I remember like 2 yrs ago I was telling people on Deprogram subreddit “hey this guy is an abrasive asshole that only gives hot takes for views” and like 80% of them were like “lmk when you admit you’re a Zionist” or like “stfu, he’s done more for the global left than you”. Fine. Nowadays it’s obvious that he’s at least a lil transphobic (that tweet about trans people using their gender identity as an excuse?? for not having their political takes be criticized, it didn’t make sense so I don’t know how to even word it, my bad) and admitted himself that he isn’t a Marxist/communist. Fuck Israel and the USA, but seriously we can’t act like everyone who comes to those 2 VERY OBVIOUS leftist conclusions is a good person or even a smart person. The day I don’t have to hear about Bad Empanada again will be a very welcome one, can’t wait until his ass shuts up. Not to mention that he doxxed or helped to Doxx BayArea415, a great fount of info on PRC history and politics, as well as DPRK stuff

I wish it could be that easy, social democracy is easy to explain and works in a way that isn’t very complex, it’s easy to understand and put in practice which is more than you can say for Marxism (much love to Marx and Engels and Lenin, but it does ANYTHING but appeal to the lowest common denominator), but the unfortunate reality is that these people (good people who strive for equality, no matter how you feel about Soc-Dems) will be voted out eventually and Fascists will be put in their place to make up for the lack of record-breaking quarterly earnings for private companies. As soon as they have their chance, they’ll be much more unfair to the SocDems than the SocDems SHOULD HAVE BEEN to said Fascists.

He really do be Man

Truth be told, (cringe moment upcoming, prepare yourself) I may have stopped doing it bc COVID started and we stopped going to school, or I was unofficially peer-pressured out of it because of what you mentioned, basically like 2-3 people out of 20-25 would actually stand for it. It’s been like 5 or 6 years since I did it so I don’t remember but yea it was a “symbol of rebellion” for me as a lib bc we had Trump as president and I wanted to be all “I love America even if I don’t love Trump” but nowadays I just cringe and pretend that never happened

I was one of the few lame dorks that actually stood and said the pledge deep into HS, in my experience most people slowly stopped giving a fuck around beginning of HS, rightly so

As an American, I absolutely believe we should change the national anthem to “Take Me Out To The Ballgame”, more people know the lyrics, it relates more to the American experience than the actual anthem and it’s more catchy. I can’t see any other suggestions that fit this criteria more

I never used to question the fact that we would say the pledge of allegiance everyday at school, but when I learned that basically nobody else does that, I was stupefied.

I know that voting is dumb but I still don’t regret voting for PSL

Expensive prostitute and drunk Tv host killed me, goddamn that was brutal

According to Chapo, apparently some dude literally DIED training for this dumb shit😂how do you die training for a parade where you don’t even have to march in step lmfao

So, my thoughts on him are that he may not be a GOOD person, but he is absolutely without a doubt, a very smart person who is very knowledgeable on US foreign policy and the contradictions that come about from it. I used to watch Democracy Now a lot a few years ago (I still like them, my schedule sorta changed so I can’t watch it as regularly) and he would frequently give great interviews, talking about the Nord Stream attack that was orchestrated by the US, talking about the Euromaidan and the Alley of Angels. Sachs is many things, but he certainly isn’t dumb and he isn’t easily influenced/manipulated. Any recent interview or talks with Sachs are a goldmine for anyone skeptical of US foreign policy goals.

Good for Tanzania! It looks like they’re the only ones having a good time

For me personally, I’m less Pro-Russia so much as I’m anti- Color Revolution, and everything since 2014 clearly proved that the Ukrainian ruling class were ready to become Western stooges.

Yes! I almost forgot about that! They were holding hands and singing songs (which liberals love to see) in order to block trucks of aid coming into Israel from Egypt I believe

For me, I knew there was nobody with a conscience still living there when they had their protests in favor of Rapist IDF guards being freed without trial

I’ve heard people say that iPhone updates actually slow the phone down so you buy a new one. I wouldn’t be surprised but is that actually true or nah?

Hearing Cancer cost payments as someone who lost someone close due to cancer makes me furious. Like I literally cannot handle hearing the prices because it’s such OBVIOUS FUCKING PROOF that the bourgeoisie cares more about Cash than Human Life! Normally that would sound like a hamfisted portrayal of a bad guy in a shitty book, but it’s real, it’s all around us, people who could give less than one tenth of a fuck if we live or die, as long as the checks come in, the life-saving medicine does. Even if it ISN’T life-saving and they pass away soon after, they still charge amounts that -as Parenti says- would make the Pharaohs blush

Democracy Now! pullin up with extensive coverage💪🔥💨

I used to RAGE at Destiny when it first dropped like a decade ago almost. I was really good at the game for a short period but then everyone else got way better too and I eventually quit. Now I only play online games if I’m with a friend and that’s rare

To go from competitive gaming to quitting cold turkey won’t work in my experience. Try playing a solo mode of whatever you play most often. Ex: I played lots of NBA2k online and it just made me pissed that people can buy better stats and attributes, so I just started playing MyCareer mode (single player) and never looked back. I might play one or 2 full length NBA games with my player, play a good game and then I quit before the game pisses me off. I play a whole hell of a lot less of it now, maybe once every day or 2, and I have more fun in the process.