Neandarchy

Every time I come back to this app, the notifications tab reminds me why I dont open it often. Just the dumbest shit lmao

I think people forget that before the Great Depression and that Depressions were a thing that happened regularly in capitalist economies. I'm sure someone more educated can give me the reasons why whats happening now is technically not a Depression... but tbh it feels pretty Depressiony

I try to avoid arguing online cus its bad for my brain but the other day I got caught in a debate with someone who was writing long spirited defences of Kaiser Wilhelm II. Even had the painting from late in life as his pfp. Even if that was a bot, it was my favourite bot. No one defends the Kaiser

Anyways.

We really need to start calling American wars in the middle east what they are. Commanders are saying this war was "anointed by Jesus" and in Iraq Bush said "God told him too" These are Crusades. Plain and simple. This is the Second American Crusade. Its a Holy War by a death cult.

It’s not enough.

I bet Romans wouldve gone absolutely nutty over pixel art.

Genuinely concerned for Halle Barrie's safety after calling out Gavin Newsom over the menopause bill. The behaviour Ive seen from Newsom-obsessed Dem voters has been nothing short of horrifying. My hope is that this baggage tanks his chances. My fear is a bunch of Dems just get racist.

The overwhelming and crushing guilt of setting one understandable and necessary boundary but like I was kinda firm about it.

Youre only a true Baldurs Gate fan is at some point you forget Withers doesn't actually have breasts

When did we all agree that shortbread crumbs belong on blueberry muffins? Its everywhere now. Im trying to pretend to be healthy here.

"He never wanted a Third term, it was trolling and you fell for it" He said, wearing a Trump 2028 hat with tears in his eyes.

I've seen people say "the reason they have tea with milk and sugar in England but not China is because you need to mask the taste of low quality tea" and like... thats bullshit lol. England does that cus they got their tea culture from India. Ask an Indian person if their Chai is low quality.

My hottest take as a Leftist is that I dont think Johnny Harris is CIA. Totally get why the narrative exists, that Davos video and some of his China stuff is a little wild. But no crazier than any establishment liberal. A lotnof his content just doesn't make sense if hes CIA.

Me in the corner of the party "They dont even know about the impending Anglican schism"

I feel like most of the time "excuses" are just reasons someone is refusing to empathize with. "Dont give me your excuses" almost never gets levied at someone trying to be excused. Always someone trying to give reasons to a person who doesnt like those reasons.

Carney’s austerity budget is a slap in the face. While people struggle to get by, the rich get more. Stop handing public money to corporations. Fund #healthcare. #Buildhousing. #Makelifeaffordable. This budget helps the few, not the many.

the fascism is for sure happening now. all the far flung harms you anxiously laughed off before are on the table. take time to think earnestly and calmly what you need to do to stay safe and survive. the time for brushing it off as alarmism or prematurity is over.

I bet Kamala wouldve won if they embraced the couch-fucking thing. You look at JD and he LOOKS like a guy who'd fuck a couch. People wouldve been like "its not true" and they couldve replied "We know, but look at him."

a social platform with no usernames and no comments just an infinite black expanse, with each post consisting of either a text card or image, each piece of positive engagement gives that post a bigger gravity well, users can move similar posts together in real time to add to that gravity well.

There was a noticeable difference between “feds are in town” and “feds are in town and now being paired up with MPD units.” They went from bumbling around on the Mall to surgical strikes in migrant neighborhoods & targeting key commuter roads for working class neighborhoods at rush hour.

“What if we kissed at the Broadview ICE First Amendment Zone”

IL Congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh: "I think Kristi Noem should have consequences. I think she should be tried at The Hague."

Abughazaleh: I think Kristi Noem should be tried at The Hague. And if the response from ICE to people exercising their first amendment right is to drive vehicles through them, they should not be an agency in the US.

What if the problem— just hear me out—what if it’s not a failure to listen to each other? What if, stay with me now, what if we HAVE listened, and we’ve heard lies and nonsense and frankly scary proposals (coupled with scary actions), and get this, hold on, we just fundamentally disagree?

My husband was detained by ICE today Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away I have had zero contact or updates since #SOS @duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

oh look, another person with "effective altruism" in their bio defending transphobia 🙄

Wildly effective phrase to shut down hustle-culture people. "Stop forcing your religion onto me" They dont think of "rise and grimd" as an ideological adherence to overworking. But thats what it is. When you remind them, they don't know what to do. They think their cult is "common sense"

"Is Wayne Brady gonna have to bone saw a bitch?"

Considering getting the antifascist flags as a tattoo, but I feel like I could be more creative than just the symbol. Any ideas? I wasnt gonna get any political symbol tattoos, but after antifa got designated as a "terrorist group" I feel like its important to emblazon my values very clearly.

Since the Ezra & Ta-Nehisi discussion is still happening: the main point I think most are missing is that Klein is saying the role of the journalist-intellectual is to do strategic politics, whereas Coates says the role of the journalist-intellectual is to tell the truth

Seeing the comments on Bill Burrs recent podcast episode is healing. We need to never let any of the comedians who took blood money live it down. They should regret it the rest of their lives. #Riyadh

One thing about the arts is that so many people get as far as they possibly can and then build a gate to stop anyone getting further than them. And it’s your job to recognize that the gate has no walls

Small win. The only people left doing the "whay does fascism even mean anymore?" BS are the crypto-fascists and the completely ignorant. Even mainstream democrats are starting to use the word. Thats a fight we have won. We deobfuscated the term and made it useful again.

Tfw when you let your white friend get away with too much tiktok speech and now this 30-year-old white man is throwing out constant aave sounding goofy as hell "crashing out" and calling things "goofy ahh"

Left: Wow. We need gun reform. Right: Wow. We need to put the left in concentration camps. Media: Ok. It's time for the the left to bring down the political temperature here. Enough is enough.

So I guess the next step is convincing liberals that the military industrial complex is trying to take Jimmy Kimmel away from them

Really thankful for Gianmarco Soresi and Caleb Hearon for basically murdering the idea "you cant say anything anymore" and the entire thesis of rightwing comedy. They took rightwing comedy out back and killed it with a gun by proving you can say anything as long as youre funny and a decent person.

I feel like part of why our billionaires dont invest in cool megaprojects for the common good is because wealthy people in medieval times did that to be remembered as godly men. Our rich people know they are better off not being remembered, because theyll be remembered as monsters.

Robert Reich is becoming increasingly based. Among the better mainstream antifascist voices.

I think we should bring back sophist as a pejorative. There are a lot of people who are able to say the sky is red or 2+2=5 and somehow win the argument just because they are good at rhetoric and word games. People who play devils advocate needlessly. Sophists need to be checked, not debated.

Money may not buy happiness but Im willing to bet it'd cure my anxiety.