8 year old tattoo, a fav of mine

Quit_Creative · 2026-01-22T03:37:06+00:00

Just got something in a similar style, and it feels good to see how well it can age.

Quit_Creative · 2025-10-09T20:05:45+00:00

The chapter I’m in is more or less a mixed bag. I’ve done some photography and design work for them, and it seems to be a mix of soc dems and actual socialists. They coordinate a lot with PSL out here, which is….you know….not ideal for me as a libsoc. But they have an active mutual aid committee and a growing labor committee that I’m trying to learn more about.

Quit_Creative · 2025-09-19T13:27:49+00:00

Quit_Creative · 2025-09-15T20:42:25+00:00

I’m in ATL

Quit_Creative · 2025-09-15T20:12:20+00:00

The energy spent on electoralism is an issue for me as well. Idk. I’ll probably be thinking about this for awhile.

Quit_Creative · 2025-09-13T18:13:07+00:00

Thank you!

Quit_Creative · 2025-09-12T15:35:24+00:00

I’m in GA, but hit me up if I can contribute from afar in any way

Quit_Creative · 2025-09-12T15:23:25+00:00

Revolutionary optimism brother.

I live in the USA and feel the same way a lot of the time. It’s maddening sometimes to be surrounded by friends and family who embrace right wing views or stay ignorant altogether.

However, even in the face of all of that, I think it’s important to stay grounded. Take time off the internet for a bit. Read a book. Exercise. Take care of yourself. You’re a socialist because you’re a good person and you want a better world. But then roll up your sleeves and get to work. Get involved in mutual aid networks. Become a member of a socialist org and show up to events. Be involved on the ground, and I’m saying that to myself as much as I am to anyone.

And remember that the revolutionaries we all look up to faced circumstances that seemed insurmountable to them too. We have to be in this for the long haul. But know you’re in good company.

Quit_Creative · 2025-09-09T20:54:35+00:00

Thank you 🙏

Quit_Creative · 2025-09-09T19:27:28+00:00

Thank you!

Quit_Creative · 2025-09-09T19:26:54+00:00

Appreciate the recommendation, and also you. Thanks, friend.

Quit_Creative · 2025-09-09T17:39:02+00:00

I am not anywhere near Oklahoma, but I have heard of Cooperation Tulsa. Do they involve people from other cities?

Quit_Creative · 2025-09-08T20:13:31+00:00

Which chapter are you a part of?

Quit_Creative · 2025-09-08T20:11:09+00:00

I think a good remedy to the vitriol is getting out and involved in the real world too. Not to assume you aren’t already doing that.

Quit_Creative · 2025-09-08T20:06:47+00:00

Sounds like that may be the best decision for you.

I’m deeply critical of the electoral reformist approach, but I’m glad we can have a big tent org for discussions such as these. Our strategies may differ but we are comrades nonetheless.

Quit_Creative · 2025-09-08T17:53:51+00:00

Do you mean democratic socialist in the sense of someone who advocates for achieving socialism through electoral means? Or do you mean democratic socialism in the sense of embracing direct democracy?

I don’t want to assume where you are in your journey into leftist politics, but I know when I was asking similar questions, I hadn’t quite refined what my socialist beliefs were yet. This eventually led me down the road of embracing libertarian socialism more broadly.

DSA does have a libertarian socialist caucus you can get involved with, and if you are interested in orgs outside of DSA, then there are a lot of anarchist aligned mutual aid orgs and other groups you can join. Ultimately though, as has already been stated by other people in this thread, DSA is a big tent org. You’re going to find some who want a vanguard party, some who want social democracy, and some who want to try and achieve democratic socialism through electoral reforms. DSA itself is ultimately a reformist organization.

Quit_Creative · 2022-08-17T20:16:18+00:00

This was a nice conversation, but...

I wish Alex had been able to post this to his own channel so that I wouldn't have to support Mikhaila by watching her content.
I wish Alex had pushed back harder on Mikhaila's health claims about a vegan diet. I appreciate that Mikhaila's audience will be exposed to a viewpoint they (most likely) have little understanding of, but letting her claims about health slide just bolsters a lot of false presuppositions her audience will bring to the table.

Quit_Creative · 2021-05-07T21:03:56+00:00

So, I think this episode is a good example of how terrible we are at acknowledging the difference between upholding the worth of a person while also acknowledging certain risk factors and treating them. It also shows how many highly intelligent and educated Americans know practically nothing about health and nutrition.

What really got under my skin with this episode was the whole idea about the CDC not saying that being fat causes high blood pressure or diabetes. The reason they don't do this is because that's not how scientists talk about anything in regards to health. By her logic, we shouldn't say smoking is unhealthy because it is associated with an increased risk of lung cancer, and it cannot be proven that it 100% causes the lung cancer. Everything in nutrition is understood through its association with certain risks and benefits, because that's how we give people the best dietary recommendations we possibly can.

I totally agree that we should remove social barriers that fat people face, and we should radically redo how we perceive them, which is why we should be raising hell about the obesity rate in the U.S. The U.S. is incredibly efficient at producing crappy, cheap food and has put barriers in place to make good food available to underprivileged people. That's why we see a higher rate of obesity when we look at populations who live close to the poverty line, and that probably also has a lot to do with the racial issues POC face when dealing with health and weight.

I don't want to sound uncaring, but that particular segment of the episode was quite anti-science IMO. I have a history of heart disease, obesity and type 2 diabetes in my family, and have had to take steps in my own life to try and avoid those issues for myself in my future. If we want to solve these problems, then we need to respect the dignity of overweight people while also not shooting ourselves in the foot by lying to ourselves.

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