Eldritch

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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Imperialism, authoritarianism and oppression is bad all around m'kay⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Yes. That was the point of what they posted. None of those groups are what they claim to be beyond nominally.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Perhaps. Though it still hilariously transparent how many act like the Democrats are the problem and not the actual fascists. Democrats certainly aren’t the solution. They’re not even remotely the biggest threat either. One of these days after it’s far too late you all will get your priorities straight eventually. I mean even stalling eventually stood with the United States against his former Ally against Poland.

Things will continue to get worse till the voting populace finds solidarity. Fascists love it when we are divided. And many so-called leftists act like they are God’s gift if you politics despite having nothing to show for it. I hope you all have a chance to explain the people you failed. How it was important for you to maintain your ideological Purity than actually do anything to help anyone.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
No they literally don’t. They owe the people who largely Finance the party. And they deliver for those people. While voters every 4 years break records for small donations in presidential elections. Every year in between we do a whole lot of nothing in general for them. Then we childishly wine and throw a tantrum when the president that we held our nose to elect does not have support in the House and Senate to actually get anything done for us. It’s not in every 4-year thing. It’s a multiple times a year thing. It’s a showing up enough to change the course of the primaries and seeing them through the general thing. And running the people we would like to see thing. If we all just sit around and take whatever they’ll give. That’s on us.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Yours is the first mention of anyone owing anyone anything. But let’s phrase it this way. If we don’t owe them anything. Then they also don’t owe us anything. Therefore it’s ridiculous and hypocritical to complain that they didn’t deliver on XYZ for us. They didn’t owe it to us.

All I was implying was solidarity. If we the voting population are so ignorant as to not know the difference between abject fascism. And people who, while they don’t excite us. Don’t propose a massive slide into authoritarianism and brutal repression. Or cannot feel obliged to do whatever possible to keep fascists from the levers of power. That is absolutely on us. I didn’t vote for harris. I voted against trump. Unfortunately for more people than should be acceptable wanted fascism. Or at least didn’t find it motivating enough to hold their nose and vote. Which again is on us. If we want Democrats to do better. We also need to do better.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Well I’m not here to defend liberals. They’re generally useless. Not an actual solution to any existing problems. But in this case there was simple well documented precedence.

When it comes to stopping fascism. We the voting population share a significant part of the blame ourselves. Democrats ran an abjectly horrible campaign, its true. But when they’re torn between two opposing pillars of power. Disaster was always on the menu. We “can” vote them in to power. Buy we aren’t reliable about it, and can’t provide funding for messaging and outreach the way wealthy oligarchs can. We used to be able to do it. But that was before Reagan broke the unions.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Trump already pardoned his son-in-law’s father. There’s not even a precedence here to be set. Now I suppose there could be the worry of normalizing an already bad precedent. But Republicans have always sought to overturn or counter precedence And never cared about normalization beforehand period They have the media to normalize it for them after the fact Period
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Seriously, what the f*** is keeping Donald Trump in this presidential race?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Well we were taught about the trail of tears as a thing that happened a long time ago. But it’s all good now. But my family having strong tribal connections. Tribal leader on my father’s side a couple of generations back. We’re all on the official tribal rolls. And I was old enough to have gotten the reparations doled out in the 1980s for what happened to my great great great ancestors. A whole $10,000. Which is better than a kick in the teeth. But definitely not any sort of compensation for what was stolen.

So I knew about the Indian schools and some of the other heinous shit that Canada and the United States had pulled unlike so many others. But even I was surprised to learn that they were still current and operating well within my lifetime. People treated as if it’s a long ago solved problem. There are people still alive and well today that have families destroyed or lost family because of it. And there’s plenty of other shenanigans. Probably the most depressing part is that United States and Canada weren’t all that alone. Heck China is more or less doing it today. To cultural groups whose identity differs from the Vanguard parties chosen monoculture.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Seriously, what the f*** is keeping Donald Trump in this presidential race?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I would say that all Americans were. Republicans/conservatives overachieved however.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Watching ml and world argue in every thread be like.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
That’s not what anarchism calls for. Violence has to do more with those clinging to power. Because as they say when you make peaceful change impossible you make violent change inevitable. So you should be good.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Watching ml and world argue in every thread be like.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Are they truly Democratic though. Anarchism is an extreme form of democracy BTW. Not anti democratic. Coming at it from an American perspective, even many of our founding father’s figured by now we’d have majorly overhauled our governing system nearly 10 or more times. They knew their system was flawed. Instead institutional inertia has caused it to become progressively less democratic by many measures. And people turned the founders into infallible deities.

