German police raid homes of Palestine activists in lead-up to October 7 commemorations
On Monday, September 30, the Berlin police, on behalf of the public prosecutor’s office, conducted house raids with a total of 125 officers, on the homes of five pro-Palestinian activists ranging in age from 18 to 40. The simultaneous raids took place around 6:00 a.m., in what police describe as a series of “pro-Palestinian motivated crimes.”
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This may be, but the probability is unarguably higher than with Trump. Voting exclusively for candidates you morally agree on only works if enough people have the same morale (in this case i.e. are educated on Israel and so on) and are also not willing to make compromises.
Even if unfortunate, this is currently not the case; and you voting independent has smaller chances of changing that than voting democratic. So you will probably have to accept this situation for the moment and choose the "best actually feasible" strategy— and feasible means having the highest probability to win in real life, not merely trying.
Personally, I’d even argue that it’s unethical to not vote for a candidate like Harris, just because the chances of getting stuff like ranked choice voting or educating voters done (which will then lead to you being able to realistically vote for others) is significantly higher when voting Democrats than… letting Trump win?
Notice that I don’t say you have to agree with anything else she stands for, you’re trying to achieve certain goals/get out of the very unfortunate current situation, and even a low chance of reaching that is infinitely better than none.
This may be, but the probability is unarguably higher than with Trump
This is entirely arguable, Harris doesn't support Israel out of any moral reasoning, but economic.
Personally, I’d even argue that it’s unethical to not vote for a candidate like Harris, just because the chances of getting stuff like ranked choice voting or educating voters done (which will then lead to you being able to realistically vote for others) is significantly higher when voting Democrats than… letting Trump win?
This is also wrong. The Dems don't want RCV, nor would implementing it fix the system.
Notice that I don’t say you have to agree with anything else she stands for, you’re trying to achieve certain goals/get out of the very unfortunate current situation, and even a low chance of reaching that is infinitely better than none.
There is no chance under Kamala.
The only way forward is revolution. Delegitimizing Dem and Rep rule is an important step towards revolution.
Because there's non-programmers in this community, if you aren't sure what this means but are too afraid to ask, it's a Regular Expression that better represents the terms "Linux" and "Unix."
Though if we're going to be that pedantic, it would be [nN][uiI][xX]$. That extra pipe wouldn't actually do anything in the last example, because regexp picks one character from the set by default.
And if we want to be really pedantic,
(?!nix)[nN][uI][xX]$Would be the most accurate.
Edit: based on comments, I think...
(nux|NIX)$...would be the best. Then you don't wind up with weird matches with things like
UNiX.
Yes, but you can really only do that with single characters, since your first example is an ordered group and the second is an unordered set in a capturing group. The equivalency drops off when you include more characters.
Plus, you can do things like [a-zA-Z], and you can't do that with the former example.
I would imagine there's a difference in computing overhead, too, but I have no idea which is more performant.
*nix isn't a Regular Expression, because the star operator * requires a preceding character or object to apply to. This is a wildcard for the shell style globbing, where a single star doesn't require a second object.
*nix is more likely to be a glob, therefore an accurate version would be *n?x
Edit: global -> glob dang autocorrect
All that effort, when you could've just called it LUNIX.
By the way, does this expression match LUNIX? But if so, won't it also match Binux or Bunix?
Unix
Minix
AIX
Irix
HP/UX
Ultrix
OSF/1
Linux
Those are just the ones I remember because I've used them
Hurricane Helene: Over 220 dead as some communities struggle to get basic supplies
Hurricane Helene: Over 220 dead as some communities struggle to get basic supplies
The latest news and live updates on the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.NBC News
Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei: all forms of resistance against Israeli occupation are legitimate
Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei: all forms of resistance against Israeli occupation are legitimate : Peoples Dispatch
Iran reiterated that it will respond to any provocative actions by Israel or its international backers, like the United StatesAbdul Rahman (Peoples Dispatch)
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The Russian Military Will Be 'Battle-Hardened' After Ukraine War
The Russian Military Will Be 'Battle-Hardened' After Ukraine War
Perhaps the most important lesson for Putin is the realization that he cannot rely on the military’s assessments of its readiness, forcing him to take a more direct role in overseeing strategic operations.David Kirichenko (The National Interest)
The Russian Military Will Be 'Battle-Hardened' After Ukraine War
The Russian Military Will Be 'Battle-Hardened' After Ukraine War
Perhaps the most important lesson for Putin is the realization that he cannot rely on the military’s assessments of its readiness, forcing him to take a more direct role in overseeing strategic operations.David Kirichenko (The National Interest)
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Considering how Russia is:
1. clearly winning
2. Having about 1/10 of the losses of Ukraine
I assume that you do not know what you're talking about.
