I am a Democrat, but I will say that my moderate Republican friends are a lot easier to political discussions with than my further left friends (I have one communist friend who is an exception, because he owns up to the fact that he is unhinged). I actually agree more with my progressive friends than my Republican friends. But when I do disagree with my progressive friends, they become unpleasant.
Anyone want to place bets on why those friends are quote unquote “becoming unpleasant”?
not sure we should accept the neoliberal’s framing here at face value. “owns up to the fact the he is unhinged” could mean he openly and honestly advocates for a position that the author here finds unhinged. i’m picturing something like
uncritical support for the democratic people’s republic of korea and its struggle against the genocidal imperialist occupiers
that’s completely unhinged
sure, and you are deeply unserious
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Maga people thinking going from maga to the neoliberalism that installed Pinochet is “deradicalisation”.
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People that think Bernie lukewarm social democracy was “radical” instead of literally the most central political position around most of the world.
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People that admit they were never really radical leftists to begin with.
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Zionists, settlers, supporters of apartheid, supporters of genocide.
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No actual deradicalisations.
Wanting to belong just shortcuts people’s brains. Absolute boomer logic. I too would love to just be a cog in the machine. I love the idea of all working together to settle Mars, Expanse style, except the way I’d do it would be to bring back Soviet style communism (Red Planet huehuehuehue).
Difference is, I still actually don’t want to society to suck and be shit, and for these 20 something boomers, they just don’t give a fuck. They love slavery so long as it is part of their identity. Imperialism is fine, because it is people who look like me who are doing it. Even though it is Coca Cola and Nestle and the oil companies that are the ones who reap the benefits.
Same thing with organised religion. People literally could not give a fuck if it makes sense, or if it makes their lives worse, or if it used as a cudgel to bludgeon the poor unfortunates that fall outside the pre-defined good group. They don’t care if it serves archaic power structures, and even do not give a fuck when it is arbitrarily used against them. They just pick an identity (or more accurately have one randomly assigned to them by the circumstances of their birth), and then they go with it. Pure vibes.
So yeah not in the least bit surprised that the army brought these people “back into the fold”
They went on to say that it’s a “great equalizer”, lol:
I’m aircraft maintenance in the Air Force. I have never experienced a greater equalizer than working on the flight line. Doesn’t matter your sex, race, or orientation. If you’re good at your job, you’re one of us.
Outside of bombing mostly brown ppl, this isn’t even true internally. The sexual assault rates for women in USAF are astronomical, and the class and race divisions are all there: if you’re not a straight white, you aren’t going up through the ranks, with the exception of a few tokens.
I made a bunch of money and realized that I only care about myself and you should just do that
Dude thinks life being more valuable than property is radical, peak ghoul.