I have less issue with those advocating to rework or abolish institutions. Than those that as a blanket say we can’t question or modify them. Criticism etc should be couched in actually making those institutions more democratic and equitable of course. Not like the economic liberals that like to pretend that they are Libertarians advocating for tax cut and end to regulations that reign in the avarice of Corporations And the wealthy.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Watching ml and world argue in every thread be like.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
You might be reading too much into this. Now if you can link to that same user praising Marxist leninism or any of the countries still based on that ideology. Then you have a hypocrisy to critique. But in the absence of that. Those are valid critiques of both Western democracy and Marxist leninist governments. And it’s probably based on their lived experience in a western democracy that they are criticizing it. I’m sure you can find many in China who would have similar criticisms about their own system.

And just to make sure it gets said. Anarchists have no more love for the Chinese Communist Party than you do. So if you think they’re honestly using Anarchist as an attack Vector of the west. They’re going to need all the luck they can get with it.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why I Haven't Seen Any Trump Supporters In Fediverse (Lemmy and Mastodon)?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
What makes you think you are? Identifying with the sort of people the person who coined the term and defined it. Would have rightfully seen as their enemy.

We have the regulations for a reason. We’ve already tried the less/no regulation thing. That’s the reason we have the regulations. Granted the regulations are ineffective. However the people in charge and Society at Large will not do what it takes to solve the problem outside of regulations. Things like ending generational wealth that almost every Tech bro to an individual benefited heavily from. Or ending they’re very exploitative business practices.

I’d be fine with these regulations ending. So long as Society was ready to replace their more neutered threat with something more meaningful. Like the guillotine. Hell who knows. A quick test run on Bezos, Thiel, and Musk might get a decent portion of them to straighten up and fly right. But as long as Society at large worships the new bourgeoisie. Removing regulations from them will only speed up the run-up to another bloody violent revolution. Which I think most people don’t want.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why I Haven't Seen Any Trump Supporters In Fediverse (Lemmy and Mastodon)?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Maybe you should look into why we have those regulations. - an actual libertarian
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GUEST HOUSE PARADISO - UK Limited Edition⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Yes not sure how I made it all this time without seeing spaced. I was there for the whole Cornetto trilogy. And generally love everything I’ve ever seen Simon Pegg in. Including the Star Trek reboots and that weird American Film he and Nick did with Seth Rogen. And of course I can’t say I’ve ever heard anything bad about Edgar Wright. Perhaps someday he might have a Graham linehan moment. But hopefully not.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GUEST HOUSE PARADISO - UK Limited Edition⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Actually I heard it was more along the lines of not very forward looking with their licensing. In the UK all the content is easily available to stream generally. BBC iPlayer Etc. But outside of the Kingdom. It’s licensing hell. Britbox will have some here. Acorn some others. Dr who(post Sylvester) i think is on Disney + of all places. Classic who is streaming on Pluto 24/7. And huge swaths not being on any legitimate streaming service available here. Sometimes PBS will have Doc Martin, hold the sunset, or as time goes by. Nearly a decade ago Cartoon Network of all places had dark place for a short run and some of Noel fielding’s insanity. I think Boosh maybe on Hulu?

It’s a mess in no uncertain terms. Thankfully though. With all the confusion about licensing who what and where I haven’t heard much in the way of cease and desist letters or prosecution for those sailing the seven seas. I may or may not have a jelly fin server loaded with a few terabytes simply because it’s unstreamable anywhere else. Which going back to Simon Pegg reminds me I need to start and get through every season of spaced at some point
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GUEST HOUSE PARADISO - UK Limited Edition⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
That is certainly an accurate description of it I’ll give you that. Simon Pegg being hoisted by a nipple ring to the ceiling while asleep pretty well encapsulates it LOL
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GUEST HOUSE PARADISO - UK Limited Edition⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I don’t know binge watching the original series May help. A lot of the skits in it were great. But it really felt more like it was a bunch of episodes sized skits tied together to me. Again that may just be my personal perception.

Honestly being in the US we largely missed Bottom. We got the young ones back in the early 80s thanks to MTV. Which I still have fond memories of. I subject people yearly to the Halloween episode with captain sensible and rat scabies. But honestly didn’t hear about Bottom till almost 2008? And paradisio much much later. LOL but thinking about all this now and it has me wanting to go see if I can find some better quality sources to re-experience it with. Bootleg DivX files in the early aughts we’re pretty low quality.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GUEST HOUSE PARADISO - UK Limited Edition⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
RIP Rik. The cast of the movie is chock full of actors who went on to have pretty successful careers afterwards. Unfortunately I don’t think this movie helped. There are definitely some funny scenes Etc throughout. And more Ade and Rik is always good. But as a cohesive movie it doesn’t hold up. The race to the end is somewhat inexplicable. But it’s always a good Nostalgia watch
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I Worked For MrBeast, He's A Sociopath⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I Worked For MrBeast, He's A Sociopath⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I liked Anton’s content. The forced smile at the end always kind of weirds me out a bit. I’m sure there’s a story behind it or something. But that’s not a comment on the content he produces. It’s definitely watchable
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I Worked For MrBeast, He's A Sociopath⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Mould is great. Matt Parker too.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The West Bank: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
John isn’t perfect. But he’s one of the closest to being. He was pretty spot on.

