Hits differently knowing that masses of Anarchists and LGBTQI+ and Poly-women were executed in the purges of “走资派” people in the following years.

“Politics is quite literally a game of 4d chess unless played from the individuals perspective, in which case its a funny put name on paper and put it into a box game instead.”

Why can’t politics be more than voting from an individual’s perspective?

Also, if you know the person you’re providing a house for is a serial killer and you do nothing… You are a shitty person.

Because liberals can only ever critique some symptoms and never the root causes which leads to an inability to address the problems of neoliberalism leads to the rise of space for fascist ideology?

They might, but I mostly know them as nutters out on the streets protesting or kicking up a fuss.

They do tend to do better when more mechanisms of the state are on their side, though. (But yes that doesn’t mean voting alone defeats them.)

Ackhually, this was phase 2.

Phase 1 was won by the far right last week.

I’m fairly sure that at this point pirating has been shown to lead to increased sales, even of small scale productions.

Also, no one said that people can’t keep the rights for a while, just that if you don’t let people access those things you don’t get to prosecute them for making the art available.

Ironically the Luddites were very aware the system was the problem, they made system changing demands.

Mainstream history has decided to make them into a terrified of new technology pastiche of the truth.

Except the peasant classes did rise up many times, and were repeatedly betrayed by the petit bourgeois and pushed back down in order to establish capitalism more fully.

Plus, lots of the benefits of capitalism that people felt were really using imperialism and colonialism to import benefits and export suffering - not an actual increase in overall comfort or “good”.

Classical Marxist historical materialism is, honestly a load of bunk.

I’m pretty sure they would, unless you’re over 30.

Canada has one of the most open immigration policies in the world.

The US has been continually committing terrorist acts (or enabling them) around the world for at least the last 70 years.

If the US is collapsing, perhaps they will have to let up a little and focus on its own civil war and take the boot off of the developing world somewhat.

China Mieville and Ursula Le Guin are both up there are authors who have written things that have felt momentous to read.

But I’m not sure either of them could edge out Terry Pratchett as the author whose work I’ve enjoyed going back to time and time again, having read most of Discworld at a more formative age probably helps too.

I didn’t mean give them public lands, but more recreate large common spaces for people to be able to be somewhat sufficient.

Also did you city try collecting their waste?

Kinda like we need to change how society works and have public lands and more dignity and space for not being Capitalist.

I’m very curious as to what they thought the person they were replying to thought about borders for this to make sense, and whether I’m correct in thinking that this gun, tit, and jeep lover had not even remotely thought about what both of them were saying.

Edit: I’m being harsh, you’re just having fun. Internet misses tone of voice, so it’s easy to be at off wires, I’m being too nitpick and I’d probably agree if we spoke face to face. Sorry for being an online argumentative berk. Enjoy your day.

Original: Bad guys? 🤨
Even Thatcher and Reagan had families.

Always remember: the means are the ends.

Only the heartland.

And indirectly.

Much as it also lowered the standard of living across much of Africa and Central Asia due to the proxy wars and coups.

Plus normalising executions does make the world worse.

Or is it the state just protecting and strengthening itself while using language to pretend it is on the side of the people?

The state will never execute, or legislate, our way to a better society.

OK, so ignoring that not going to change doesn’t mean the death penalty is valid (the very idea presupposes the existence of states and the idea that a power structure can put people to death), that using the upper limits of your statistics means that for every 1 (0.35) who would reoffend that is murdered, you’ve also murdered 2 (0.65) who would not.
So if you do want to go ahead on your executions, the number of reoffenses should be up at 3 or so as a minimum.

But there are better ways to deal with it, as executing people is bad for the people who have to do it, the families of the executed, and sometimes even the victims and families as they’re robbed of a chance for closure and understanding.

Interesting if you read about it, while many were found guilty I think only a woman is being sentences to death while many men are just getting a decade in prison for their involvement in it.

If she was the ringleader, sure… I guess (not that it makes the state’s murdering of folks alright). But odd that she gets death while all the men don’t even get 20 in jail.