Eldritch

@Eldritch@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Seriously, what the f*** is keeping Donald Trump in this presidential race?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨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?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨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.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨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.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨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.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨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)?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨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)?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe you should look into why we have those regulations. - an actual libertarian

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GUEST HOUSE PARADISO - UK Limited Edition⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Image

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I Worked For MrBeast, He's A Sociopath⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Mould is great. Matt Parker too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The West Bank: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨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?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Image

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My dad fought the Nazi's they lost. The world knows it. What is the deal with their recent resurgence?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨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?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨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?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨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?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨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.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Javier Milei Is Battling the Worst Tax of All—Inflation⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  1. Objectively he didn’t. Just because you do not like or personally benefit from a government program. Does not make it needless. Far from it.

  2. That isn’t in any way the opposite of communism.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Javier Milei Is Battling the Worst Tax of All—Inflation⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait he’s actually gone socialist? Last I knew he was an economic liberal. That’s quite a transition. Inflation is an indelible persistent feature under any Market economy. Especially capitalism.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does lemmy.ml use the "ML" country code for Mali?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They talk about it like that because that is how the propaganda both Pro and against talk about it. The fact is Soviet Russia and China started out basically as forms of marxist leninism. They aspired to be communist but weren’t. But they loved the word. And used it a lot. It’s like Nazis having socialist in the name. It didn’t make them socialist.

  Practicing communists? Look towards communes. They are the only groups actually practicing comment. Whether they were the hippie communes Bohemian communes etc. Those are what communism in general would look like. Not explicitly but overall. Each commune is its own group that governs itself but could cooperate with similar outside groups. Soviet Russia and China were never communist in any sense.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does lemmy.ml use the "ML" country code for Mali?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably because you haven’t read much on the subject. Marxist theory speculated on how societies and economies could transition into communism. He and others created the philosophy and Concepts involving it. But we’re not communist.

  Engles, and Lenin mistakenly thought that by replacing the authority and power of the wealthy with their own people. That they themselves would not fall to the corruption of power. And eventually over time the authoritarian state would somehow magically wither and die. Leaving them with a classless stateless society. Keep that in mind that is important for understanding whether something is communist or not.

  Was Russia classless or stateless? No Russia was a state. And they had plenty of different classes. ML never eliminated that. In fact all the current Russian oligarchs have direct ties back to the political Elite of Soviet russia. And instead of transitioning into a communist Society they’ve transitioned into fascism.

  Now let’s look at china. Is China a state? Yes. Not communist then. Are there different classes of people in china? Yes not communist then. Their claim on even socialism is somewhat tenuous at best. But they are definitely not communist. And at this rate will never transition into communism. Xi Jinping has moved into the Emperor’s Palace and is all but Emperor and name only at this point. He and his wealthy friends will never relinquish power to transition to communism. They will stay as they are until he dies. And then there will be a power vacuum. There may be some in fighting but someone will replace him and China will continue on until there there is another Revolution to replace the failed Communist Revolution that put them in power. Are they transition into open fascism as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Experimental Evidence No One Expected! Is Human Consciousness Quantum After All?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You should actually watch the video. There’s a very large section where he goes over how in 21 or 22 whenever the original theory was proposed and experiments we’re performed with no evidence found. He was originally going to put out a video talking about it but pointing out how unrealistic and unlikely it was. Instead he waited and only put out the recent video because there was some evidence pointing to the fact that there could be a connection. Anton does not tend to be sensationalist. For such subject matter he will usually be very clear when there isn’t a lot of science backing things up. It’s an interesting concept and now there is possible evidence that something could be going on. And that’s what he says.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it just me or do Lemmy communities tend to skew left wing? Why might this be?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Just because you in isolation are doing it. Does not mean it is a characteristic of all economic liberals. More importantly. We know that Aid and Outreach is more effective when it is handled by larger organizations. Larger than private individuals. And of course larger than Church congregations. Something rothbard liberals heavily oppose. Mutual Aid absolutely should be one of the primary things our government is involved in. Especially a Dejacque libertarian government.

  Libertarians and other groups even in the United States supported lgbtq far earlier than 1970. Don’t get me wrong I’m glad that for all the damage Rothbard, the Koch brothers, and others have done masquerading as Libertarians that is one of the things they’ve kept lip service to at least. They won’t actually do anything to actually improve the lives of lgbtq. But at least they support not overtly invisibly discriminating against them.

  There certainly are some selfish bastards in every ideology. But economic liberal rothbard Libertarians have a higher concentration than natural. It’s possible that you might be an actual libertarian. But you would be more the exception in the party than the rule.