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Having about 1/10 of the losses of Ukraine
Source? I don't think this one is true..
If I am really desperate for libertarian criticism of the Ukronazis I can go to Telegram, winning the psywar is not my concern, discussions which will actually be good for my brain are.
In fact many people who claim to be Marxists can often be spotted making the "my tax dollars!!!" Or "bad bang for our buck" objection to funding the war.
So I made a joke, sue me. Claims he avoided Lemmy.ml because he thinks it is a circlejerk. I am a one man refutation of this. Go ahead and try to get me to circlejerk I won't do it.
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Nobody with a functioning brain thinks Russian army is beat to hell.
I have heard Western military people say this, in person. It doesn't mean Russia is not still a threat, but their capabilities have been degraded during the two years of the "easy 2-week war."
If they're doing so well, why haven't they been able to defeat a country with a population a tenth that of Russia?
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Meanwhile, funny how you forgot all of NATO pouring everything they have into Ukraine.
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Not your grandfather’s NATO. Alliance faces critical shortage of arms, untested forces and mostly expeditionary US presence amid rising risk of a wider European war.
Not your grandfather’s NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, once a simple defensive alliance, now faces a crisis. Today, NATO is a huge multinational alliance of 32Stephen Bryen (Asia Times)
As executives flee OpenAI with warnings of danger, the company says it will plow ahead.
OpenAI Exits: What's Happening Over There?
As executives flee with warnings of danger, the company says it will plow ahead.Steven Zeitchik (The Hollywood Reporter)
Sam Altman always rubbed me the wrong way. He always seemed like he was trying to be the "humble" Steve Jobs - just as tyrannical and stubborn, but he was doing it "to better humanity" with AI. I call bullshit, he's just another tech billionaire asshole.
With all these billionaires popping up how do we keep forgetting that the guillotine exists?
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Well, most nights, sunlight still bounces off the moon before it hits the earth and its inhabitants. This could imply that the sunlight is only dangerous to a vampire prior to interacting with another solid object. If one is willing to assume that the lens and its various filters qualify as a solid object, that could explain the lack of death.
Presumably the only reason they don't employ this loophole on Earth is because an astronaut just walking around would draw unwanted attention.
Alternatively, perhaps the vampire keeps its back towards the nearest star at all times.
This makes me wonder how the space snake bit Morty in Rick and Morty.
Just checked. Holes/valves/airlocks for the fangs:
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If you think Trump is the reason for fascism, and not the other way around, you need to seriously reevaluate where you draw your conclusions from.
Fascism is Capitalism in decay. Trump is a symptom of a greater problem you cannot vote away. Voting for Harris isn't an anti-fascist vote.
Secondly, claiming genocide is merely an issue surrounding "ideological purity" and not, you know, genocide, is monstrous.
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Yep. In 20 years, if leftists have managed to save the world, the libs of today will look back on themselves with shame.
The DNC and GOP are aligned on failed Climate Action, genocide, Imperialism, and are working towards World War 3. The answer cannot be with the Dems, and our time is running out.
Voting Harris is the only remotely ethical vote
Voting for Harris is one of the most unethical votes you can make, along with Trump. A vote for Harris is a vote for genocide, failed climate action, world war 3, and continued Imperialism.
Stop looking at the world in black and white
I don't, can you explain?
