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do people not realize that the past four decades of US policing legislation PR and practice have made the allegation that someone is a “gang member” entirely subject to the whims of the state

submitted 1 day ago • 66 comments

Man if you stopped watching cable news years ago and try to watch five minutes in a row you will feel like you’re in the black lodge or some shit no thank you what are people doing to themselves every single day with this stuff

submitted 21 hours ago • 80 comments

"'Don't give a white supremacist murder gang half the city's budget to spend on military gear' is a terrible slogan" they scolded.

submitted 14 hours ago • 2 comments

Not for nothing, but maybe the question shouldn't be "why have young men moved to the right?" and instead ask why a not-insignificant subset haven't.

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

my general opinion is that people should cut the loser shit out.

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

One election isn't going to fix what's wrong with the United States, the rotten substructure of civic engagement, oligarchic power, and spoiled resentment that's gotten us to this place. Victory over Trump and MAGA is going to require a wholesale remaking of American political culture and society.

submitted 3 days ago • 9 comments

the republican party must be outlawed from existing in the united states. we cannot live in a civil society with people as inhumanly evil as this

submitted 3 days ago • 95 comments

everybody going to bed not me fuck bed it is my enemy

submitted 3 days ago • 16 comments

I really need to stress this point, but if they do immense damage to SSA, that is NOT a talking point for voting. The only logical course of action at that point is the really bad option.

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

The left is forever critiqued for two things: remembering things and being correct too soon

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

STEPHEN A SMITH: Skip I want to ADDRESS this issue [BAYLESS nods] STEPHEN A: I am on the record, MULTIPLE TIMES, as opposing Robespierre and the Reign of Terror BAYLESS: Of course STEPHEN A: HOWEVER,

submitted 6 days ago • 3 comments

Really hope ICE doesn't start doing widespread no knock flashbangs thru the window battering rammed doors down tear gas deployed drones & K9s sent in nighttime raids to arrest & disappear people & anyone who tries to stop em on the thinnest legal pretext, like local cops everywhere do all the time

submitted 10 days ago • 42 comments

Marx literally worked as a war correspondent for the US Civil War. He specifically wrotethat the proletariat in Europe saw the US civil war as a war for the right to free labor versus slavery. The English working class viewed European powers supporting the Confederacy as a theat to themselves!

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Like the big thing is you get into situations where fascist cops fash out, people take measures to defend themselves and then other people start getting paranoid and deciding that the folks doing entirely reasonable self defence in response to threats of violence get painted as "agent provocateurs".

submitted 11 days ago • 5 comments

Had that post been, say, half the length it was - total CYA, probably no problem. The way it was written is one step above a dogwhistle.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

It's worth noting that under this statement even the non-violence wing of the civil rights movement — which planned its actions for maximum disruption, intentionally defied police and violated laws — would be disavowed. This isn't even non-violence it's just obedience.

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

Lots of people who have no experience protesting dunking on this without understanding, so let me explain: Pre-emptively denouncing "political violence" (when no one has committed any) and, worse, denouncing "disruption", is a red flag that someone's going to lead you into a kettle

submitted 11 days ago • 4 comments

many things can be true: - it is good to see masses of people activated - this is a good organizing opportunity for those of us who are not liberal organizations that are working hand in hand with cops - you should not trust a liberal organization that is working hand in hand with cops

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

I'm still allowed to hate NATO and make fun of their dumb marks. You can't take that away from me.

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

It's not a matter of cringe, it's a matter of seeing pro cop signs at a supposedly anti fascist protest

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

OK we've finally found how you can't be romantic about baseball

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

It's such a pity that a growth-at-all-costs bubble is really driving "AI" adoption because improvements to relatively small things like completion for an IDE or how one can interact with large data sets is awesome, but since those won't get Altman a yacht the world must burn, instead.

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

i dislike accusations of luddism thrown at AI critics because i clearly like technology a lot! i use ~4 different computers regularly, i adore my 3D printer, i don't even brew coffee without involving a microprocessor. but all those technologies have proven themselves useful or at least entertaining

submitted 19 days ago • 38 comments

the replies are full of guys who couldn't crack a rot26 cipher giving their hot takes on encrypted messaging

submitted 20 days ago • 9 comments