/leftypol/ - Leftist Politically Incorrect

>>2167041
>Russia isn't dividing the world
sure

Spotted in Bolivia today

R8

>>2167001
They just desperate want to get between US and Russia and wreck any agreement and rapprochement between them.

>How the hell am I supposed to have solidarity with people who would never have my back in the first place? They voted for somebody who promised economic pain point blanche, and did so willingly. I look at my fellow Americans with disdain, save for the few close friends and family. I can't save people who don't want to be saved.
A lot of those people have given up on effecting change in the USA through electoral politics and are single issue drop less bombs on foreigners voters.

>>2166897
>democracy is a failure
What democracy are you talking about? Elections is not democracy. Elections are aristocratic rather than democratic.
>People are stupid, but above all selfish. They should not be able to make decisions for the country if they only care about what's best for themselves.
How can a society function without any input by the people themselves?

>I remember for the longest time I was opposed to accelerationism.
Just to be clear accelerationism is to actively making things worse so that a crisis in capitalism comes sooner. People posting on an imageboard cheering/laughing/commenting on the crises capitalism has recently brought forth (Donald Trump being elected, war in Ukraine) are not accelerationists.
All sorts of different people voted for Trump for all sorts of different reasons. Bourgeoisie and petty bourgeoisie voted for him because they thought relaxed business regulations would be good for their profits. Everyone else, working class people, voted for him for largely two reasons:
1. dissapointment with the neoliberal democratic party which offers them nothing or/and
2. culture war brain rot.
They're not mutually exclusive but the first group was the largest. The first group is not an ideological lost cause as far as building a leftist movement goes. Anyway, don't become too cynical about normal ass people around you. Understand how the political circumstances and material conditions have put them where they are.
Remember that the USA is not democratic. It's electoral system is profoundly retarded. The majority of USAnians did not want Trump, but a combination of the electoral college system and a bad candidate that did not offer any of the things they wanted made his victory possible (not to mention the gerrymandering and the million different ways in which poor people and minorities are prevented/ discouraged from voting).

so don't give up on the concept of democracy is what i'm saegasdvare

>>2166846
To really get a good grip on Concrete to Abstract.

>>2166849
are you jokin? sorry for the autism. i really cant tell.

Isn't vitruvius an architect talking about fundamentals of building construction? Like I'm flipping through his manuscripts on project gutenberg and its shit like, this is how you lay flooring, this is how you build a foundation, this is how you clear the ground, this is how you pick the correct wood, etc. Very useful stuff but not the kind of "concrete" hegel is talking about, no?

>>2166857
Good 👍 so you're pawing through it and getting a grasp of it.

Greenpeace risks bankruptcy at US pipeline trial
The trial in North Dakota is expected to last five weeks, beginning with jury selection on Monday. The lawsuit, filed in state court, accuses Greenpeace of an "unlawful and violent scheme to cause financial harm to Energy Transfer, physical harm to its employees and infrastructure, and to disrupt and prevent Energy Transfer's construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline".
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9vyk3n24ggo

Trump says he wants Keystone XL Pipeline to be built
In a social media post on Monday, Trump urged the company that was building the pipeline to "come back to America," saying his administration would offer easy approvals and an almost immediate start. "The Trump Administration is very different (from the Biden administration) - Easy approvals, almost immediate start! If not them, perhaps another Pipeline Company. We want the Keystone XL Pipeline built," Trump said in the post.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-he-wants-keystone-xl-pipeline-be-built-2025-02-25/

In Pursuit of a ‘Warrior Ethos,’ Hegseth Targets Military’s Top Lawyers
Mr. Hegseth derisively refers to the lawyers in the book as “jagoffs.” The term led Senator Jack Reed, Democrat of Rhode Island and a West Point graduate, to ask Mr. Hegseth at a confirmation hearing whether he could effectively lead the military after disparaging it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/us/politics/hegseth-firings-military-lawyers-jag.html
https://archive.ph/0zUAl

