#leftism

[dcoraclestan]

Call me a radical woke leftist, but I personally don’t think anyone, reguardless of what they did, should be kept in a small room with 80 other people and four beds.

[susanoos-wife]

Tumblr leftists and willingly talking to people in real life mix about as well as oil and water.

tumblr leftists being surprised to see middle aged white women with signs or hats saying "deny defend depose" really reinforces for me that tumblr leftists don't actually talk to people lmao. like I did a lot of canvassing as a teenager and you know who the best most reliable political organizers are? middle aged women. you know who's bloodthirsty after watching rachel maddow every night and sharing HuffPo articles on facebook? middle aged women. maybe sheryl from iowa who's been voting religiously for democrats for the past thirty years IS more hardcore than you, tumblr user who did a write-in "protest vote." what are you going to do about that.

[melancholic-mutt]

you saw, what you saw.

you saw an app that was used for organizing and spreading information be banned to suppress free speech.

you saw that app be brought back but as a fascist propaganda machine.

you saw the richest man in the world do a nazi salute and be cheered by thousands of people.

you saw ICE agents deport hundreds (for now) of undocumented immigrants.

you saw it. you saw it all. dont let a single person tell you that you haven't.

unite. resist. fight.

dont let them stamp you out.

[predictablesloth]

What is fascism?

Before the meaning becomes too diluted, let's get educated.

The most popular definition (Merriam-Webster's) is, "A populist political philosophy, movement, or regime...

-> It exalts nation and often race above the individual,

-> Is associated with a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader,

-> And is characterized by severe economic and social regimentation,

-> As well as by forcible suppression of opposition."

Other definitions:

-> "A philosophy or system with some combination of fascist values and governing structures."

-> "A tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial control."

To fight the current (obviously fascist) administration, we need know how to correctly define it as a fascist regime, rather than throwing the word around without recognizing its weight.

Education trumps misinformation (which includes the culture war-era tactic of thoughtless, means-to-an-end arguing we're all so used to). Basing our arguments in fact will get us much further in the long run.

And, as always, think critically + cross-check your sources.

Vive la résistance!

[liquid-bonhomme]

I see this resurface in articles like, "science proves Libs have brain damage: FACTS" every so often. A study that found left-leaning peoples' amygdala's were, on average, some degree smaller that right-leaning peoples'.

Chicken or the egg situation. Does being a leftie make your amygdala smaller, or do people with smaller amygdalas tend to be lefties? Who knows but-- the study I'd legitimate. This, actually, surprisingly, for once, isn't fake science.

Only, here's the thing: having less material to one part of your brain or the other doesn't mean you have brain damage. Not at the amounts we're talking. It means that you use that part of your brain more or less depending on how much you have.

The amygdala is responsible for emotional regulation. Typically, what gets brought up when this study rematerializes in a sensational headline is: fear.

Bigger amygdala, bigger spook. Which means right-wingers, for one reason or another, may be more prone to getting triggered. Literally. Maybe have some kind of tendency towards dramatic moods or, in general, have a harder time emotionally regulating themselves. . .

I don't know. I feel like there's some infinite irony black hole feedback loop going on that the reason I see this re appear is because they're having a very strong, sort of lacking in logic emotional reaction to a study suggesting they might be prone to a sort of strong, lacking in logic emotional reaction to things in general.

While missing that, that's what the study is suggesting because they are having a sort of strong, lacking in logic emotional reaction to a thing.

[treeble12]

I hate libertarians but sometimes their takes are legitimately so fucking atrocious and impractical that they loop around to being hilarious

"Let's help the government fund roads and libraries!"

"$0.22 raised out of $500,000,000.00"

[hyperfixationinc]

So funny how Blue Cross basically went "You guys make a great point" and rolled back their anesthesia policy after the United CEO was killed

Seems like we might have found a form of protest that works

[theanubisrider]

Exactly!

The thing is, I have nothing against socialism or communism as a political ideology; trust me, I'm as anti-capitalist as they come. The leftism is really not the problem here.

