Wrong and we both know it.

Pool drain is also missing here.

It seems to be endemic in certain US circles to confuse Communism with Authoritarianism Why are the two things so regularly conflated by Americans ?

Because the American education system and lifelong propaganda peppered throughout popular culture creates this confusion intentionally. It’s like a word association game: anything not capitalism = oppression and death. This is why, in large part, why most people will describe capitalism when asked to define communism or socialism.

So this is more of a ‘how’ vs ‘why’ answer, however I’m sure you can easily arrive at the ‘why’ using the explanation I’ve given.

True product of America imo

It’s state sponsored terrorism, period.

They are showing us what they can and will do if the rest of us don’t stop posting and get in line.

Rats jumping a sinking ship are still fucking rats bro.

Maybe they won’t do that but will certainly restrict access by any means necessary for everyone except the rich.

Idk, him declaring war on the citizens of his own country in order to actively suppress the effects of their protests while threatening to attack another country for actively suppressing their own protesting citizens always smelt really funny to me.

This may have been explained earlier, apologies for any repetition on my end.

Internalized hatred is real and is a huge factor in this. Many people, when they feel they are on the ‘other’ side of oppression, easily take on the role of oppressors themselves. They believe they have ‘paid their dues’ and found success, and even feel as though they are even more qualified to judge and weigh the rights and qualifications of those in their previous position. It’s very similar to the mindset of older people who have paid off their student loans and staunchly believe that student loan forgiveness is wrong. They think that since they ‘put the work into it and upheld their end of the bargain’, it somehow diminishes their efforts if those that come after them have an easier path. Our confusion lies in the understanding that this is not the direction that progress exists.

Another point, which can be separate from the above or exist alongside: it is a simple fact that being a minority in any group does not mean that person is exempt from feeling prejudice or even discrimination towards minorities in other groups and anyone else for that matter. In a world ready to categorize, divide, and split the tiniest hairs to serve that aim, its a small wonder why we see so many hurt people hurting people.

I get where you’re coming from, however this is too fine a hair to split and does not detract from their original and well written statement.

Oh fucking hell. And I thought I’d never see anything worse than his face superimposed on Rambo’s body.

100%, this creates precedent and normalizes this type of ‘meh laws’ behavior.

You sonofabitch I’m writing this because I can’t upvote twice. Capital joke!

This is part of what the article is saying, in a way at the end.

The ‘west’ needs to hold the pariah to account and demand change or formally disassociate with the pariah completely in order to have any scrap of moral ground in this. With each day that passes - hell with each fresh atrocity, further erodes that ground into complicity.

I love love love true stories of slave uprisings/revolts throughout history, same for Native American revolts and ambushes in American history.

Thank you for this. These stories remind us of collective power and the enduring spirit of humanity. Power to the people, always.

Guaranteed the same men who wouldn’t lift a finger to help care for a forced-birth child, and certainly wouldn’t vote to ease the financial burden of those forced to raise a child they can’t care for.

Also the same men who wonder why they have a much harder time getting laid these days.

Silver doesn’t discuss it, but normally, presidents also “prep” the public for a conflict — explain why it’s necessary and such, and Trump has broken from the norm on that.

He doesn’t believe he has to explain himself to anyone, and besides is he actually capable? The man can’t stay on topic or keep from talking about himself to save his life. In his mind, he does anything he wants and the rest of us just deal with it.

Yup. Also see: troubled teen industry

Most parents knew what went on in these places, perhaps not to the fullest extent but at the very minimum abusive tactics commonly referred to as ‘tough love’ or being ‘scared straight’. And when kids complained or reported abuse, it was double-down time because it was seen as evidence of it working.

Removing Schumer + the rest of the center-right dems can be a very successful message to campaign on for any and all progressive candidates. I’d personally vote for anyone who promises to make this happen.

As long as we are stuck with a two party system, we need to overhaul the Democratic Party into the party that actually represents progressive voters, and that actually creates real change instead of just being ‘not Republican’. Essentially, we need to hijack the party with the name recognition it already has and shape it into something that we can be proud of, that we’ll fight like hell to keep, and that actually lives up to its name. The time has long come for us to become as organized, radical, and frightening as the right pretends we are.