Comedians are not always well informed. But a well informed skilled comedian can speak truth to power to its face where most others would struggle.

Oliver has a skilled research team most “news” shows could only dream about. Because most these days don’t have one. And they can spend at least a week at minimum doing a deep dive. Often much more. They don’t shy away from controversy. Finally when they do make a mistake. They generally correct within the next episode or two. Always before the main segment. While everyone is still walking them. Not trying to speed read it on the outro as everyone is tuned out as so many shows do.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My dad fought the Nazi's they lost. The world knows it. What is the deal with their recent resurgence?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My dad fought the Nazi's they lost. The world knows it. What is the deal with their recent resurgence?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Not unless you live in a country with a low standard and cost of living. And not likely even then. Because even at a Payday they generally work ed for larger businesses and weren’t a freelance Craigslist sort of thing. That and here in the United States there’s too much free competition to really be effective for them to pay anyone over here as well.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My dad fought the Nazi's they lost. The world knows it. What is the deal with their recent resurgence?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Definitely. In a lot of developing countries with basic internet access these people can actually make good livings doing that. As long as they’re skill in the foreign language is adequate enough. Though today a lot of that is being taken over by basic low-end generative machine learning models. Something else false information faster than it takes to debunk it.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My dad fought the Nazi's they lost. The world knows it. What is the deal with their recent resurgence?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I though it was ass to mouth.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My dad fought the Nazi's they lost. The world knows it. What is the deal with their recent resurgence?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Its been a long slow boil. And Nazis were only part of the problem. In the early 1930s many businessmen and Republicans in the US plotted a Hitler style coup against FDR. They did worse than Hitler, but escaped most consequences. And over the last century quietly plotted and built. Here and abroad. Fostering the “right kind” of fascism. Theirs.

It probably would have gone on a little longer. Because I don’t think they were quite ready to actually try to coup again. But they’ve been socially engineering a new class of supremely manipulable Voters who lack any critical thinking skills. However a childish malignant narcissist managed to get the attention of that tool. And stole it from the Republican fascist. Basically largely spoiling the plot. And causing them to have to move before they were ready.

Also the ability for instance Global and often still largely Anonymous communication made propaganda easier and cheaper than ever before. The old style leaflet drops over territories were never very effective. And even radio broadcasts or easy to thwart. Now enemy Nations only need to pay a few people for online shitposting in hot beds lacking critical thinking. And they can turn their enemies people into their own tools.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Javier Milei Is Battling the Worst Tax of All—Inflation⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
1. If Marxist leninism was a form of communism. It’s awfully odd that the goal of marxist leninism is to build up the economy and Society to the point where they can transition to Communism. You never provided a source making your point. it’s just another baseless claim from someone arguing disingenuously.
2. That book is plenty controversial and not a well-regarded or authoritative source. If you really want to get that Technical and Out In The Weeds about everything America is pretty much just as bad. That doesn’t make either one right. But it just means that you’re reaching really hard to make a disingenuous point.
3. Everything I posted can be cited and is factual/logical. You simply have no response to it. And are behaving disingenuously as conservatives and fascist do.
4. An opinion piece is an opinion. Not a fact.
5. For someone with so many strong opinions you sure have a very few objective facts.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Javier Milei Is Battling the Worst Tax of All—Inflation⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
1. Then prove it.
2. China/Russia/N Korea/Cuba aren’t communists. They’re Marxist Leninist.
3. Our current inflation is due in large part to Trump’s unforced errors and botched handling of covid. a. Destroying the advance alert team before the pandemic b. Failing to listen to the experts and let them just make him look good. c. Even when he manages to do something right/good. Like rushing a vaccine through development. He’s so incompetent and goldfish brained. He turned you, his own cult, against the vaccine he ordered.
4. That is why no one takes you seriously and treats you like a joke.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Javier Milei Is Battling the Worst Tax of All—Inflation⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
1. You don’t need to tell people you are american. It’s readily apparent from your lack of knowledge about politics.
2. That again isn’t objectively true.
3. Marxist Leninism didn’t kill more than the Nazis. That’s an absurd claim. They did kill millions still.
4. Marxist Leninism isn’t communism.
5. Trump will be making bad decisions AGAIN and causing inflation like he objectively did previously. Trump is a sun downing narcicist, objectively convinced rapist and con man, with no actual principles or understanding. Who will focus on what will benefit him personally, not the average person. Or try to win the favor of the wealthy and powerful. Which he has tried and failed to do repeatedly his entire life. Which again, will not negatively impact inflation, or help the average person.