The proletariat revolution will never happen
Of course it will, it's already happened in many places and continues to be fought. It will inevitably come to the US, if the world isn't ended by its warmongering or failed climate action, that is. Disparity continues to rise and Capitalism continues to decay, that's like saying continuing to heat up water will never bring it to a boil.
Start thinking about grassroots harm reduction locally and vote for the lesser of two evils federally.
Gotcha, we should join Socialist and Communist orgs like PSL and FRSO, and vote for Claudia De La Crúz in the federal, or Jill Stein if she isn't counted in your state.
No one said that Trump is the reason for fascism. I personally blame Obama for changing nothing when he had the presidency though I'm sure there are lot of other liberal failures that have lead to the rise of fascism. We should still do anything to stop the fascists from winning power.
I don't love the BS narrivate around purity tests. Everyone has lines that once crossed we are not willing to tolerate. The bottom line is there is no viable candidate for president that supports ending Israeli genocide. However if you care about Palestinians at all you should vote for the lesser of two evils. It's the least anyone can do.
However if you care about Palestinians at all you should vote for the lesser of two evils
"If you care about the palestinians, you should vote for their genocide".
So don’t vote? Vote for west or stein, giving trump the presidency?
I think vote for Harris, because a trump reelection may well be the end of democracy. If the democrats win big, they may be able to push through legislation that enshrines abortion rights, subsidizes childcare. Hell, a blue wave with a mandate might give Harris the backing to give Netanyahu the what for. If the left proves they’ll actually show up and vote, they’ll start to be listened to more. If they stay home, America will move right, further than it is
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No one said that Trump is the reason for fascism
The post did, they said Trump was the existential threat, and not the Capitalist decay that caused him to win.
I personally blame Obama for changing nothing when he had the presidency though I'm sure there are lot of other liberal failures that have lead to the rise of fascism
Great Man Theory is wrong. Obama was again, a symptom of Capitalism, the Bourgeoisie needed a Neoliberal warmonger and got one.
We should still do anything to stop the fascists from winning power.
Correct, we need to join revolutionary orgs like PSL and FRSO and end support for enablers of fascism like the DNC and GOP.
I don't love the BS narrivate around purity tests
I don't either, liberals need to stop pretending they are anti-fascist by continuing to enable fascism.
Everyone has lines that once crossed we are not willing to tolerate.
Genocide is a major one for me.
The bottom line is there is no viable candidate for president that supports ending Israeli genocide.
Sounds like it's your moral responsibility to get organized with anti-genocide parties.
However if you care about Palestinians at all you should vote for the lesser of two evils. It's the least anyone can do.
There isn't a lesser evil when it comes to the genocide of Palestinians among the DNC and GOP, both are completely in lock-step and want to expand it to a regional war. Walz even supports the "Greater Israel" project.
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>When your antifascist coalition includes Zionist fascist collaborators.
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Special Report: Emails show early US concerns over Gaza offensive, risk of Israeli war crimes
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/21051792
By Humeyra Pamuk
October 4, 20242:56 PM EDT
Leading US imams and scholars urge Muslim voters to snub Kamala Harris over Gaza
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/20911849
By Umar A Farooq in Washington
Published date: 30 September 2024 11:01 BST
Leading US imams and scholars urge Muslim voters to snub Kamala Harris over Gaza
A group of leading Muslim American scholars and imams have signed a letter calling on Muslim voters to spurn Democratic presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris in the upcoming election over US support for Israel's war on Gaza.Umar A Farooq (Middle East Eye)
You seem to think that letting the more genocidal republicans win would encourage the democrats to be less genocidal, which is bizarre.
They move right when they lose to compete with the republicans because the republicans win with a right wing strategy.
If the democrats won all the time, the republicans would have to move left just to regain power, and the Overton window would move left.
Not voting for the democrats in order to move them left is insanity. They will respond by copying the more successful electoral strategy.
You seem to think that letting the more genocidal republicans win would encourage the democrats to be less genocidal, which is bizarre.
They are the same. They both support Israel undyingly, Biden is even sending in the troops.
They move right when they lose to compete with the republicans because the republicans win with a right wing strategy.
