R: 1 / I: 0
But why did it not get the usual foreign-business/political-meddling/coups/destabilization cocktail its neighboring African nations had to deal with? What's the secret?
Why didn't Botswana get The Usual
It's often seen as a success story of a nation that built itself from scratch post-colonialism and as an example of IMF loaning "working" and of "moderate pragmatism" beating "ideological purity" (of e.g. Burkina Faso). At least that's the mainstream narrative.But why did it not get the usual foreign-business/political-meddling/coups/destabilization cocktail its neighboring African nations had to deal with? What's the secret?
R: 42 / I: 9
Mainly their karmic system seems kind of weird since they believe in objective morality but at the same time don't believe in a arbitrer of said morality like god.
Also their theology relies on a complete negation of life. They have prayers and meditative practices meant to remind them of the disgustness of their own bodies. This seems like self mortification
Communist critique of Buddhism
I'm looking for critiques of Buddhist metaphysicsMainly their karmic system seems kind of weird since they believe in objective morality but at the same time don't believe in a arbitrer of said morality like god.
Also their theology relies on a complete negation of life. They have prayers and meditative practices meant to remind them of the disgustness of their own bodies. This seems like self mortification
R: 581 / I: 262
Previous thread:
https://leftypol.org/siberia/res/377455.html
/Burgerpunk/ V
Indictment editionPrevious thread:
https://leftypol.org/siberia/res/377455.html
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β’ Middle East Eye: https://www.middleeasteye.net/israel-palestine-hamas-war-gaza-live-invasion
β’ The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/palestinian-territories
β’ Times of Israel: https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-march-09-2024/ (trigger warning)
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β’ https://electronicintifada.net
From the UK, single issue long time Palestinian investigative and general reporting, critical source
β’ https://mondoweiss.net/
From the USA
β’ https://new.thecradle.co/
Regional news from an anti-imperialist perspective
β’ https://www.btselem.org/Isrsaeli
Premier Human Rights org
β’ https://www.972mag.com/
Left news and opinion webzine from Tel-Aviv
β’ https://decolonizepalestine.com/
A collection of resources for organizers and anyone who wants to learn more about Palestine
β’ https://www.normanfinkelstein.com/blogs/
Known anti-zionist academic Norman Finkelstein's blog
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al-Qassam Brigades
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http://pflp.ps/
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β’ https://www.palestineaction.org/
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β’ Middle East Eye: https://www.middleeasteye.net/israel-palestine-hamas-war-gaza-live-invasion
β’ The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/palestinian-territories
β’ Times of Israel: https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-march-09-2024/ (trigger warning)
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β’ https://electronicintifada.net
From the UK, single issue long time Palestinian investigative and general reporting, critical source
β’ https://mondoweiss.net/
From the USA
β’ https://new.thecradle.co/
Regional news from an anti-imperialist perspective
β’ https://www.btselem.org/Isrsaeli
Premier Human Rights org
β’ https://www.972mag.com/
Left news and opinion webzine from Tel-Aviv
β’ https://decolonizepalestine.com/
A collection of resources for organizers and anyone who wants to learn more about Palestine
β’ https://www.normanfinkelstein.com/blogs/
Known anti-zionist academic Norman Finkelstein's blog
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al-Qassam Brigades
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PFLP
http://pflp.ps/
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β’ https://www.palestineaction.org/
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R: 4 / I: 0
Have you ever esperienced nocturnal emissions since you learned to masturbate?
Have you ever esperienced nocturnal emissions since you learned to masturbate?
R: 500 / I: 117
Original threads:
https://archive.ph/S2XYA
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leftypol.org archives:
https://archive.is/https://leftypol.org/leftypol/res/30501.html
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/prc/ - People's Republic of China general
A general thread for all China related discussion.Original threads:
https://archive.ph/S2XYA
https://archive.ph/Ytckv
leftypol.org archives:
https://archive.is/https://leftypol.org/leftypol/res/30501.html
bunekrchan.xyz archives:
https://archive.is/https://bunkerchan.xyz/leftypol/res/8925.html
https://archive.is/yrBUN
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Anyone feel iffy about Gattsu(a Georgian youtuber whose associated with yugopink and hakim)
a few weeks back I watched a video of his films on soviet films and I thought he was based and so I subscribed to him but watching some other stuff of his, it seems obvious he hates communism(also he seems like one of those porn addicts who hides it behind a layer of irony)
Anyone feel iffy about Gattsu(a Georgian youtuber whose associated with yugopink and hakim)
a few weeks back I watched a video of his films on soviet films and I thought he was based and so I subscribed to him but watching some other stuff of his, it seems obvious he hates communism(also he seems like one of those porn addicts who hides it behind a layer of irony)
R: 500 / I: 125
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Evidence of the influence and origin of neo-Nazi groups in Ukraine
https://archive.ph/44B9Q
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323637
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323658
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323663
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323688
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323729
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323733
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323731
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323735
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323740
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Live maps and updates
DeepStateMap: https://deepstatemap.live
Events in Ukraine: https://eventsinukraine.substack.com/
SouthFront: https://southfront.org/category/all-articles/world/europe/ukraine/
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πΊ News/events: https://tv.leftypol.org/r/HappeningsviaKlash
πΊ Hangout/chill: https://tv.leftypol.org/r/bloodcast
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>Video Essays / Historical Background
πΊ Ukraine: The Avoidable War - Boy Boy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL4eNy4FCs8
πΊ America, Russia, and Ukraine's Far Right - Gravel Institute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0pyVJG7_6Q (Link TBA)
πΊ Crimea vs Taiwan: Who Gets Self-Determination? - BadEmpanada
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W_UH4fmyj0
πΊ The Nature of Putin's Russia and Its Causes (3-Part Series) - 1Dime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8d6Vzi7zYg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zODWTfMwFGw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZN1KK9Mzuo
<Current Happenings
πΊ The Grayzone: https://www.youtube.com/@thegrayzone7996
πΊ DDGeopolitics: https://www.youtube.com/@DDGeopolitics
πΊ Defense Politics Asia: https://www.youtube.com/@DefensePoliticsAsia
πΊ The Duran: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdeMVChrumySxV9N1w0Au-w
πΊ The News Atlas: https://www.youtube.com/c/thenewatlas
πΊ Military Summary: https://www.youtube.com/@militarysummary
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Evidence of the influence and origin of neo-Nazi groups in Ukraine
https://archive.ph/44B9Q
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323637
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323658
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323663
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323688
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323729
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323733
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323731
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323735
https://archive.ph/x1sRT#1323740
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Live maps and updates
DeepStateMap: https://deepstatemap.live
Events in Ukraine: https://eventsinukraine.substack.com/
SouthFront: https://southfront.org/category/all-articles/world/europe/ukraine/
Watch Together
πΊ News/events: https://tv.leftypol.org/r/HappeningsviaKlash
πΊ Hangout/chill: https://tv.leftypol.org/r/bloodcast
Watch By Yourself
>Video Essays / Historical Background
πΊ Ukraine: The Avoidable War - Boy Boy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL4eNy4FCs8
πΊ America, Russia, and Ukraine's Far Right - Gravel Institute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0pyVJG7_6Q (Link TBA)
πΊ Crimea vs Taiwan: Who Gets Self-Determination? - BadEmpanada
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W_UH4fmyj0
πΊ The Nature of Putin's Russia and Its Causes (3-Part Series) - 1Dime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8d6Vzi7zYg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zODWTfMwFGw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZN1KK9Mzuo
<Current Happenings
πΊ The Grayzone: https://www.youtube.com/@thegrayzone7996
πΊ DDGeopolitics: https://www.youtube.com/@DDGeopolitics
πΊ Defense Politics Asia: https://www.youtube.com/@DefensePoliticsAsia
πΊ The Duran: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdeMVChrumySxV9N1w0Au-w
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>Princess of Wales: Kate image withdrawn by three news agencies amid 'manipulation' concerns
>Three photo agencies have retracted a picture of the Princess of Wales over concerns it has been "manipulated".
>The image, taken by Prince William and issued by Kensington Palace for Mother's Day, showed Catherine with their three children.
>But Associated Press was the first to pull the image as it "did not meet" the agency's photo standards. The agency noted an "inconsistency in the alignment of Princess Charlotte's left hand".
>Kensington Palace declined to comment.
>The photo shows the princess sitting down, surrounded by Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis and Prince George, the latter wrapping his arms around her.
>It was the first official photo of the Princess of Wales since her abdominal surgery two months ago. Since then she has stayed out of the public eye.
>The image was posted on the Prince and Princess of Wales's social media accounts with a message from Catherine which said: "Thank you for your kind wishes and continued support over the last two months.
>"Wishing everyone a Happy Mother's Day."
The latest edition of the iconic thread.
We need to shut this country down until we can figure out just what the hell is going on here!
/leftybritpol/ FAKE ROYAL FAMILY Edition
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68526972>Princess of Wales: Kate image withdrawn by three news agencies amid 'manipulation' concerns
>Three photo agencies have retracted a picture of the Princess of Wales over concerns it has been "manipulated".
>The image, taken by Prince William and issued by Kensington Palace for Mother's Day, showed Catherine with their three children.
>But Associated Press was the first to pull the image as it "did not meet" the agency's photo standards. The agency noted an "inconsistency in the alignment of Princess Charlotte's left hand".
>Kensington Palace declined to comment.
>The photo shows the princess sitting down, surrounded by Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis and Prince George, the latter wrapping his arms around her.
>It was the first official photo of the Princess of Wales since her abdominal surgery two months ago. Since then she has stayed out of the public eye.
>The image was posted on the Prince and Princess of Wales's social media accounts with a message from Catherine which said: "Thank you for your kind wishes and continued support over the last two months.
>"Wishing everyone a Happy Mother's Day."
The latest edition of the iconic thread.
We need to shut this country down until we can figure out just what the hell is going on here!
R: 264 / I: 51
Chainsaw Man
PV for the adaptation is finally out.
R: 319 / I: 195
Having a cup of tea.
Having a cup of tea.
R: 22 / I: 12
In Alice Miller's book For Your Own Good, which provides a historical perspective on this. She proposes that the abusive childrearing practices rife in Germany during the early and mid-20th century were major factors in why so many Germans supported Hitler and were willing to take him seriously.
>Do you believe the concentration camps of the Nazi period would have been possible had not the use of physical terrorization in the form of beatings with canes, rug beaters, switches, and cat- o'-nine-tails been the rule in raising German children?
child abuse cause nazism
people who accept and/or desire to submit to an authority do so because the state and authority in general is derived from paternalism. If a family/parents violate a child of the love, trust, safety, acceptance, and protection whether by heavy corporal punishment or even sexual assault, they might seek it elsewhere which is why so many right winged american boomers have their views due to widespread corporal punishment of children, especially before the 80s/90s.In Alice Miller's book For Your Own Good, which provides a historical perspective on this. She proposes that the abusive childrearing practices rife in Germany during the early and mid-20th century were major factors in why so many Germans supported Hitler and were willing to take him seriously.
>Do you believe the concentration camps of the Nazi period would have been possible had not the use of physical terrorization in the form of beatings with canes, rug beaters, switches, and cat- o'-nine-tails been the rule in raising German children?
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Iβm so glad they were killed
Iβm so glad they were killed
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>it was reported that early on in his imprisonment Kaczynski had befriended Ramzi Yousef and Timothy McVeigh, the perpetrators of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the Oklahoma City bombing, respectively. The trio discussed religion and politics and formed a friendship which lasted until McVeigh's execution in 2001.
so a white nationalist, a pakistani islamist, a practicing anarcho primitivist and a cuban american gang leader were all sharing a single cell block together and apparently got along well together, how would their ideologies have clashed and what conversations they could have had?
also what are some examples of unlikely political friendships in history?
>it was reported that early on in his imprisonment Kaczynski had befriended Ramzi Yousef and Timothy McVeigh, the perpetrators of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the Oklahoma City bombing, respectively. The trio discussed religion and politics and formed a friendship which lasted until McVeigh's execution in 2001.
so a white nationalist, a pakistani islamist, a practicing anarcho primitivist and a cuban american gang leader were all sharing a single cell block together and apparently got along well together, how would their ideologies have clashed and what conversations they could have had?
also what are some examples of unlikely political friendships in history?
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what do u think about the prohibition of incest
what do u think of what hes become
nick land
what do u think about him?what do u think about the prohibition of incest
what do u think of what hes become
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Link dump:
https://www.greenleft.org.au/
https://www.auscp.org.au/militant-monthly
https://redflag.org.au/
https://marxistleftreview.org/?topic=australia
https://www.michaelwest.com.au/
https://overland.org.au/
https://arena.org.au/
https://www.themonthly.com.au/
https://www.crikey.com.au/
https://www.redblacknotes.com/
https://www.surplusvalue.org.au/McQueen/index.htm
https://reddit.net/r/AustralianSocialism
https://www.labourstart.org/news/country.php?country=Australia&langcode=en
>Shortlist of anarchist orgs/stores (2022)
https://anarchistnews.org/content/spotters-guide-anarchism-australia-and-aotearoa
/auspol/ #9
/auspol/ - little friends editionLink dump:
https://www.greenleft.org.au/
https://www.auscp.org.au/militant-monthly
https://redflag.org.au/
https://marxistleftreview.org/?topic=australia
https://www.michaelwest.com.au/
https://overland.org.au/
https://arena.org.au/
https://www.themonthly.com.au/
https://www.crikey.com.au/
https://www.redblacknotes.com/
https://www.surplusvalue.org.au/McQueen/index.htm
https://reddit.net/r/AustralianSocialism
https://www.labourstart.org/news/country.php?country=Australia&langcode=en
>Shortlist of anarchist orgs/stores (2022)
https://anarchistnews.org/content/spotters-guide-anarchism-australia-and-aotearoa
R: 479 / I: 113
Absolute State of America Edition
Thread for the hellish discussion related to the greatest, best country God has ever given man on the face of the Earth.
