my favorite establishment has mirrors that were focused on the trough style urinal; making peeing an unavoidably public viewing and forcing everyone to acknowledge that peeing is happening. lol
i liked it because it straight men are too afraid to use it and either waited in line for the sole suite bathroom next door or held it in the entire time while the rest of us had quick access.
it’s not crazy; it’s ackowledging the absurdity that there’s no real choice and examples like mexico w shienbaum & amlo proved that it’s easily possible once you stop uncritically swallowing this type of propaganda.
your point misses THE point; nothing is being cancelled; and incrementalism only serves to perpetuate our unjust society.
the way you describe authoritarian movements and mass genociders as “imperfect personalities” is an unironic and unaware manifestation of the our blessed homeland meme
you advocate for critical thinking and learning from history without acknowledging that your own country is an authoritarian oligarchical regime that denies its victims the necessary education that would teach the history and critical thinking they need and it has lead the election of an openly authoritarian president who seeks control; as all presidents in the past have done; and it will lead to more.
i don’t know what your education is like, so i don’t know what you learned in elementary school about these founder’s crimes against humanity; but if it’s anything like how most american voters’ education of these men, it’s seriously lacking on this topic.
reddit: definately, but lemmy: not so much
you have buses so you’re lucky. lol
and the entirety of kern county felt like a west coast version of the new jersey turnpike
i’m aware of this and it only makes me wonder at why the admins seemingly don’t bother to keep to track.
if you walk there, it becomes a much bigger part of your day too. lol
you’re missing the point and no nation’s founder’s character is unassailable.
we give grand canyon sized passes to these specific founders to white wash their truly horrific behaviors (that we know about); but don’t do the same thing for founders that we consider our enemies and that’s indicative of the propaganda that we keep perpetuating when we repeat this whitewashing to each other; as well as the reason why we’re descending into fascism.
no one is immune to propaganda so, yes, you are part of the problem like i am; the only difference is that me along with most of the people commenting on this post are aware of this specific propaganda and you’re not; hopefully unwittingly so.
How do you know they’re down voting you?
Yes, Democrats are bizarre and stupid so any take inspired by them is precisely that; but it needs to be said for the fools who agree w them to serve as a mirror.
They’re elected for a reason; if we have to spearhead the action, then they’re pointless and shouldnt be there
Unfortunately they don’t seem to understand that appearing ineffectual turns centrists off even more than appearing radical does.
Does it though?
Look at how much .world or reddit downvote and deride posts critical of Democrat behavior since the beginning on the election and the only takeaway you can get is that they’re in onboard with it no matter how much they hate it simply because Republicans are worse.
the lack of understanding and empathy are natural side effects of our atomization and it’s been fostered by our capitalist system to make us less willing to join together in our fight in the up vs down class struggle.
What if MLK did not support feminists? Would he now be considered scum, thus negating everything good he ever did?
he literally addressed the national organization for women in 1966 and espoused their ideals.
giving a pass to the people from history is problematic because the same ideals of progressiveness that we pride ourselves on today were present in the past and people knew that it existed; they simply weren’t as popular back then as they are now and anyone espousing them back then were treated like tankies of their own time.
giving them a pass only helps to excuse regressivism and anti-progressive sentiment like both the republicans and democrats (respectively) practice today; this is a key reason why we have trump as president today and probably jd vance tomorrow.
(Shit, that was over 20 years ago. I’m old …)
i watched that crossfire interview when it first aired and i think it’s telling that stewart & the daily show et al. are still the primary vanguard of american liberalism when the rest of the world has changed; especially so when they solely focus on stoking the culture war fires and ignoring the class war that creates them.
You don’t have to be an idiot or insane to be fooled by effective messaging …
i’m convinced that this is the weakest point of any leftist message; when you tell people that they’ve succumbed to propanganda, they hear: “you’re so stupid that propaganda works on you” and it incenses them against listening to anything further.
they have enough money to remain solvent for generations.
Harm reduction had led is to our first openly fascist President.