They move right because that's what their donors want.
If the democrats won all the time, the republicans would have to move left just to regain power, and the Overton window would move left.
No, they wouldn't. Fascism is Capitalism in decay, both parties are always moving rightward.
Not voting for the democrats in order to move them left is insanity. They will respond by copying the more successful electoral strategy.
If the Democrats don't want to regain left votes then they are too far gone and we need a revolution.
You've tied yourself into all kinds of intricate knots. It's simple. If you convince all the people who care about Gaza not to vote, things get worse for Gaza.
If only right wing people vote, only right wing policies will win.
If only right wing policies win, only right wing policies will be offered.
You've tied yourself into all kinds of intricate knots. It's simple. If you convince all the people who care about Gaza not to vote, things get worse for Gaza.
I have not. Things will not get worse for Gaza under Trump or Harris, they are fully aligned. Pretending it's good for Palestinians to be murdered because the bombs are sent by a Dem is monstrous.
Plus, I advocate voting, just for PSL or the Greens, anti-genocide parties.
If only right wing people vote, only right wing policies will win.
Dems are far-right as well, lmao. If you want left views represented, vote for left parties.
If only right wing policies win, only right wing policies will be offered.
Parties pick policies based on donors, not on the public's opinion.
Well, unlike you, I can tell the difference between Hitler and the democratic party. You're so full of false equivalence.
If they move left, you'll still not vote for them because you're too pure to compromise and you will forever throw your supposedly leftist ideals on the dustbin of throwing what tiny tiny tiny power you have away and convincing anyone that shares your views to do the same.
Well, unlike you, I can tell the difference between Hitler and the democratic party. You're so full of false equivalence.
Where is the red line for you to stop supporting the increasingly right-wing Democrats? It certainly isn't genocide, you're voting for that this time around, so is there a meaningful point of no return? If not, you would vote for Hitler.
If they move left, you'll still not vote for them because you're too pure to compromise and you will forever throw your supposedly leftist ideals on the dustbin of throwing what tiny tiny tiny power you have away and convincing anyone that shares your views to do the same.
I have been advocating for revolution this entire thread. I am advocating for people to stop supporting the genocidal US Empire and do something other than legitimizing the US Terrorist State.
Trying to use Gaza on either candidate is stupid. Genocide is a US thing, it has nothing to do with political parties.
If anything we have more chances of seeing change once Kamala is in office than Trump.
Trying to use Gaza on either candidate is stupid. Genocide is a US thing, it has nothing to do with political parties.
So we need to abandon them entirely and either elect a new party or overthrow the state.
If anything we have more chances of seeing change once Kamala is in office than Trump.
Ah, "thoughts and prayers," same as always.
So I'm going to preface this by saying how I feel about the situation. I'm furious that Biden and the Democrats aren't just... y'know, fucking stopping this shit. I'm furious that the administration isn't doing more to end the goddamned genocide. It makes me feel sick to think that the executive branch of my country isn't denouncing what's happening. The Democrats are supposed to be the party for compassionate people. I consider myself to be a compassionate person, and the Democrats are absolutely failing to represent me.
I'm sure there's some realpolitik going on there, but like, realpolitik can suck my asshole when my taxes are paying for bombs and missiles that are being used by a different country in an unjust war to kill innocent people in a genocide.
Make no mistake, I want this shit to end right the fuck now. I want Israel to fuck off back to their borders. I want the hostages to be traded, I want Palestine to be a full state in the UN with defensive treaties. I want Bibi and the people who enabled him to be tried for crimes against humanity. I want Israel and the United States to pay reparations and to foot the bill for the rebuilding of Palestinian infrastructure.
I want change. I am tired of the Democrats. Shit, I think there are a lot of people tired of the Republicans. Nobody is happy with the way out system works. I look at other countries with coalition governments and a large number of specific parties and I wish that I could have that. I would absolute love to have a party that represents my values and desires.
