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People keep reposting this screenshot of me and making up imaginary versions of my beliefs. I already ran through this on my profile but here we go again: I’m a left-wing libertarian. I’m a market socialist. Communism 👏🏻 is 👏🏻 different! 👏🏻___joker__
Communism is always the end goal, that’s the point. It’s such a shame that it has to go through that insanely brutal authoritarian portion to apparently get to it though 🥴 At least it’s not fascism though!Like again, you legitimately believe that Kamala Harris is a moderate conservative only because you heard it from other online champagne socialists and thought it sounded punchy. You guys aren’t talking about economics, markets, or state tax policy…you’re just repeating the lines and mantras from Das Kapital and the Communist Manifesto like a street preacher yelling Matthew 4:17, telling others to repent and then peacing the fuck out when you feel like it.
Harris is a moderate conservative because when you compare her politics to the country at large, they are 1) Pretty close to the middle of the road for Americans, and 2) Engineered to preserve America’s institutions, social structure, and economic status quo. Ergo, she is both moderate and conservative. That’s not a hot take, and all of my capitalist, Republican associates I’ve discussed this with are in agreement with me after I laid out my case. Your imaginary scenarios don’t trump real life
Malicious actors abuse the automod system and brigade reports. It’s not meant to hide views for the sake of some Machiavellian purpose. I vehemently disagree with a lot of people on here, but I will always tell others no matter who they are to either stay anonymous OR turn their profile posts off and set it to private.
I could give a shit less about your anecdotal convincing of other morons who were probably incapable of giving any push back. Comparing her to the country at large IS the point 🤣 You guys use the same shit over and over again despite being wrong. You’ll use Europe as an example yet can’t even name serious “left wing” that are the norm. What you really mean to say is that she’s moderately conservative in reference to YOUR position, not the country and definitely not the world lol.
I don’t agree with it. I think it’s optically bad(not necessarily the moral point, that’s just from a political strategy perspective) and morally bad. My views of the Israel/Palestine situation have progressively weakened against Israel over time. I’ve always been for a two-state solution because I believe it’s the most realistic and pragmatic. Anything else results in more death and unneeded slaughter.
(ahhhh i spoke too soon, that’s my bad) with all due respect, and admittedly i appreciate you addressing it and acknowledging how bad it is on their part (obviously worse on republicans given their vocal support for genocide but yk what I mean), I feel as if a single state secular solution is the only lasting long-term solution we can hope for; a two-state solution would end up in the same situation we’re in now (it makes me think of the Oslo accords, yk?)
i feel as if our government is overwhelmingly in support of genocide though, especially given our history, and that both parties are going to stay behind Israel sadly until a major coalition causes an economic impact especially since us going against Israel is essentially recognizing the exploitative and oppressive nature of our own founding, and many aren’t ready for that conversation
Harris is middle of the road, the DNC is not left-wing by any means, except for our own government and corporate media classifying the parties as “left and right” the majority of the DNC is center to center right, and many of them are throwing us trans folk entirely under the bus for their own political gain - to the point where the lemkin institute already classified us on the early stages of genocide
Again, realistic is the bigger keyword there. In order for that to exist, you’re essentially implying that the current Israeli government will have to be dismantled. There would be no single secular state without doing that mandatory step. You and I both know they wouldn’t step down so how else would you get rid of them? By force? A two state solution to me is more viable because it essentially allows the US and Arab partners who would have the interests of a successful Palestinian state….
To step in and mediate long term. It would have to be a joint UN lead ground force that would have to act as the go-between force as to prevent the Israelis from acting out and to prevent Palestinians from seeking more vengeance for past grievances. It has to end. Fuck the past bullshit.
Mate they’re committing fucking genocide, yes by force, have you lost your fucking mind? Do you think Germany should’ve been negotiated with and left alone while Hitler was in power? This is why you get criticized dude, it feels like you just don’t give a fuck about the severity of the situation.
respectfully joker, get your head out of your fucking ass. this isn’t some video game, this is genocide we’re talking about. The Israeli government obviously needs to be either overhauled, or dismantled, and if we aren’t going to be the ones to do it, someone else will; Additionally, what do you think will happen to the United States for supporting this genocide? I’d argue we need a fucking overhaul as well, at the bare minimum. how the fuck have become so apathetic?
Do you really believe that though? There is ONE singular issue that pops up time and time again(because of conservatives by the way) and that’s trans women in sports. I will say it again, I’m a pragmatist who believes in incrementalism. I’m not trans, but I would happily give up the fight on the sports bullshit if it meant solidifying basic human rights and dignity for trans people in this country.
