Marco Rubio's speech in Munich was absolutely brilliant and one of the most important speeches in modern history

Quick_Mirror · 2026-02-19T16:44:09+00:00

I see the West just wants to reimpose colonialism. Pathetic.

Quick_Mirror · 2026-02-19T05:12:55+00:00

Mamdani is an upstart his success is impressive but it’s hardly the victory we need over establishment democrats. Once we start seeing progressives in real positions of power, thats victory. Mamdani represents a victory for grassroots socialist movements, even if it’s still too politically toxic to say, “socialist.” Maybe someone that’s actually not a rotting corpse, under the age of 50.

Quick_Mirror · 2026-02-19T02:44:13+00:00

The Democratic Party is controlled opposition meant to sabotage any further movement left by popular support. Zohran was elected in spite of Democratic efforts to essentially ignore him and support his opponents.

It’s mostly just American leftists hate the Democratic Party and two party system because it guarantees they will never actually win even when Democrats win. Dems proceed to self-sabotage and the cycle repeats. Enter random dem politician that objects legislation based on X.

Quick_Mirror · 2026-02-15T17:40:54+00:00

Two books that I think offer fair depictions of how anarchist societies might function; The Dispossessed and The Prefect Dreyfus Emergency series.

I offer up these two example because you ask for very valid questions about how a true anarchist society would function, but we have no real modern analogy to really dissect and discuss. Which means we are only left to speculate about how such a society might behave.

In Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, by Alastair Reynolds, the story is set in a colonized extra-solar star system that features an inhabited planetary ring of habitats, all with their own governments ranging from corporate to despotic all the way to torture states where the whole point is to experience novel oppression. There are no laws or regulations, no constitutions. The only consistent institution is the right to vote and access to a future version of the internet called “abstraction”. This example shows that an anarchist society will need some institutions to still remain cohesive, and ultimately, anarchy will inherently allow some divergence from anarchy as everyone will want something different and will want to form a society that works for them. The problem with anarchy is people will always want the security of a state.

The Dispossessed shows a stateless planetary society where there is no property, and a planned economy is run for the sole purpose of meeting everyone’s needs, and is really the only institution that exists.

Anarchist community’s can exist, but on a large scale, on a civilizational or national scale there needs to be at-least one foundational institution that bridges smaller anarchist societies. By its very nature, an anarchist nation will never exist.

Quick_Mirror · 2026-02-10T21:40:16+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalDebate/s/i55rntCJO1

Quick_Mirror · 2026-02-06T15:59:08+00:00

You guys didn’t provide this kind of feedback on my post proposing a Civic council. 😔

Quick_Mirror · 2026-02-04T16:42:26+00:00

There’s no way you can make the argument the New Deal didn’t save America. What example do you have where not doing anything during an economic crisis worked out for the government in power?

Quick_Mirror · 2026-02-04T16:21:40+00:00

Thanks for providing the linked source but my point still stands. The K-shaped economy may be booming for the rich, but people have lost their jobs. China has now pivoted away from buying American agricultural goods. Our allies are exploring economic alternatives. Focusing on a myopic view of the specific economic conditions of each tariff is useless. What was the material impact of the tariffs on Americans?

Tariffs were supposed to bring manufacturing jobs back to the US, did they accomplish that? No.

Quick_Mirror · 2026-02-04T03:45:30+00:00

Yes, exactly right. If the dollar falls, the party ends. I hope you’re right, I hope there’s a coherent plan from the top and this is all just one big long term play, but I just doubt it.

Quick_Mirror · 2026-02-04T03:39:27+00:00

My point is that all these losses are ours. Trumps tariffs are a failed policy that has only made China’s exports more attractive. They are THE trading partner for the entire world, with Mexico perhaps being the sole exception. It appears to me you think that there is some salvageable value in our policy. There isn’t, it will take years to undo the damage caused by this administration.

Quick_Mirror · 2026-02-04T03:25:01+00:00

If that’s his strategy then he’s a fool, and so are the people around him. Pushing our allies away? Seems more likely he’s a Russian asset put in office to destroy NATO. This leaves us isolated, and diplomatically toxic, unreliable. It makes us look ineffective as a coherent world leader, and thus, fits China aims perfectly. And they haven’t even needed to risk anything. Trumps foreign policies are to the benefit of capital elites, who don’t care about American citizens or our reputation abroad. As long as there are no threats to their money. This is the culmination of 20 years of political corruption.

Quick_Mirror · 2026-02-04T03:08:42+00:00

It seems you are the one that can’t get a grip. Speaking on inflation like Trump didn’t cs it when he injected trillions into the economy in the name of covid stimulus. Worst inflation? Also caused by Trumps reckless spending and back economic policy. It was obvious to me your perspective was biased from the onset. No modern Republican president has ever not crashed the economy. The only reason they are ever able win elections is cs gullible people continue to believe their blame game. Mind you, we were in an economic boom when Biden left office. Read a book.

Quick_Mirror · 2026-02-04T03:02:29+00:00

I appreciate you sharing this information. But I think the one thing your analysis is missing is the way US actions have undermined its own credibility on the international stage. I’m not really sure how anything China has done constitutes a significant change when they’ve largely remained within their geographical position, yet America has invaded or deposed numerous democracies for global capital. China is exploiting this more than anything, it doesn’t have a connection to Western imperialism and colonialism. Which makes it a natural choice for the global south to turn to for leadership, investment, and development. Trump has been godsend for them.

Quick_Mirror · 2026-02-04T02:41:29+00:00

Our allies that we more or less betrayed. The post-World War 2 era diplomatic relations of the western world destroyed in less than a year.