With all that said, I just don't think that we will be able to enact meaningful change in 30ish days. To enact change within the confines our current system, we would need to convince tens of millions of people to vote for a candidate that truly represents them in that timeframe. Given the constricting nature of our two-party system, I think many people wouldn't know who that is. I certainly don't know who would represent me. It certainly wouldn't be Jill Stein, to provide an example of a third party candidate. I'd vote for Bernie Sanders, but he's not running for president. His election would require tens of millions to write his name on their ballots.
Many of the people who don't feel represented by our government with regards to Palestine currently vote for the Democrats. If we were to all switch in unison and vote for someone who would truly stop this shit, then we could enact our change. I believe that there's just no way to do that in a month.
If we try to enact change right now and fail, then we will likely end up with a violent, narcissistic rapist as the head of our government who will continue to implement blatantly christo-fascist policies. Christo-fascists do not like people of the Islamic faith, and Donald Trump has promised to wipe out Palestine if he is elected. He cannot be trusted to act according to what he has previously said (which, speaking from experience, is the fashion of all malignant narcissists who are not being treated for their PD), but there is a chance that he will follow through on his word and will speed up the genocide of the people of Palestine.
There are two primary candidates. One candidate will likely maintain the monstrous, awful, status quo. The other candidate may or may not direct the most powerful military force in the world to level Palestine and order the destruction of every man, woman, and child within its borders. The former gives the people of Palestine more time while to survive while we try to unfuck our system. It's not a guarantee, but it's a chance.
Earlier, I said that realpolitik can suck my asshole, and that's what this feels like. It's shit and I hate it and it makes me feel gross. None of this brings back the lives of those who have already died, and my choice probably wouldn't really be appreciated by a Palestinian who is trying to survive the bombs I'm paying for. I won't shame anyone who cannot live with themselves if they vote for Kamala Harris. People are entitled to their beliefs, and living out of compliance with them can be very harmful. However, I feel compelled to at least present an emotional argument against a vote for a 3rd party candidate (or no vote at all) in this specific situation.
I'm furious that the administration isn't doing more to end the goddamned genocide
Biden approved the invasion of Lebanon and is sending in US troops and air support. They want this.
I'm sure there's some realpolitik going on there, but like, realpolitik can suck my asshole when my taxes are paying for bombs and missiles that are being used by a different country in an unjust war to kill innocent people in a genocide.
Israel helps terrorize enemies of the US empire and secures the Petro-dollar.
With all that said, I just don't think that we will be able to enact meaningful change in 30ish days. To enact change within the confines our current system, we would need to convince hundreds of millions of people to vote for a candidate that truly represents them in that timeframe. Given the constricting nature of our two-party system, I think many people wouldn't know who that is. I certainly don't know who would represent me. It certainly wouldn't be Jill Stein, to provide an example of a third party candidate.
So hopes and prayers while you vote for continued genocide, got it. Your feelings don't make the bombs lighter.
There are two primary candidates. One candidate will likely maintain the monstrous, awful, status quo. The other candidate may or may not direct the largest military force in the world to level Palestine and order the destruction of every man, woman, and child within its borders. The former gives the people of Palestine more time while to survive while we try to unfuck our system. It's not a guarantee, but it's a chance.
Biden has already ordered US air support and ground troops, the die is cast.
To side with the even more genocidal Trump team? What kind of crazy is this? There isn't a third option. There's horrifically bad and there's even worse and you're siding with even worse. Come back to reality, Cowbee, it misses you.
The class is holding a vote on whether to put the "slap the ugly kid in the face" guy in charge or the "kick him in the nuts" guy in charge. You're right to say the kid should be left alone. You're right to say there should be a third option. You're right that there should be no slapping. You're right that the vote is offensive. But you can't stop the vote and you can't stop the violence. None of us can.
But fuck you if you can't bring yourself to say that the kid ought not to be kicked in the nuts and fuck you if you tell all the nice kids not to vote and fuck you if the kid gets kicked in the nuts because of your idiot intervention that only ever talks about the slappers and gives the kick-in-the-nuts crowd a free pass.
Not voting just lets the "kick him in the nuts" guy win every time, which is why the "slap him in the face" guy came up with the slapping policy in the first place.
