in trade unions and people coming together to defend common interests.

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

Not an American, but increasing SC members would seem like a good thing to do. The more people on it, the harder it is to stack.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I would have at least visited museums and the likes in cities I can't afford to visit, as well as making food with all the tasty high quality ingredients I can't afford.

Maybe drive around on some expensive motorbike just to see how it feels. If my financial situation at the time was especially dire, maybe take a "loan" from a bank somewhere before unfreezing time.

You'd have to be a saint to have that power and not do anything illegal. But one thing I would never do is fuck over regular people, only corporations and big businesses. After time unfreezes, those can recover from whatever I did and I doubt I'd but a significant dent in their profit margins, but regular people would have to live with the consequences of what I did, so that's a no go.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

To be fair, I only joined .ml because .world wasn't a thing when I joined and srlpnk and a few others had closed registrations at that time

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

AllYouPlay and another online game store wouldn't let me register with a protonmail address

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

There were 2 online game stores that wouldn't allow me to register with a protonmail account, AllYouPlay and another one that I can't recall, which was weird to me

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I have no idea why, but I get horrible heartburn from Coke Zero and Pepsi Max. I don't get that from almost nothing else.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (14 children)

Some sites and services won't accept accounts with e-mails outside of the mainstream ones though.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I usually browse by all, but you're right, I've seen people defending them. Though thinking they would be saints if they had the power is insane to me.

Hexbear and Lemmygrad though, have incredibly weird takes to me, especially on Ukraine.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Wait, people actually think Russia or China would be any different of they had the US' influence? That's crazy. It's like folks never heard that quote that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Any country that ends up with that amount of influence will inevitably resort to bs to maintain that power, even if it was a harmless, pacifistic country like Switzerland.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think that's a mindset issue. If you come at it with "I won't be able to learn this, I'm too stupid", you won't give it your all and you will self sabotage. Besides, nobody is just stupid. You aren't stupud either! Read up on intelligence types and you will certainly feel like one of those is yours, even if it's not academic intelligence. Don't give up!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

Everything that needs to be done for society to maintain itself can be done if everyone works 20 hrs a week. The rest is just to allow some other people luxury lifestyles.

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