ππ΅πΈπ
State mandated propaganda livestreams:
CNN: https://www.livenewsnow.com/american/cnn-news-usa.html
MSNBC: https://www.livenewsnow.com/american/msnbc.html
FOX: https://www.livenewsnow.com/american/fox-news-channel.html
Bloomberg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp8PhLsUcFEegalitarianism
/USApol/
π½United States Politicsπ¦Absolute State of America Edition
Thread for the hellish discussion related to the greatest, best country God has ever given man on the face of the Earth.
ππ΅πΈπ
State mandated propaganda livestreams:
CNN: https://www.livenewsnow.com/american/cnn-news-usa.html
MSNBC: https://www.livenewsnow.com/american/msnbc.html
FOX: https://www.livenewsnow.com/american/fox-news-channel.html
Bloomberg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp8PhLsUcFEegalitarianism
R: 476 / I: 225
Roosterteeth productions
what do you think about RWBY as an anime
R: 18 / I: 8
I am trying to understand more about the current Russian National Bolshevism, if there is a real ideology there or is it pure joke…
Does anyone know if there is an ideologist or any real theory that can be read about them? lol
I am trying to understand more about the current Russian National Bolshevism, if there is a real ideology there or is it pure joke…
Does anyone know if there is an ideologist or any real theory that can be read about them? lol
R: 500 / I: 118
Brace through the hyper-real lacanian void together with the Leftypol Twitter account:
https://twitter.com/leftypol_org
Reminder That None of This Is Real!β’
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CORE THEORY
>The Society of the Spectacle (1967) by Guy Debord
π β’ https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/debord/society.htm
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0blWjssVoUQ
<The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (1936) by Walter Benjamin
π β’ https://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/ge/benjamin.htm
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blq9sCIyXgA
>The Culture Industry from Dialectic of Enlightenment (1944) by Theodore Adorno & Max Horkheimer
π β’ https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/adorno/1944/culture-industry.htm
π β’ https://libcom.org/article/dialectic-enlightenment-philosophical-fragments-theodor-adorno-and-marx-horkheimer
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hSLdd8R8mY
<One-Dimensional Man (1964) by Herbert Marcuse
π β’ https://libcom.org/article/one-dimensional-man-studies-ideology-advanced-industrial-society-herbert-marcuse
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZCoLbEkAqs
>Discipline and Punish (1975) by Michel Foucault
π β’ https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/michel-foucault-discipline-and-punishment
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFbywfzu-jI
<Simulacra and Simulation (1981) by Jean Baudrillard
π β’ https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=DBF3E860993373223D72E98FADF0F2DC
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yxg2_6_YLs
>Manufacturing Consent (1988) by Edward S. Herman & Noam Chomsky
π β’ https://libcom.org/article/manufacturing-consent-political-economy-mass-media-noam-chomsky-and-edward-s-herman
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34LGPIXvU5M
<The Sublime Object of Ideology (1989) by Slavoj Zizek
π β’ https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=054E022C8BD24EE2C5595B575BCED7DC
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtIckkHsUQ4
>Postscript on the Societies of Control (1990) by Gilles Deleuze
π β’ https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/gilles-deleuze-postscript-on-the-societies-of-control
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu4Cq_-bLlY
<Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism (1991) by Fredric Jameson
π β’ https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=5BD20E0E22FC8BC2CB4F8A7760D57027
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RtV0oO8Pmg
>Spectres of Marx (1993) by Jacques Derrida
π β’ https://libcom.org/library/specters-marx-jacques-derrida
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJr0NwXWb6Q
<Capitalist Realism (2009) by Mark Fisher
π β’ https://libcom.org/article/capitalist-realism-mark-fisher
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cb5XJH4NMI
ββββββββββββββββββ
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL
>Precursor Material to Post-modernity and Critical Theory
π β’ Karl Marx - Book 1, Chapter 4 of Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts (1844)
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1844/manuscripts/labour.htm
πΊ β’ Why Marx Was Right: Alienation - PlasticPills
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPRxxN4Kh30
π β’ Antonio Gramsci - Book 1, Chapter 1 of Selections from the Prison Notebooks (1929)
https://www.marxists.org/archive/gramsci/prison_notebooks/problems/intellectuals.htm
πΊ β’ Hegemony: WTF? An introduction to Gramsci and cultural hegemony - Tom Nicholas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LI_2-qsovo
π β’ Louis Althusser - Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses (1970)
https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/althusser/1970/ideology.htm
πΊ β’ Althusser's Concept of Ideology: A Discussion with Anthony Gavin - Acid Horizon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtOqXxkKwvw
<On Neo-Liberalism and Post-Fordism
[Work in progress]
>Documentaries
β’ The Society of the Spectacle (1974) by Guy Debord
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjF6I6SYjgA
β’ Manufacturing Consent (1992) by Mark Achbar & Peter Wintonick, with Noam Chomsky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li2m3rvsO0I
β’ The Pervert's Guide to Cinema (2006) and The Pervert's Guide to Ideology (2012) by Sophie Fiennes, with Slavoj Zizek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYuI4SFw4g0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBcFLmu_tlc
β’ HyperNormalisation (2006) by Adam Curtis
https://youtu.be/thLgkQBFTPw
<Easy-Bake Breadtube (for absolute beginners)
β’ We're All Fake Now - Wisecrack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTW1mPOJJ_Y
β’ Are Cell Phones Replacing Reality? - PBS Idea Channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AXIAM7dTTg
β’ The Cultural Significance of Cyberpunk - Cuck Philosophy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvor7hhDKTs
ββββββββββββββββββ
RECOMMENDED OP-EDS
β’ I Donβt Want to Be an Internet Person by Ginevra Davis
https://www.palladiummag.com/2022/11/04/i-do-not-want-to-be-an-internet-person/
β’ Pluralistic: Tiktok's enshittification by Cory Doctorow
https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys
β’ Facebook's Threads is so depressing by Jason O. Gilbert
https://jogblog.substack.com/p/facebooks-threads-is-so-depressing
/isg/ - Internet Spectacle General
A thread focused on discussing the parasocial relationships cultivated by the Almighty Algorithm to generate profit off of our atomization and society's commodification of petty internet drama.Brace through the hyper-real lacanian void together with the Leftypol Twitter account:
https://twitter.com/leftypol_org
Reminder That None of This Is Real!β’
Ι’Κα΄Κ α΄ α΄α΄ΙͺΚ α΄κ° sα΄α΄α΄α΄α΄α΄Κα΄s
ββββββββββββββββββ
CORE THEORY
>The Society of the Spectacle (1967) by Guy Debord
π β’ https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/debord/society.htm
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0blWjssVoUQ
<The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (1936) by Walter Benjamin
π β’ https://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/ge/benjamin.htm
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blq9sCIyXgA
>The Culture Industry from Dialectic of Enlightenment (1944) by Theodore Adorno & Max Horkheimer
π β’ https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/adorno/1944/culture-industry.htm
π β’ https://libcom.org/article/dialectic-enlightenment-philosophical-fragments-theodor-adorno-and-marx-horkheimer
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hSLdd8R8mY
<One-Dimensional Man (1964) by Herbert Marcuse
π β’ https://libcom.org/article/one-dimensional-man-studies-ideology-advanced-industrial-society-herbert-marcuse
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZCoLbEkAqs
>Discipline and Punish (1975) by Michel Foucault
π β’ https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/michel-foucault-discipline-and-punishment
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFbywfzu-jI
<Simulacra and Simulation (1981) by Jean Baudrillard
π β’ https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=DBF3E860993373223D72E98FADF0F2DC
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yxg2_6_YLs
>Manufacturing Consent (1988) by Edward S. Herman & Noam Chomsky
π β’ https://libcom.org/article/manufacturing-consent-political-economy-mass-media-noam-chomsky-and-edward-s-herman
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34LGPIXvU5M
<The Sublime Object of Ideology (1989) by Slavoj Zizek
π β’ https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=054E022C8BD24EE2C5595B575BCED7DC
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtIckkHsUQ4
>Postscript on the Societies of Control (1990) by Gilles Deleuze
π β’ https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/gilles-deleuze-postscript-on-the-societies-of-control
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu4Cq_-bLlY
<Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism (1991) by Fredric Jameson
π β’ https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=5BD20E0E22FC8BC2CB4F8A7760D57027
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RtV0oO8Pmg
>Spectres of Marx (1993) by Jacques Derrida
π β’ https://libcom.org/library/specters-marx-jacques-derrida
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJr0NwXWb6Q
<Capitalist Realism (2009) by Mark Fisher
π β’ https://libcom.org/article/capitalist-realism-mark-fisher
πΊ β’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cb5XJH4NMI
ββββββββββββββββββ
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL
>Precursor Material to Post-modernity and Critical Theory
π β’ Karl Marx - Book 1, Chapter 4 of Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts (1844)
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1844/manuscripts/labour.htm
πΊ β’ Why Marx Was Right: Alienation - PlasticPills
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPRxxN4Kh30
π β’ Antonio Gramsci - Book 1, Chapter 1 of Selections from the Prison Notebooks (1929)
https://www.marxists.org/archive/gramsci/prison_notebooks/problems/intellectuals.htm
πΊ β’ Hegemony: WTF? An introduction to Gramsci and cultural hegemony - Tom Nicholas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LI_2-qsovo
π β’ Louis Althusser - Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses (1970)
https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/althusser/1970/ideology.htm
πΊ β’ Althusser's Concept of Ideology: A Discussion with Anthony Gavin - Acid Horizon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtOqXxkKwvw
<On Neo-Liberalism and Post-Fordism
[Work in progress]
>Documentaries
β’ The Society of the Spectacle (1974) by Guy Debord
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjF6I6SYjgA
β’ Manufacturing Consent (1992) by Mark Achbar & Peter Wintonick, with Noam Chomsky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li2m3rvsO0I
β’ The Pervert's Guide to Cinema (2006) and The Pervert's Guide to Ideology (2012) by Sophie Fiennes, with Slavoj Zizek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYuI4SFw4g0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBcFLmu_tlc
β’ HyperNormalisation (2006) by Adam Curtis
https://youtu.be/thLgkQBFTPw
<Easy-Bake Breadtube (for absolute beginners)
β’ We're All Fake Now - Wisecrack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTW1mPOJJ_Y
β’ Are Cell Phones Replacing Reality? - PBS Idea Channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AXIAM7dTTg
β’ The Cultural Significance of Cyberpunk - Cuck Philosophy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvor7hhDKTs
ββββββββββββββββββ
RECOMMENDED OP-EDS
β’ I Donβt Want to Be an Internet Person by Ginevra Davis
https://www.palladiummag.com/2022/11/04/i-do-not-want-to-be-an-internet-person/
β’ Pluralistic: Tiktok's enshittification by Cory Doctorow
https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys
β’ Facebook's Threads is so depressing by Jason O. Gilbert
https://jogblog.substack.com/p/facebooks-threads-is-so-depressing
R: 25 / I: 5
He was a Ba'athist Arab nationalist turned far-left socialist who ruled Syria for a relatively short period before being overthrown by Assad senior in a coup.
Unlike his Ba'athist contemporaries Jadid believed in class struggle, implemented radical leftist policies, assigned communists to high positions in his government, pursued close relations with the CPSU, shifted the party line from Arab nationalism to explicitly revolutionary anti-capitalist stand treating pan-Arabism as merely a means to an end (that is socialism) rather than an end itself.
After his overthrow Assad started reversing many of his policies, liberalizing the country while cracking down on leftist opposition.
Assad Senior was an absolute buffon who wasn't committed to the Palestinian cause or socialism as he criticised Jadid for his support of Palestinians during their revolt against the Jordanian monarchy, gave the Golan on a silver platter to Israelis, funded counter revolutionaries in the Lebanese civil war, supported an expansionist theocracy in his sectarian scuffles, made a deal with the US to occupy Lebanon in exchange of supporting the Gulf War, started neoliberalizing Syria's economy in the 90s.
The only other head of state that was to the left of secular pan-Arabism is Iraq's Qasim, he to was overthrown by nationalists. As a leftist MENAoid I believe Arab nationalism has been a net negative for our region. It is a revisionist (historically and ideologically), colonial, reactionary ideology that had been used primarily to suppress class consciousness and recuperate socialism and revolution to serve bourgeois interests.
Pan-Arabism vs Socialism
Do you know Salah Jadid?He was a Ba'athist Arab nationalist turned far-left socialist who ruled Syria for a relatively short period before being overthrown by Assad senior in a coup.
Unlike his Ba'athist contemporaries Jadid believed in class struggle, implemented radical leftist policies, assigned communists to high positions in his government, pursued close relations with the CPSU, shifted the party line from Arab nationalism to explicitly revolutionary anti-capitalist stand treating pan-Arabism as merely a means to an end (that is socialism) rather than an end itself.
After his overthrow Assad started reversing many of his policies, liberalizing the country while cracking down on leftist opposition.
Assad Senior was an absolute buffon who wasn't committed to the Palestinian cause or socialism as he criticised Jadid for his support of Palestinians during their revolt against the Jordanian monarchy, gave the Golan on a silver platter to Israelis, funded counter revolutionaries in the Lebanese civil war, supported an expansionist theocracy in his sectarian scuffles, made a deal with the US to occupy Lebanon in exchange of supporting the Gulf War, started neoliberalizing Syria's economy in the 90s.
The only other head of state that was to the left of secular pan-Arabism is Iraq's Qasim, he to was overthrown by nationalists. As a leftist MENAoid I believe Arab nationalism has been a net negative for our region. It is a revisionist (historically and ideologically), colonial, reactionary ideology that had been used primarily to suppress class consciousness and recuperate socialism and revolution to serve bourgeois interests.
