At a recent bargaining session, as the employer side began to rail against a proposed softening of no-strike restrictions, a massive winged cockroach scurried out from under the man speaking and into the stomping feet of the bargaining committee.
"Congratulations on your dependent!" - my accountant
I've been watching the Trump/fascism nomenclature debate from the sidelines for years wondering why no one says "authoritarian" anymore.
I'd love to see #s for homeowners vs renters.
Over the 8 min of this video, a single text message should have mobilized at least 50 people to surround that SUV. That's the level of organization this moment requires. Let's get to work.
Explains why segments of the online right stepped up to defend Indian civilization during the whole H1B discourse.
Damn. Honestly feel like I don't deserve this honor.
A reminder for myself and all of us: please don't be duped into random "resistance" mobilizing. Random influencers, Democratic party fronts, sectarian or hostile actor stuff. It's easily contained or co-opted as we saw with Resistance 1.0 and sadly even parts of the George Floyd movement. Instead...
Things I care about: mass deportations, outsourcing prisons to El Salvador and Gitmo
Things I dont gaf about: USAID, the department of whatever, the united states in general
Being nominally on the same political "side" as people who are currently calling to protect the integrity of our democratic institutions or some sht, makes it clear to me that we are not on the same side or even in the same room
Is DEI bad? Capitalism is bad. States are bad. Anything that puts the language of liberation in the service of propping up capitalism or the state is very bad.
It's all so tiring
Yes I described it further down as a natural tendency of the status quo, not a nefarious plot. More systems theory, less QAnon.
Not sure where my wording - "response" - got twisted into "secret plan"
That sounds important. Maybe it's not fair that DEI's become synonymous with its corporate bastardization, because the spirit of it is worthwhile. Though the corporate form seems to have been Rufo's primary rhetorical target, which always cracked me up cause like... please... take it...
I would never consider this a nefarious scheme; it's just a natural tendency of the status quo... but the playbook they draw from was developed very intentionally over decades by the US intelligence community.
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This is not a "source" to "prove" a claim. This is an essay that is part of a broader conversation on the left
You could just ask politely if I can suggest any reading on the subject, as people often do.
So be it. Im in the Northeast.
You werent my intended audience. But since you were so eager to share your opinion, I figured I'd see what you were bringing. It's always safe to assume that not everything posted publicly on social media is intended for you.
I have a standard... low information + no opinion = ripe for a good organizing conversation. Low information + loud opinions = ignorant, waste of time
Im happy to get a coffee and talk you through all this in person if you're actually interested
Alternative? That's easy. Diversity and inclusion in revolutionary anticapitalist movements. You should have asked sooner
I actually live offline and have these types of conversations every day. Weird, I know.
Like I would love to have a thoughtful disagreement with someone with something remotely interesting to say. If you know anyone like that, please invite them into the thread.
No, Im just realizing that you are lacking in a baseline level of knowledge on the subject of domestic counterinsurgency and it feels like arguing with a kindergartener.
