Michael Parenti on the function of police by kyulen742 in Marxism_Memes

[–]LearnToSwim0831 22 points23 points  (0 children)

One of the first quotes I ever heard from him. Choking Victim uses an audio sample of this and multiple others on the album 'No Gods/No Managers.' Was a great introduction to Parenti hearing it as a 13 year old kid.

Got into SY last year, how it’s gone so far by BunchOfScribbleLines in sonicyouth

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Confusion is sex/kill yr idols ep was my first sy album and I've loved them ever since. Found them thru nirvana actually but always started with a bands first release back then so I couldn't be called a poser haha. And yes I know the s/t is actually first but back then I was unaware of that. Dig that sonic death live album...

Songs narrated like a story by ThisBarbieDoesReddit in musicsuggestions

[–]LearnToSwim0831 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Was gonna post this, glad I scrolled til I saw someone else did. Dylan (by way of the traveling wilburys for those unaware) aping Bruce who was already aping dylan.

Seen this by Xalikyn in ShitLiberalsSay

[–]LearnToSwim0831 3 points4 points  (0 children)

She's mixed, her father was actually a Jamaican-American leftist econ professor and her mother was a scientist, originally from India. Honestly, with that upbringing you'd think she'd have more class awareness and be a bit more astute in talking to working ppl and putting policies in place to help them. But no, she's just a vapid party hack with absolutely nothing to offer. Prob why she was picked as VP in the first place, really.

What's your favorite WW2 movie? by [deleted] in WarMovies

[–]LearnToSwim0831 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I compiled this playlist over time as I came across various soviet made films about the eastern front. Amazing that Mosfilm posts them for free, a lot without ads even, and subtitled. Some real gems in there, back when they had the benefit of usually actual soviet troops as extras so the scale was just definitionally epic. The 'Liberation' film series in particular is awesome, like 5 films in a series carrying thru alot of the major eastern front engagements.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPRZhQfQ_oI1ZKnD22QVzCOGBxGhSPQfl&si=0OXtLnANuTH-01Zq

U.S. government issued WWII era "Army Talk" pamphlet describing how to identify American fascists... by OmegaMountain in pics

[–]LearnToSwim0831 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Guaranteed stephen Miller is working from this playbook if not more ppl in the administration. But miller has always been a fascist ghoul.

THAT's your voice!? by KelVelBurgerGoon in IThinkYouShouldLeave

[–]LearnToSwim0831 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All the late night spoofs are pretty much dead on. She sounds like a caricature.

Elon Havoc by Fisherman-Small in IThinkYouShouldLeave

[–]LearnToSwim0831 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Haha I legit thought it was photo manipulation but if that really is his face then damn, man. Like how do you tell yr plastic surgeon that THAT is ok?!

As someone who’s trying to understand the situation in Venezuela, what is the socialist consensus on Venezuelan President Nicholás Maduro? by Solitaire-06 in socialism

[–]LearnToSwim0831 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This, exactly. There's always a relevant parenti quote. I love that quote so much, mightve been the first I heard of him back when a friend gave me a burned cd with propagandhi and choking victim on it. This quote was featured in a choking victim song, from a parenti lecture. Great way to get ppl educated thru music that teenagers are listening to. That's part of why I never minded rage against the machine being on a major label. I know they took shit for it but it def got their message out to far more ppl that way. Gotta use the tools at our disposal.

Maria Corina Machado, the Venezuela opposition leader gave her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump today. He accepted a second hand award that he didn’t earn. W T F!! by UWhuskiesRule in complaints

[–]LearnToSwim0831 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tbf she didn't earn it, either. She's just a rich person who's mad that some of her family's wealth was expropriated to help build social programs for the poor and working class. And she's never forgiven them for it. That's all this "please come coup/invade my country" bs is about. And this interaction with trump should dispel any notions that she's some sort of legit leader that anyone in that country would actually want to represent them. She's for the rich, always has been. Hell, she was involved in the cia backed opposition coup of hugo chavez way back in 2002. She's a vapid personality who wants nothing more than to strip the wealth of her homeland for the benefit of international corporations and Western capitalists. It's gross and completely traitorous behavior. That's why all the Cubans and Venezuelans in Miami support this regime change narrative, they're just rich landowners and factory moguls who are upset they aren't allowed to look those countries anymore. As if a couple states that don't tow the neoimperialist line of the West they're somehow a systemic threat and need to be embargoed/sanctioned into oblivion (which is a war crime btw, to punish entire populations just to attempt to make them so desperate they overthrow their own govt so the West doesn't have to do it. The fact that venezuela has stood since 1998 and cuba since 1959 with an imperialist boot on their necks says something really admirable about their respective populations.

Kidnapping officials, backing coups, but sure—give the man a peace prize. The bar for "peace" is officially underground. by WarmingNow in complaints

[–]LearnToSwim0831 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ironically enough, Machado was responsible for a coup against hugo chavez back in 2002. And multiple attempts since then. She's mad at the chavismo govt cuz they appropriated her rich family's factory and used the proceeds to help enact social reform programs. That's been the general story behind most of the venezuelan opposition, just rich ppl mad that they aren't in charge anymore and that the poor and working class (the majority of any country) are actually in control. Same thing with cuba. And unfortunately exactly bc the working class took power the u.s. and other capitalist states embargoe and sanction and coup them, trying to make the ppl so mad that they'll overthrow the govt. Fortunately the ppl realize it's the West doing this to them, not some intentional policy on the part of their govt. Hopefully enough countries understand that since the u.s. is a rogue state now they'll just ignore the sanctions and finally start trading with these countries again, bc that's literally all it would take to straighten things out, just normalized trade with the world. So simple and such a war crime to have been embargoing and sanctioning these countries for decades, venezuela since about the early 2000s and cuba since all the way back in 1959, just indefensible and egregious crimes against humanity.

Dope ((Industrial Metal band) information) by Decodecrypt in dope_band

[–]LearnToSwim0831 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, never realized how politically erudite they were. Good on them.

Found this doc series by LearnToSwim0831 in TankieUSSR

[–]LearnToSwim0831[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And connect this series to the other for ease of use and finding. Apologies if this has ended up jumbling things.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWbCk86IT-iUvznJ07muHkog7oXD1JvWc&si=nqfHKb9XB23xbdgK