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To side with the even more genocidal Trump team? What kind of crazy is this? There isn't a third option. There's horrifically bad and there's even worse and you're siding with even worse. Come back to reality, Cowbee, it misses you.
Of course not Trump, he's just as genocidal as Harris, Walz, and Biden. You're siding with genocide, that's unacceptable.
The class is holding a vote on whether to put the "slap the ugly kid in the face" guy in charge or the "kick him in the nuts" guy in charge. You're right to say the kid should be left alone. You're right to say there should be a third option. You're right that there should be no slapping. You're right that the vote is offensive. But you can't stop the vote and you can't stop the violence. None of us can.
Pure defeatism, if we have to torture this poor kid then it's best to tell the teacher to fuck off.
But fuck you if you can't bring yourself to say that the kid ought not to be kicked in the nuts and fuck you if you tell all the nice kids not to vote and fuck you if the kid gets kicked in the nuts because of your idiot intervention that only ever talks about the slappers and gives the kick-in-the-nuts crowd a free pass.
You are still under the grand delusion that the GOP is worse than the DNC on the issue of genocide. They aren't, this is a bipartisan effort. Biden has even sent in the troops and Walz said Israel needs to expand.
Not voting just lets the "kick him in the nuts" guy win every time, which is why the "slap him in the face" guy came up with the slapping policy in the first place.
No, this is so far removed from why America supports the genocidal settler-colonial entity. America supports Israel because Israel is a rabid dog on a leash that America uses to terrorize the Middle East and secure the Petro-Dollar, which it uses as the global standard to have a monopoly on Financial Capital, enslaving the Global South with predatory IMF loans.
Please, do some actual thinking.
You're kidding yourself. The Democrats absolutely have to move right when left wing people refuse to vote, otherwise they lose.
Withdrawing your vote is literally withdrawing left wing influence on politics and anything else is just a complicated lie.
Letting the republicans win is just encouraging the democrats to be more like the republicans.
If you convince everyone who cares about Gaza not to vote, then the parties absolutely cannot afford to have a pro Gaza stance, because it's electoral suicide - all the people who care about Gaza don't vote and will the people who just hate on Muslims so.
You're kidding yourself. The Democrats absolutely have to move right when left wing people refuse to vote, otherwise they lose.
They can move left if they want left votes.
Withdrawing your vote is literally withdrawing left wing influence on politics and anything else is just a complicated lie.
Do you think the Dems analyze the percentage of votes based on the beliefs of their voters? What fantasy land do you live in? The Dems keep trucking along for their donors and appeal to areas they want votes in from the public. If Leftists always vote for dems as a fixed lever, then Dems will move right to satisfy their donors more because the leftists are spineless.
Letting the republicans win is just encouraging the democrats to be more like the republicans.
If the dems don't want leftist votes and move to the right, that's a problem with the dems, not leftists.
If you convince everyone who cares about Gaza not to vote, then the parties absolutely cannot afford to have a pro Gaza stance, because it's electoral suicide - all the people who care about Gaza don't vote and will the people who just hate on Muslims so.
I convince people to vote for anti-genocide parties like PSL and the Greens. Not supporting Palestine is electoral suicide.
If you convince everyone who cares about Gaza not to vote, then the parties absolutely cannot afford to have a pro Gaza stance, because it’s electoral suicide - all the people who care about Gaza don’t vote and will the people who just hate on Muslims so.I convince people to vote for anti-genocide parties like PSL and the Greens.
Not voting, voting for Shill Stein, it's all gonna have the same effect - republicans winning and the democrats chasing the only votes on the table because the left folks abstain or effectively abstain.
Not supporting Palestine is electoral suicide.
Not voting is electoral death. Voting third party is electoral death. On which planet is the republicans winning going to make the democrats move away from rightwing policies? None of them!
If the dems don’t want leftist votes and move to the right,
They are going to move to the right if they lose. We have one of the most leftwing candidates the democrats have fielded in decades, and if she loses, the party bosses are going to say "see, it's senseless chasing leftwing votes, they're too pure to muddy their hands in actually effecting the outcome - we have to more to where people who actually vote are. The only way to win is to have policies that actual voters like, not your theoretical voters who won't compromise - you'll never get their vote. Come back to the centre!" And of course we both know what the centre means in America.
