Well now you've piqued my interest

Hmm.. I dont think this guy is a marxist-leninist-maoist

You talking about this posts?

I did not want to take further actions in that thread in general (for archival purposes), but I did take one action, which in retrospect was a mistake: I removed a comment which contained the hammer and sickle symbol. I ignorantly associated this symbolism with Kremlin propaganda, and the atrocities my own people suffered at the hands of the soviet union during the previous century. Many users (including hexbear users) correctly (and politely) pointed out to me in DMs that the symbol has a much broader use than just as the symbol of the USSR, and people elsewhere in the world may not associate it with the USSR at all. I am grateful for users who pointed this out to me without resorting to personal attacks.

I get hes not a leftist. But I feel like he gets a "one of the good ones" stickers.

Wait, for real? Thats a pretty dumb thing to say. I've seen him be fairly supportive of hexbear.

I saw a comment of him complaining about some Hexbear users calling him subhuman, which got unanimous support that its not okay. But even after that he told users to block individuals and he will not be defederating.

This was a small show with a local guy talking. He's bad at this and its sad to hear. Like you said, its sad to think this is what he chooses to do. He's filled with so much hatred that he can't even think straight. Meanwhile, blaming others for their hatred without a hint of irony.

People like Glen Beck are better about the grift. Hes been talking about his new book called "Dark Future". No idea what its fully about, but he talks about "the great reset" and the WEF's quote "you will own nothing and enjoy it". It sounds like Marxist theory, but framed like its a bad thing.

I think its important to know where the conservatives mindset is coming from. Part of it, I know I have to avoid some people like that first guy. He is unreasonable and is motivated by hatred, thats it. But the conservative laborers in my union who listen to Glen Beck? I feel like there's an avenue to convince them because their understanding of communism is based off a lie.

Failure to reform gains support for a revolution. Threat of a revolution makes reform possible. Realistically, they should go hand in hand.

Its probably a good label for me, I just don't like the word centrist lol.

For schools to buy the entire system. And its advertised right after stories of school shootings. Its really fucked up.

Our local radio stations have commercials for school security systems. Like a key card to access all the doors and the police are given key cards. Whenever a school shooting happens they come up in frequency again.

Wait, did I miss something? I'm from one of those "lib instances" and I'm not seeing anything about defederation.

My wife likes making potato tacos. Its just mashed potatoes in tortillas and you fry it in a pan with some oil. Throw on some hot sauce and they are great.

Last job was project manager in private sector. New job is design engineer in public sector. Both randomly drug test.

Moistcritikal might be in the "apolitical gamer" crowd but him and Sneako have some great drama between them.

The drama led to my all time favorite Charlie moment: https://youtu.be/gmp8O3aD4AM?si=HPP0ZWsFfj3ozvja

Anti-authoritarianism is weird because it sees government authority as an ultimate evil but private entities authority as the status quo.

Private banks forcing people out of their homes? Thats a good society. Government doing the same and distributing it? Authoritarian evil.

Then if there is a successful revolution - anything the revolutionaries do is now authoritarian because they took over the government.

Last bit of irony for me - I switched jobs maybe 6 months ago and the last week at my old job they announced "employees will no longer be tested for marijuana". I'm kinda pissed about that. New job is a government job so...

But I'm not of the opinion that all vices are bad. You should be able to enjoy yourself, you just have to be in control. Little proofs to yourself like this are perfect to show you are in control or need a longer break.

Holy shit I can relate to this. I was an everyday stoner. Used to sell weed too, so I had surplus all the time. I'd quit smoking so I could pass a drug test for work but then it was back to habitual smoking.

Maybe 3 years ago I had a coworker "randomly drug tested". He tested positive for weed and was fired on the spot. Scared the shit outta me. I knew I had to quit after that.

I tried quitting cold turkey but I struggled. I had a cheat day every once and a while. Like, I'd scrape my grinder clean for one hit. Or take a dirty ass resin hit from the bong. Still ended up quitting but it took some effort.

I have noticed over the years that my drinking increased to compensate the lack of smoking. I've ended up making a rule that I can only drink on the weekends. Seems to help a bit.

I got a special hatred for the "I use to be left leaning, but now they've gone too far!" type liberals

100% Bernie changed my mind. A simple campaign of "Healthcare for All" got me thinking, why don't we already have that? Pushed me way to the left when I did more reading (looking at you, Karl). Then Bernie getting fucked over started my reform doomer arc.

A push of reform will gain support for the movement. Reform failing encourages support for a revolution. A threat of revolution makes reform actually possible. These ideologies should go hand in hand but holy fuck do these people normally hate each other.

So if anything us Communists should be MORE Doomer

Unironically, sort of my beliefs. I'm basically a DemSoc who has little faith that reform will work. As Capitalism continues and inequality grows while the planet burns, a more drastic change becomes more and more inevitable.

I'm already Doomer on the reform - time to preemptively become Doomer on the revolution!

Btw congrats on the job!

I actively try to avoid him and youtube still throws his or his long-haired doppelganger's videos in my feed. Its not this shitpost that's spreading his name around.

Well I know what I'm listening to during work today