Trump halts medical research funding in apparent violation of judge’s order
The NIH has stopped submitting study sections – meetings in which scientists peer review NIH grant funding proposals – to the Federal Register after the Trump administration paused health agency communications. By law, study sections must appear on the register 15 days in advance of meetings.
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Episode 439: Last Days of Davos (TrueAnon)
Caitlin Doherty joins us to talk through her trip to Davos, Switzerland and deep into the mind of the European technocrat at the brink. We talk the future of Davos Man, fractured Europe, JD Vance at Munich, the vanguardist global right and our future in the UAE. At the Summit — The last days of Davos by Caitlín Doherty: https://harpers.org/archive/2025/02/at-the-summit-world-economic-forum-davos-caitlin-doherty/
https://soundcloud.com/trueanonpod/last-days-of-davos

The Gaza “Ceasefire” Is at a Crucial Crossroads
The first phase of the deal between Israel and Hamas for a ceasefire and exchange of captives is set to expire on Saturday, March 1, after what is supposed to be the final exchange on Thursday of the bodies of four Israeli captives for the freedom of several hundred Palestinians held by Israel. But, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu engaged in an active campaign to sabotage the internationally brokered deal that officially went into effect on January 19, the future of the deal is anything but certain.
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/the-gaza-ceasefire-is-at-a-crucial

The rise of Reform: What does it represent?
The latest surveys indicate that Reform UK has taken the lead amongst voters, with 26 percent backing. The Conservatives and Labour are polling at 23 percent and 22 percent respectively. This is a historic collapse in support for Labour, within just eight months of coming to power. Keir Starmer’s approval ratings have also fallen: from +28 on entering government (61 percent approving, 33 percent disapproving), to an astonishing -32 now (30 percent approving, 62 percent disapproving). At the last general election, Reform’s 14 percent of the vote won them only four seats. By contrast, these polls project that Reform could win the most seats in Parliament: around 209 of 650. This does not mean that Reform UK is widely popular, however. Nigel Farage, like Keir Starmer, has a negative approval rating, of around -25. There are twPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

>>2162887
They are getting lebron tattoos
Gonna cry now, shillboy?

No wonder leftcoms are seething about dengism, it was always leftcom shrimp dick racism. You cant have that because if you say youre anti-racist ur a saikaist third worldist.

Do it again deng!

The majority of protestors were workers pissed off with Dengs anti Maoist policies. The movement was hijacked by reactionaries that wanted to do more liberalism than what Deng was doing.

Because Trump doesn't threaten their bottom line. Musk doesn't either. They talked about him and less about Bernie, hell Yang Gang was cringe but his mention in the media was not proportional to the momentum he had for a while
>Now they are doing the same thing with the Musk clown. Non stop attention and constant moaning. Has it been part of the plan all along to provide a token resistance that they know will result in a loss? Or are they so deluded that they think giving someone billions in free advertising is somehow a plan?
I think you're being fucking stupid here though. This time around they're being VERY careful with these two, and Musk IS really unpopular among Trump's own base of support. Musk isn't running for president, he's actively involved in politics that directly affects us. It's not like when they gave Trump free advertising when he was running in 2016.
You're sounding like those conservatives who go STOP GIVING EM ATTENTION whenever one of their own goes on a racist murder spree, because they just don't want the news to mention it at all

>>2166351
>They thought an endless barrage of free attention, negative or otherwise, would somehow work against him
the media apparatus simply operates based on what grabs people's attention, because attention = profit in an entertainment economy. trump grabs people's attention, so the media hung on his every word, even if they didn't like him. negative attention is still free attention. Kanye and other controversy mongers work the same way. It's a lifehack that hasn't been patched because the ruling class will not act against perversive incentives under capitalism if they are profitable and do not immediately threaten the continuation of capitalism

>>2166351
I'll be a pink pussy-hat lib if Musk is the main villain in the story. At least he's the right villain. Rawwrr we're gonna gitchu Elon hehe

>>2166447

>Because Trump doesn't threaten their bottom line. Musk doesn't either.

Agree. So it's just a token resistance then

>This time around they're being VERY careful with these two

How? What single substantive thing have they done? Run smear stories?

>It's not like when they gave Trump free advertising when he was running in 2016.

