Kulturkampf

[Alpacx]

Trawling social media to see what the "pro-Palestinian" western leftists have to day about the Trump Gaza plan backed by most Muslim countries. Crickets and tumbleweeds all around 

But I did come across this galaxy brain take:

[HaughtyFrank]

Trawling social media to see what the "pro-Palestinian" western leftists have to day about the Trump Gaza plan backed by most Muslim countries. Crickets and tumbleweeds all around 

But I did come across this galaxy brain take:

Mostly encountered takes like these

People who suddenly don't seem all that concerned about ending the killing as soon as possible and instead act like Hamas has a fighting chance

[benji]

But I did come across this galaxy brain take:

This woman posts a lot of stupid shit. BUT in this instance there is a mild kernel of truth to what she's saying but she doesn't know enough to understand the caveats and nuance.

The Castro cadre had such absolute control that when they all reached their 80s and started dying and becoming senile the party didn't have an appropriate new generation, so they allow local elections to pick between the factions of the party. This actually isn't unique to Cuba, or communist single state regimes, because there's no threat to the regime, the candidates are controlled by the party so nobody they don't accept can be elected. They just don't care which of the two gets elected. China does this in a different form, so does North Korea.

Most of these states also "encourage" or mandate participation, along with sometimes even allowing opposition candidates. They just punish you for not complying. North Korea's system is the most famous as you are allowed to vote against the Kim regime, but you have to place your ballot in a separate box in front of everyone in the town. Nobody should be surprised that anyone who does this is severely punished for the rest of their life being denied everything from jobs to food for being a traitor to the people.

Only a gullible idiot considers it anything like democracy, but as this is Bluesky they consider it actually superior:






I like these two in particular:



For the first one, the Cuban people aren't allowed to vote for any of that, they aren't even allowed to vote between party platforms. There is only one party, only one policy and they can pick between which candidate brings that about. China does the same thing, this is how they get rid of corrupt local dudes by having them "lose election" but it never changes party policy because that is decided by the Politburo.

For the second one, he's literally describing Cuba or any other single party state. There is a single gigantic national organization that controls everything and overpays everyone who is part of it because there is no alternative allowed.

It really shows how much these types of people are beholden to language, you can have a total regime that doesn't practice socialism, violently punishes minorities, etc. and as long as it calls itself the "people's democratic republic" they believe that must be true and will be defend it as true. If Donald Trump tomorrow abolished all parties but the Republican Party and said that now all of these people can just vote in the Republican primary they would scream their heads off. But if Cuba claims to do this (while controlling the actual candidates on the ballot) they say it's superior to the "false" system in the US because that system doesn't provide the results they want.

Saying men are women isn't new, the "left" has been claiming that a single monopoly that doesn't allow opposition or deviation is a "true democracy" where the people universally choose it for over a century. This was indeed Marx's argument for why socialism was superior to capitalism, because he starts from the premise that everyone of a class agrees on literally everything. You eliminate all classes but one and boom, politics indeed disputes themselves are forever solved. It's tautological and also beyond stupid.

[Eric Cartman]

big fucking YOU CANT SEE THIS HAHA imgur pictures

thanks, Obama Imgur

[Nintex]

Trawling social media to see what the "pro-Palestinian" western leftists have to day about the Trump Gaza plan backed by most Muslim countries. Crickets and tumbleweeds all around 

But I did come across this galaxy brain take:

Mostly encountered takes like these

People who suddenly don't seem all that concerned about ending the killing as soon as possible and instead act like Hamas has a fighting chance

To be fair the outcome is worse than the treaty of versailles.

How many suicide bombers would've said "fuck this"  if they knew their action would contribute to Trump and Tony Blair ruling the land.
That Board of Peace will be a bunch of C-tier list Trump friends that were skipped over for jobs in the administration and various has-been politicians like Tony Blair.

[benji]

Seeing some great content today:

Related to last:

[benji]

[benji]

Trawling social media to see what the "pro-Palestinian" western leftists have to day about the Trump Gaza plan backed by most Muslim countries. Crickets and tumbleweeds all around 

But I did come across this galaxy brain take:

Mostly encountered takes like these

People who suddenly don't seem all that concerned about ending the killing as soon as possible and instead act like Hamas has a fighting chance

[malfoyking]

Generally like Coates, but man this constant trans sports bs support that him all the gender cultists ascribe to will never not boggle my mind. I just do not get it. How is Ezra the reasonable one here.

[Potato]

Trawling social media to see what the "pro-Palestinian" western leftists have to day about the Trump Gaza plan backed by most Muslim countries. Crickets and tumbleweeds all around 

But I did come across this galaxy brain take:

Nothing more retarded than an upper middle class western leftist talking about an authoritarian dictatorship from the global South.

