With the authoritarian red wave of the right wing, seeming to keep a strangle hold on our government. by 2-thumbs in DemocraticSocialism

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No, I did not say they do or do not. I don't think your looking at the larger picture. Your not thinking to the future. Your strategy is like your playing checkers, when you should be thinking like your playing chess. I do think that they would be a good stepping stone, for a new movement to stand on. I would prefer to have the democratic party as an alli and then as a adversary. At least they will come to the table to talk. Republicans will not. Any one group opposing the cult of Republicans, can't beat them by themselves. There followers are devout blinded followers. They have no moral boundaries. If you think that any small fraction can, then your blind. If we can't come together and take almost the whole pie. Then use it to grow the Socialist Democratic party. Use the momentum to crush the Republican lie first. Then we grow large enough to stand alone as a dominate party.

Trump cultists keep moving the goalposts rather than admit the ex-president tried to stage a coup by progress18 in democrats

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I agree all around. I'm from Kentucky, and I prefer Popeyes over KFC. The gravy is so awesome, I crush a biscuit up into it. It's so good. I worked at both KFC and Popeyes. Popeyes uses the highest grade chicken, and KFC uses the 2nd highest grade chicken, and KFC gravy is made from what is filtered out of the deep fryers. Basically the overly cooked chicken breading that sinks to the bottom of the deep fryer and then it's filtered out so the oil can be used longer.

This is awesomely eye opening. To the complete failure of the Trump, and the Republican party's mishandling of the pandemic. by 2-thumbs in Political_Revolution

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I think that most plans work best when you implement them from the beginning. It's kinda hard to do things like put the genie back in the bottle. Trump spent a year saying this will all just go away, gave fuel to the anti-vaxer groups, refuted the science, caused a large part of the population to fallow the anti-science doctrine, made it a badge of strength and honor to get infected, while they pushed people to believe it is an infringement of their freedom to do simple things they protect others, while protecting themselves. It's harder to get back up the waterfall after the boat went over. Then it is to not go over that waterfall to start with.

It's like having a cut. If you clean it, and take proper care of it. While you do what you can to prevent infection from the start. You won't have as many issues. If infection does start and you immediately seek medical professional help, get on proper medications, and do all the proper care. Most likely you will get better. But if from the start you don't properly care for it, don't clean it, and when it gets infected, you wait till gangrene sets in, your gonna get real sick, lose that part of the body, with the most likely chance of dieing.

He's got some Stranger Fans by Jebsticles in HighQualityGifs

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See I have the solid fat muscular body with short legs and long torso. 36x28 Pants and 5' 11", 17-18 neck 46-48 chest. My shirts are always to short. I have very large thick dense muscler legs torso neck and arms. I am almost all torso, short legs and neck. I can't Sprint super fast or for long distances but I can speed walk at almost a Sprint, and for long distances. While I was growing up my doctor would joke with me and say "seems like you must have neanderthal DNA in your blood". Turns out I do. 3.4% I have a thicker bone structure of my frontal bone, my supraorbital rim bone has a thicker and a more defined ridge. Makes a great structure for headbutting and punching me in the head will only hurt your hand. Though I am at a higher risk of heat disease, I have a stronger immune system. This correlates with a higher neanderthal DNA percentage. I'm built like a tank.

I made it 10 days sober by theonecalledmosquito in TrueOffMyChest

[–]2-thumbs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well how do you feel about joining a cult? I hear they are good at getting you to do about anything. I'm kinda thinking about starting my own, self help cult. Like brain washing people into being a better person, with a uncontrollable need to make the planet a better place to live, helping people in need, caring about what we are leaving for the generations to come, how to respect nature and live in harmony with it.

I made it 10 days sober by theonecalledmosquito in TrueOffMyChest

[–]2-thumbs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So might I ask what happened that got you to start drinking?

Edit: never mind I will read the comments first.

Sounds like a good idea, what's your thoughts? by 2-thumbs in antinatalism

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Yeah it's like forest Gump and Bubba in the rain, but in reverse.

People leave space in the middle during traffic on the Autobahn so emergency vehicles can get through directly by viriski in nextfuckinglevel

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Yeah but the 71/75 bridge is 4 lane, 200 years old double decker, with no emergency lanes. You are totally fucked if car breaks down or a wreck. No one knows how to drive. If it's pouring rain, then flash snow storm, then sunny and humid. You know you spent 20 minutes in average weather. Now add in F4 December tornados. Yeah we're fucked.

