lui-lou.bsky.social
Leftist Politics
Like far left
No keep going
No, the Labour party isn't left
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This is the ideological basis of elections but this is not how they pan out in reality
Multiple times in history, across multiple countries parties have abandoned their policies to win the election and win power
Because the debate space is the media which is controlled by a few individuals
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This should definitely be the end goal
How are you going to build such actions?
Where are you going to find the people willing to do such organising?
How do ensure everyone understands the political reasoning behind taking the action?
How do you ensure no one can jeopardises the action?
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How should people's time be better spent?
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Taking to the streets is a significant action as it shows peoples willingness to be public with their politics
It also means people will be more likely to take to the street next time and if the socialist groups know what they're doing, they would have used the protest as a networking opportunity
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The UK did have a counter protest at the trooping of the colour. It was small but the fact it was there is significant.
www.townandcountrymag.com/society/trad...
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I don't think sending jets counts as de-escalation
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Oh sorry let me spoon feed you your politics
War bad
Russia bad
America bad
Russia should leave Ukraine
Ukraine is being used like a pawn by the Russians to fight the west
Ukraine is being used like a pawn by the west to fight Russia
Solidarity to the people of Ukraine who just want peace ✊
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Huh, the AI art became real
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No to war
No to NATO
No to EU Imperialism
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No, I measure the economy based in the total number of balloons being produced
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Now that's how to measure an economy
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So never to a charity?
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The Irish often used pikes because the English would often use cavalry to oppress them
Just sayin'
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Tax wealth not work
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Post US pilled take ever
Totally ignorant to the harms of the two party system, completely beholden to the toxic ideas of lesser evilism and shows a lack of political understanding of how politics doesn't just happen at elections
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All energy sources have their issues
The only way to tackle the climate crisis from an energy point view is to reduce demand
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Tenants Unions are a great way of not only protecting yourself from shitty landlords but also helping either with shitty landlords
Solidarity to Ianthe
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This is the main issue with electoral politics
You are more concerned with winning the election instead of winning the argument and are willing to make concessions on policies just to win power
This also encourages parties to do the bidding of wealthy donors in order to secure campaign resources
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Yeah but not something racist
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Growth and opportunities happen with any government investment
The real question, is nuclear the right industry to create growth and opportunities when it is known to be slow and over priced?
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I highly doubt that
The american flag is plastered everywhere
Talking to them in person will have the biggest impact
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Pro-US nationalism is what lead to these ICE raids
Pro American nationalism created Trump
These ICE raids are deeper than just Trump being bad
The peddling of love and devotion for the flag by the state enables the racism it enacts on people
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I never said anything about more or less my point was how the use of a flag at a protest has varying effects and that therefore the impact of a US flag will be minimal in terms of numbers if people
Fundamentally, taking a US flag to an anti government protest is politically contradictory
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I fail to see how a flag is going to make such a huge difference
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Hard disagree on what those flags represent
This is the flip side of the issue
Different people view the same flag differently. There will be people who will not want to go to a protest because of an abundance of US flags
More often than not those people are on the right side of history
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I'm not trying to convince you. I'm trying to convince everyone else looking at this conversation
The US flag became a flag of oppression years ago. It is far too late to try to reclaim it
There is no need to reclaim it belonging comes from how we act not what flag we stand under
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Most movements against authoritarian regimes flew their own flag
That's how the US flag came into being in the first place
Flying the flag of California is a much better flag to fly than the US flag
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You convince people to join by talking to them, in real life
Everyone colleagues, friends, family should be asked to join and should ask others to join
That's how you build a real movement that exists in the real world
Even if you bring a US flag the media will find a way to give it bad optics
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Join a union
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Help combat transphobia in the workplace
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I don't see how the presence of a US flag is going to massively change someone's opinion of a protest
The flag is a symbol of the oppressive American state
It's a symbol with a history of violence against oppressed people's
The very idea of nationhood is being used to justify ICE violence
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The idea that America is your community is a lie spoonfed you by the state to make you more loyal to the idea of nationhood
To make you more obedient when your nation required bodies of armed men to enact violence against people, domestic or foreign
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Those who won't support people because "there are no US flags" were never going to support you in the first place
The choice of flag won't affect the optics of the videos of police brutality
You only need good optics if your activism is chronically online
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Bad Advice
These protests are about community, not country
communities of people with multiple backgrounds and nationalities are on the streets
The US flag is the symbol of the very institutions using ICE against people
You fight fascists by being there not with "optics"
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BAD ADVICE
These protests are about community, not country
communities of people with multiple backgrounds and nationalities are on the streets
The US flag is the symbol of the very institutions using ICE against people
You fight fascists by being there not with "optics"
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It's not just democrats
All social democrats shift right when they get elected as they begin to rub shoulders with the wealthy
As a long standing campaigner once told me
"You only need to give them a junior position and a medal for them to be jumping up and down at your command"
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The green won't do it
They have the option that if you want to work with the greens then you should join the greens
They don't understand the advantages of running as an independent and view that lack of resources and capacity an independent has a major hold back