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#Gaza.
Quand le droit est bafoué, quand l’inaction devient une faute, certains décident de réagir par la voie juridique.
C’est le cas de l’association JURDI, les “Juristes pour le respect du droit international”, qui viennent de déposer un recours en carence devant la Cour de Justice de l’Union européenne.
L’objet de ce recours : l’inaction prolongée de la Commission européenne et du Conseil de l’UE face aux crimes commis à Gaza.
Malgré des preuves de plus en plus documentées, malgré les alertes sur un génocide en cours, l’UE n’a pris aucune mesure pour suspendre sa coopération avec Israël, ni imposé de sanctions, ni même audité les transferts de technologies ou de financements militaires. avec nous dans ce Journal des Luttes : Benjamin Fiorini, secrétaire général de l’association #JURDI
Gaza : l'Europe complice ? Des juristes attaquent l’UE pour inaction
Gaza. Quand le droit est bafoué, quand l’inaction devient une faute, certains décident de réagir par la voie juridique.Cyril Lemba (Le Média)
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So, how far does Trump want to go copying Hitler? Until Adolf's last breath?
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Autonomous robotics startup Cartken, known for its four-wheeled robots resembling Guido from the movie “Cars” that deliver food in Tokyo, has pivoted in a new direction: industrials. “What we found is that actually there’s a real big need in industrial and onsite use cases,” said CEO Christian Bersch. Read more from @Techcrunch:
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Cartken started seeing an influx of demand for its last-mile delivery robots from industrial customers and is now focused on that sector.Rebecca Szkutak (TechCrunch)
Also: last mile delivery in the real analog world is *really* hard and not worth much since there's practically no worker protection and we pay drivers a pittance.
Moving stuff around industrial installations is (marginally) easier and pays better
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You're thinking of libertarianism in the 1800s sense
Libertarianism today is a bunch of morons supporting policies that enrich plutocrats- economic "liberties" (aka, to hell with taxes and regulations). Libertarians today are too stupid to see they are hurting themselves and some are so delusional they imagine they are helping themselves
That doesnt matter and has no meaning
You can say "#socialism" and some imagine Venezuela while others imagine Norway. Same with "#libertarianism"
Vast amounts of time are wasted by people arguing about the definitions of words which were always complex overlapping concepts, nevermind the trolling and manipulation out there
The only way forward is to forget the words entirely
Talk only about the specific concepts you desire
Forget the pointless drama of these words
"The only way forward is to forget the words entirely"
"Talk only about the specific concepts you desire"
Personally, I find it difficult to talk without using words.
I'm talking about words with complex meanings like socialism or libertarianism, nevermind the disinfo that latches onto those words
Otherwise enjoy the endless, senseless arguments over word meanings rather than just jumping to your actual specific intent with your word choice. I'm trying to help you avoid pointless drama
You may not be doing that NOW, but you have a history of it in my past attempts to converse with you; that's why I made a note. Have a nice day.
"Have a nice day" says the pathetic troll 🤣
People will hit post, read, realize a rephrase and edit. This is normal behavior, no change in meaning
Bizarre grudges and lying about what others are doing on the other hand...
Have a terrible day, asshole
@benroyce @AlexanderKingsbury @rmblaber1956 There's nothing complex about the meaning of socialism.
Socialism is a system where private property has been replaced with collective property, where the working class control state power, and where the economy is engineered to prioritize human need & well-being.
This is what socialism has always been no matter how much disinformation about the idea is spread by malevolent actors.
@blueorchestra @AlexanderKingsbury @rmblaber1956
There is no magical authority on language
Someone could call themselves a socialist and have beliefs in direct conflict with what you say
You could say "you're not a real socialist"
They could respond "I am a real socialist, you're the fake one"
Do you see the problem?
It reduces discussions to pointless word definition games
Rather than talking directly about the concepts you want to talk about
I'm trying to save you from grief
@benroyce @AlexanderKingsbury @rmblaber1956 When you surrender your language to your enemies you've given them the ability to twist your own words into whatever they want them to mean.
You give *them* control over the narrative, and eventually you cede so much ground in this sphere that there's nothing left to cede. Fighting a defensive war of attrition over language is how you lose every argument.
Socialists shouldn't be running from our own terminology. We coined it for a reason.
@benroyce This is anti-intellectualism. The words exist to describe the specific concepts; that is their express purpose.
If either Venezuela or Norway come to mind when you hear the word socialism then you simply don't know what socialism is because neither of those countries have ever been socialist.
Socialism isn't a vague concept; I can be both defined & observed. It's a thing which has existed and which still does exist and which can be made to exist.
I am describing a real world problem you are refusing to acknowledge
The ruling party of Venezuela is the PSUV, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela. But really it's kleptocracy
North Korea is the DPRK, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Not a democracy
The largest German party is the CDU, the Christian Democratic Union. Theocracy?
Etc, etc
Do you get it?