Again, you’re not addressing anything I just said there as to why I’m a two state vs a single state. You’re not going to remove the Israeli government just like how you’re not going to remove the North Korean government or Russian government. You have to actually get to the next part of the conversation rather than just trying to speak it into existence. How do you plan to get rid of the Israeli government and create a single secular state without mass violence and preventing the same shit?
I am highly aware of what is happening in certain states AND from the federal government on its assault on the rights of trans people….but again….those are Republicans, not Democrats. That conversation can definitely shift to blame Democrats for losing, and I’m not against that criticism from a strategic analysis. Yes, Democrats do need to change their messaging and probably their leadership in some regards, but to pretend like this level of loss means we need to move to socialism? Crazy.
those are democrats as well, specifically mainstream democrats by platforming major transphobes while also adopting their views. Gavin newsome quite literally advocated to shift advocacy more “culturally normal” while discusses these issues, implying he didn’t view our identities (nor advocacy for us) as “culturally normal” Kamala Harris even adopted some of that exclusionary rhetoric in her recent book
you’re so addicted to party and identity politics, that you don’t give a flying fuck about who your advocacy impacts. Joker, if you can’t comprehend how THERE IS ALREADY MASS VIOLENCE, AND IT IS GROWING, then shut the fuck up already. this is why you’re a complacent fucking moron. Would your imbecilic ass say this same shit in opposition of world war 2, opposing the allies fighting back against Hitler and the axis powers? or do you have a specifically unique position on this genocide?
It’s easy to be for stats quo incrementalism when it’s not your community on the chopping block. Also as far as Israel goes yes they are an an apartheid state committing a genocide. By your logic there was nothing we could have done about apartheid South Africa either. Israel unlike Russia & North Korea are funded & protected by us so it’s not even a close comparison
To address the Newsom stuff, I have no real love for Newsom so I’m not going to try and parse the meaning. He wouldn’t be my primary pick, but I’d vote for him in the general vs any Republican. All of that being said, “normal” is sloppy language. Something can be uncommon demographically without being socially illegitimate. Politicians should know the difference.
they do know the difference, that’s the fucking point. It was intentional, Gavin newsome isn’t a fucking moron he’s been in politics for quite some time and is very educated on this shit He intentionally worded it like that, that’s the entire point. It’s vague enough to provide deniability to fucks like you, while reaffirming the beliefs of transphobic sacks of shit. It was quite literally a dog whistle😭 like what the fuck man, ruined my fucking morning
You 1,000% strike me as someone who would lie to save face. You love to decry illiberalism but bend the knee to fascists every chance you get when it comes to the actual issues — hell, sometimes even by name! You’re dishonest to the point that productive conversation is impossible, and your ego is your god.
I’m legitimately not LOL I’m having a conversation with you and I’m addressing everything you’ve directly asked me. I told you why I said a two state was more realistic and possible and resulted in LESS DEATH than a single secular state. All you’ve done is “ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?” when I ask you to give an action plan as to how you would get a single state. You said that the Israeli government either needed to be reformed or dismantled. I asked you how you would do that and you refuse to answer it.
you’re a disingenuous sack of shit, and I can’t stand it. Why did you refuse to address the topic of world war 2, or apartheid like 4 brought up? Amethyst read your ass like a fucking book, you don’t give a flying fuck about any of us; all you care about is yourself, you selfish prick.
Oh fuck off. You see my ass on here all the fucking time and I defend my positions more than any of you losers. You just fucking run away because you can’t stand that you’re a dogshit communicator for your position and have no clue on what the fuck you’re talking about. Now run away and go back to your bubble.
thats why you only address topics under certain framing right? instantly change the topic once your preferred framing is destroyed, just like how you instantly changed topics once I mentioned how newsomes dogwhistles were intentional, and how you never address any of us asking about previous coalitions to end genocide, ethnic cleansing, apartheid, etc
That’s a legitimate question that you won’t answer. I’ll ask it more direct then. For a singular secular state to exist, the current Israeli government and the IDF must be reformed or dismantled. Do you support the United States sending in ground troops to dismantle their government, yes or no.
no, I don’t, because the United States is fucking complicit you imbecile, and I’ve already addressed (once again, you imbecile) via stating that it needs to be overhauled or dismantled BY FORCE IF NEEDED you fucking idiot, genuinely, a fucking dipshit so addicted to the IDEA of civility, that you don’t give a fuck about genocide and actual violence and instability as long as YOU don’t have to witness it.
I say the United Nations sets up a fucking military force consisting of every nation willing, and sends it to forcibly take over not only Israel, but also the United States, because it’s quite obvious there will be no end to this violence as long as these two countries remain. your nationalistic dumbass won’t like that though, now do you oppose an international coalition like we did in world war 2?