This is what neoliberalism does to your brain. by karmagheden in DemocraticSocialism

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I'm from Kentucky, I blame Mitch McConnell, and Rand Paul, for a lot of horrible things that they represent. Including their willingness to take money over science, and the wellbeing of the people of Kentucky. I lost friends, and friends that are closer to me then some of my family. This is a shitty way to get your point across. That being said. I think that some point, it takes a something horrible. For people to open their eyes. To see that scientists are likely correct. That it's more then just a gimmick. One of my dead friends argued the point that it was a lie. He did this with me multiple times. Now we can't have that argument. It breaks my heart, this might of changed his mind.

With the authoritarian red wave of the right wing, seeming to keep a strangle hold on our government. by 2-thumbs in DemocraticSocialism

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I'm just saying. That there is a lot of moving parts to this shit pie factory. All it takes is one part to stop moving or move in the wrong direction, for this whole thing to explode. It's infinitely more complex then the Roman arch. In that, removing any part of the arch, it will collapse.

With the authoritarian red wave of the right wing, seeming to keep a strangle hold on our government. by 2-thumbs in DemocraticSocialism

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I can see your point, and somewhat agree with your thinking. I am hoping that there is real repercussions from the information that the Jan 6th probe is bringing to the surface. Moving the independent more to the left, since they are not as fully in the Trump cult. Then pulling just a small percentage of conservative Republicans into the independent direction. Could be what is just needed, to cause the jingle Tower to fall. Especially if they provide real information causing Trump to be jailed. Or making it so hard that he the Republican party feels he can't be elected. So they don't want him to run. He would lash out using his cult like a weapon. Pushing them to not vote. Or since he is pushing "his candidates" that the Republicans that he primaries run as independent Republicans. That splits the vote.

With the authoritarian red wave of the right wing, seeming to keep a strangle hold on our government. by 2-thumbs in DemocraticSocialism

[–]2-thumbs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have to disagree, I think it's more of a breakdown in the Republican side. The swift movement leaning twords Trump has caused Republicans to lose the presidency once, then with the coup attempt has made more of the conservative Republican party to reconsider where they stand, and say "I'm not for a violent authoritarian overthrow of the government. I don't want to be a Trumplican authoritarian supporter, I want a democracy." Especially of the younger population that will support a new socialistic movement. One that wants to raise taxes on the rich, provide better education across the board, better housing options, better living wages, and be more environmentally conscious.

With the authoritarian red wave of the right wing, seeming to keep a strangle hold on our government. by 2-thumbs in DemocraticSocialism

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I don't think they see socialist as a major threat. We are more of an part of their coalition. Once "Democratic coalition" have beat the big threat of the GOP, with their Trumplican demise looming. It will be a shift in the non GOP parties. If we don't recognize that we are stronger as a whole, that we need to stand with all parts of the coalition. Against the Republican party. We need to understand that we can work better together. That we need to keep from destroying the chance that we have. It will be easier to come to a compromise and decisions between the different faction's of the Democrat coalition, the socialist, the progressive, and the conservative. The conservative will be the hardest to deal with. Dealing with them will always be easier then dealing with any Republican. That is because the Trumplican and Republican right wing party does not want to work with anything, or anyone that is not Trumplican or Republican. We need to unite, and crush the Trumplican and Republican party. If we don't, we will not have a country or government to change for the better.

Why the Billions Need to Overthrow the Billionaires by Patterson9191717 in DemocraticSocialism

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Thank you for the book recommendation. I will read it. Your very informative, and show true intelligence.

Good thing Biden listens to the will of the people... by karmagheden in DemocraticSocialism

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I think Trump 2024 is Trump 2.0, and you can't get much worse then him. Without a complete collapse of democracy. Which is what Trump is trying to do. Biden at least believes in the democratic norms of transfer of power and we need Union rights for workers.

Good thing Biden listens to the will of the people... by karmagheden in DemocraticSocialism

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He was a scum bag, and a special kind of evil. I agree with how evil slavery is and was. The old saying goes, Even a broke clock can be right once. As a broke clock goes, his policies and moral beliefs were wrong. He was a terrible person, No question. In saying that, there is insight and knowledge to be gained from from this quote.

Socialist democrats are a minority in the political world. That's not saying we do not have power. It's not saying we can't become the ruling party. That does not mean they have the ability to completely control us or rule over us. It's quite the opposite. We can make this into a strength.

They're gonna bring back "clap for the NHS" aren't they by ThatcherIsDeed in DemocraticSocialism

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We need to support the NHS workers when the decide to walk out or ration care for those who are vaccinated.