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Anyway, I just recently watched season 1 - 9 (and some one offs) and I was wondering what's your guys opinions on the show? I personally enjoyed it, with these being my top three:
1) Bart gets an F
2) Homers Enemy
3) E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)
It's pretty obvious why 1 & 3 are solid, but I don't see people talk about 2 that much. Which I don't get why.
Homers Enemy; Frank Grimes, is obviously the personification of the "dream American worker". The dream worker who in any dire situation will simply just "pull up his boot straps" and work harder to get a better life. The reality is though is that, no one actually cares about him going through those hardships. Yes, while Burns did originally try to hire him after seeing his struggle, he was predictably ignored after Burns found the next shiny thing to gawk at, and the hardships of Frank was quickly ignored by the rest of society.
Maybe it was obvious and I'm slow, but the lesson that it taught is still a great reminder, that is: a system that abandons you to unnecessary hardships is not going to care if you actually succeeded in those hardships.
This reality is hammered in further with Homer existence, one who has gotten off lucky and lived by all accounts a fairly fulfilling life. Any mess ups that Homer has cause is ignored since as long as profit is made, they don't care what he does.
And his death is a great ending, Homer continues in the system with his actions since he cares not for the boss "making" his precious money, while Frank takes the approach that work is a virtue and mocks homer only to get killed accidentally when taking his mockery to the extreme.
Perhaps I'm looking into it too much, or I'm viewing it backwards, what do you think /anime/ or /hobby/ if this is moved?
Favorite Simpsons Episode/ Gerneral thread
Yes I know, it's an anime board. But since this board is relatively dead, how about a nice curve ball to spice it up? if worse comes to worse more the thread to /hobby/Anyway, I just recently watched season 1 - 9 (and some one offs) and I was wondering what's your guys opinions on the show? I personally enjoyed it, with these being my top three:
1) Bart gets an F
2) Homers Enemy
3) E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)
It's pretty obvious why 1 & 3 are solid, but I don't see people talk about 2 that much. Which I don't get why.
Homers Enemy; Frank Grimes, is obviously the personification of the "dream American worker". The dream worker who in any dire situation will simply just "pull up his boot straps" and work harder to get a better life. The reality is though is that, no one actually cares about him going through those hardships. Yes, while Burns did originally try to hire him after seeing his struggle, he was predictably ignored after Burns found the next shiny thing to gawk at, and the hardships of Frank was quickly ignored by the rest of society.
Maybe it was obvious and I'm slow, but the lesson that it taught is still a great reminder, that is: a system that abandons you to unnecessary hardships is not going to care if you actually succeeded in those hardships.
This reality is hammered in further with Homer existence, one who has gotten off lucky and lived by all accounts a fairly fulfilling life. Any mess ups that Homer has cause is ignored since as long as profit is made, they don't care what he does.
And his death is a great ending, Homer continues in the system with his actions since he cares not for the boss "making" his precious money, while Frank takes the approach that work is a virtue and mocks homer only to get killed accidentally when taking his mockery to the extreme.
Perhaps I'm looking into it too much, or I'm viewing it backwards, what do you think /anime/ or /hobby/ if this is moved?
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A. The og Israel (thankfully) cannot survive without genociding millions of people and potentially starting WW3 and as leftists we should ponder realistic solutions instead of just posting Billions Must Die;
B. There is no way Israelis and Palestinians can live peacefully in the same country. This isn't just idealistic demands about the Right to Return; the harsh facts is if the Zionists do not move to another country there would be endless civil wars in the Levant
Some of the top candidate nations
1. Austria
Tbh giving citizenship to some 6 million Israelis is probably the least they can do considering they started this whole mess in the first place.
2. Rwanda
They're already establishing themselves as the go-to destination for immigrants anyway, and with all these militant settlers Kagame can conquer all of Congo in just two weeks
3. Japan
Japan lost like half a million people every year so having all these people would revitalize their economy. Besides lots of Japanese esoteric nationalists love Judaism
4. America
There are so, so many empty arable lands in the US that are hoarded for the sole purpose of property speculation. The US can relocate the entirety of Israel AND Palestine to these lands and literally nobidy would fucking notice. Also the least they can do for making this conflict 100x more brutal than it should've been
5. That one Jewish oblast in Russia.
Self evident
Feel free to contribute if you have a better candidate in mind
Quo Vadis Zionism?
Some of the nations that are most likely to be reestablished as de facto a second Israel because:A. The og Israel (thankfully) cannot survive without genociding millions of people and potentially starting WW3 and as leftists we should ponder realistic solutions instead of just posting Billions Must Die;
B. There is no way Israelis and Palestinians can live peacefully in the same country. This isn't just idealistic demands about the Right to Return; the harsh facts is if the Zionists do not move to another country there would be endless civil wars in the Levant
Some of the top candidate nations
1. Austria
Tbh giving citizenship to some 6 million Israelis is probably the least they can do considering they started this whole mess in the first place.
2. Rwanda
They're already establishing themselves as the go-to destination for immigrants anyway, and with all these militant settlers Kagame can conquer all of Congo in just two weeks
3. Japan
Japan lost like half a million people every year so having all these people would revitalize their economy. Besides lots of Japanese esoteric nationalists love Judaism
4. America
There are so, so many empty arable lands in the US that are hoarded for the sole purpose of property speculation. The US can relocate the entirety of Israel AND Palestine to these lands and literally nobidy would fucking notice. Also the least they can do for making this conflict 100x more brutal than it should've been
5. That one Jewish oblast in Russia.
Self evident
Feel free to contribute if you have a better candidate in mind
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<IPs last hour 33
I feel like this site has been dying over the last few weeks
<IPs last hour 33
I feel like this site has been dying over the last few weeks
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Previous thread: >>29827
Fashion thread: the fourth
Post what you're wearing today, pieces you want to wear, recent cops, thrifting, inspo, concepts, runways, designers, questions, etc.Previous thread: >>29827
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Dr. House truly lived longer on Vicodin. Venusian genetic relays have given me some knowledge that our biology is a dimension of mutagens. My religion does not exceed Dr. House as the spirit he is inspired from.
The only war is health. The elite can't keep it for themselves. My ill will and ill intent can only be profiled as the legacy of the Reich Research Council. The only thing those beings of light teach is health and genetics at foundations. Only "The Wretch" of Doom offers an alternative. And I have no Argent yet in reality. I am not allowed to fight in dishonor.
Dr. House truly lived longer on Vicodin. Venusian genetic relays have given me some knowledge that our biology is a dimension of mutagens. My religion does not exceed Dr. House as the spirit he is inspired from.
The only war is health. The elite can't keep it for themselves. My ill will and ill intent can only be profiled as the legacy of the Reich Research Council. The only thing those beings of light teach is health and genetics at foundations. Only "The Wretch" of Doom offers an alternative. And I have no Argent yet in reality. I am not allowed to fight in dishonor.
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Real talk: how do we fix Detroit?
Real talk: how do we fix Detroit?
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is materialism a crude form of idealism?
marx's metaphysics have always struck me as fairly contrived. he's extremely adamant that he's not an idealist, that he's reaching towards the 'truth' of what matter is like, and yet he seems to ignore totally that his interpretation of dialectical materialism is a transcendental model and therefore a cognitive rendition of material. AKA he has to use idealism to represent his view of materialism. I don't really think this is evidence that his views on economics are wrong, but why doesn't he simply say he's 'applying dialectics to the forces of production' instead of pretending to have unmediated knowledge of material reality? materialism indeed seems to be just a crude form of idealism and history is really seeking the truth and freedom of self-consciousness
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Russell Texas Bentley is missing and most likely dead
He has been missing for several days now. They say he went to go help some Russian troops but got kidnapped. I think he is dead. So sad. I wanted to meet him someday he is my hero.
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So, a couple of months ago we had a thread where people were talking about penis size and Shay posted a patent where a vasodilator was used in combination with other substances to enlarge one's penis permanently. I found that pretty intriguing so I wanted to give it a shot. I've read the patent and worked out how I could create an amateur version of the procedure at home with just the necessary parts. I'm one month in and that's not long enough (hehe) to say whether or not it has worked, but from my measurements I may have gained 2mm in length and circumference. Keep in mind that this is a treatment that takes around 3 to 6 months. So at one month time the results will be minuscule.
Anyway, feel free to ask me anything and I will give you monthly updates (if people are interested).
So, a couple of months ago we had a thread where people were talking about penis size and Shay posted a patent where a vasodilator was used in combination with other substances to enlarge one's penis permanently. I found that pretty intriguing so I wanted to give it a shot. I've read the patent and worked out how I could create an amateur version of the procedure at home with just the necessary parts. I'm one month in and that's not long enough (hehe) to say whether or not it has worked, but from my measurements I may have gained 2mm in length and circumference. Keep in mind that this is a treatment that takes around 3 to 6 months. So at one month time the results will be minuscule.
Anyway, feel free to ask me anything and I will give you monthly updates (if people are interested).
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/leftydeutschpol/ - Deutschland General
Letzter Pfaden wurde dank der /Pol/acken vom Brett gepusht. Deshalb ein neues Deutschland General.
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tiny whiny chihuahua represents:
chubby chihuahua represents:
oportunist thief chihuahua represents:
the bone represents:
pls make a metaphor using these chihuahuas arguing over a bone
also, what in the heck is the solution to the new 3 + 2 equation?!?!?!?!?!
tiny whiny chihuahua represents:
chubby chihuahua represents:
oportunist thief chihuahua represents:
the bone represents:
pls make a metaphor using these chihuahuas arguing over a bone
also, what in the heck is the solution to the new 3 + 2 equation?!?!?!?!?!
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Did only china go through this stage? Or korea too?
I know Japan's feudalism mirrored Europe's, but have no idea about pre-industrial Korea.
Pic is unrelated I just think it's cool
Asiatic mode of Production?
What are the primary differences between the Asiatic mode of production and feudalism?Did only china go through this stage? Or korea too?
I know Japan's feudalism mirrored Europe's, but have no idea about pre-industrial Korea.
Pic is unrelated I just think it's cool
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Post twitterisms at the end of every cancerous discourse tweet that makes you want to fly into a murderous rage like a rimworld pawn after eating without a table
>hope this helps!
>do better
>this aint it chief
>umm sweetie (though mostly ironic now tbf)
Post twitterisms at the end of every cancerous discourse tweet that makes you want to fly into a murderous rage like a rimworld pawn after eating without a table
>hope this helps!
>do better
>this aint it chief
>umm sweetie (though mostly ironic now tbf)
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Construction workers in one of Australia's largest states have reached an agreement that will have them paid wages equal to the top 1% of workers as a minimum, on major government projects. This is partly politics, partly because major infrastructure projects are one of the only things keeping this country artificially in growth.
Notably this doesn't apply to significant sections of the construction labour force, only for those workers on major government infrastructure projects, which are largely closed shops. Workers building domestic houses will still be paid shocking wages to work in terrible conditions.
Effectively this provides surplus wealth to a labour aristocracy at the direct expense of other government workers including healthcare workers in particular, who have average to terrible conditions and insane workloads.
Win for workers or another example of a politically connected minority extracting surplus wealth?
Labour Aristocracy
At what point do monopoly super-profits paid to a substratum of workers switch to being something worthy of celebration to something of genuine concern. Should this be something that Marxists even care about?Construction workers in one of Australia's largest states have reached an agreement that will have them paid wages equal to the top 1% of workers as a minimum, on major government projects. This is partly politics, partly because major infrastructure projects are one of the only things keeping this country artificially in growth.
Notably this doesn't apply to significant sections of the construction labour force, only for those workers on major government infrastructure projects, which are largely closed shops. Workers building domestic houses will still be paid shocking wages to work in terrible conditions.
Effectively this provides surplus wealth to a labour aristocracy at the direct expense of other government workers including healthcare workers in particular, who have average to terrible conditions and insane workloads.
Win for workers or another example of a politically connected minority extracting surplus wealth?
R: 35 / I: 4
> Former game executive and develop at Blizzard Mark Kern
> @Grummz
< "The way games are funded you don't use your own money. Even EA, its games are hugely expensive to make, they're upwards of you know 250 sometimes 600 million dollars it's for certain live games it's incredibly how expensive they are and to do that uh your CFO is your best friend.
< "You're counting on your CFO to get you tax breaks to get you in to put studios in regions which are financially favorable and you will borrow the cheap money, you will get a cheap money to do it. Even EA does this. I worked with EA; we were putting together a deal where they were taking bailout money from the banks in the last financial crisis that we had, and they were applying that cheap money towards games, same thing with Covid money. They're applying that cheap money towards games, and what has been the cheapest money while interest rates were still low, you know a couple of years ago it was ESG financing, and so they're going to take this money."
< "Because the returns on investment have been so poor on Wall Street for ESG funds, that source of Revenue is drying it up. This Woke machine cannot continue in the way that it is now for AAA gaming, and I think unfortunately, it's so entrenched that you're not going to seeβyou're not going to see much of an ability to course correct because the studios areβthey're just gonna shut down."
>He goes on to state that the ESG money comes with βstrings attachedβ:
< Mark Kern explains how ESG money comes with strings attached inside corporations and is used to make companies partner with DEI consulting companies like Sweet Baby Inc:
< "Everyone needs to realize is that it's not that these Studios are funding the games out of their own pocket; that would be very expensive for them. Cash is king. They will preferably go out and get money from other sources if it's cheap enough to help spread the risk of these massive titles, and so you have a lot of quid pro quo happening, and I can tell you that developers have been approaching me and giving me some inside baseball on what's been happening, and there are funding deals out there for studiosβand I can't get too specific; I don't want to out sourcesβthat have certain strings attached like a company will suddenly sign with a developer and now that developer needs to hire a DEI director and needs to go out and hire consultancy firms to gender balance."