To answer your WW2 question? That’s more complicated than you think. Would I support going in then what I know now? Of course. Back then, if it’s pre-Pearl Harbor? I don’t know. Just coming off of WW1 and losing a lot of men. Europe wasn’t like how it was now, they were still very much in their imperialist era so there was no European Union type cooperation like there is today.
Yeah. By force is more death and destruction. The UN, which is still just a fancy way of saying “US led”. You’re willing to keep troops there much like we did in Iraq and Afghanistan and be peace keepers for an untold amount of time until a unified government hopefully comes about?
I mean, in all fairness that’s the common position I feel like, most people hold an isolationist approach, especially to world affairs regardless of what the right thing to do is, so that’s fair ig personally I feel as if once the world knows an atrocity is taking place, and people have the power to do something about it, it’s their responsibility to try yk? Otherwise if we just sit by and let these things happen, how are we any better?
obviously, since I need to walk you through this, under my proposition the US would have its veto rights revoked. and yes, I am, because it’s the fucking right to do; it’s what the military is meant for in the first place, rather than this bullshit imperialist expansionism. if you want a expansive military, you better fucking use it to ensure that genocide doesn’t occur, INSTEAD OF USING IT FOR GENOCIDE. fucking proving my point about civility.
mate, you’re sitting here advocating against resisting a genocide, you have no fucking room to talk. if anything, I can use your exact argument against you and say that no, you probably wouldn’t have been isolationist, you probably would have been one of those Americans who advocated in favor of the fucking Nazis. shut the fuck up about hindsight and address the topic at hand, you complicit dickhead.
It’s only a privileged position if you’re a loser. Otherwise, you can know pretty safely whether you would be or not by assessing your behavior in the present world. I know what my stances toward Nazi Germany would have been back then because I’m standing against the same kinds of people today.
No, you say that because you want to be bombastic and you’re being emotional as fuck right now lol. You’re using hindsight as a means to guide your opinions, which means you just have the right correct opinion all the time as a past version of yourself. You wanna know what I’d do if I was born in the Middle Ages? I’d show them how to boil water and electricity. It’s that level of stupid that you’re trying to make me engage with.
What’s pathetic is you fighting tooth and nail to defend modern genocide while acting like you have any moral ground to criticize others. Answer my questions, if those deaths were required to fight against genocide and fascism, since you said no, what do you think about the deaths that occurred under resistance to South African apartheid? Do you view those as needless?
I think a good test would be what was your stance after 10/7. You said yourself that your support for Israel has weekend over time so it’s probably safe to assume you’d have supported the Nazis early but as things worsen found yourself having less & less support although I can’t say for sure
Israel killing women, children, and just civilians in general is by definition “needless death”. I can’t be more plan than that. Leading a UN led coalition to essentially invade Israel to dismantle its government in favor of a single secular state would also lead to a massive amount of needless death on the Israeli civilian population, the peacekeepers of the UN led coalition, and probably more Palestinians who the IDF would probably strike much like the SS did to finality of WW2.
1. You’re not allowed to complain to me about people assuming your position. This whole thread started BECAUSE you did that to me. 2. They’re not assuming your position, they’re critiquing the words you’ve actually said so far. 3. Did it occur to you that maybe I had better things to do for a few minutes? Or that #3 was doing fine and I had nothing to contribute? Or that I don’t look a fool for my conduct anyway, so this doesn’t help your point at all?
Also you talk about Israel as is it’s Russia or North Korea when again it’s not. The only reason that Israel has been able to do the vast majority of the evil bs they do is because our government is not only complacent but in full support of Israel’s actions. Realistically needed to invade Israel is unlikely when we could simply stop funding them & arming them
South Africa is a weak analogy. Different conflict structure, different regional threats, and Israel is a nuclear state. Historical comparisons aren’t policy blueprints. I don’t disagree with conceptually stopping arms and funds going to Israel, but that’s a moral action, not a preventive one. That might wash our hands of being involved, but Israel would still keep doing what they’re doing, just with different backers. Europe? They’d most likely follow suit with us so not them.
Russia? Hard to say on their backing due to the war in Ukraine draining their resources. China is a more than likely backer of Israel possibly in regard to funds and small arms, but their approach is different than ours. I’m thinking geopolitics here, not simplying arguing on the definitions of whether this fits a genocide and if we’re complicit. I’m being a pragmatic consequentialist here.
