Reminds me of “Lamourette’s kiss”. In the summer of 1792, when the middle class had gained control of the French Revolution and decided to compromise with the Monarchy, Lamourette (a priest) proposed that the Assembly abandon the idea of the Republic (a left wing ideal) and also abandon the idea of the upper chamber of congress (a right wing ideal). The middle-class Assembly screamed and cheered at Lamourette’s proposal of “radical centrism” (i.e. abandoning progress) and everyone began hugging and kissing each other in centrist ecstasy.

True story. Those politicians just wanted to grill, man. BTW this happened like a month before the people (the actual Left) stormed into the King’s palace and forced him to be arrested and executed, just in case you wanna know where “radical centrism” leads.

(Source: The Great French Revolution by Kropotkin, chapter 32)

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Trump = accelerationist (heightens contradictions)

Biden = decelerationist (harm reduction)

There’s a genuine argument to be had about which is worse (i.e., Bernie was closer to winning in 2020 than he was in 2016 because people were getting tired of rich people like Trump fucking over the working class - Obama and co. had to actively interfere in the 2020 election to stop socialism from winning, while in 2016 they just had to sit back and let the media/complacency do its thing).

Vegans are allowed to criticize people for not being vegan

Yes.

Do not use appropriative comparisons like chattel slavery or the holocaust if they are not from your culture.

Also yes.

I truly don’t mind vegans arguing against me eating meat. But if they immediately jump to saying I’m equally equivalent to a Nazi guard or a Confederate slave-master, 1. the conversation is over, 2. I now personally no longer respect you, and 3. that’s unacceptably racist and I don’t understand how overly-aggressive vegans don’t understand that.

You’re not going to win anyone over to veganism by calling them a Nazi. You’re not going to convince anyone that your way of doing things / your morality is better than theirs just by name-calling them “barbaric” and “primitive”. Either make a more persuasive argument, or just admit that you don’t give a shit about winning the argument/ converting people to veganism/ saving animals and you’re just basking in the glow of how superior you think you are to everyone else because of one consumer choice you have made.

Let’s focus on what we have in common. Anti-Capitalism, Anti-Imperialism, Anti-Racism, Anti-Transphobia. That is what draws people to the site - infinite childish squabbling pushes good people away.

If you’re not for animal liberation, you’re not a leftist.

Good luck winning a revolution with 0.5% of the population on your side. BOLD STRATEGY COTTON, let’s see how it plays out.

Second cold war will see sporadic Climate/Resource conflict (like Syria). Eventually less stable states will collapse. Honestly I would predict more civil wars/ refugees (again like Syria) than actual nation vs. nation wars (haven’t had a large one since Iran-Iraq, which is interesting to research if you have time).

Wait how do I format posts like this? With clickable Pikachu?

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Pete Buttigeig is just a copy of Barack Obama but with +2 intelligence, -2 wisdom, and -8 charisma. He does have the “Veteran” backstory though, but it’s not worth very much in the newer versions of the game.

Iron Man invented a way to create free green energy. And instead of sharing it with the world, he kept it for himself and used it to build weapons, which he used to personally intervene in foreign countries’s conflicts. Yes this is the “good guy”.

Also, “One world, one people” isn’t even that radical of an idea. It just means we’re all human beings.

Just a good boy trapped in a bad world…