< "Their staff quite specifically go out and hire companies like SBI to consult on their writing and do sensitivity reading and changes for that, and what does, all this does, it boosts their ESG score. It allows them access that funding so ESG is not going away entirely."
< "It's [ESG] become an evil brand. People are waking up to this… You have you have a rebranding going on right now. They're not calling it ESG, but it's still out there."
Anti-woke hysteria aside the industry collapsing in on itself is some good news imo.
Gaymen Industry
I don't care about gamergate 2 or whatever but I did think this was interesting> Former game executive and develop at Blizzard Mark Kern
> @Grummz
< "The way games are funded you don't use your own money. Even EA, its games are hugely expensive to make, they're upwards of you know 250 sometimes 600 million dollars it's for certain live games it's incredibly how expensive they are and to do that uh your CFO is your best friend.
< "You're counting on your CFO to get you tax breaks to get you in to put studios in regions which are financially favorable and you will borrow the cheap money, you will get a cheap money to do it. Even EA does this. I worked with EA; we were putting together a deal where they were taking bailout money from the banks in the last financial crisis that we had, and they were applying that cheap money towards games, same thing with Covid money. They're applying that cheap money towards games, and what has been the cheapest money while interest rates were still low, you know a couple of years ago it was ESG financing, and so they're going to take this money."
< "Because the returns on investment have been so poor on Wall Street for ESG funds, that source of Revenue is drying it up. This Woke machine cannot continue in the way that it is now for AAA gaming, and I think unfortunately, it's so entrenched that you're not going to seeβyou're not going to see much of an ability to course correct because the studios areβthey're just gonna shut down."
>He goes on to state that the ESG money comes with βstrings attachedβ:
< Mark Kern explains how ESG money comes with strings attached inside corporations and is used to make companies partner with DEI consulting companies like Sweet Baby Inc:
< "Everyone needs to realize is that it's not that these Studios are funding the games out of their own pocket; that would be very expensive for them. Cash is king. They will preferably go out and get money from other sources if it's cheap enough to help spread the risk of these massive titles, and so you have a lot of quid pro quo happening, and I can tell you that developers have been approaching me and giving me some inside baseball on what's been happening, and there are funding deals out there for studiosβand I can't get too specific; I don't want to out sourcesβthat have certain strings attached like a company will suddenly sign with a developer and now that developer needs to hire a DEI director and needs to go out and hire consultancy firms to gender balance."
< "Their staff quite specifically go out and hire companies like SBI to consult on their writing and do sensitivity reading and changes for that, and what does, all this does, it boosts their ESG score. It allows them access that funding so ESG is not going away entirely."
< "It's [ESG] become an evil brand. People are waking up to this… You have you have a rebranding going on right now. They're not calling it ESG, but it's still out there."
Anti-woke hysteria aside the industry collapsing in on itself is some good news imo.
R: 12 / I: 3
Warren Ellis isn't a spectacular writer but I did like the anti-aristocrat/ruling class and anti-imperialism themes. It's pretty explicit in calling out the greed of the wealthy and the futility of imperialism, and the main characters overtly say that the ruling classes are either incapable or unwilling to help so that the only option is for people to organize themselves. I'm not sure if the multiculturalism we see in the refugee town is meant as Liberal multicult pap or as a somewhat subtle gesture towards internationalism, but I suppose it could be interpreted either way. I don't know how many black or brown people there were in 14th century Wallachia, but in the context of the show it seems like it makes sense we have vampires from Copenhagen to Cathay in on Dracula's omnicidal war, so it's easy to imagine there's a lot of population disruption going on.
Not a great season, but fun. Three Marx out of five.
Castlevania
Just watched the new season of Castlevania the other night on Netflix and it wasn't too bad. The animation seems significantly jankier this season in a lot of places and it looks like they're using the awful CG models from Berserk or Kingdom or some shit at times. A couple of the fights are really fluid and fun, but a lot just looked… bad.Warren Ellis isn't a spectacular writer but I did like the anti-aristocrat/ruling class and anti-imperialism themes. It's pretty explicit in calling out the greed of the wealthy and the futility of imperialism, and the main characters overtly say that the ruling classes are either incapable or unwilling to help so that the only option is for people to organize themselves. I'm not sure if the multiculturalism we see in the refugee town is meant as Liberal multicult pap or as a somewhat subtle gesture towards internationalism, but I suppose it could be interpreted either way. I don't know how many black or brown people there were in 14th century Wallachia, but in the context of the show it seems like it makes sense we have vampires from Copenhagen to Cathay in on Dracula's omnicidal war, so it's easy to imagine there's a lot of population disruption going on.
Not a great season, but fun. Three Marx out of five.
R: 45 / I: 7
anime mascots
Would you use a window manager with anime mascot?
R: 187 / I: 73
Dragon Ball Super
Who the hell is even the target audience for this cringeworthy shitshow these days? I'm seriously curious.
R: 107 / I: 74
youtube archaeology (2000s)
if you type before:2010-01-01 preceding your search term in youtube you can limit your search to videos from the 2000s, the first four years of youtube. I'll be ripping gems I find during my archaeological dig with yt-dlp and posting them here. I'll be focusing on things that interest me but I hope others join me. I'll avoid posting memes with high views like chocolate rain, etc. that people already know about. This is more for niche content that gets buried under the current search algorithm. A lot of this content will be "cringe" but nevertheless… there might be gems in the muck. Perhaps even some low video/audio quality content that might be worth revisiting with up-to-date editing software
R: 33 / I: 5
based wholesome kulak bisexual harem isekai
based wholesome kulak bisexual harem isekai
R: 2 / I: 0
>Its not what you know its who you know
>Its not what you know its who you know
R: 389 / I: 122
Dindu Nuffin
ITT "villains" who did nothing wrong.
R: 513 / I: 15
tune in tomorrow
a joke a day?
everyday a joke!tune in tomorrow
R: 19 / I: 9 (sticky)
COVID nostalgia
VBNMW
Trump-JFK Jr. 2024
Vote here:
https://strawpoll.com/kjn1831PLyQ
Next Burgerpunk thread theme
So the current thread will hit the limit soon and I can't decide on the theme for the next one. In the spirit of this election year, I'm making a poll that runs from today to the 30th. Here are the options:COVID nostalgia
VBNMW
Trump-JFK Jr. 2024
Vote here:
https://strawpoll.com/kjn1831PLyQ
R: 500 / I: 104
Got a question that's probably been asked a million times before? You're in the right landfill, buddy. Post it here.
Threads that otherwise might go in here will eventually find themselves become merged to this thread.
/QTDDTOT/ - Questions that don't need their own thread
Dump all the seemingly pointless, dubious, and frivolous questions that don't deserve their own shitty threads.Got a question that's probably been asked a million times before? You're in the right landfill, buddy. Post it here.
Threads that otherwise might go in here will eventually find themselves become merged to this thread.
R: 60 / I: 10
Like 95% of the people here are brainwashed by a population-wide CIA psyop operation eating up the most liberal bullshit propaganda like it's served to them from a kebab stall after a long day at work.
It feels nigh impossible to be a leftist here, not even mentioning being further left than fascism (also known as social democracy). Poland is literally a mix of the worst traits of the west and east with nothing good added at all (except grandma, love you.)
The class consciousness is non-existent, and historical knowledge is biased more than that Cuba society from Florida. Even when I provide actual sources that disprove any most common misconception I am met with accusations of being a paid Russian bot or posting falsified commie research (from famous commie institutions like Yale or Harvard)
If I see one more resident of this god forsaken country tell me that "Hitler's occupation was way better than the Soviet one" I will actually summon the spirit of Tukhachevsky and tell him to this time do it fucking right.
So how are you doing?
Is there any country more CIA brainwashed than Poland?
I swear to God almighty I fucking hate it here. This country is good for nothing and I wish it burns in the eternal flames of hell where it belongs yet somehow escaped it.Like 95% of the people here are brainwashed by a population-wide CIA psyop operation eating up the most liberal bullshit propaganda like it's served to them from a kebab stall after a long day at work.
It feels nigh impossible to be a leftist here, not even mentioning being further left than fascism (also known as social democracy). Poland is literally a mix of the worst traits of the west and east with nothing good added at all (except grandma, love you.)
The class consciousness is non-existent, and historical knowledge is biased more than that Cuba society from Florida. Even when I provide actual sources that disprove any most common misconception I am met with accusations of being a paid Russian bot or posting falsified commie research (from famous commie institutions like Yale or Harvard)
If I see one more resident of this god forsaken country tell me that "Hitler's occupation was way better than the Soviet one" I will actually summon the spirit of Tukhachevsky and tell him to this time do it fucking right.
So how are you doing?
R: 19 / I: 2
Time for another one of these. ITT: we ask if things are leftist or what X will be like under leftism?
Will there be Tendies under socialism?
Time for another one of these. ITT: we ask if things are leftist or what X will be like under leftism?
Will there be Tendies under socialism?
R: 28 / I: 7
Zom 100 dropped the marxpill
Zom 100 dropped the marxpill
R: 3 / I: 0
nuff said
beautiful algeria
>ramadan each year starts, gooning stops for 30 days, people search for things related to the quran, ramadan ends, they go on as usualnuff said
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i really don't know what to do, i've never had friends before, not even with animals, i can't take care of them, and their mother is not out there somewhere, not when they were alone on the beach, should i really invite them in?
need your help
there are two white kittens, siblings, outside my small home right now, they've been following me from the beach ever since I fed one of them from my water bottle, i tried to shoo them away but it didn't work, now they are outside my door, meowing loudly.i really don't know what to do, i've never had friends before, not even with animals, i can't take care of them, and their mother is not out there somewhere, not when they were alone on the beach, should i really invite them in?
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New Apple product: Apple Vision Pro. What's your opinion? Does Augmented Reality has a future? Does it has an USEFUL future? Apple is betting hard on this.
New Apple product: Apple Vision Pro. What's your opinion? Does Augmented Reality has a future? Does it has an USEFUL future? Apple is betting hard on this.
R: 284 / I: 105
come in, make friends, talk about everything Brazil related - politics, news, the arts… and shitpost, of course.
Previous thread: >>1683261
/brg/ - Brazil General
"we used to have culture" editioncome in, make friends, talk about everything Brazil related - politics, news, the arts… and shitpost, of course.
Previous thread: >>1683261
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DREAM REPORTING THREAD
describe your last dream IMMEDIATELY UPON WAKING UP, so you don't forget it
i'll give you a score from 0 to 10 and an OFFICIAL and SPECIAL seal of approval or disapproval
and KEEP IT SHORT because my attention span is TINY
DREAM REPORTING THREAD
describe your last dream IMMEDIATELY UPON WAKING UP, so you don't forget it
i'll give you a score from 0 to 10 and an OFFICIAL and SPECIAL seal of approval or disapproval
and KEEP IT SHORT because my attention span is TINY
R: 541 / I: 75
Reading
Towards a New Socialism by Paul Cockshott and Allin Cottrell: http://ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu/~cottrell/socialism_book/
Brain of the Firm by Stafford Beer
Cybernetic Revolutionaries by Eden Medina
Cybernetics: Or the Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine and The Human Use of Human Beings (1st edition) by Norbert Wiener
Economic cybernetics by Nikolay Veduta
People's Republic of Walmart by Leigh Phillips and Michal Rozworski
Red Plenty by Francis Spufford
Economics in kind, Total socialisation and A system of socialisation by Otto Neurath (Incommensurability, Ecology, and Planning: Neurath in the Socialist Calculation Debate by Thomas Uebel provides a summary)
Active writers/creators
Sorted by last name
>Paul Cockshott
https://www.patreon.com/williamCockshott/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVBfIU1_zO-P_R9keEGdDHQ (https://invidious.snopyta.org/channel/UCVBfIU1_zO-P_R9keEGdDHQ)
https://paulcockshott.wordpress.com/
http://paulcockshott.co.uk/
https://twitter.com/PaulCockshott (https://nitter.pussthecat.org/PaulCockshott)
>Cibcom (Spanish)
https://cibcom.org/
https://twitter.com/cibcomorg (https://nitter.pussthecat.org/cibcomorg)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCav9ad3TMuhiWV6yP5t2IpA (https://invidious.snopyta.org/channel/UCav9ad3TMuhiWV6yP5t2IpA)
>Tomas HΓ€rdin
https://www.haerdin.se/tag/cybernetics.html
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5fDgA_eHleDiTLC5qb5g8w (https://invidious.snopyta.org/channel/UC5fDgA_eHleDiTLC5qb5g8w)
>Victor MagariΓ±o
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJJwfW0R3Lv486AjwUWxIYw (https://invidious.snopyta.org/channel/UCJJwfW0R3Lv486AjwUWxIYw)
https://twitter.com/Victormagajr (https://nitter.pussthecat.org/Victormagajr)
https://www.patreon.com/victormagarino
>Elena Veduta
http://www.strategplan.com/en/about/veduta.php
Various videos on YouTube but no channel of her own
>Dave Zachariah
https://www.it.uu.se/katalog/davza513
One video on Paul Cockshott's channel
Podcasts
>General Intellect Unit
Podcast of the Cybernetic Marxists
http://generalintellectunit.net/
Previous threads in chronological order
https://archive.is/uNCEY
https://web.archive.org/web/20201218152831/https://bunkerchan.xyz/leftypol/res/997358.html
https://archive.ph/uyggp
https://archive.is/xBFYY
https://archive.ph/Afx5a
>>1390377
/cybercom/
This thread is for the discussion of cybersocialism, the planning of the socialist economy by computerized means, including discussions of related topics and creators. Drama belongs in /isg/Reading
Towards a New Socialism by Paul Cockshott and Allin Cottrell: http://ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu/~cottrell/socialism_book/
Brain of the Firm by Stafford Beer
Cybernetic Revolutionaries by Eden Medina
Cybernetics: Or the Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine and The Human Use of Human Beings (1st edition) by Norbert Wiener
Economic cybernetics by Nikolay Veduta
People's Republic of Walmart by Leigh Phillips and Michal Rozworski
Red Plenty by Francis Spufford
Economics in kind, Total socialisation and A system of socialisation by Otto Neurath (Incommensurability, Ecology, and Planning: Neurath in the Socialist Calculation Debate by Thomas Uebel provides a summary)
Active writers/creators
Sorted by last name
>Paul Cockshott
https://www.patreon.com/williamCockshott/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVBfIU1_zO-P_R9keEGdDHQ (https://invidious.snopyta.org/channel/UCVBfIU1_zO-P_R9keEGdDHQ)
https://paulcockshott.wordpress.com/
http://paulcockshott.co.uk/
https://twitter.com/PaulCockshott (https://nitter.pussthecat.org/PaulCockshott)
>Cibcom (Spanish)
https://cibcom.org/
https://twitter.com/cibcomorg (https://nitter.pussthecat.org/cibcomorg)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCav9ad3TMuhiWV6yP5t2IpA (https://invidious.snopyta.org/channel/UCav9ad3TMuhiWV6yP5t2IpA)
>Tomas HΓ€rdin
https://www.haerdin.se/tag/cybernetics.html
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5fDgA_eHleDiTLC5qb5g8w (https://invidious.snopyta.org/channel/UC5fDgA_eHleDiTLC5qb5g8w)
>Victor MagariΓ±o
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJJwfW0R3Lv486AjwUWxIYw (https://invidious.snopyta.org/channel/UCJJwfW0R3Lv486AjwUWxIYw)
https://twitter.com/Victormagajr (https://nitter.pussthecat.org/Victormagajr)
https://www.patreon.com/victormagarino
>Elena Veduta
http://www.strategplan.com/en/about/veduta.php
Various videos on YouTube but no channel of her own
>Dave Zachariah
https://www.it.uu.se/katalog/davza513
One video on Paul Cockshott's channel
Podcasts
>General Intellect Unit
Podcast of the Cybernetic Marxists
http://generalintellectunit.net/
Previous threads in chronological order
https://archive.is/uNCEY
https://web.archive.org/web/20201218152831/https://bunkerchan.xyz/leftypol/res/997358.html
https://archive.ph/uyggp
https://archive.is/xBFYY
https://archive.ph/Afx5a
>>1390377
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Which 2hu wud u hug?
