#resort politics

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The Rise of Resort Politics in India: A Closer Look at Maharashtra's Political Maneuvering

The Dark Side of Indian Politics: Resort Politics After completing a routine assembly vote, the lawmakers dispersed into the bustling Mumbai night. Among them was Nitin Deshmukh, who represented a district located 350 miles away. Planning to catch an overnight train, he was suddenly extended an invitation for dinner in the suburbs by a senior official from his party in the Indian state of…

[stepfordgoth]

It is just so fucking funny. Four years ago biden was dragged out into the democratic presidential candidate spot as a last minute, last resort, hail mary type of strategy because of the collective panic of the possibility of a second trump term. At the time lots of people hesitated to vote for biden because they thought he was too old and didn't really like him or like/trust his policies but voted for him anyway because "vote blue no matter who" and "he's the only person who can save us from trump" and "kids in cages" and etc. So he won the election, and there was so much discussion of "whew! We're all saved!", "We'll pull him left!", "We'll hold him accountable!", and not only was he not pulled left or held accountable, but damn near everything is actively in a worse spot now than it was four years ago. There are very few things that biden did that actually helped the American people in the last four years. And the whole time, right up until that disastrous debate a week ago where biden showcased that this time he really is too old to run for president again, the narrative was still "well he's not perfect but we all need to vote blue no matter who!" Four years of a last resort president, and NO ONE used that time to plan and prepare to step up to replace "the last resort candidate" four years ago in the next election cycle. It's as if the dem party didn't even think about it until now. But now the dem party is scrambling to figure out what can be done to replace biden because it's pretty clear they're going to lose the election if they let the old bastard continue to run. And he's digging in his heels and refusing to drop out. And by the way, we're now less than four months away from voting day.

You just have to fucking laugh at this point. What an absolute shitshow.

[puzzledaxis]

gasp !! for the request post, can u draw takumi ?? :Oc /nf ofc

Sure! What a polite looking fella! he’s having his morning coffee

(+ extra messier doodle, I love how his instrument are the castanets! flamenco FTW💃💃💃)

[seefasters]

briefly considered an idea where julian's daughter visits the button house hotel before remembering she's literally a green party mp and it's a golf resort. rip julian you will never see your daughter again

[yuri-for-businesswomen]

hate having to block other women on radblr but if you cant be constructive instead of condescending and immediately resorting to personal attacks i dont need your input

[jingerpi]

While I do often reblog posts about privilege experienced by those in the imperial core, even marginalized workers, I do think there is something to be said for colonial subjects within places like the US. While it's certainly important to recognize the benefits of imperialism as well as the fact that there are apartheid systems in the global south largely because of US influence, it's also important to recognize that the US is still a colonialist project and there are people here who live under a pseudo-apartheid. Many already recognize this, but I do want to emphasize it. it's very possible to acknowledge and discuss both of these simultaneously.

Though there are few laws explicitly about race, the ways Black and Indigenous people are treated by this government and legal system are markedly different from how white people are treated by those same institutions. The statistics on incarceration alone paint an extremely clear picture of this. We can conclude the purpose of a system is what it does and say this is intentional, or we can even look at the professed motivations of members of these systems, either way it's very clear that the systems of this country treat Black and Brown people very differently from white people, and even differently from each other in many ways. Black and indigenous communities have their own histories and complexities which are often completely overwritten because of their shared victimization by the USA, as do Latine folks and many other demographics.

More to the original point, while there are some privileges functionally everyone in the US receives, like easy access to the English language as well as the default currency of the USD, many people in these demographics primarily face disadvantages due to their presence in the USA, rather than benefits. While these oppressions aren't necessarily on the same axis', it's important to recognize the Imprisoned Black man utilized for slave labor is not better off for having his ancestors trafficked to the US, as if he weren't in the US he likely wouldn't be forced into slave labor in the first place, due to the racial subjugation that takes place under these systems. That being said!!! there are still people in these conditions in other countries! While being enslaved in the US is worse than being a free man, it is disingenuous to suggest it is the worst oppression Black people face, or that there are no countries which utilize slave labor in this way and have no access to English or the global trade enabled by USD.

