And so it begins. Abandon all progressive ideas to appeal to the “centrist”, only to lose to the fascist again. I hate it here.

Actually that’s not better. Hundreds of people are being paid to spout nazi propaganda for musk’s ego

I’d say it’s at about a 4. In the grand scheme I can do nothing. But at the local level, I can affect all sorts of change for the better. I can organize, so as long as I do that then nothing is lost

Well I’m an anarchist, so a Trotskyist state is still a monopoly of violence

I’ve mostly seen non-ml socialists and anarchists. I don’t know what you’ve heard, but Trotsky was also ML.

How many hate crime murders of men are there in Italy?

Get your transphobic shit off of lemmy.

The only social media I consume is lemmy, and that’s only about 3 hours per day at most. I’m the happiest I’ve been in a long time. It was easy as soon as I started going for regular walks

If you don’t see the difference then you’re operating on vibes rather than substance.

I’m hoping that it inspires the dsa to finally become a political party

That’s total nonsense. Socialism and capitalism are both economic, and economics are tightly integrated into governance. To divide the two so wholly is a fool’s errand. The difference between the two lies in who owns the factories and fields. If the factories and fields are privately owned, it’s capitalism. The US has been practicing capitalism since before the declaration of independence was even written. Capitalism is also an inherent hierarchical power structure.

Oligarchy is a political form of governance, not an economic model. Oligarchy can exist in several economic models, but let’s focus on how we got oligarchs in this capitalist system. They were created by exploiting the labor of the working class to earn their wealth, but being rich isn’t enough to them. They use their money to buy power, and then leverage that power to increase their wealth.

At least Ireland is doing some good shit in this hellhole of a world

you’re right, it’s systemic and deeply rooted. But we also need to start somewhere, and ICE is a great start to dismantling systemic oppression

God I wish that were me

For me, the snag is that I haven’t sorted through my files yet to decide what to keep

I’m lazy and haven’t gotten around to it yet

What specifically is heroic about forcing others to do your will?

I’m currently freelance antifa, the gig work pays better

Delusions of grandeur are pretty scary, as it turns out. The situation with the cops would have been too much for me