Which 2hu wud u hug?
R: 17 / I: 1
What are iconic and legendary games that defined a generation of gaming, that deserve a place in the gaming pantheon?
List all of them that you know.
What are iconic and legendary games that defined a generation of gaming, that deserve a place in the gaming pantheon?
List all of them that you know.
R: 169 / I: 92
One of the interesting things Iβve discovered is that the ratio of average wages between China and the United States is only 3.6, with the average worker receiving 16575 or so USD per year. Factor in cost of living differences (PPP), and the ratio is only 2. Then consider that first tier cities in China often have a GDP per capita twice that of the national average, and guess what? You can live in China, work in China, and enjoy a material lifestyle that is 67-100% that of the United States, all the while touching, as others have asked me to, good, Socialist grass.
That is, of course, assuming you have high-end skills you can be paid for in Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, or Wuxi.
So, let me show off what Beijing is like. This, I think, is from the Wangfujing shopping district near Tiananmen.
Shots of Beijing
So, let me point out that Iβm scheduled to help kids practice English, and Iβve been looking for ways to discourage them from emigrating.One of the interesting things Iβve discovered is that the ratio of average wages between China and the United States is only 3.6, with the average worker receiving 16575 or so USD per year. Factor in cost of living differences (PPP), and the ratio is only 2. Then consider that first tier cities in China often have a GDP per capita twice that of the national average, and guess what? You can live in China, work in China, and enjoy a material lifestyle that is 67-100% that of the United States, all the while touching, as others have asked me to, good, Socialist grass.
That is, of course, assuming you have high-end skills you can be paid for in Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, or Wuxi.
So, let me show off what Beijing is like. This, I think, is from the Wangfujing shopping district near Tiananmen.
R: 20 / I: 1
Rising of the shield hero
Is it just Ayn Rand for weebs or is there a redeemable message in it?
R: 5 / I: 1
How do we defeat angry white reactionaries?
How do we defeat angry white reactionaries?
R: 54 / I: 1
/chilledm/
Post chill house, dnb, and other electronic mood music.
R: 155 / I: 49
/leftytesg/ - Elder Scrolls General
Always wanted to make this thread, but could never find time for it until now. Discuss lore, art, modding, headcanons, C0DA and other stuff related to the games.
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One Piece is leftist
One Piece is leftist
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>Are there any leftist manga???
Yes, for example the masterpiece of Japanese communist literature Kani Kousen (The crab cannery ship) got three manga adaptation. Two of them are available in digital, and I suggest we start from them.
>What do you bring to the table? You're aren't one of those "idea guys", right?
I'm a scanlator: I translate, clean pages and add text. I can do basically anything you need to do to release a manga, except I'm not too good with PS and since I'm not a native speaker I also need someone else to do editing and proofreading.
Oh, I can also provide raws and I have uploading privileges on mangadex.
>How do we organize?
That's something I can't answer. I know that d*scord is a big no-no, but I don't know many alternatives, so I'd like to hear your proposals.
So, what do you think?
Let's scanlate a manga
Hello comrades, I'm here with a proposal: let's start a scanlation group to bring leftist manga to a non-Japanese audience.>Are there any leftist manga???
Yes, for example the masterpiece of Japanese communist literature Kani Kousen (The crab cannery ship) got three manga adaptation. Two of them are available in digital, and I suggest we start from them.
>What do you bring to the table? You're aren't one of those "idea guys", right?
I'm a scanlator: I translate, clean pages and add text. I can do basically anything you need to do to release a manga, except I'm not too good with PS and since I'm not a native speaker I also need someone else to do editing and proofreading.
Oh, I can also provide raws and I have uploading privileges on mangadex.
>How do we organize?
That's something I can't answer. I know that d*scord is a big no-no, but I don't know many alternatives, so I'd like to hear your proposals.
So, what do you think?
R: 108 / I: 30
Conmemorando a Alexis Castillo esta ocasiΓ³n.
Para luego buscarlo en el catΓ‘logo:
LatinoamΓ©rica, Latin America, LATAM, /lat/, latinoamΓ©rica, latino amΓ©rica, hispanoamerica, /Γ±/
HILO LATINOAMERICANO 7.0
Casi nuevo hilo, para un casi nuevo aΓ±o. As always we allow everyone to speak english, we are not Ukrainian fascists.Conmemorando a Alexis Castillo esta ocasiΓ³n.
Para luego buscarlo en el catΓ‘logo:
LatinoamΓ©rica, Latin America, LATAM, /lat/, latinoamΓ©rica, latino amΓ©rica, hispanoamerica, /Γ±/
R: 7 / I: 2
I read:
An Uncivilized Planet
Tropical Citron
Freesia
years ago.
Loved them all. Be warned of adult themes.
His artstyle is so unique and amazing. I'm reading Joshi Kouhei right now. It's about some Evangelion-ish future where men pilot these giant robots from another dimension that look like Japanese schoolgirls but eventually they get psychotic and think they're actually schoolgirls.
Matsumoto Jiro
Any fans here?I read:
An Uncivilized Planet
Tropical Citron
Freesia
years ago.
Loved them all. Be warned of adult themes.
His artstyle is so unique and amazing. I'm reading Joshi Kouhei right now. It's about some Evangelion-ish future where men pilot these giant robots from another dimension that look like Japanese schoolgirls but eventually they get psychotic and think they're actually schoolgirls.
R: 140 / I: 51
I think it would be pretty easy to side with the latter out of frustration, especially if you're talentless like i am, but i think the idea that talent could be forcibly cultivated out of someone who never realized it before would be the "productive forces" argument. Not to mention that junko destroyed civilization, which is dialectically bad.
Your turn to die is a great game too, very similar to danganronpa on a surface level, i finished it a while ago and im glad i played it. Free btw. Anyone got visual novel recommendations? I need a weeb fix.
Visual Novels
Im making a thread about VNs because there isnt one on the catalogue and i wanna talk about my experience. I just finished danganronpa 2, which im not certain counts as a VN or if it's a point and click murder mystery social deduction game, and i think im pretty confident to say that it presents a pretty interesting moral dilemma. On one hand, the hope faction is pretty clearly a technocratic organization who obsesses over "Ultimates", or people who possess immense talent in a particular field or study, for example the world's best scientist, or the world's best doctor. It is revealed in the story of goodbye despair that before despair took over, hope's peak academy created a method of artificially forcing someone to become extremely talented, which dialectically had the potential to equalize mankind and develop the talents of anyone, which would make the idea of meritocracy, or ruling over others due to better talents or knowledge, completely obsolete. Despair on the other hand spawned as a result of the mass movement of reserve students, malcontents who became disaffected with the idea that people with talent mattered more than the rest, since hope's peak academy was formed to research peoples' talents and how to cultivate them.I think it would be pretty easy to side with the latter out of frustration, especially if you're talentless like i am, but i think the idea that talent could be forcibly cultivated out of someone who never realized it before would be the "productive forces" argument. Not to mention that junko destroyed civilization, which is dialectically bad.
Your turn to die is a great game too, very similar to danganronpa on a surface level, i finished it a while ago and im glad i played it. Free btw. Anyone got visual novel recommendations? I need a weeb fix.
R: 1 / I: 0
Critical support for Chiang Kai-shek?
Critical support for Chiang Kai-shek?
R: 55 / I: 23 (sticky)
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!!!!
the FINAL animal election of 2024 will be on MAY 20!!!!!!
that's right MAY TWENTY!!!!!!!
these on the image are the OFFICIAL CANDIDATES!!!!!! let us know if u'r unhappy with ur candidate being eliminated
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT: the preliminary election was probably STOLEN!!!!! but I must warn the cheaters that on the FINAL election there'll be NONE of this MONKEY BUSINESS!!!!! A STRICT measure will be put in place to ensure that the FINAL election will be 100% LEGIT
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!!!!
the FINAL animal election of 2024 will be on MAY 20!!!!!!
that's right MAY TWENTY!!!!!!!
these on the image are the OFFICIAL CANDIDATES!!!!!! let us know if u'r unhappy with ur candidate being eliminated
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT: the preliminary election was probably STOLEN!!!!! but I must warn the cheaters that on the FINAL election there'll be NONE of this MONKEY BUSINESS!!!!! A STRICT measure will be put in place to ensure that the FINAL election will be 100% LEGIT
R: 9 / I: 2
>Life bad.
>Me not know why life like dis
>Therefore it is "meaningless"
>Me sadder.
>Why i be alive?
<Ahem good sir, life has no meaning because you have to create your OWN meaning.
>What dat?
<Coffee or something, idk. You do you!!!
>Me drink coffee
>Life still bad
<My good sir, don't listen to this gibberish nonsense! Life has no meaning indeed, so what? You surely don't need some sort of "meaning" to life.
>Me accept no meaning
>Life still bad
How the fuck is this considered philosophy instead of alienation to human nature?!
WHY NO ONE CATHEGORIZES THESE AS ALIENATIONS??
>Be post-1950's individual>Life bad.
>Me not know why life like dis
>Therefore it is "meaningless"
>Me sadder.
>Why i be alive?
<Ahem good sir, life has no meaning because you have to create your OWN meaning.
>What dat?
<Coffee or something, idk. You do you!!!
>Me drink coffee
>Life still bad
<My good sir, don't listen to this gibberish nonsense! Life has no meaning indeed, so what? You surely don't need some sort of "meaning" to life.
>Me accept no meaning
>Life still bad
How the fuck is this considered philosophy instead of alienation to human nature?!
R: 62 / I: 14
Why are ugly bastards so popular?
Why are ugly bastards so popular?
R: 150 / I: 22
Cyberpunk Edgerunners
Got any hopes for CDPR and Trigger's joint project?
R: 169 / I: 38
Definitely going to watch:
>Re zero season 2
Interested:
>Deca-Dence
<Many years have passed since humanity was driven to the brink of extinction by the sudden emergence of the unknown life forms Gadoll. Those humans that survived now dwell in a 3000m-high mobile fortress Deca-dence built to protect themselves from the Gadoll threat.
>Monster musume no oishasan
<In the town of Lindworm where monsters and humans coexist, Dr. Glenn runs an exemplary medical clinic for monster girls with his lamia assistant, Sapphee. Whether receiving a marriage proposal by a centaur injured in battle, palpating the injury of a mermaid, or suturing the delicate wounds of a flesh golem, Dr. Glenn performs his job with grace and confidence. But when an unsavory character seeks to steal a harpy egg, how will the unflappable Dr. Glenn respond…?
Also
>Lindworm
AAAAAHHAHA
>Maou Gakuin no Futekigousha: Shijou Saikyou no Maou no Shiso, Tensei shite Shison-tachi no Gakkou e
>After 2000 years has passed, the ruthless demon lord has just been reincarnated! But his aptitude at an academy for nurturing candidates for demon lords is, βineptβ!? Having the capability to destroy humans, elementals, and gods, after a long period of countless wars and strife, Arnos the demon lord became sick and tired of all that and longed for a peaceful world, so he decided to reincarnate to the future. However, what awaited him after his reincarnation is a world too used to peace that his descendants became too weak due to a huge weakening in magical powers.
