wolfinthewoods

joined 10 months ago
[–] wolfinthewoods@lemmy.ml 6 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Yes, I appreciate that Bernie moved me further left than I was already. Although, if I had more political consciousness before Bernie arrived on the scene, that shift would have happened irregardless. I dropped out of politics for about a good decade (after being disillusioned with Obama's first term) and he got me back thinking that a real progressive had a shot.

But after the last ten years, it's quite evident that the progressive wing of the Dems are merely a pressure release valve, same that the Dems are for the Republicans. It just keeps people endlessly mired within the constraints of a system that will not move leftward no matter the consequences of not doing so.

After reading enough Marxist literature, it's clear Marx was right, and that only a revolution ending in the dismantling of the current system and installation of a worker's controlled one, will create any meaningful and lasting change for the working classes.

[–] wolfinthewoods@lemmy.ml 30 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

"If we the voters can kick this football, then the Dems will move left"

[–] wolfinthewoods@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That guy looks like a real life Mac from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, giving off mad Mac vibes too.

[–] wolfinthewoods@lemmy.ml 16 points 8 months ago

It's amazing to me that you could read that quote, and your take, unironically, is exactly the sentiment that Arendt was warning about.

[–] wolfinthewoods@lemmy.ml 17 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Ugh, so true. The insidious nature of Steam is the fact that they're basically a PC gaming business monopoly, but they're benign compared to other corporations, so gamers tend to turn a blind eye to that fact, or find various grasping ways to convince themselves otherwise (there's still Epic and GOG! etc). The fact that 80%+ of PC game sales are through Steam doesn't seem to faze or disturb them, when it most definitely should. What happens when Steam drops the facade? I imagine it won't be long before Steam turns into the badguy.

[–] wolfinthewoods@lemmy.ml 5 points 8 months ago

Do what? Remind me of the babe

[–] wolfinthewoods@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

When big Tech, especially the biggest video platform in the world, does something like this it is relevant to tech. The better question is, if you do support lgbtq+ people, why the public freakout about mentioning a far reaching tech policy, by one of the biggest (if not THE biggest) tech company in the world, on a tech sub?

[–] wolfinthewoods@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 months ago

nazis and fascists, without ever knowing what those words even mean

I am Jack's complete lack of self awareness

[–] wolfinthewoods@lemmy.ml 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Sure, if your issue is that it's okay for corporations to remove protections for hate speech towards marginalized groups, then yes, go get bent. This kind of false equivalence between normalizing hate and ostraciszing progressives for speaking out against oppression is EXACTLY what we're fighting against. What in the hell is the 'rhetoric' do you disagree with? Having empathy for lgbtq+ people? Jesus. If so, this is definitely not the place for you.

[–] wolfinthewoods@lemmy.ml 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Wow. There's a huge disparity between the brows on those two. No matter how blurry the first pics are, the thickness of Luigi's brows would be noticeable. The person in that camera footage definitely doesn't have thick eyebrows like Luigi :/

[–] wolfinthewoods@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

Excellent! I noticed that there seems to be a lot of UK stuff that is explicitly working-class versus American. Interesting to say the least. It seems like, for whatever reason, it's a little bit more prevalent in the UK. Maybe it's just the responses I've gotten so far, but I have noticed there seem to be a disproportionate amount.

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