Looks the same to me

>You're sounding like those conservatives who go STOP GIVING EM ATTENTION
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>>2166505
>How? What single substantive thing have they done? Run smear stories?
Plenty of them immediately went to kiss the ring, like Morning Joe going to Mar a lago after years of calling Trump Hitler it's good to call Trump Hitler
CNN itself got an even more right wing CEO the other year and they openly talked about how they want to be even more "centrist", every panel needs some republican nobody on that no one asked for, a fake standard that groups like Fox News would never give a shit about.
It's not Communist News Network
>Looks the same to me
Trump isn't running. He already won. You can give him free advertising, because now it just becomes news of what he's doing. It's far too late to just ignore him and not give him free attention. In fact part of the conservative playbook, that Steve Banon would talk about, was to do so much shit that the media can't possibly talk about it all
>Your statements seem contradictory, are you suggesting they give a shit to push back or not?
I'm just saying shit

cringe thread but
>>2165897
they just replaced one religion for another
Also I think saying that Marx meant that the less religious you get, the more socialist you become is a gross mischaracterization

>>2165893
>Marxism, particularly in its early stages, was influenced by Ludwig Feuerbach's ideas. Feuerbach argued that religion is essentially a projection of human desires and aspirations onto a god or gods, which reflects human needs and ideals rather than a divine truth.
I like Feuerbach a lot. I think what people can call "identity politics" (I am thinking of Pride parades specifically) can serve as like a secularized substitute of a religious experience for people. People go to them and the message is "love" and "acceptance" and people feel better, and then they go home and the feeling wears off. It's quite festive but there are other religious holidays (or festive holidays with religious origins) like Carnival and Purim. But "heart of a heartless world" and all that.

one of the most banal genres of post on here is to notice some parallels between two things, and then massively overstate the extent to which they are equivalent because of those parallels. Quite tiresome. I wish people would learn to state their case and not overstate their case. This isn't a transaction. You aren't haggling. You don't need a strong opening bid.

Have you considered antipsychotic medication in stead of poasting

>>2166482
>I like Feuerbach a lot. I think what people can call "identity politics" (I am thinking of Pride parades specifically) can serve as like a secularized substitute of a religious experience for people. People go to them and the message is "love" and "acceptance" and people feel better, and then they go home and the feeling wears off. It's quite festive but there are other religious holidays (or festive holidays with religious origins) like Carnival and Purim. But "heart of a heartless world" and all that.
raves are just shamanism are DJs are shamans

>>2157117
>>2157087
Also worth noting here that you have to consider the specific forms of these professions that may have predominated in Marx's day. An artist who takes commissions and is patronized by a wealthy benefactor would not be a prole, but an animator for Disney would be because they're paid a wage that is less than the value they generate.

Stop responding to glow schizo, he’s just Sandi flag LARPing for a reaction. He knows he’s saying dumb shit, that’s why every month he keeps coming up with some new obsession to screech over

>>2155229
Must suck to get sides from fin.

Most don't.

>>2156689
Listen, I don't like Kochinski either, but he was clearly taking the piss.

Is the us going to ultimately have tension with all the Islamist countries they helped create? They can't be that happy with having to ally with a country of racist islamophobes.

>>2165861
How are you going to get a second moon to orbit Double Super Angola?

>>2165882
All the wrecked ships off the coast of Luanda could probably be smelted and launched as a second moon

>>2165882
It could be a huge balloon, since the focus on the pictures are renuable energy/solar punk, you'd imagine people would travel in futuristic dirigibles, deliver things to space/floating hotels, through balloons, or, maybe just a huge domed city.

>>2164700
crawl back where you came from moron

>>2165165
They're both objectively fine

>>2165334
Not everyone in society is expected to be a productive laborer?

>>2165487
>>2165487
Funnily enough, the testing of political education with reality is why I joined DSA, for the community work that's done. It is likely still their biggest draw despite the controversies.

>>2165403
Thanks for sharing. I'm still reading through it (I juggle too many things at once). I especially found the section that references Thomas Kuhn's book about scientific revolutions, and talks about how the real world continually lays waste to even our best theories, necessitating a paradigm shift and a total rethinking of things, enlightening. Too many people are vulgar materialists who treat M-Lism as a stale doctrine rather than as a living practice. Some people unfortunately seem to behave as if anti-revisionism is when you never adapt to circumstances.

>>2165533
>I see [Jesus] as a Malcolm X like figure, an ethnic nationalist who began to see that class struggle dominated the world, before his life was tragically cut short.
Ahistorical reading. Jesus had a conception of rich and poor but not a conception of class or class struggle. He also was not an "ethnic nationalist". He spoke in a language of monarchism, and had no modern concept of bourgeois nation states, let alone ethnostates like settler colonial ethnostates like Israel today.