>Nihon Chinbotsu 2020
<Shortly after the Tokyo Olympics in 2020, a major earthquake hits Japan. Amidst the chaos, siblings Ayumu and Gou of the Mutou household, begin to escape the city with their family of four. The sinking Japanese archipelagos, however, relentlessly pursue the family. Plunged into extreme conditions, life and death, and the choice of meeting and partingβin the face of dreadful reality, the Mutou siblings believe in the future and acquire the strength to survive with utmost effort.
Potentially very good, but damn japan dont jinx 2020 even further plz
Sound meme-y but might be fun:
>Peter Grill to Kenja no Jikan
<Peter Grill is known throughout the land as the world's strongest fighter. He has a girlfriend who he's steadily trying to get closer with. Life is good for him. Until he realizes that dozens of women, who want to bear strong children, are all vying for his seed.
>Dokyuu Hentai HxEros
<In a world on the verge of a great disaster that began five years ago, heroes who, with the help of a device called HxEros, use the power of Ecchi (H) and erotic power (Ero) to save the planet from libido-devouring monsters!
What about you?
Next season anime watchlist
What is on your watchlist?Definitely going to watch:
>Re zero season 2
Interested:
>Deca-Dence
<Many years have passed since humanity was driven to the brink of extinction by the sudden emergence of the unknown life forms Gadoll. Those humans that survived now dwell in a 3000m-high mobile fortress Deca-dence built to protect themselves from the Gadoll threat.
>Monster musume no oishasan
<In the town of Lindworm where monsters and humans coexist, Dr. Glenn runs an exemplary medical clinic for monster girls with his lamia assistant, Sapphee. Whether receiving a marriage proposal by a centaur injured in battle, palpating the injury of a mermaid, or suturing the delicate wounds of a flesh golem, Dr. Glenn performs his job with grace and confidence. But when an unsavory character seeks to steal a harpy egg, how will the unflappable Dr. Glenn respond…?
Also
>Lindworm
AAAAAHHAHA
>Maou Gakuin no Futekigousha: Shijou Saikyou no Maou no Shiso, Tensei shite Shison-tachi no Gakkou e
>After 2000 years has passed, the ruthless demon lord has just been reincarnated! But his aptitude at an academy for nurturing candidates for demon lords is, βineptβ!? Having the capability to destroy humans, elementals, and gods, after a long period of countless wars and strife, Arnos the demon lord became sick and tired of all that and longed for a peaceful world, so he decided to reincarnate to the future. However, what awaited him after his reincarnation is a world too used to peace that his descendants became too weak due to a huge weakening in magical powers.
>Nihon Chinbotsu 2020
<Shortly after the Tokyo Olympics in 2020, a major earthquake hits Japan. Amidst the chaos, siblings Ayumu and Gou of the Mutou household, begin to escape the city with their family of four. The sinking Japanese archipelagos, however, relentlessly pursue the family. Plunged into extreme conditions, life and death, and the choice of meeting and partingβin the face of dreadful reality, the Mutou siblings believe in the future and acquire the strength to survive with utmost effort.
Potentially very good, but damn japan dont jinx 2020 even further plz
Sound meme-y but might be fun:
>Peter Grill to Kenja no Jikan
<Peter Grill is known throughout the land as the world's strongest fighter. He has a girlfriend who he's steadily trying to get closer with. Life is good for him. Until he realizes that dozens of women, who want to bear strong children, are all vying for his seed.
>Dokyuu Hentai HxEros
<In a world on the verge of a great disaster that began five years ago, heroes who, with the help of a device called HxEros, use the power of Ecchi (H) and erotic power (Ero) to save the planet from libido-devouring monsters!
What about you?
R: 266 / I: 122
Naruto General
Is there a character that could even possibly EVEN TOUCH Madara Uchiha? Let alone defeat him. And I'm not talking about Edo Tensei Uchiha Madara. I'm not talking about Gedou Rinne Tensei Uchiha Madara either. Hell, I'm not even talking about Juubi Jinchuuriki Gedou Rinne Tensei Uchiha Madara with the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan and Rinnegan doujutsus (with the rikodou abilities and being capable of both Amateratsu and Tsukuyomi genjutsu), equipped with his Gunbai, a perfect Susano'o, control of the juubi and Gedou Mazou, with Hashirama Senju's DNA implanted in him so he has mokuton kekkei genkai and can perform yin yang release ninjutsu while being an expert in kenjutsu and taijutsu. Iβm also not talking about Kono Yo no KyΕ«seishu Futarime no RikudΕ Juubi Jinchuuriki Gedou Rinne Tensei Uchiha Madara with the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan (which is capable of Enton Amaterasu, Izanagi, Izanami and the Tsyukuyomi Genjutsu), his two original Rinnegan (which grant him ChikushΕdΕ, ShuradΕ, TendΕ, NingendΕ, JigokudΕ, GakidΕ, GedΕ, BanshΕ Tenβin, Chibaku Tensei, Shinra Tensei, Tengai Shinsei and Banbutsu SΕzΕ) and a third Tomoe Rinnegan on his forehead, capable of using Katon, FΕ«ton, Raiton, Doton, Suiton, Mokuton, Ranton, Inton, YΕton and even OnmyΕton Jutsu, equipped with his Gunbai(capable of using Uchihagaeshi) and a ShakujΕ because he is a master in kenjutsu and taijutsu, a perfect Susanoβo (that can use Yasaka no Magatama ), control of both the Juubi and the Gedou Mazou, with Hashirama Senjuβs DNA and face implanted on his chest, his four Rinbo Hengoku Clones guarding him and nine GudΕdama floating behind him AFTER he absorbed Senjutsu from the First Hokage, entered RikudΕ Senjutsu Mode, cast Mugen Tsukuyomi on everybody and used Shin: Jukai KΕtan so he can use their Chakra while they are under Genjutsu. I'm definitely NOT Talking about sagemode sage of the six paths Juubi Jinchuuriki Gedou Rinne Tensei Super Saiyan 4 Uchiha Madara with the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, Rinnegan, Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, and Geass doujutsus, equipped with Shining TvΓ₯ldtΓ€ktzohedron while casting Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann as his Susanoo, controlling the Gold Experience Requiem stand, having become the original vampire after Alucard, able to tap into the speedforce, wearing the Kamen Rider Black RX suit and Gedou Mazou, with Hashirama Senju's DNA implanted in him so he has mokuton kekkei genkai and can perform yin yang release ninjutsu while being an expert in kenjutsu and taijutsu and having eaten Popeye's spinach. I'm talking about sagemode sage of the six paths Juubi Jinchuuriki Gedou Rinne Tensei Legendary Super Saiyan 4 Uchiha Madara with the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, Rinnegan, Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, and Geass doujutsus, equipped with his Shining TvΓ₯ldtΓ€ktzohedron while casting Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann as his Susanoo, controlling the Gold Experience Requiem stand, having become the original vampire after having absorbed Alucard as well as a God Hand, able to tap into the speedforce, wearing the Kamen Rider Black RX suit, with Kryptonian DNA implanted in him and having eaten Popeye's spinach while possessing quantum powers like Dr. Manhattan and having mastered Hokuto Shinken.
R: 101 / I: 28
I'll post here everyday with updates.
My goals are to reach and maintain my weight, exercise regularly, and make a certain amount of money every day.
I'll add more detail later on. Feedback is welcome all along the way.
Sick of making the same mistakes
I want accountability. I'm fat, impatient, lazy, and undisciplined. In this thread, I'll catalogue my process from weak useless parasite, to strong paragon of the proletariat.I'll post here everyday with updates.
My goals are to reach and maintain my weight, exercise regularly, and make a certain amount of money every day.
I'll add more detail later on. Feedback is welcome all along the way.
R: 21 / I: 0
Nas just violated BDS during the middle of a fucking GENOCIDE.
Heβs going to face appropriate backlash for this, right?
https://youtube.com/watch?v=lA-S6LmCi4k
https://youtube.com/watch?v=WPF1X58IOFA
Nas just violated BDS during the middle of a fucking GENOCIDE.
Heβs going to face appropriate backlash for this, right?
https://youtube.com/watch?v=lA-S6LmCi4k
https://youtube.com/watch?v=WPF1X58IOFA
R: 6 / I: 3
the gem that saved the 'beria
the gem that saved the 'beria
R: 8 / I: 0
Which group would you give the ability to predict and change the future with 99.98% accuracy?
>CIA
or
>Communist Party of China
Which group would you give the ability to predict and change the future with 99.98% accuracy?
>CIA
or
>Communist Party of China
R: 28 / I: 10
are any of you powerscalers by any chance?
which protagonist from which anime can beat goku?
are any of you powerscalers by any chance?
which protagonist from which anime can beat goku?
R: 134 / I: 17
Picrel and Pause and Select are definitely on of the better ones out there
Anitube
Favourite anime related Youtubers? Why especially do you like them? Is there even a point in watching one of them?Picrel and Pause and Select are definitely on of the better ones out there
R: 101 / I: 32
This game treats the Bolsheviks like they're cartoon villains and acts like the fucking retreating Czechoslovak Legion cared more about Soviet citizens than the Red Army.
Anti-Communist Games
Has there been an uptick in anti-communist games/crypto-ethnonationalist anti-Russian ethnic grievance games coming out of former eastern bloc countries recently?This game treats the Bolsheviks like they're cartoon villains and acts like the fucking retreating Czechoslovak Legion cared more about Soviet citizens than the Red Army.
R: 29 / I: 6
However, this is keeping anything from being done. This will continue. People will drive their party to take action, which will cause a backlash effect, halting progress in any direction.
Some people believe that the only way forward is the complete breakdown of the social order. These people are waiting for the violence to start. But we have to believe in a better way, or else we will eventually wind right back up where we are. No political system lasts forever, and even if your particular political utopia takes place, it can eventually devolve into what we have now.
What we need to avoid this is better tools - better tools for making decisions, better tools for informing the public, and better tools to direct our area of focus.
One of the things that I believe holding us back on this point is the present-day structure of political disagreements. That is to say - little or no structure at all.
When there are disagreements on a political point, the most productive way, currently, to resolve these disagreements (or at least air them out) is political debate. Ask yourself - is even the most well-run and polite political debate the best way to present an argument for the general public to make an assessment of who is correct for themselves?
First of all, it's nearly impossible to address every argument and piece of evidence provided. Arguments spread out like an infinitely deep tree structure - every argument can have one or more counter-argument, which can all be supported by one or more pieces of evidence, which can all have issues, and all those issues can have counter-points, and all those counter-points can have counter-points, ad infinitum… Even if you could present this in the theoretically perfect debate, and no one could follow it - and even if you could, you would have to look up all the citations for yourself. Even after all that research, there is little way for you to contribute to the argument other than start a whole new debate from scratch, which likely would not be perfect!
I propose that a Wiki-like structure is a more ideal way to structure an argument on any topic.
The initial topic of argument can be laid out with points and supporting arguments from each side. One or more counter-arguments can be linked at the end of each argument. One or more pieces of supporting evidence can be linked to arguments and counter-arguments, with potential issues with the evidence such as methodology issues laid out in a nested structure, with each side able to respond.
There are obvious issues getting different sides of an issue to collaborate on something like this together, but first let me talk about the advantages. First of all, all sides will be able to identify potentially weak areas which they should focus their research efforts and arguments. Both sides will be able to educate the public on their points and allow them to decide for themselves. And most of all, both sides will hopefully stop wasting time spinning their wheels in the same direction and repeating their strongest points over and over again until they run out of time.
Now let me say that I do not necessarily identify as left or right leaning, but I spend most of my time on /pol/. I will be getting thoughts from both your board and /pol/. I thought, since /pol/ has more activity than this board, it would be more fair to give you guys a chance to respond first to minimize the risk of brigading.
I also have friends of friends in Wikipedia leadership positions. And I can say that, as a person who often disagrees with them, I am impressed by Wikipedia's ability to remain impartial on many points. On other points, I am less impressed. However, I have faith in the idea that, if we lay the correct structure, productive argument will take place.
I am here to get your thoughts on this idea, particularly:
>Would you be willing to collaborate on a system of argument like this, even with your worst enemies?
>What would you want to see in terms of the rules of this site to protect and enrich its users and content?
>Say your political enemies make up most of the leadership and moderation team. Would you still be comfortable? How could rules best prepare us for this situation?
>How would you want to handle cases where arguments could be construed as hate speech in some countries?
It's not exhaustive, but I have a few suggestions for rules which could possibly help some of these issues:
>Arguments are not to be removed unless if they are trollish, duplicated, or incomprehensible. Instead, arguments can be marked as weak/unsubstantiated, or their writing can be improved or merged with other articles. Similarly, content of arguments is not to be removed unless it matches one of the categories above or it's immaterial to the argument in question.
>Discussion pages are to be limited to the value of edits. Arguments about the topic, related topics, or any political disagreement are strictly prohibited and should be confined to proper pages. Similarly, other official communication channels should refrain from any political discussion.
I would also want to see arguments which could be construed as hate speech preserved, but I'm curious to hear your thoughts on this, given I come from the "politically incorrect" board. I believe that if an argument is made solely out of bias, it should be easy to disprove, and it should be kept up to allow for counter-argument. I am even okay with a disclaimer on these articles.
Currently, WikiDebate exists, but its biggest problem is that it is not evidence-driven. Which I believe political debates should be.
Well, sorry for the essay /leftypol/. Let me know what you think.
Collaborative argument - a possible way forward for political discourse?
Political discourse has dropped off a cliff. No one could blame people for this. The political problems of today are massive in scale, existential in importance, and often deeply personal.However, this is keeping anything from being done. This will continue. People will drive their party to take action, which will cause a backlash effect, halting progress in any direction.