Edit: lol, profile says "abortion aficionado", "misplaced Kentuckian" and "Berliner".

[Potato]

Generally like Coates, but man this constant trans sports bs support that him all the gender cultists ascribe to will never not boggle my mind. I just do not get it. How is Ezra the reasonable one here.

Let's be real, Coates is a fucking retard with a nice turn of phrase. He's delusional and anti-science, just like all these other trans chasers.

[HaughtyFrank]

(snip)

Sometimes I wonder why a country like North Korea even bothers pretending that they have a free vote but turns out there's people incredibly eager to suck up any of the whitewashing

[HaughtyFrank]

Trawling social media to see what the "pro-Palestinian" western leftists have to day about the Trump Gaza plan backed by most Muslim countries. Crickets and tumbleweeds all around 

But I did come across this galaxy brain take:

Mostly encountered takes like these

People who suddenly don't seem all that concerned about ending the killing as soon as possible and instead act like Hamas has a fighting chance

I can certainly understand the feeling but I also wonder what exactly the alternative is. Hamas more than happy to sacrifice Palestinians, they literally said as much, and so far the situation in Palestine is only getting worse and worse.
Unlike Ukraine there's no semblance of hope that they can win back territory for better negotiations

[benji]

Sometimes I wonder why a country like North Korea even bothers pretending that they have a free vote but turns out there's people incredibly eager to suck up any of the whitewashing

While North Korea is unique in many ways for other countries there are a couple acknowledged reasons for entirely phony elections in regimes that otherwise have no reason for them:
1. Some foreign aid is conditioned such that if you have entirely false elections as long as you allow legal opposition that you'll present fake results for and oppress, you qualify for election requirements for the aid.
2. The people don't necessarily know how phony they are, it helps the regime to say "see 99% of the people agree!" This saps dissent and creates paranoia against opposition. Most regimes aren't smart and the leaders are egomaniacs so they rig their elections for such absurd results rather than faking like say 85% like Putin does which creates greater plausibility towards the actual lack of opposition.
3. On some amusing occasions, the leader isn't aware or in denial that the elections are entirely fraudulent. There is some evidence that Saddam started to believe his own press for example. Gaddafi was similarly said to have been blindsided by his lack of support among the population.

[Ribosome]

Jesse Singal just debunked Kamala's repeating of the trans murder epidemic.

[Potato]

Sometimes I wonder why a country like North Korea even bothers pretending that they have a free vote but turns out there's people incredibly eager to suck up any of the whitewashing

While North Korea is unique in many ways for other countries there are a couple acknowledged reasons for entirely phony elections in regimes that otherwise have no reason for them:
1. Some foreign aid is conditioned such that if you have entirely false elections as long as you allow legal opposition that you'll present fake results for and oppress, you qualify for election requirements for the aid.
2. The people don't necessarily know how phony they are, it helps the regime to say "see 99% of the people agree!" This saps dissent and creates paranoia against opposition. Most regimes aren't smart and the leaders are egomaniacs so they rig their elections for such absurd results rather than faking like say 85% like Putin does which creates greater plausibility towards the actual lack of opposition.
3. On some amusing occasions, the leader isn't aware or in denial that the elections are entirely fraudulent. There is some evidence that Saddam started to believe his own press for example. Gaddafi was similarly said to have been blindsided by his lack of support among the population.

The illusion of choice is a powerful force.

[HaughtyFrank]

4 days ago:

Today:

[killamajig]

[Ethan]

Can't wait to see what Greta's next enterprise will be. Has she come out as non-binary yet?

Also, please give her the Nobel Peace Prize. The reactions will be amazing.

[Alpacx]

Can't wait to see what Greta's next enterprise will be. Has she come out as non-binary yet?

Also, please give her the Nobel Peace Prize. The reactions will be amazing.

Greta-Trump joint Nobel Peace Prize.Make everyone angry.

[Uncle]

[benji]

[Alpacx]

Not my mastectomy scars

[benji]

[DavidCroquet]

Remember when we went through a whole thing with World of Warcraft players letting babies die in cribs because they couldn't be bothered get out of their filth-encrusted chair for any reason? And society collectively was like, wow, we don't like that.

Seems relevant in an era where breathless "digital safe spaces are at risk*!!!" articles come out every week from the same handful of internet brained authors.

*risk may be imaginary

[benji]

[HaughtyFrank]

Not my mastectomy scars

You laugh but have you considered they may start calling it gender again instead of Body type 1 and 2?

[Alpacx]

When's the last time you thought "CBS News" when you thought of "storied news institutions"

[benji]

Is Bari Weiss not a Jewish lesbian? How is this anti-DEI?

[HaughtyFrank]