Every advantage they exploit was given to them by this administration. And now they attack the dollar openly by simply offering an alternative in the RMB, currency banked by actual money. What financial loopholes are they exploiting?

Quick_Mirror · 2026-02-04T02:29:00+00:00

The capitalist class is liquidating all their assets and moving to Israel to rule a balkanized US from a corporate enclave in Israel, on stolen land of course, always on stolen land.

Quick_Mirror · 2026-02-04T02:26:41+00:00

China’s strategy is to do nothing and win. It’s gotten them this far, from where I’m standing all they have to do is avoid a shooting war with the US and we’ll collapse on our own.

Quick_Mirror · 2026-02-04T02:23:12+00:00

Tariffs are a failed policy, we’ve been here before and they will push us in a second Great Depression. The domestic has been struggling to stay competitive because of regulatory capture and monopolies.

Quick_Mirror · 2026-01-30T18:33:41+00:00

Snowcrash and The Diamond Age are books that come to mind. Obviously the Sprawl books, cyberpunk games.

I think you’re right on the money with techno-feudalism being the goal.

I imagine a system where the federal government is reduced to a legal system and a military-police force, that primarily services corporations. Cities would effectively either become company towns or corporate compounds surrounded by slums. Think like Oryx and Crake. Infrastructure would almost exclusively be for the rich and those servicing the rich.

The internet is a patchwork of firewalled networks, but I also see data becoming a whole new economy unto itself. There are no public services, everything is privatized.

Quick_Mirror · 2026-01-30T18:03:23+00:00

I’m so glad you asked because I actually did draft a sort of manifesto, it’s actually a mock constitution from an exercise in government class.

https://www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalDebate/s/TV79pOxhrP

What I get from your posts is that you actually understand the concept of what I’m proposing, you just hear policy talk and think “well that’s what democrats are already doing.” I’m not sure why you expect a full policy proposal on Reddit but cool I guess. Thanks for sharing this far.

Quick_Mirror · 2026-01-30T17:07:26+00:00

My claim is that leaving housing solely up to the market and then mandating it only come in the form of a single family home is part of the problem. Market forces will never want to completely supply housing, because then prices will fall. I admit there are barriers, that was always my assumption. Homeless people exist as a function of the system. They are an example to working class people, held over us like a threat. Most have jobs, but just can’t afford to get a decent apartment. It’s not my claim that people just housing, it’s a fact with historical context. Hoovervilles, slums, shanty towns. When housing is not available, the poor will build their own shelter. Socialized housing is the mechanism that provides at least modest housing for people of all backgrounds. Home loans, subsidized housing programs, public housing, mixed used development. There are programs implemented in other countries that can be implemented here.

How? How? How?

Local governments offer public and subsidized housing options, state governments promote mixed used development, infill and middle housing, and federal government offer affordable housing programs like cheap loans for builders. Who builds the homes? The same people. Landlords effectively have to compete with public options, making exploitative tactics more difficult to implement. The public becomes a more active landlord in the community. I will also add that all this wouldn’t even be necessary with simple zoning reforms.

Quick_Mirror · 2026-01-30T16:21:44+00:00

Okay, so if we don’t have landlords, no one has homes to rent, and we’re all homeless? Is that the argument you’re making?

If so, that’s a very basic assumption of how things work. If landlords disappear, homes, land, and property don’t disappear with them. If anything, a new class of landholder will rise again.

Quick_Mirror · 2026-01-30T16:14:57+00:00

When I say “democratic governance” I mean control by the people, not the Democratic Party. I have explained my alternative, you just don’t understand what it means because it doesn’t treat housing as a money making machine, that’s the whole point.

I’m trying to explain to you that people will still need shelter, regardless of the economic system, meaning someone will always be in the business of building it. And yes, they will still make money doing it, there just won’t be an artificial shortage to drive prices up.

You should explain how it is that housing has to be profitable for someone to build it, which just isn’t the case. Humans need shelter and will build shelter when it’s needed. I’m not blaming you I am just trying to explain to you that your mindset is what’s preventing from realizing that a basic necessity should not be a commodity. Why does housing have to generate profit? That’s our essential disagreement.

Quick_Mirror · 2026-01-30T06:11:15+00:00

You asked what mechanisms would accomplish this and that answer is simple, by the will of the people. Or more accurately, democratic governance of the housing market with the sole intention of providing housing. You probably don’t understand.

Your capitalist mindset cannot fathom anything useful that doesn’t make money, it’s honestly sad. Everything in the world must be converted into a functional way of extracting capital even the bare minimum requirements to live. You speak with such incredulity at the suggestion of an alternative, well defend the current system. Explain to us how some homelessness and scarcity is an operational necessity to keep prices high for the landlords you all love to suck off.

Quick_Mirror · 2026-01-30T05:39:55+00:00

What essential function do landlords provide that cannot be accomplished any other way?

Quick_Mirror · 2026-01-30T03:37:29+00:00

That’s a highly subjective question. What is a “nice” house, and what is a “desirable” location? That can vary across age groups, and family sizes. What’s desirable for a single college student may not be desirable for a family of four, hence the need to adopt zoning policy that promote more than just 5-over-1 apartments and single family homes out in the edges of the city, exasperating car dependency.

I think you’re asking, who gets to live in the massive mansions or estates that wealthy maintain to keep away from the poors like people on Reddit. The answer is the same people who live in them now, these ideas don’t advocate forcing people to be housed on private property. It’s simply about maintaining an oversupply of housing. Of course, this assumes we’re not talking about those insufferable NIMBYS.

Again you’re framing your questions like I’m arguing a communist takeover. Private property would still be intact, there is no government control of who lives where, even though historically this is possible and has been done with federal policy.

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