Not voting, voting for Shill Stein, it's all gonna have the same effect - republicans winning and the democrats chasing the only votes on the table because the left folks abstain or effectively abstain.
The dems can move left if they want leftist votes, and more people are moving to the left as Capitalism declines.
Not voting is electoral death. Voting third party is electoral death. On which planet is the republicans winning going to make the democrats move away from rightwing policies? None of them!
Electoralism is death.
They are going to move to the right if they lose. We have one of the most leftwing candidates the democrats have fielded in decades
Are you genuinely being serious, here? Do you know what Left-Wing means? LMAO
and if she loses, the party bosses are going to say "see, it's senseless chasing leftwing votes, they're too pure to muddy their hands in actually effecting the outcome - we have to more to where people who actually vote are. The only way to win is to have policies that actual voters like, not your theoretical voters who won't compromise - you'll never get their vote. Come back to the centre!" And of course we both know what the centre means in America.
Harris is campaigning to the RIGHT. She is moving RIGHT and losing voters over it.
Are you genuinely being serious, here? Do you know what Left-Wing means? LMAO
I didn't say she was left wing, I said she was the most left wing candidate the democrats have fielded in decades. If she loses, the democrats will give up on trying to move left even a tiny bit. If she wins, they can safely move further left. But every time they lose, they move right, to compromise wry the voters who actually vote.
You seem to be confusing Biden and Harris, which is understandable, but not particularly clear headed.
Electoralism is death.
Please stop pretending to care. You're an acceleratist pretending to want things to get better. You clearly want it to get worse and you come up with the most backwards-on logic to pretend it'll make things better.
I didn't say she was left wing, I said she was the most left wing candidate the democrats have fielded in decades
This is still meaningless.
If she loses, the democrats will give up on trying to move left even a tiny bit. If she wins, they can safely move further left. But every time they lose, they move right, to compromise wry the voters who actually vote.
They will not move left. If they win, they realize they can keep moving right. Dems want to move right to serve their donors.
You seem to be confusing Biden and Harris, which is understandable, but not particularly clear headed.
Not at all. Care to elaborate?
Please stop pretending to care. You're an acceleratist pretending to want things to get better. You clearly want it to get worse and you come up with the most backwards-on logic to pretend it'll make things better.
Please stop pretending to care. You're an accelerationist pretending to want things to get better. You clearly want it to get worse and you come up with the most backwards-on logic to pretend it'll make things better.
Read theory. Join an org like FRSO or PSL.
Read theory. Join an org like FRSO or PSL.
Because Harris listens to what they say?! Your theories seem to result in you checking out of having any effect on the world. No thanks.
If your activism wasn't about to hand power to the literal fascists, it might have some appeal and I might think you were genuine or correct, but I can't tell the difference between republican trolls and tankies because they give the exact same advice - if you care, make sure you don't affect the outcome. What kind of shit advice is that?
Because Harris listens to what they say?! Your theories seem to result in you checking out of having any effect on the world. No thanks.
No, because those are revolutionary orgs. Your lack of theory has you firmly advocating for dead ends.
If your activism wasn't about to hand power to the literal fascists, it might have some appeal and I might think you were genuine or correct, but I can't tell the difference between republican trolls and tankies because they give the exact same advice - if you care, make sure you don't affect the outcome. What kind of shit advice is that?
The Dems are handing power to the fascists. They are committing genocide, Imperialism, failing to address the climate, refusing to help women, trans people, minority populations, and are accelerating towards World War 3.
Fascism will not be beaten by a Dem victory, it will still come. Fascism is Capitalism in decay, as long as Capitalism continues to decay fascism continues to rise. You are working towards fascism. Right-wingers like you would rather genocide continue than lift a finger to help Muslims.
Read theory and join an org.
Do you think the Dems analyze the percentage of votes based on the beliefs of their voters?
