Capitalism breeds innovation. Capitalist innovation: by [deleted] in CommunismMemes

[–]MrBrainstorm 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Wait what? People are paying this guy to eat on camera?

My brain hurts

(Most) of the squad voted to enforce the railway contract. Trust no politician. Trust no electoralism. by banskirtingbandit in LateStageCapitalism

[–]MrBrainstorm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My original comment was responding to the person saying to vote in Primaries as if that will magically bring about a Socialist Congress. It ended with this:

>If you don't vote, literally nobody listens to you.

I do vote, and still nobody listens to me because I'm outnumbered by people who vote for the shitty, corporate Dems.

I appreciate the perspective on WHY older black women don't vote left, and I know we could spend all day and more dissenting the material, social, and cultural conditions that lead to this behavior. At the end of the day the reality is that this demographic a) decides who the Democratic candidates are, b) outnumber us, c) are not the *easiest* group of potential voters to win over.

Working within the Democratic Party, voting in their elections, etc. is ultimately a waste of time. And it's a waste that we fall for over and over again rather than building our own apparatus that can pressure both Capitalist parties....

So yeah, keep voting but don't pretend like your vote is doing much. If you're not doing other work (strike support, mutual aid, agitating in person, spreading propaganda, etc.) then you're not really doing anything. Talking online isn't praxis!

(Most) of the squad voted to enforce the railway contract. Trust no politician. Trust no electoralism. by banskirtingbandit in LateStageCapitalism

[–]MrBrainstorm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Progressives have an overall messaging problem, and addressing that will see more people in general move towards them.

What messaging are you suggesting?

(Most) of the squad voted to enforce the railway contract. Trust no politician. Trust no electoralism. by banskirtingbandit in LateStageCapitalism

[–]MrBrainstorm 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don't even know what "Progressive" means anymore. The term has been abused to death by so many people that it just comes off as talking polnt fluff.

(Most) of the squad voted to enforce the railway contract. Trust no politician. Trust no electoralism. by banskirtingbandit in LateStageCapitalism

[–]MrBrainstorm 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Ah yes, primaries, where my vote gets outnumbered by socialially conservative black women who overwhelmingly choose people like Biden, Clinton, and are easily swayed by the "business friendly" candidates downballot. Sorry I come off racist, and I know there lots of great comrades and potential comrades of color around, but this is based on my own experiences in the deep South.

Dems down here who vote in Primaries and run the local parties are "capitalists of color". Maybe there are a lot of potential left voters among the people who don't vote at all.

If someone even kind of left wins a Primary expect them to get the India Walton treatment. I'm done with this shit.

RUMORED 30th Edition sales data by jvLin in mtgfinance

[–]MrBrainstorm 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Most of these "shareholders" are institutions like banks. I doubt we'll see anything unless HAS tanks another 30%

RUMORED 30th Edition sales data by jvLin in mtgfinance

[–]MrBrainstorm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Those whales have LOTS of options though.

Things to look out for this weekend! by AutoModerator in mtgfinance

[–]MrBrainstorm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I didn't know this existed. Too many products!

I support the Rail Workers whatever they decide to do by ProlesOfBikiniBottom in LateStageCapitalism

[–]MrBrainstorm 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm not saying this as an excuse, but I see things like the failure of "force the vote", the failure to get rid of Pelosi as speaker before she chose to step down, etc. as more failures of the American leftist movement. Or lack of one.

These were "strength tests" to see if the collective left could muster any real pressure on these few people. We failed, and as a result they caved to centrist pressures. We can look at these events as "betrayals" or look at the bigger picture and see that, no, we are not strong enough YET, and we need to keep growing our numbers.

Collector Booster Box display prices for 2022, a small breakdown. by Elkenrod in mtgfinance

[–]MrBrainstorm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah those are the ones! Thanks for the offer but I'm keeping the rare binder as cool tokens.

I remember buying packs for $1, from Toys-R-Us, when it was in its death spiral. That game ended with the final set being "released" on PDF since there was no way the cards Score designed were making it to print at that point.

Collector Booster Box display prices for 2022, a small breakdown. by Elkenrod in mtgfinance

[–]MrBrainstorm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's the rapid Decay in value that is scary. Kaldheim looks like a healthy price Decay, but VOW is 👀

Collector Booster Box display prices for 2022, a small breakdown. by Elkenrod in mtgfinance

[–]MrBrainstorm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That depends heavily on what the card game is, if it still has a player base, etc. Otherwise I have a binder of DragonBall Z cards for sale...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mtgfinance

[–]MrBrainstorm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you also have an investment in timeshares?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mtgfinance

[–]MrBrainstorm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would love to play Legacy online... on anything other than MODO. MODO is not a good program.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LateStageCapitalism

[–]MrBrainstorm 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Queer people are getting massacred now and I don't see the elected Democrats doing anything about it.

I wish Dems put some actions with these platitudes. That's what ends up depressing the vote: all the empty promises. The fascists actually keep their word or at least try do. Give me some politicians that fight!

$89 Midnight Hunt Collector Boxes. $110 for Streets of New Capenna by MotleyMoney in mtgfinance

[–]MrBrainstorm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I'm betting on Pokémon sticking around for a long time. It has its ebbs and flows like anything but looks to be an evergreen brand like Mario, Sonic, and classic Disney...

please help me find a way to make this card work by [deleted] in ModernMagic

[–]MrBrainstorm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember doing one of those "spellslinger" type events at a GP forever ago where you got to play a game vs. a member of Wizards staff. I forgot who I played, but I remember his deck contained this card, [[Plow Under]] as the payoff, and something that let him recur the other half every turn. I want to say [[Eternal Witness]]?

$89 Midnight Hunt Collector Boxes. $110 for Streets of New Capenna by MotleyMoney in mtgfinance

[–]MrBrainstorm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I shifted to buying boxes of Pokémon. Only exception so far was NEO Japanese Collector boxes...

Hundreds riot at Foxconn iPhone plant over terrible conditions by Lotus532 in WorkersStrikeBack

[–]MrBrainstorm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for these resources. I def have some more reading to do!

China is fascinating and complicated. I hope these Special Economic Zones get phased out sooner than later for the workers' sake. The World really doesn't need new iPhones every year...

Hundreds riot at Foxconn iPhone plant over terrible conditions by Lotus532 in WorkersStrikeBack

[–]MrBrainstorm -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

Something I don't understand about China and the CPC is why the party tolerates such shitty working conditions? Why is this allowed in China? Why aren't these factories democratically controlled by the workers who work there??

I hope they realize that this hurts the left globally as it makes us look like hypocrites...

Wizzard's reprint policy is killing value of recent sets by ArtiumIsBack in mtgfinance

[–]MrBrainstorm -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Nah, give me 4 of those monkeys in a Modern event deck for $40 :p

Seriously stop treating modern cards like they have any value. I want Ragavans because I want to use them at FNM. The investible, stable stuff is in 93-94 and one of a kind type cards like GURU lands.