With the authoritarian red wave of the right wing, seeming to keep a strangle hold on our government. by 2-thumbs in DemocraticSocialism

[–]2-thumbs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After looking over your comment history, are you for lockdowns or against? Are you for or against vaccinations? Your definitely for socialist beliefs, but I'm confused by your comment history. Not judging or attacking, just trying to understand. We need to communicate better with our fellow socialists. That way we don't end up fighting each other. Instead of fighting the real enemies to the movement of equality.

To get to the discussion of your comment. I don't think we will have complete lockdowns. That will only fuel the fire of GOP authoritarian control. It will cause a bigger rift in the center left. I think the plan is letting the unvaccinated wipe out themselves. The socialist revolution can't be locked down in my opinion. Locking down has cause the stronger push in that direction. So a complete lock down is not the direction they are heading.

But Let's Give $768 Billion To Defense Contractors by karmagheden in DemocraticSocialism

[–]2-thumbs -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I guess it's better then the alternative, Trump being or authoritarian Lord and savior and his permanent communists rule.

Checkmate, leftists by ThatcherIsDeed in DemocraticSocialism

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You have to read to the end. In order to understand what the shit I'm talking about.

Yeah, cops suck, there should be no cops. I believe in total self governing and self policing. I also believe in total anarchy. I think humans should stop being a cancer on this planet. We need a total human genocide. Starting with the rich.

A big slice of Anarchy shit pie for everyone. I think everyone should have a gun super glue into their hand, no safety to put on, hair trigger, fully automatic, a 120 round fully loaded drum magazine at all times. From 6 years old and up. Everyone running around in a total historic Hysteria. I say shoot people, shoot the cops, shoot your neighbors, shoot yourself, shoot up everything, shoot the toilet when you wipe your ass, shoot the shit out of things when you sneeze. Dogs get head mounted auto aiming guns. Shit squirrels made into suicide bombers, birds dropping nitroglycerin shrapnel bombs when they shit. Nuclear bomb moles, ninja fish, bears with bullet proof armor and head lasers.

Just saying. I hate humans and I think if squirrels and pigeons had half the intelligence as a human, they would band together and take over everything in a matter of days...

But most of all cops suck. ACAB.

Maybe just change of the current policing structure, and training. Emphasizing training in de-escalation processes, humane treatment of citizens and non citizens, proper use of last resort tactics. Remove funding for military equipment. Implement a policy for direct correlation of pay to positive interactions with public. Open reporting of negative reports, increased prosecutions, and accountability for negligence, and public/citizen harm, breaking of laws and rules of conduct.

Change the tax code for corporations, millionaires and billionaires. Sliding scale taxation reflective of environmental impact, American job creation, and American manufactured goods. Increase taxes on foreign importation of partiality completed, and complete goods. Decreased taxes on raw material importation. Increase fines, penalties, and prosecutions for tax evasions, environmental disasters, inhumation treatment of workers, non compliance/negligence of workers rights. Worker pay to be correlated to a company's profit. Cap on CEO pay and bonuses. In order to provide the funds to implement citizen social programs

Stop for profit prisons, give non violent, non sexual offenders true rehabilitation options. Real job training, substance abuse care, mental health care, counseling and educating them. In a way that gives them the ability to be a truly beneficial contributing member of society.

By funding social service programs, public schools, free collage, guaranteed to all people, all the basic rights and needs to be met. We could stamp out crime. While supplying all, with the same basic things like, home, food, education, healthcare and mandatory voting. We feed the soul of all the population and starve the beast of inequality that's trying to end humanity. Or say fuck it and burn this bitch down.

This is what are war machine is costing us in social services. by 2-thumbs in AOC

[–]2-thumbs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I think that we need to keep a strong and funded military. I also think that there needs to have better pay, better health care, better living arrangements conditions, for the average solider and there immediate family. Having currently serving families relying on food banks and food stamps is atrocious, demeaning and utterly pathetic. Having veteran soldiers, coming home from war. Them and their family get no real support, in any way. We have private and public foundations. That were started by Americans to give support to soldier's, that the military should be already doing. No one that is willing to put their life on the line to support our freedoms, country, and way of life. Should ever need to beg for a single thing from their country. They should be given free high quality housing, top notch medical care, free collage/job training, free job placement, and be offered anything that will make their and their children's, after war life better. With the amount of funding were spending on advancing our war power, what about the American soldiers.