You're depending upon words being used with thematic coherency
They never are
You're shooting the messenger
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This seems relevant: "An ideograph or virtue word is a word frequently used in political discourse that uses an abstract concept to develop support for political positions. Such words are usually terms that do not have a clear definition but are used to give the impression of a clear meaning. An ideograph in rhetoric often exists as a building block or simply one term or short phrase that summarizes the orientation or attitude of an ideology. Such examples notably include <liberty>, <freedom>, <democracy> and <rights>. Rhetorical critics use chevrons or angle brackets (<>) to mark off ideographs."
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Sure, it's kind of academic, and also seems like a more precise tool we can use to talk about political or ideological language in practical ways.
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exactly
some people take it upon themselves to precisely define high concept words (which can't be done)
then they imagine they have magical authority to enforce use of the words as they have defined. this is a joke
all that is generated is endless useless arguments about word definitions
no real progress on anything that really matters
a time and energy waster
all we can do is plainly speak in terms of the specific concepts we are trying to get at
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@benroyce @blueorchestra Not cool to lump Germany in the same pile as North Korea and Venezuela... Germany is still a representative democracy.
The CDU is a democratic party just only Christian in name...
nothing i said lumps germany in with north korea or venezuela
i picked 3 random examples of words being used that are not thematically coherent
i can do this forever:
in the USA, the Republicans: not for a republic, for absolute rule by an incoherent orange god emperor
China is ruled by the Communist Party of China... which is rabid state capitalism
ask a Turk about how much justice and development is in the AKP (the Justice and Development Party)
etc, etc
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@benroyce @gpumoto @blueorchestra
To clarify:
"The ironically named < insert name of political party/full country name here> which is not/neither <insert descriptors from above here>."
Example: "The ironically named Democratic Republic of East Armpit which is neither democratic nor a republic."
@benroyce @blueorchestra I can see where you were going with this now.
At this moment in time known as the "post truth" era. You should be able to understand my quick knee-jerk reply because you mentioned Germany in the same breath as North Korea and Venezuela.
It makes an association.
I just felt the need to steer against that.
So, sorry, correct and carry on...
@benroyce The misuse of words is something which has always and will always occur but when you allow it to go unchallenged you allow others to define your own words, ideals, and actions and in so doing give them power over you.
In effect you are shooting yourself in the foot, constantly having to change your language as more and more of your lexicon is appropriated and corrupted and rather than fight to protect it you simply allow your critics to take it. That's a losing strategy.
what you're proposing is an endless fruitless "word purity" fight
rather than speaking plainly on the specific concepts you are concerned with, and losing nobody in your audience. because they all have different ideas of what the higher concept words are, naturally or by manipulation
i'm trying to get people to fight more about things that matter
and less about things that don't
like some magical concept of word purity
frankly who fucking cares
real life is not a monastery
@benroyce The words are shorthands to explain concepts; not replacements for them.
If someone doesn't understand what a socialist means when they say "dictatorship of the proletariat" then the socialist will explain the concept they're referring to.
Describing concepts isn't mutually exclusive with using ideological phrases. They're supposed to go hand-in-hand.
people care about affording rent
they do not give one fucking shit about anything you are talking about
say "dictatorship of the proletariat" and their eyes glaze over
speaking to them in plain terms, about how socialist concepts will help them have secure housing, without even using the word "socialism", and they will listen and engage with you and support you
while if you give them word definition arguments they tune out
nobody cares. not a single fucking person cares
@benroyce You're for the same thing you're arguing against.
You can define socialism & explain how it helps in the same breath. It's not an either or and I don't understand why you're insisting it is.
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more and more of your lexicon is appropriated and corrupted and rather than fight to protect it you simply allow your critics to take it
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Is there an example of a successful fight of that kind?
"That they managed to triumph at all means they kept their language intact"
their successes had absolutely nothing at all to do with some magical word purity fight
they succeeded because they effectively communicated
effective communication does not involve high concept words, it involves speaking directly to the people on the specific topics they understand and that matters to them
@benroyce @vnikolov Effective communication not only involves so-called "high concept" words but also explaining what they mean - something every successful movement in history has done.
Again, this is anti-intellectualism you're promoting here. You're treating the common person as if they're too stupid to understand complex concepts or too lazy to learn them. That's preposterously classist and condescending.
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effective communication is classist
got it
i am going to be very direct with you:
you are an active impediment to the things you care about with your bizarre egghead devotion to magic word purity
nobody fucking cares
I can give you an example of an unsuccessful fight.
The word "hacker" has almost completely lost its original positive meaning and acquired its well-known negative meaning in spite of quite a lot of resistance.
Another example of several changes in a row (with a political force that prevailed for some time).
Russian Social Democratic Workers Party,
All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks),
Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
But if it doesn't make sense, it doesn't.
@vnikolov @benroyce I don't recall hackers ever being a major political movement.
There's more nuance to the Bolsheviks going through name changes, which included coalitions with rival factions & changes in ideology. It wasn't just language changing but also ideas, representation, and in some cases strategy.
you just gave a succinct reason why a high concept word does not mean the same thing to everybody, completely naturally
you need to accept that this idea of a precise definition you adhere to is bullshit
no one owns words
@blueorchestra @benroyce @vnikolov Sigh.