Some people believe that the only way forward is the complete breakdown of the social order. These people are waiting for the violence to start. But we have to believe in a better way, or else we will eventually wind right back up where we are. No political system lasts forever, and even if your particular political utopia takes place, it can eventually devolve into what we have now.
What we need to avoid this is better tools - better tools for making decisions, better tools for informing the public, and better tools to direct our area of focus.
One of the things that I believe holding us back on this point is the present-day structure of political disagreements. That is to say - little or no structure at all.
When there are disagreements on a political point, the most productive way, currently, to resolve these disagreements (or at least air them out) is political debate. Ask yourself - is even the most well-run and polite political debate the best way to present an argument for the general public to make an assessment of who is correct for themselves?
First of all, it's nearly impossible to address every argument and piece of evidence provided. Arguments spread out like an infinitely deep tree structure - every argument can have one or more counter-argument, which can all be supported by one or more pieces of evidence, which can all have issues, and all those issues can have counter-points, and all those counter-points can have counter-points, ad infinitum… Even if you could present this in the theoretically perfect debate, and no one could follow it - and even if you could, you would have to look up all the citations for yourself. Even after all that research, there is little way for you to contribute to the argument other than start a whole new debate from scratch, which likely would not be perfect!
I propose that a Wiki-like structure is a more ideal way to structure an argument on any topic.
The initial topic of argument can be laid out with points and supporting arguments from each side. One or more counter-arguments can be linked at the end of each argument. One or more pieces of supporting evidence can be linked to arguments and counter-arguments, with potential issues with the evidence such as methodology issues laid out in a nested structure, with each side able to respond.
There are obvious issues getting different sides of an issue to collaborate on something like this together, but first let me talk about the advantages. First of all, all sides will be able to identify potentially weak areas which they should focus their research efforts and arguments. Both sides will be able to educate the public on their points and allow them to decide for themselves. And most of all, both sides will hopefully stop wasting time spinning their wheels in the same direction and repeating their strongest points over and over again until they run out of time.
Now let me say that I do not necessarily identify as left or right leaning, but I spend most of my time on /pol/. I will be getting thoughts from both your board and /pol/. I thought, since /pol/ has more activity than this board, it would be more fair to give you guys a chance to respond first to minimize the risk of brigading.
I also have friends of friends in Wikipedia leadership positions. And I can say that, as a person who often disagrees with them, I am impressed by Wikipedia's ability to remain impartial on many points. On other points, I am less impressed. However, I have faith in the idea that, if we lay the correct structure, productive argument will take place.
I am here to get your thoughts on this idea, particularly:
>Would you be willing to collaborate on a system of argument like this, even with your worst enemies?
>What would you want to see in terms of the rules of this site to protect and enrich its users and content?
>Say your political enemies make up most of the leadership and moderation team. Would you still be comfortable? How could rules best prepare us for this situation?
>How would you want to handle cases where arguments could be construed as hate speech in some countries?
It's not exhaustive, but I have a few suggestions for rules which could possibly help some of these issues:
>Arguments are not to be removed unless if they are trollish, duplicated, or incomprehensible. Instead, arguments can be marked as weak/unsubstantiated, or their writing can be improved or merged with other articles. Similarly, content of arguments is not to be removed unless it matches one of the categories above or it's immaterial to the argument in question.
>Discussion pages are to be limited to the value of edits. Arguments about the topic, related topics, or any political disagreement are strictly prohibited and should be confined to proper pages. Similarly, other official communication channels should refrain from any political discussion.
I would also want to see arguments which could be construed as hate speech preserved, but I'm curious to hear your thoughts on this, given I come from the "politically incorrect" board. I believe that if an argument is made solely out of bias, it should be easy to disprove, and it should be kept up to allow for counter-argument. I am even okay with a disclaimer on these articles.
Currently, WikiDebate exists, but its biggest problem is that it is not evidence-driven. Which I believe political debates should be.
Well, sorry for the essay /leftypol/. Let me know what you think.
R: 103 / I: 20
ITT:
Everything DIY
>Handymanship/Makingβ’
>Transferable skills in revolution/collapse
>Sustainability and Self-Sufficiency
>Guides and Blueprints
>Home Improvement/Maintenance
if you're bougie enough to own your home
Don't post shit that will get you or the site v&.
/diy/
Do It YourselfITT:
Everything DIY
>Handymanship/Makingβ’
>Transferable skills in revolution/collapse
>Sustainability and Self-Sufficiency
>Guides and Blueprints
>Home Improvement/Maintenance
if you're bougie enough to own your home
Don't post shit that will get you or the site v&.
R: 144 / I: 44
And I watched it when I was a kid and even then I HATED it, I had a friend who also watched DBZ and he hated it too, even we who were just two little dumbass kids could recognize how shit this cartoon was. And dont get me started on Super.
Naruto is just as bad if not worse, they somehow contradict their own message every god damn time, and have a little privileged retarded kid as the main character who was born with le epic god powers, and never works a day in his life to achieve anything, its all just handed to him
Dragon Ball Z and Naruto Hate Thread
These two are supposed to be the Citizen Kane of anime, everyone loves them, yet they are such fucking garbage, literal trash, why are they so fucking bad holy shit.And I watched it when I was a kid and even then I HATED it, I had a friend who also watched DBZ and he hated it too, even we who were just two little dumbass kids could recognize how shit this cartoon was. And dont get me started on Super.
Naruto is just as bad if not worse, they somehow contradict their own message every god damn time, and have a little privileged retarded kid as the main character who was born with le epic god powers, and never works a day in his life to achieve anything, its all just handed to him
R: 269 / I: 125
As the years went by I found myself highly attracted to 2D girls with varying types of what are culturally seen as masculine qualities. Like the aforementioned athletic, bold, energetic, likes to play rough but also aggressive, assertive, emotionally reserved, brash, vulgar, messy, short-tempered, rhetorical, analytical, philosophical, gluttonous, as lustful as a man and so on. In other words, women who behave like the worst and best of male cultural stereotypes. Do they "look" like tomboys? Some do. But even then I have nothing in common with the pathetic fetishists, the most egregious and possibly loudest of which circlejerk over 2D girls who only "look" like tomboys and otherwise do not deviate much from the assumed average girl who on top of that unironically fantasize about turning said "tomboy" into a traditional 1950s cooking, breeding and raising servant (read: wife).
Don't believe me? Give a definition for the word tomboy. Then objectively think of all the fictional girls who come to your mind that fit that definition. How many have you never thought of as tomboys?
It's not just the word tomboy that is being systematically destroyed by pathetic fetishists. The word gyaru did not simply refer to physical appearance alone, but a whole subculture. To be a gyaru it's not enough to dress the part, you also have to act the part else you're a poser right? That's how subcultures work. Gals are stereotypically vain, airheaded, trendy, extroverted, socially intelligent, gold diggers, Americaboos and so on. Today? Shy gyaru. Awkward gyaru. Recluse gyaru. Tomboy gyaru. Normal girl gyaru. Otaku gyaru. Of course a character turning out to be different from expectation is funny on the occasion, but when every gyaru is effectively a poser gyaru that's when you start getting mad. Hell, I've seen people start calling characters "gyaru" for simply having a shallow physical resemblance to gals (makeup, dark skin, blonde or pink hair, etc.) which is the very height of this fetish madness.
As the capitalist world crumbles, as escapism rapidly turns into fetishism, as words become nothing more than visual pornographic descriptors, voices like mine will remain to scream and shout at the dying light.
"Tomboy" has been robbed of its meaning.
When I was a wee lad I read Katawa Shoujo and ended up really liking Emi. She hit all the right spots for me personality wise. I finished her route with the impression that she was supposed to be the token tomboy among the main girls. To my astonishment, when I went on the Katawa Shoujo forum I found out that other people did not consider her a tomboy. How? She's the athletic, bold, energetic girl who likes to play rough. Did I not just describe a tomboy? Is it because she doesn't "look" like a tomboy? Ridiculous. It was as if at some point I had been transported to bizarro world where the word tomboy had been hijacked by pathetic fetishists who now tied the word tomboy to physical appearance.As the years went by I found myself highly attracted to 2D girls with varying types of what are culturally seen as masculine qualities. Like the aforementioned athletic, bold, energetic, likes to play rough but also aggressive, assertive, emotionally reserved, brash, vulgar, messy, short-tempered, rhetorical, analytical, philosophical, gluttonous, as lustful as a man and so on. In other words, women who behave like the worst and best of male cultural stereotypes. Do they "look" like tomboys? Some do. But even then I have nothing in common with the pathetic fetishists, the most egregious and possibly loudest of which circlejerk over 2D girls who only "look" like tomboys and otherwise do not deviate much from the assumed average girl who on top of that unironically fantasize about turning said "tomboy" into a traditional 1950s cooking, breeding and raising servant (read: wife).
Don't believe me? Give a definition for the word tomboy. Then objectively think of all the fictional girls who come to your mind that fit that definition. How many have you never thought of as tomboys?
It's not just the word tomboy that is being systematically destroyed by pathetic fetishists. The word gyaru did not simply refer to physical appearance alone, but a whole subculture. To be a gyaru it's not enough to dress the part, you also have to act the part else you're a poser right? That's how subcultures work. Gals are stereotypically vain, airheaded, trendy, extroverted, socially intelligent, gold diggers, Americaboos and so on. Today? Shy gyaru. Awkward gyaru. Recluse gyaru. Tomboy gyaru. Normal girl gyaru. Otaku gyaru. Of course a character turning out to be different from expectation is funny on the occasion, but when every gyaru is effectively a poser gyaru that's when you start getting mad. Hell, I've seen people start calling characters "gyaru" for simply having a shallow physical resemblance to gals (makeup, dark skin, blonde or pink hair, etc.) which is the very height of this fetish madness.
As the capitalist world crumbles, as escapism rapidly turns into fetishism, as words become nothing more than visual pornographic descriptors, voices like mine will remain to scream and shout at the dying light.
R: 70 / I: 5
He was also Lenin's guy and he seemed pretty smart, but whenever I talk to other leftists or socialists he is kinda seen as a joke, and he and his theory is not taken very seriously (see icepick memes). Either that or I see "Trotskyist" used as a general slur against leftist/communist orgs people don't like.
What is this about? Is Trotskyism legit brainlet tier or is this just a leftover from the Stalin days? What are your opinions on the Trot? Can he be redeemed?
So what's the deal with this guy?
He seemed pretty based, bit of an oopsie with that whole "No peace, No war" thing, but he redeemed himself by locking the fuck in and saving everyone's ass during the civil war.He was also Lenin's guy and he seemed pretty smart, but whenever I talk to other leftists or socialists he is kinda seen as a joke, and he and his theory is not taken very seriously (see icepick memes). Either that or I see "Trotskyist" used as a general slur against leftist/communist orgs people don't like.
What is this about? Is Trotskyism legit brainlet tier or is this just a leftover from the Stalin days? What are your opinions on the Trot? Can he be redeemed?
R: 67 / I: 74
sk8n' maids
maids just skateboarding
R: 78 / I: 16
>Mary Sue
>two dimensional at best, one dimensional 90% of the time
>overpowered in a lazy/uncool way
>acts like a spoiled child
>psychopath
>sexist
>almost always gets away with his crimes and gets what he wants
>is pretty much fucking Satan but whitewashed via moral relativism, poor excuse of "comedy" and plot armor
Some of these are fine in isolation or as satire, but ALL of these in combination? Holy crap I hate this fucker. And I don't even love to hate him like a villain that gets you pumped up, I HATE hate him. What's the deal? Am I missing something?
Rance
Fellow weeboos, why do otaku like this guy? I can't stand him. I'm sure his games are fun, but he pisses me off so much that he ruins them for me. Let's see:>Mary Sue
>two dimensional at best, one dimensional 90% of the time
>overpowered in a lazy/uncool way
>acts like a spoiled child
>psychopath
>sexist
>almost always gets away with his crimes and gets what he wants
>is pretty much fucking Satan but whitewashed via moral relativism, poor excuse of "comedy" and plot armor
Some of these are fine in isolation or as satire, but ALL of these in combination? Holy crap I hate this fucker. And I don't even love to hate him like a villain that gets you pumped up, I HATE hate him. What's the deal? Am I missing something?
R: 11 / I: 2
why is it called trigun if hes only carrying a single gun
why is it called trigun if hes only carrying a single gun
R: 36 / I: 11
Includes Sysadmins, Devops, Cloud Engineers, SREs, application support, DBAs, and any other primarily ops roles or ops 'technologies' i.e. docker/podman/kubernetes.
OPS THREAD
tech operations threadIncludes Sysadmins, Devops, Cloud Engineers, SREs, application support, DBAs, and any other primarily ops roles or ops 'technologies' i.e. docker/podman/kubernetes.
R: 547 / I: 94
Vtuber general
Not much of a vtuber fan, I only occasionally watch clips, but I'm saddened to hear that even something as innocent as the vtuber sphere has been infected with politics and will breed new reactionaries out of lonely people with nothing better to do. Is no form of escapism safe from politics anymore?
R: 433 / I: 122
How would you go about fixing the Isekai (sub?)genre from its current state of mediocrity and stagnation?
How would you go about fixing the Isekai (sub?)genre from its current state of mediocrity and stagnation?
R: 64 / I: 20
>battle shouen stylized seinnen but instead of battles there is science and research related stuff, like conferences, and data gathering
>main character is PhD student at tokyo university researching something very technical and complicated with the objective of curing world hunger or something.