No, I think they see the republicans win with right wing policies, sigh and say "I guess we've gotta do some of that shit to get elected."
You keep pretending third party voters are non-voters, which is definitionally false.
The Dems follow the money, which comes from their donors. This drives policy.
For electoralism, they gesture to their voterbase, but this doesn't impact their real policy.
You keep pretending third party voters are non-voters, which is definitionally false.
You keep pretending that choosing to not affect the outcome affects the outcome.
Damn she should probably change her policies to not supporting genocide if she wants those votes
I won't blame someone for not supporting a genocidal pig.
Anyone parroting those tired talking points who thinks Trump would be less of a problem for Gaza or the Palestinians needs to get their head examined.
Trump has already demonstrated that he's Netanyahu's bitch.
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Looks like a weird weasel to me.
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Trump thinks Israel's target should be Iran nuclear sites
Former US President Donald Trump has suggested that Israel attack Iran's nuclear facilities. The Republican presidential candidate was speaking at a campaign rally in the southern state of North Carolina on Friday.
One participant asked Trump about countermeasures against Iran's recent missile attack on Israel. Trump criticized President Joe Biden for voicing opposition to Israel targeting Iran's nuclear sites.
The former president said Biden "got that one wrong." He added that Biden's answer should have been, "Hit the nuclear first and worry about the rest later."
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He’s repeating what warhawks have told him.
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Trump loves a large-scale crime against humanity.
The Israelis are unlikely to enter a full-scale war with Iran. They'll instead try to get the US to commit war crimes on their behalf.
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in reply to Keeponstalin • • •I'm sure the actual article explains this better than the post blurb. I'm about to read it, so I'll find out in a minute. The blurb however makes it sound like the police raids were a series of pro-Palestinian motivated crimes.
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in reply to OurToothbrush • • •Please read my comment carefully, I did not do that. It is pretty obvious that the dynamics of how groups work and how you get people to believe in certain goals are pretty universal. Populism is designed to abuse how everyone perceives and judges outside information for political gain. Therefore it is viable for any political orientation. Other strategies are very significant as well (left&right).
Populism can be found on the left and the right and should be criticized everywhere.
I honestly think you're just throwing around buzzwords, how is all of this this directly related to fascism? You're essentialy making fascism appear pretty harmless by using it as a catch-all phrase.
And if you can't be friendly to people with different opinions, your opinions are only a result of one-sided socialisation, not of discussion and reflection with the help of others. And therefore on the same level as any other unreflected opinion.
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in reply to memphis • • •Why do you believe this? Because I've studied how fascists currently recruit and the methods are very different from how socialist orgs recruit. I have also studied how fascism developed in nazi Germany, Spain, and Italy, and they seem incredibly different from socialist forms of movement building.
How can you have left wing populism then?
... show morePopulism is a strain of buzzword designed to equate two very different ideologies. Obviously you can't try to minimize fascism directly so since the holocaust fascists have been trying to downplay fascism by making it a symmetrical evil with communism. If you want to learn more I would suggest lookin
Why do you believe this? Because I've studied how fascists currently recruit and the methods are very different from how socialist orgs recruit. I have also studied how fascism developed in nazi Germany, Spain, and Italy, and they seem incredibly different from socialist forms of movement building.
How can you have left wing populism then?
Populism is a strain of buzzword designed to equate two very different ideologies. Obviously you can't try to minimize fascism directly so since the holocaust fascists have been trying to downplay fascism by making it a symmetrical evil with communism. If you want to learn more I would suggest looking through some of Dovid Katz's writings on holocaust collaboration in Eastern Europe.
I didn't say we weren't friendly to people, I said we aren't friendly to certain ideas.
And being unfriendly to mainstream ambient opinions that we have decided to reject isn't an indication of one sided socialization. While you might not be socialized to understand socialist ideas, socialists in the west grew up around and are intimately familiar with liberal ideas.
Luckily though, socialists invest in the social practice of group learning and reflection, including engaging in ruthless criticism of our own ideas. So no, we have established that it is not at the same level.
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