lpcs.bsky.social
Former Green Party Candidate for Cincinnati City Council. Union Ironworker. For the Cooperative Commonwealth.
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Mussolini came to power in the 20s
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I remember coming out of the theater and overhearing someone complaining that it was basically just Independence Day...
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has it been confirmed Assad was on it?
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... and north/eastern Syrian society in general seems less alienated than American society, with more pre-state and pre-capitalist social relations hanging on despite the best efforts of the baath party/french/ottomans
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the main stumbling blocks in applying lessons from Rojava to the US i've seen are, they had the huge advantage that the regime just abandoned a big chunk of territory, while the PYD had enough social legitimacy to step in and fill the power vaccum they left...
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Yeah, that sounds rad
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on the other hand, Germany and Britain don't have less universal healthcare than Spain and Italy
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OTOH
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I think you mean getting mad at a whole bunch of people expressing their actual opinion
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That idea's been trite for decades.
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Constant dollar grocery expenditures have been basically flat since the 50's (though the quality that gets you has increased) at the same time, people have more money to spend on other stuff
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they're broadly right about the groceries.
housing is another matter entirely of course
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They'll take my ellipses when they pry them...
...from my cold dead hands
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bsky.app/starter-pack...
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One of my proudest accomplishments :v
Arguing online can work and influence people.
Although the way it works on Twitter (and twitter analogs) is probably not ide
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yeah, arguably, but thats still something you need to like, analyze and decide how to proceed with
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you still have to have a structure to communicate the vibes to people
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There's a huge difference between those things.
Like, you have to have some idea how to convince people your ideas are correct when they're skeptical. Otherwise your choices are shouting into the abyss, or conceding
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This seems much more like wanting a discussion on how to translate progressive stances into political power; a recognition that simply having the correct line isn't enough, without the organizational and persuasive capacity to go with it, than signaling a desire to triangulate
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All Cops Are Scabs
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Awesome.
With all the trouble we had building it, I assume they're going to need a union even more then your average worker does.
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Have you tried smiting them?
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Don't do it, it's not worth it
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Yeah, that sounds nice
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I have a delightful memory of one of my college friends experiencing "wild Ice" for the first time our freshman year.
He lives in Norway now.
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I'm stuck on the upside down Twitter bird looking like sonic the hedgehog
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I'd give it a bit more credit and say it was good, but not great.
Barbie was better.