To summarize this: while many who face oppression in the US do not face oppression across all the axis' a person in a similar position in an imperialized country would face, this doesn't necessarily mean that being in the US is on the whole a privilege, as many people in these positions would not be experiencing the same conditions of oppression in the first place were they not colonized and enslaved both historically and continually into the present by the USA.

I think it is quite possible to acknowledge and discuss both of these truths, without claiming that indigenous communities somehow benefit from being colonized, or that colonized people in America somehow have it worse than colonized people in other parts of the globe. (seriously please stop saying minorities here have it worse, we do not)

Finally I want to add that while this issue is close to my heart for a number of reasons, I am white and in the imperial core and will necessarily be lacking in experience or understanding. If you're in a similar position please don't stop this discussion here with me and other white people, seek out and read works by people who experience some of the things I've discussed. and if you are one of those (many, many) people colonized, imperialized, or both, by the USA, please don't hesitate for a moment to critique me. This discussion requires more voices than mine, I only want to amplify with my voice, not center the discussion on myself.

[thecurrentevents]

I just hope the military is absolutely shocked to it’s core from Aaron Bushnell’s martyrdom.

it’s so significant because he’s a white male and still active member of the military. This is sending a huge message to the military, the same military that has a part in aiding Israel in its genocide on Palestine.

also, his death revealed an ugly side of USAmerican law enforcement. did you see that police officer told a gun, telling Busnell to get down, while he was literally on fire?

the US’ law enforcement is so corrupt it’s crazy how we depend on these kind of people to protect us.

thank you for your sacrifice, Mr. Bushnell.

edit: thank you to @musculusmouse for letting me know Aaron Bushnell was an active member of the military and not a veteran!!

[beaulesbian]

They may call it a Summer palace, but it’s actually three different structures joined together. The cathedral is at the top. No way in there except from the palace itself. Below that, the whole place is a maze of secret passages, easy to get lost in. And it’s all built atop a sealed temple to the Old Gods.

[cryptiddeer]

IF I SEE ONE MORE FUCKING POST ABOUT HOW BIDEN/KAMALA DON'T CARE ABOUT PALESTINE AND DEFINITELY WANT IT DESTROYED IM GONNA LOSE IT

AMERICA HAS A TREATY WITH ISRAEL THAT HAS BEEN THERE SINCE THE STATE OF ISRAEL WAS CREATED

There is no backdoor in that treaty for if Israel does a genocide

If we break that treaty, it's world war 3

THE ONLY WAY TO SOLVE THIS IS DIPLOMACY

[mqfx]

devil in my ear says romantasy should have hualesbians which opens up the bigger question of "should I just trans everyone's gender then"

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

"The truth is that Trump’s record as president was the same as his record as a businessman: rich until the inheritance ran out," writes

@DavidFrum: https://theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/07/donald-trump-republican-party-nomineee/679109/

[cybergoth-damsel]

You actually don't need to make your own voting discourse post if you're just going to make the same three arguments as everyone did in 2020. You could probably find one that already exists and reblog it instead of parroting a Schoolhouse Rock level of political understanding. If we have to do this every few years could we at least pick up where we left off? Pretty please?

[hussyknee]

"We don't hate Jews and fight them because they are Jews. Jews are people of a religion, and we are people of a religion. We love all people of different religions. My brother even if he is my brother and he is a Muslim—if he steals my house and kicks me out, I will resist him."

— Sheikh Ahmed Ismail Hassan Yassin, founder of Hamas.

[7-oh-ta1]

Me playing veilguard where every fcking quest is about battling, no way but the hard way, when my favorite Inquisition mission was wicked hearts and wicked eyes

[igottatho]

Source.

The book the last tweet is referring to is Franz Fanon’s Wretched of the Earth.

[ithacanradio]

"Europe is a garden, the rest of the world a jungle." Where's your garden now? x