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@ balderdash9 @lemmy.zip

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I'm mostly half-serious.

  • What is a life lesson you never seem to learn?

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  • It really doesn't matter what you say when you argue with people on the internet. No historical evidence, statistics, political theory, or emotional appeal can change someone's mind.

    Without getting into US politics, I think this country is going to have to learn how to resist White supremacy & nationalism the hard way. Things have to get worse before they can get better.

  • Indies devs band together for 100-game, $10 bundle aiming to help an "unprecedented number" of laid off developers

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  • "Steam keys are not included in this purchase."

    Pardon my ignorance, but how does this work? And are these games Linux compatible?

    edit: thanks for the replies. I'm glad they're creating this fund.

  • What was the best generation of consoles in your opinion?

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  • I agree with the PS3 due to the roaster of games.

  • Beautifull

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  • Plenty of reasons.

    1. The person is too young or too old or not attractive for some other such reason.
    2. They're wearing a skirt/dress
    3. Don't want to feel like a perv or make her feel uncomfortable.

    I'm not trying to sound puritanical but there are good reasons to look elsewhere.

  • No, I don't think I will renew

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  • Many such examples.

  • Just a reminder

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  • Withholding your vote only puts gasoline on the fire.

    Can you say this to a Palestinian-American or Latin American with a straight face? The Democratic Party is still complicit in genocide abroad and refuses to accept abolition of Trump's personal white supremacy army. Several Democrats are implicated in the Epstein Files and their colleagues are covering for them. If you don't think these are the appropriate lines in the sand to draw, then the line doesn't exist. The "lesser evil" rhetoric will justify anything.

    ...civil protest and mutual support networks

    We should all be joining leftists organizations, anti-capitalist reading groups, mutual aid groups, workers unions, tenants unions, self-defense groups, community gardens, and real grassroots communities built on trust. Such communities will form the foundation for future protests, boycotts, workers strikes, renters strikes, and, if necessary, civil disobedience. That is the only way the American people can regain control at this point.

  • Just a reminder

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  • Our cities were atomized which happens to make quelling, compartmentalizing, and hiding unrest much easier. We would be doing great if we were simply anemic.

    On a personal note, I've been to several protests where (it feels as though) the only people who are watching us are the police on the ground and the drones in the sky. We march down the approved path, which has been sectioned off from the rest of the city, and yell about various issues. Then we all go back to work on Monday. Pretty demoralizing at times but it's better than being terminally online.

  • As a gay black woman

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  • This is just embarrassing

  • Just a reminder

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  • To side-step the electorialism conversation a bit: Americans need to take a page out of the French handbook. Civil engagement should not begin and end at voting.

    We should be joining leftists organizations, anti-capitalist reading groups, mutual aid groups, workers unions, tenants unions, self-defense groups, community gardens, and real grassroots communities built on trust. These will form the foundation for future protests, boycotts, workers strikes, renters strikes, and, if necessary, civil disobedience. The workers of America have become so anemic that our politicians no longer fear us.

  • BlackRock is the worst

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  • Hey gotta let the free market do its thing /s

  • Just a reminder

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  • There are differences, but your questions are valid nonetheless. The two parties are a Venn Diagram:

    We can vote on LGBTQ protections, DEI initiatives, abortion, separation of church & state, etc. because the two parties genuinely disagree on these issues.

    We can never vote on wars in the middle east, the ever-increasing Pentagon budget, the ever-increasing ICE budget, growing presidential powers, Congressional insider trading, protections for whistle blowers, lifting sanctions on Cuba, closing Guantanamo Bay, the surveillance state, drone strikes, corporate bail outs, the growing wealth gap, etc. Where both parties agree there is no democracy.

  • Just a reminder

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  • It's not an oversimplification to say both sides are bought and paid for by billionaires and constantly support the wealthy. The working class have been getting fucked by both parties ever since Ronald Reagan left us with "trickle-down" economics.

  • Just a reminder

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  • So vote blue no matter who?

  • Just a reminder

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  • To give some more specific examples:

    Liberal voters: We pay more for healthcare than anyone else! Can you use our money for Medicare for All?

    Politicians:

    Voters: Why have we been blockading Cuba since fucking 1962? Make it stop!!

    Politicians:

    Voters: Scientist are warning about climate change!! We need to take drastic measures!

    Politicians:

    Voters: ICE is killing people and racially profiling! It's a danger to us all and must be abolished!!

    Politicians:

    Voters: Stop killing brown people with our tax dollars! Pull support away from Israel!!

    Politicians:

    Leftists: I can no longer support the Democratic Party

    Liberal voters:

  • Just a reminder

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  • At the presidential level, it feels like our electoral system favors a handful of swing states. This shit is barely a democracy.

  • Yeah I see you...

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  • Ironically, this is a dangerous thread for hobby collectors

  • Cuban Americans for Cuba statement on #MarcoRubio's "report"

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  • As the US maintains over 6 decades of economic warfare [...] on Cuba

    This deserves emphasis. The Cuban people have shown remarkable resilience in the face of economic sanctions first started by president John F Kennedy in fucking 1962. While Republicans are the face of white nationalist fascism, let's not forget how establishment Democrats, continuing to support the status quo, lead us to this point in history.

    The same could be said about ICE, Guantanamo Bay, mass government surveillance, police militarization, the Pentagon budget, support for Israel, and the list goes on.

  • How is this even debatable?

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    1. Some groups prefer to think of themselves as superior. They would rather drain the swimming pools than allow integration.

    2. "Equal" "rights" is vague. Does equality imply equal outcomes? Do rights include, say, property rights? The ambiguity naturally leads to disagreements. For instance, if I argue for the abolition of private property and you want to give every family their own homestead (where everyone can trade in a market of small producers) we both technically agree on equal rights.

  • There's something to be said for the direct approach

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  • Whether the class war is lost has yet to be determined.

  • Political Memes @lemmy.ca
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    Yet Another Workweek

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    PISS

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    To Whom It May Concern,

  • Political Memes @lemmy.world
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    What the Fuck, Chuck

  • Political Memes @lemmy.ca
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    Let's get one thing clear

  • Political Memes @lemmy.world
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    The Lesser Evil

  • Political Memes @lemmy.ca
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    This is America.

  • 196 @lemmy.world
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    Climate change do be like that

  • memes @lemmy.world
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    One must imagine Sisyphus happy

  • Political Memes @lemmy.ca
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    American Hypocrisy

  • memes @lemmy.world
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    Simple deduction, my dear Oedipus

  • Political Memes @lemmy.ca
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    Pick a side

  • memes @lemmy.world
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    Inside me there are two wolves: one likes to talk.

  • Lemmy Shitpost @lemmy.world
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    Alas!

  • Political Memes @lemmy.ca
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    50 Year Decline for the Working Class

  • 196 @lemmy.world
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    Business Bandaid

  • Comic Strips @lemmy.world
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    Welcome to Hell

  • Political Memes @lemmy.ca
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    Won't someone think of the profits?

  • Lemmy Shitpost @lemmy.world
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    Phrasing!