>some ideas for arcs
>MC battling for funding with someone trying to use the money for something fucking useless but profitable
>MC sabotaging people trying to use his work for evil, like building weapons, or kill people directly or indirectly
>MC fights against large corporation trying to sabotage his work, because it cuts their profits
>MC realises his scientific approach was wrong and has to pivot several times, and has to learn new skills (training arcs)
>MC realises his knowledge is incomplete and has to go to a master from another discipline to teach him, he gets taught a moral lesson about the nature of science
>MC's PhD master gets killed by the corporation trying to stop him, so he swears revenge on them, and uses science shit to do so
/WYOA/: write your own anime thread
post your ideas about epic anime:>battle shouen stylized seinnen but instead of battles there is science and research related stuff, like conferences, and data gathering
>main character is PhD student at tokyo university researching something very technical and complicated with the objective of curing world hunger or something.
>some ideas for arcs
>MC battling for funding with someone trying to use the money for something fucking useless but profitable
>MC sabotaging people trying to use his work for evil, like building weapons, or kill people directly or indirectly
>MC fights against large corporation trying to sabotage his work, because it cuts their profits
>MC realises his scientific approach was wrong and has to pivot several times, and has to learn new skills (training arcs)
>MC realises his knowledge is incomplete and has to go to a master from another discipline to teach him, he gets taught a moral lesson about the nature of science
>MC's PhD master gets killed by the corporation trying to stop him, so he swears revenge on them, and uses science shit to do so
R: 88 / I: 5
Preparing for the end of the Internet
this is something we've always known was going to happen at some point. Now of course the Internet and big sites will still exist(YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter) but it will become like television was, a lot more sanitized. There won't really be any real speakers on those sites, just spectators, most rebel sites will be removed other than the enforced squeaky clean ones and I've made peace with that.
R: 6 / I: 0
"Our message is that we defied the [Israeli] occupation and we are still alive, and we are still walking on the path of the martyrs, no matter how much they assassinate us. This situation will not end until [we claim] victory," Abu Shuja is seen saying in one video posted online.
https://www.newarab.com/news/palestinian-commander-resurfaces-following-death-reports
Villages in Manbij under attack
Manbij Military Council reported that the attacks caused damage to crops and green areas, but did not result in any casualties. The starting point of the attacks was a Turkish army base in the occupied town of Tokhar al-Kabir (Greater Tokhar).
https://anfenglishmobile.com/rojava-syria/villages-in-manbij-under-attack-72864
Berlin police ban Irish protesters from speaking or singing in Irish at pro-Palestine βciorcal comhrΓ‘β near Reichstag
German authorities have been increasingly restricting pro-Palestine protests against the governmentβs support for Israel amid its war in Gaza. The ban on languages other than English and German, in Berlin without a designated translator present to interpret for police is seen as mainly targeting Arabic speakers, and therefore Palestine supporters.
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/berlin-police-ban-irish-protesters-from-speaking-or-singing-in-irish-at-pro-palestine-ciorcal-comhra-near-reichstag/a234500393.html
https://archive.is/bmaE3
Peter Hain calls for inquiry into MoDβs alleged role in Saudi bribes scandal
In a letter to the head of the NAO, Gareth Jenkins, Lord Hain said the revelations raised βextremely serious questions about the MoDβs alleged involvement in corruptionβ. Hain also backed calls from Spotlight on Corruption and Transparency International UK that urged government auditors to immediately review MoD financial practices.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/21/peter-hain-calls-for-inquiry-into-mod-alleged-role-saudi-arabia-arms-deals-bribes-scandal
Thousands protest in Spain's Canary Islands over mass tourism
Smaller marches were held elsewhere in the island group and other Spanish cities, all of them organised by about two dozen environmental organisations ahead of the peak summer holiday season. The organisations say local authorities should temporarily limit visitor numbers to alleviate pressure on the islands' environment, infrastructure and housing stock, and put curbs on property purchases by foreigners.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/thousands-protest-spains-canary-islands-over-mass-tourism-2024-04-20/
Colombian right march against Petro's reform project
Until Sunday, the opposition has had little success in organizing anti-government protests. This has changed in part because of the participation of the truckers, the surgeons and the scientists who oppose the governmentβs policies for their own particular reasons. Petro further upset conservative public opinion by a recent announcement that he will take part in the Labor Day protests on May 1.
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-opposition-mobilizes-supporters-against-petro/
Bolsonaro supporters hit streets of Rio and hail new hero Elon Musk
Muskβs online campaign against Moraes β who has responded by including the X owner in an inquiry into the online dissemination of fake news β has outraged progressive Brazilians who suspect it is part of a calculated transnational ploy to undermine Brazilβs leftwing government.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/21/bolsonaro-supporters-hit-streets-of-rio-and-hail-new-hero-elon-musk
Brazil's plans to drill for oil in the Amazon hit stiff Indigenous resistance
The CCPIO, the highest Indigenous authority in Oiapoque, is composed of more than 60 caciques, or chieftains, representing over 8,000 people. They do not oppose the search for oil per se, but invoke what they say is a right to prior consultation by Petrobras, with supervision from the federal prosecutorsβ office and Funai.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazils-plans-drill-oil-amazon-hit-stiff-indigenous-resistance-2024-04-18/
Ecuadorean voters reject return of investor-state dispute settlements in referendum
Voters rejected a proposal to βrecognise international arbitration as a method to solve investment, contractual or commercial disputes.β Mr Correa ended all investment agreements including ISDS clauses in 2017 β the notorious clauses allow companies to sue governments for lost profits, and have been used by fossil fuel corporations to punish governments which take action on climate change.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/ecuadorean-voters-reject-return-investor-state-dispute-settlements-referendum
Truce crumbles in Sudanese army's last Darfur holdout
Al-Fashir is the last major city in the vast, western Darfur region not under control of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The RSF and its allies swept through four other Darfur state capitals last year, and were blamed for a campaign of ethnically driven killings against non-Arab groups and other abuses in West Darfur.
https://www.newarab.com/news/truce-crumbles-sudan-armys-last-darfur-holdout-al-fashir
EFF will petition ICJ to scrap apartheid debt: Malema
βWe now are owing almost R573 billion which we are servicing and that includes the apartheid debt. So, if you minus the apartheid debt to our foreign debt, then we save a lot of money that can be used in our social responsibility programs. The immediate thing that we are going to do when we take over government is to demand that the International Court of Justice should declare the apartheid debt invalid. Because you canβt pay for people who are coming to kill you.β
https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/eff-will-petition-icj-to-scrap-apartheid-debt-malema/
Philippines wants US, Japan to build rail network after dropping Beijing as ties sour over South China Sea frictions
The 50-billion-peso ($868 million) Subic-Clark railway, which will link the former US military bases turned commercial hubs, is being pitched to form part of the Luzon Economic Corridor, a planned showcase of economic cooperation between the US, Japan and the Philippines that was hatched during the first trilateral summit among its leaders last week at the White House.
https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/philippines-wants-us-japan-to-take-over-rail-deal-eyed-by-china
https://archive.ph/SvpSr
Myanmarβs Military Traps And Bombs Civilians in a Town in Kachin State
Intense fighting broke out in the town on Monday morning when regime troops from Light Infantry Battalion 437, which is based outside the town, advanced into its center as other battalions randomly shelled civilian neighborhoods and junta jets dropped bombs, a resident who fled the town told The Irrawaddy on Tuesday.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/myanmars-military-traps-and-bombs-civilians-in-a-town-in-kachin-state.html
https://archive.is/4amb2
News 4/23/24
Palestinian commander thought to be dead resurfaces in West Bank funeral"Our message is that we defied the [Israeli] occupation and we are still alive, and we are still walking on the path of the martyrs, no matter how much they assassinate us. This situation will not end until [we claim] victory," Abu Shuja is seen saying in one video posted online.
https://www.newarab.com/news/palestinian-commander-resurfaces-following-death-reports
Villages in Manbij under attack
Manbij Military Council reported that the attacks caused damage to crops and green areas, but did not result in any casualties. The starting point of the attacks was a Turkish army base in the occupied town of Tokhar al-Kabir (Greater Tokhar).
https://anfenglishmobile.com/rojava-syria/villages-in-manbij-under-attack-72864
Berlin police ban Irish protesters from speaking or singing in Irish at pro-Palestine βciorcal comhrΓ‘β near Reichstag
German authorities have been increasingly restricting pro-Palestine protests against the governmentβs support for Israel amid its war in Gaza. The ban on languages other than English and German, in Berlin without a designated translator present to interpret for police is seen as mainly targeting Arabic speakers, and therefore Palestine supporters.
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/berlin-police-ban-irish-protesters-from-speaking-or-singing-in-irish-at-pro-palestine-ciorcal-comhra-near-reichstag/a234500393.html
https://archive.is/bmaE3
Peter Hain calls for inquiry into MoDβs alleged role in Saudi bribes scandal
In a letter to the head of the NAO, Gareth Jenkins, Lord Hain said the revelations raised βextremely serious questions about the MoDβs alleged involvement in corruptionβ. Hain also backed calls from Spotlight on Corruption and Transparency International UK that urged government auditors to immediately review MoD financial practices.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/21/peter-hain-calls-for-inquiry-into-mod-alleged-role-saudi-arabia-arms-deals-bribes-scandal
Thousands protest in Spain's Canary Islands over mass tourism
Smaller marches were held elsewhere in the island group and other Spanish cities, all of them organised by about two dozen environmental organisations ahead of the peak summer holiday season. The organisations say local authorities should temporarily limit visitor numbers to alleviate pressure on the islands' environment, infrastructure and housing stock, and put curbs on property purchases by foreigners.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/thousands-protest-spains-canary-islands-over-mass-tourism-2024-04-20/
Colombian right march against Petro's reform project
Until Sunday, the opposition has had little success in organizing anti-government protests. This has changed in part because of the participation of the truckers, the surgeons and the scientists who oppose the governmentβs policies for their own particular reasons. Petro further upset conservative public opinion by a recent announcement that he will take part in the Labor Day protests on May 1.
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-opposition-mobilizes-supporters-against-petro/
Bolsonaro supporters hit streets of Rio and hail new hero Elon Musk
Muskβs online campaign against Moraes β who has responded by including the X owner in an inquiry into the online dissemination of fake news β has outraged progressive Brazilians who suspect it is part of a calculated transnational ploy to undermine Brazilβs leftwing government.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/21/bolsonaro-supporters-hit-streets-of-rio-and-hail-new-hero-elon-musk
Brazil's plans to drill for oil in the Amazon hit stiff Indigenous resistance
The CCPIO, the highest Indigenous authority in Oiapoque, is composed of more than 60 caciques, or chieftains, representing over 8,000 people. They do not oppose the search for oil per se, but invoke what they say is a right to prior consultation by Petrobras, with supervision from the federal prosecutorsβ office and Funai.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazils-plans-drill-oil-amazon-hit-stiff-indigenous-resistance-2024-04-18/
Ecuadorean voters reject return of investor-state dispute settlements in referendum
Voters rejected a proposal to βrecognise international arbitration as a method to solve investment, contractual or commercial disputes.β Mr Correa ended all investment agreements including ISDS clauses in 2017 β the notorious clauses allow companies to sue governments for lost profits, and have been used by fossil fuel corporations to punish governments which take action on climate change.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/ecuadorean-voters-reject-return-investor-state-dispute-settlements-referendum
Truce crumbles in Sudanese army's last Darfur holdout
Al-Fashir is the last major city in the vast, western Darfur region not under control of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The RSF and its allies swept through four other Darfur state capitals last year, and were blamed for a campaign of ethnically driven killings against non-Arab groups and other abuses in West Darfur.
https://www.newarab.com/news/truce-crumbles-sudan-armys-last-darfur-holdout-al-fashir
EFF will petition ICJ to scrap apartheid debt: Malema
βWe now are owing almost R573 billion which we are servicing and that includes the apartheid debt. So, if you minus the apartheid debt to our foreign debt, then we save a lot of money that can be used in our social responsibility programs. The immediate thing that we are going to do when we take over government is to demand that the International Court of Justice should declare the apartheid debt invalid. Because you canβt pay for people who are coming to kill you.β
https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/eff-will-petition-icj-to-scrap-apartheid-debt-malema/
Philippines wants US, Japan to build rail network after dropping Beijing as ties sour over South China Sea frictions
The 50-billion-peso ($868 million) Subic-Clark railway, which will link the former US military bases turned commercial hubs, is being pitched to form part of the Luzon Economic Corridor, a planned showcase of economic cooperation between the US, Japan and the Philippines that was hatched during the first trilateral summit among its leaders last week at the White House.
https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/philippines-wants-us-japan-to-take-over-rail-deal-eyed-by-china
https://archive.ph/SvpSr
Myanmarβs Military Traps And Bombs Civilians in a Town in Kachin State
Intense fighting broke out in the town on Monday morning when regime troops from Light Infantry Battalion 437, which is based outside the town, advanced into its center as other battalions randomly shelled civilian neighborhoods and junta jets dropped bombs, a resident who fled the town told The Irrawaddy on Tuesday.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/myanmars-military-traps-and-bombs-civilians-in-a-town-in-kachin-state.html
https://archive.is/4amb2
R: 30 / I: 4
How can the Socialist economic calculation problem be solved? Didn't Ludwig von Mises say that socialism has a major problem that has something to do with information or something? Apparently it's a big problem capitalists seem to have with socialism, and part of the reason why many of them oppose it.
Pic rel is not a reflection of my political views.
How can the Socialist economic calculation problem be solved? Didn't Ludwig von Mises say that socialism has a major problem that has something to do with information or something? Apparently it's a big problem capitalists seem to have with socialism, and part of the reason why many of them oppose it.
Pic rel is not a reflection of my political views.
R: 11 / I: 0
Which anime movie/series would you say it's superior to its manga?
Which anime movie/series would you say it's superior to its manga?
R: 14 / I: 3
Edens Zero
anyone watching this? seems like a way more creative anime than anything that previously involved hiro mashima