Again Apartheid South Africa was a nuclear power. Also how would Israel keep doing it & why would any large European power back them? The main reason that European powers back Israel is because they’re seen as an extension of U.S. so to go against Israelis to go against the U.S. If Israel is no longer an extension of the U.S. then they will lose support from most governments as well. Again same thing happened to apartheid South Africa many countries followed our lead
I said the path to communism ALWAYS leads to authoritarian state-mandated socialism and was implying it never leaves that stage. You disagreed but never actually proved otherwise, which makes me think that in reality you’re someone who support a uniparty socialist government in practice. I don’t care about your utopian view on everyone being equal and not having any needs ever. I asked you to talk about the economics and conceptual policies of your ideology and you ran away.
Again, I said that the stoppage of arms and funding to Israel was fine, but wouldn’t STOP anything. The argument isn’t the aid. I’m not arguing to keep aid, I’m arguing that your point of stopping aid and funding would see the Israeli state collapse just like South Africa, of which wouldn’t require ground forces to go in. South Africa and Israel aren’t comparable. Yes, there were sanctions, but more importantly there were internal negotiations and a regime that was willing to bargain.
I obviously can’t say for 100% what the current government would do but I think taking away all of their support & protections would probably force them to negotiate like it helped force apartheid South Africa. Granted I guess you could argue that their leadership is suicidal but with 0 support & protections that’s what non negotiation would be
That’s essentially what I’m trying to drive at and why South Africa isn’t like Israel. If you believe that Israel is a Zionist controlled state, then you have to wrap your head around what that means. It’s not just ethno-nationalism or fascism or whatever you want to call it….its belief. South Africa fell because it was in the truest sense a colonial project. Iran and Israel are conceptually similar nations because of their fanatical beliefs, not for any founding father or constituion.
I do appreciate you saying you’re not 100% though. It shows that you’re at least good enough faith that you understand the alternatives if what you believe doesn’t work despite disagreeing with me. I like a two-state solution because I believe it is the most likely to be achieved with the minimal amount of death but again…likely isn’t sure.
Apartheid South Africa primarily fought to preserve a racialized power structure and material privilege. Israel, rightly or wrongly, contains many actors who see the state itself as existential refuge, identity continuity, and collective survival. Those motivational structures are different, so the conflicts are not directly comparable.
No problem & thank you. I try to remain good faith in my argument & understand that I can’t read minds or predict the future so it would be foolish of me to say something like certain actions by a foreign government is 100% guaranteed. Although we can use history & self preservation to make an educated guess. Although I don’t really get your point. I’ve so far have only advocated to completely abandon Israel which it seems you agree with. Yet you claimed my advocacy to 100% decouple from Israel
Is a moral one that ignores huge consequences, yet again you said you agree on the actions I’m advocating for even if you disagree on the reasoning. You claiming make it seem like Israel’s leadership would be suicidal & prefer complete destruction of Israel rather than negotiating & giving the Palestinians fair & equal treatment. While I disagree agree with you on that although I could always be wrong & maybe they are at that place ideologically I’m not sure what the consensus would be to people
Simply decoupling from Israel is only a moral victory to those who want nothing to do with it. From an American perspective, think America First types. They want to decouple from Israel not because they’re committing a genocide but because they’re isolationists and want nothing to do with Israel. They don’t care about Palestinians. My point is that decoupling doesn’t really stop the issue. A better comparison might be when Japan invaded China and we cut their oil off. It didn’t stop Japan.
My argument isn’t really that Israel would destroy itself if we cut off support, it’s that it would just simply find another backer like China or Russia. If we tried to intervene in a plan like what #3 wanted, which was a secular single state and had to dismantle their government by force,THEN that’s where what I was saying about Israel being suicidal would come into play.
I really can’t see China or Russia taking our place as far is Israel is concerned. It would make 0 logic sense. Also I think a true 2 state solution would require an insane amount of blood shed more than a 1 state. Although you could argue that we currently have a 2 state solution
We don’t really have one. Israel more or less enforces Gaza and the West Bank. True autonomy would be a true state. This is why I stated earlier that it would require both the US and Arab nations to jointly police the divide to ensure stability on both sides. I use China and Russia for the sake of argument. What I’m arguing is power vacuum/patron substitution. Someone fills the void and the genocide continues.
unless the UN facilitates the one state solution during a transitory period while preventing any military power accumulation like we did with Nazi Germany post-ww2 the issue you refuse to acknowledge is there is violence regardless of the route we take, the only way to truly minimize said violence is by ending the genocide by any means necessary, otherwise yes you are complicit because how do genocides end when they’re not forcibly stopped? (That is a serious question for you)
Yeah I know it’s not a true 2 state solution like I said that would require a lot of blood shed mainly Israeli blood. I believe 1 state would be better long term. Also support of Israel doesn’t really benefit China or Russia at this point hell it doesn’t even benefit us anymore. So I can’t see China or Russia just acting like us when it comes to Israel.