UnkTheUnk

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[–] UnkTheUnk@midwest.social 1 points 10 months ago

These links are closer to what you probably intended

these are about nursing home policy not the Libertarian ballot issues though

[–] UnkTheUnk@midwest.social 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

are you sure you've got the link you meant to add to this? because that link goes to one on UK politics

[–] UnkTheUnk@midwest.social -1 points 1 year ago

Why did the article feel the need to mention US foreign policy from the early Trump administration? I can't imagine it would be hard to find hypocrisy from the Biden administration itself.

Instead of talking about the US human rights failures, it spends time downplaying the accusations about Uighurs. None of the information constructed here builds into a cohesive thesis.

[–] UnkTheUnk@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

Why the Bolshevik leadership bent over backward to protect Stalin here is beyond me

[–] UnkTheUnk@midwest.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fascists think they do

[–] UnkTheUnk@midwest.social 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I can't really imagine danger being particularly extreme for anyone other than trans people, for trans folk updating passports is likely a good idea. But keep in mind that blue states would still be relatively safe.

If shit truly gets to the point where it's death squads and fascist street gangs, realistically there would not be anywhere in the world that would be safe.

[–] UnkTheUnk@midwest.social 132 points 2 years ago (17 children)

I don't think we need to be worried about full-blown civil war, but preparing for an increase in stochastic terrorism probably isn't the worst idea.

[–] UnkTheUnk@midwest.social 6 points 2 years ago

truth is dead

[–] UnkTheUnk@midwest.social 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] UnkTheUnk@midwest.social 25 points 2 years ago

new skill learned: "investigative journalism"

[–] UnkTheUnk@midwest.social 1 points 2 years ago

That doesn't really respond to what I said

but it applies to voting, we can argue about the effectiveness of voting as a tactic but people who vote are more politically engaged than the type of person described in the quote

There are many people who vote, and do nothing else, and that is condemnible. But unless you have direct evidence that the quote originates with someone who explicitly denied the effectiveness of voting in totality I see no reason why the quote would not apply to forms of political advocacy you happen consider ineffective

I don't particularly want to argue about the effectiveness of voting, beyond to say that I strongly disagree with any bright-line distinction between "electoralism" and whatever other strategies you would care to mention, and that EVERY successful movement (leftist or otherwise) that had the option had the ballot as part of their strategy.

[–] UnkTheUnk@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

but it applies to voting, we can argue about the effectiveness of voting as a tactic but people who vote are more politically engaged than the type of person described in the quote

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