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Been back in Europe due to some heavy family shit.
Every day I meet people who make fun of the far right and Trump, all while voicing opinions such as: “Israel should do to the Palestinians what the USians did to the Native Americans”.
All of these people would join the fascists as soon they are no longer seen as the underdogs.
Think I’m going to vote for SP (demsocs) instead of PvdD (animal welfare) tomorrow.
It’s sad there is no alternative. ML parties in the Netherlands, even if they participated only just started to pretend to care about anti-imperialism.
A friend of mine who called themself anticapitalist, said that they wanted to join the student protests but didn’t and felt guilty about it. On the other hand, they said that they don’t like the use of ACAB at the protests and that cops are just doing their job. But I think that they’re a baby leftist and have a lot to unlearn
Gotta start somewhere. Calling themselves anticapitalist is a baby step indicating the potential and desire for class consciousness.
I have several complaints about it, but the documentary “Power” that’s on Netflix now could be a good place to start the conversation. Does a good job of breaking down myths about policing and the history of cops in the US. Drops the ball at the end, but that’s a great place for you to pick it up with a conversation.
Fuck Susan
Who’s Susan?
Susan Wojcicki, the former CEO of YT. She basically set the precedent for YT being shit.
At least it wasn’t a man in charge
/S
Just so we are clear
I am poking fun at people who think replacing male CEOs with female CEOs will fix all our problems
Happy Pride Month y’all, just don’t visit any social media at all today!
Wesołego geja!!! 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️
I’m currently engaged in a China Bad™ debate and instead putting in too much effort I decided to just say: ‘source?’ at their bold claims. Turns out it is hard to find actual evidence if your world view is fabricated by the West’s propaganda machine.
I actually just got done with some western leftists on the western pacific/China situation. I thought we had mutual respect between us but then they tried to call me white when they knew I’m not and they knew I was from one of those areas. And called me unhinged/deranged. So being deprived of my humanity was cool. I should have just done what you did and ask for sources.
fuckin hell mate I don’t think I’ve ever been mad about an online confrontation like this. sorry I needed the vent. the steam is coming out my ears, nose, and cuticles. It’s just actually physically tiring.
The Indian elections made me want to learn Hindi again. It’s been a while since I last tried to learn it
daily reminder that Hindi is not a real language
I’m aware of this, and it was one of the reasons I quit in the first place
If you are interested you can learn Bengali. Personally Telugu which is my mother tongue is the best looking/sounding one but you should try Bengali.
On Bengali https://youtu.be/cnOkbosPm-s?si=r2eR_zgxOXZzis-V
Plus there is a lot of literature and philosophy written in it
I’m waiting for a book to be delivered
The party I voted for (SP, demsoc) probably won’t make it into EU parliament, but apparently they are close to a seat, so I’m still hopeful. We’ll see on sunday
What made you vote for SP this time? I tried to find several ways to not make my question seem like an attack but be assured it’s not lol I just wondered as you’ve voted for another party a while ago for example.
I’m a BIJ1 member, but had to find another party to vote for since they didn’t participate this time. So I was thinking about PvdD and SP but decided on SP because they are slightly better on Ukraine
Indian election results were full of surprises, love it.
So the changing climate is causing more rain to fall over here. Due to increased rain fall and humidity, more people now suffer from URTI (myself included at the moment, yay). I think diseases is one of the most ignored things about climate change.
Also, we will face a mosquitoe plague this summer because of all the wetness.
Is there any source saying this is because of climate change?
I live in a nearby country and I also feel the weather has changed a lot in the last few years, but people and the mainstream media act like nothing happened, so I really want some confirmation this is being caused by climate change
waiting for my book
Belgian socdems the second a Marxist party overtakes them in popularity: yes we would much rather govern with right wing neoliberals!
And because they have no decent counter arguments whatsoever they pulled out to old ‘BUT THE UYGHURS???’ trick. Suddenly we, a party that is present at every Palestinians, Congolese, Sudanese, whatever protest is against human rights, while they, parties that are currently in the government that is still supporting Israel, are the beacon of human progress.
So dens the second they are threatened by anyone to the left of them.
The combined effect of Pride Month, June 4th and June 6th makes liberals so fucking exhausting this time of year.
