scarcity_of_the_self

joined 2 weeks ago

o7 any time, FYI: MR magazine had an article about it called The New Irrationalism which helped me figure out why people even recommended it to me in the first place so check that out first

Oh cool it's that person who talks about Elon Musk all the time and tried to spread rumors that voting for Kamala would be some kind of harm reduction before her hard transphobic pivot. I really need more people like Juniper in my feed. Thank God, I might actually consider using BlueSky seriously now. The nightmare is over.

[–] scarcity_of_the_self@hexbear.net 30 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Fascists have been securely in power in the US for some time now. Decades and decades. Fascism never went away after the peak imperialist era of the US. Ideology is a flexible tool for fascists, a skeleton key to deny reality and push will to power for them and compliance for everyone else, with some cheap concessions. They behave differently when out of power, gaining/losing power, or securely in control. And they are fractious beyond belief. People on here were joking about fascist ideologue Tucker Carlson claiming the left knows how to unite, but it is as ridiculous to claim the same thing about right ideologues or the bourgeoisie.

If you feel threatened by the fascist infighting, may I recommend stepping out of the way? Instead of following the call to arms coming from NGOs which exist to sop up radical grassroots energies and channel them into a structure defined by financial backers which can obliterate NGOs whenever they aren't worth maintaining?

[–] scarcity_of_the_self@hexbear.net 27 points 11 hours ago (5 children)

If it did stand a chance of diminishing Hamas' fighting capabilities, it would only push Israel further into a brutal confrontation with Iran. Iran certainly doesn't want to sacrifice everything against the US, but the fact is the US would be dashed against the rocks. Iran is burying the dream of war with China that Russia coldly strangled to death in view of everyone on earth.

He gave everything for the struggle, this is one of the most insane videos I have ever seen. I almost feel like the Israelis showing me this was some kind of mistake?

Jacobin 😭 catch this block

[–] scarcity_of_the_self@hexbear.net 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

That shit is the best since it doesn't even have much salt or any sugar. It doesn't try to be a sauce really it is just perfect

Average Minecraft Forge mod developer

[–] scarcity_of_the_self@hexbear.net 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Very funny to see someone posting libertarian paranoia about CBDCs on a Leftist Idealism Forum. Wall Street as it turns out dislikes extant proposals for CBDCs because of how they would affect financial markets. Not surprising though everyone goes full More Perfect Union (actual patsocs), Chris Hedges, George Orwell idealism here at the drop of a hat

Graeber is cool but he is part of a larger conversation about monetary history none of us should be left out of as materialists

Go watch Geopolitical Economy Hour (the subprogram on Ben Norton's channel with the professors chatting, not the newswipes although they are fine) they actually discuss the monetary theory, historical and present.

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