> no one owns words
With what is being talked about, let me try this.
[Formal]The argument is reminiscent of the dispute between prescriptivism and descriptivism, in a political context. When working in a academic, scientific or technical fields, prescriptivism as well as precision in the usage of language is desirable and sometimes essential. Which does not, I suppose, hold much sway, or at all, in artistic and political endeavours. In political rhetoric, words gets abused to the point that they *become* vague, diluted or poisoned in their meaning. Trying to prescribe meaning without actual power to enforce them is a lost cause. It might make sense coin a new one, define it to your preference and use it with whom such usage would find respect. Outside that circle of respect, there should not be much expectation. In this age of global real-time communication, the evolution of languages have sped up; more new words are coined, more old words are given new meanings (="abused"), how is it possible to reverse course?
[Casual]There are two ways to look at language usage: to find out the "right" or "correct" way to use words, or language in general, and preach others when they stray from the right way; or, just let it be. For people in academia, science and technology, it might make sense to use words have very specific meaning or use language in a specific way. In arts and politics, it may not be so. Words get abused in propaganda to the point of having almost no meaning. If you don't have real power to enforce your meaning of words, don't bother preaching. Just mint some new ones, use with your own definition with people who respect your usage. Dont expect much from anyone else. Language is evolving faster in these days of real time online communication, so many new words, so many old words repurposed for new meanings that arise day by day, not possible to revert back.
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Okay. People care about definitions when they want to precisely and unambiguously convey intent. If I have one thing in mind and use words that might mean something else from your perspective, it'd be a miscommunication. We can get by in our daily lives perfectly fine while using vague words, it wont work for important things, for things that matter so much. If we want many people to have the same idea, we have to have definitions, so as not to waste time repeating the same description. We also have to guard against dilution and distortion of meaning by the people in opposition as well as supportive of the idea. This is not easy, taking into account ever evolving nature of ideas, in the mind of even those people in support of it, as powerful ideas can not be precise enough. [Politico-linguistic uncertainty principle?]
@smlckz @blueorchestra @vnikolov
exactly
life is a tower of babel
to expect rigorous semantic discipline for high concept words in an environment of miscommunication, nevermind the malicious discommunication out there, is absurdity
the only antidote is to scope your word choice to a specific context
invoking one magic word and magically everyone will be exactly where you are on a topic is impossible
and some will grasp you, then smile and actively smear your position on that basis
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@smlckz wrote about word meanings and word use and conveying messages.
In two words, I agree.
In more words, maybe another day...
> Politico-linguistic uncertainty principle?
Yes, there may be something there.
"Politico-linguistic uncertainty principle"
the natural divergence in meaning over time and space
but also the malicious, weaponized approach to destroy a movement by attaching bogus, smearmongering meanings to a word
both are in action
all one can do is scope their word choice to a context and a topic, and choose plain and simple enough words to convey their meaning in a way to minimize the natural miscommunication, and disarm the trolling manipulators
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Amen, brothers and sisters.
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There's more nuance to the Bolsheviks going through name changes, which included coalitions with rival factions & changes in ideology. It wasn't just language changing but also ideas, representation, and in some cases strategy.
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I'll leave it at that.
you convinced them to make your argument for you
i need to learn this trick
{hat tip}
precisely
which is how we wind up with absurdities like:
the communist party of china being all about state capitalism
people who go "the names of political movements are precise in meaning, or should be" are nuts
they never will be
you have to look at what parties and the leaders *specifically* say
you can never depend upon shallow surface labels to guide you
sometimes, even typically, they are used to fool you
true for any country or time period
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@benroyce @knowattitude There are multiple issues with the examples you keep using but ignoring that for a minute you understand that misusing words to mean what they don't doesn't mean their misuse - which is often out of ignorance rather than malice - should be ignored and that this just creates further confusion on what people believe and doesn't lead to greater clarity at all?
If we did as you suggested it would make things even more muddy, not less.
let me practice what i preach and be very specific
nobody fucking gives a shit about socialism
everybody fucking gives a shit about affording rent
so:
you can spend your time speaking on that issue using socialist concepts communicated plainly so people understand
or:
you can spend your time arguing about the holy untouchable perfect definition of socialism. why, i don't know
but simply put:
which approach advances socialism?
@benroyce @knowattitude This is a false dichotomy. Defining socialism has nothing to do with discussion on rent and so wouldn't come up.
When questioned about rent a socialist would simply say: "Rent should be abolished. Everyone should own their own home. Landlords should not exist."
"In America, everyone has time for everyone else, as long as they keep it brief; in France, it is not so difficult to gain access to the men of authority; in England, people think about their cause and not always about themselves, and certainly not about cockiness; here in our country, it is a miracle what a thing to speak 'personally' with a better-paid man"
damn
and then it gets more biting
oof
yeah the timing is... unglücklich
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