The problem is when in their leftism, people – Americans, really, and western Europeans – use the ussr as this sort of goal, this complete antithesis to the modern capitalist society, this almost-utopian place to live. They use hammer and sickle symbol, the ussr anthem; sometimes, as a joke, sometimes, not so much.

Not only that clearly shows that they know absolutely nothing about the ussr – it's also spreading russian propaganda, whether it's on purpose or not, which is especially insidious now, when russia is literally committing a genocide.

The ussr wasn't a socialist utopia where everyone is equal. It was a totalitarian dictatorship, responsible for colonisation and genocide of multiple people and cultures. Just like the russian Empire before it. Just like modern russia continues to do now.

For many Eastern European and Central Asian people, hammer and sickle is not just a symbol of a political ideology. It's the symbol, under which people were starved to death, imprisoned or executed for daring to write in their own language; in which cultures were erased, people – forcefully assimilated, stripped of their own national identity.

It's the propaganda of being "the same people, the same nation" that russians love to use; that westerners love to believe, for the sole reason of the oppressed daring to look similar to the oppressor; for the sole reason of Americans being unable to look past their own history and realize oppression comes in many shapes and forms.

By using the ussr symbols in your political movement, you're denying the atrocities commited under that symbol and spreading russian propaganda, whether it's on purpose or not.

It's not "progressive" to wave around a hate symbol.

Do your research.

[misguidedghostsofficial]

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[isabellascarlett1]

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[eulers-babe]

for no reason whatsoever here’s a reminder that if you consider yourself a leftist/punk/abolitionist/anarchist/radical in any sort of way and get called into jury duty, you are to become the most square person on earth during the jury questionnaire!!!

don’t be that guy who says fuck the police in the jury questionnaire! that just gets you sent home! if you want to generate change, interact with the case and use your jury vote for good! ESPECIALLY if it’s a high profile case!

[whereserpentswalk]

This is not a covid metaphor! Stop saying this is about covid! It's about how a capitalist society normalizes a certain level of suffering, with climate change being the main thing that came to mind. You could consider covid to be one of those things, but this is not a "hee hee 2020 was the apocalypse" story.

I hate everyone who says this was just about covid.

Imagine if a zombie apocalypse happened and nobody cared. It didn't really effect wealthier areas because guards would shoot them down. There's some paranoia that zombies would overrun humans but society never really breaks down.

You'd hear about infested areas out in the rust belt, where entire towns were overtaken by the undead. And mabye you'd see a zombie or two when you're in a really bad neighborhood and you have to cross the street. Most undead are harmless outside of large groups, but it's always good to stay safe.

And if you go to an area that's completely overun things really will look like the apocalypse. And there's something exciting about that. Society is interested in those ghost towns, not as a tragedy, but as a spectacle. You've seen reality TV where people will head into the worst of the outbreak with nothing more then a knife and a camera, all while the locals look on wishing someone could take them back.

Most people don't think about zombies. They're just another thing in the world that sucks right now. Occasionally there's a reminder of them, but eventually you forget why anyone is even afraid at all. It seems so normal.

One of your coworkers was attacked the other day by a zombie. Nobody really knew her well. The main thing people were talking about at the office when it comes to her is how lucky she is the be in the hospital having her wounds treated and disinfected, instead of stuck at work. Someone as young as her is expected to be able to fight one off, mabye she did it on purpose. Nobody was still making jokes when they realized she died, people aren't supposed to die that way if they're rich enough to work in an office.

The apocalypse isn't enough to end society. Society is meant to be more resilient then reality, that's the point.

[andreadworkinq]

For the woman, the proof of love is that she is willing to be destroyed by the one whom she loves, for his sake. For the woman, love is always self-sacrifice, the sacrifice of identity, will, and bodily integrity, in order to fulfill and redeem the masculinity of her lover.

Our Blood: Prophecies and Discourses on Sexual Politics, Andrea Dworkin

[jangillman]

[whereserpentswalk]

If it wasn't for misogyny and Christianity bukkake would be seen as cute and wholesome. Imagine that many people wanting to share their love with you.