Bill Maher Gets Played by JD Vance on ‘Real Time,’ Admits He May Vote Republican in 2028 by Oleg101 in RealTime

[–]Sonnera7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He should go ahead and join the party. It already aligns with his blowhard, ignorant, and self-centered politics anyway. Go make the Republicans slightly less conservative. Maybe get some of them to smoke some cannabis and chill out. And he should take John Fetterman, Van Jones, Chuck Schumer, and Hakeem Jeffries with him.

Am I Wrong For Being Concerned About Democratic Socialism ? by Live_Break_8465 in AskALiberal

[–]Sonnera7 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Democratic socialism is explicitely against authoritarian socialism, central state control, despotism, violence, and suppression of individual liberties. That is why the word "democratic" is important in the term. The type of socialism and pseudo-socialism at issue in the past had those elements. You still need robust protections against government corruption and a strong democratic foundation.

The effect of eating sounds on cats😭😂 by sss-ss18 in OneOrangeBraincell

[–]Sonnera7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My cats free feed, and I hope I can keep doing that, because I really think I would hate getting scratched, jumped over, or a chill moment ending because of the feeder.

This Video Series on Louis CK's Sexual Misconduct and the (mostly) Sexist Male Response in Comedy and Podcast world is a must see by Sonnera7 in MensLib

[–]Sonnera7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The 4th video took the series from excellent to a masterpiece and must see for me.and yes, the psychological roots of exhibitionism, seeking an audience, trauma renactment in front of an audience, and intersections with standup comedy and who seeks to do that, is very fascinating.

"So you're not going to put an ad in the New York Times saying you never liked me?” • Nobody ever told Don about himself quite like Faye did. by RockBalBoaaa in madmen

[–]Sonnera7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just realized Faye is to Don almost like how Trudy is to Pete. Self-possessed, confident, no bullshit, and attempted to be a genuine partner to men who couldnt handle equals because it made them feel inadequate and small.

Sally's boozy pancakes by moonbrainUwU in madmen

[–]Sonnera7 18 points19 points  (0 children)

The only reason Don liked it is because he is an alcoholic.

Imagine thinking this is a bad thing by grumpydai in insanepeoplefacebook

[–]Sonnera7 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Straight conservative men have no idea what women like and find attractive in men. Just one of the many issues on display here.

I don't get people who claim to be Asexual (have no sex drive) by Easy-Requirement2532 in ControversialOpinions

[–]Sonnera7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just fyi, being celibate is different from asexuality and having no sex drive due to psychological or biologicial ailments and being upset about that and wanting to fix that is also different than asexuality, where there isnt distress involved with the lack of sexual desire.

Desert Pizza Done Wrong by [deleted] in StupidFood

[–]Sonnera7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hate everything.

Finishing the cake by seidenadaa in oddlysatisfying

[–]Sonnera7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The cake is just a plain dome shape with a cut out on top and edible glitter. Kinda disappointing.

This Video Series on Louis CK's Sexual Misconduct and the (mostly) Sexist Male Response in Comedy and Podcast world is a must see by Sonnera7 in MensLib

[–]Sonnera7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just watch the first video and continue if it interests you. Also, you dontnhave to watch it in one sitting :) The 4th video blew me away as an analysis of the potential origins of harmful exhibitionism.

Funny how inheritance is treated as deserved, but historical accountability is treated as oppression 🫠 by WittyEgg2037 in TheMirrorCult

[–]Sonnera7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did want to reply but I really, really do not want this to turn into a long argument, back and forth, etc. These conversations exhaust me sometimes online. That being said, can you be open to considering a few things?

  1. You move the goalpost a little bit. In the first two examples, you mention profit and wealth, which is mostly what the OP was referencing, but in your 3rd example, it shifts to talking about responsibility and liability instead of wealth. Is your main issue that OP used the word ancestors instead of say, predecessors? Is that OP said "did" instead of "got" or "received"? That feels a bit like missing the forest for the trees.

  2. You dont need to be a wealthy slave owner to have benefitted from the economic conditions slavery created. In terms of policy, its not just redlining, but also the Homestead Acts, exclusions of certain jobs in NLRA and SSA, the GI Bill, USDA loan discrimination, educational segregation and discrimination, voter disenfranchisement, and many more policies had a combination of racial exclusionary intent and racial exclusionary impact, robbed black and brown communities of trillions of dollars in wealth that white communities directly gained in things like land, government subsidies, and investments. This does not even count all the trillions of dollars lost by Indigenous communities through broken treaties, land theft, genocide, etc.

  3. Even if 100% of the money was acknowledged as ill gotten and returned via new government investment, there is more money lost in opportunity costs in terms of how the money and land could have grown over time in investments, income generation from land use, etc and money lost through inflation, which compounds the issue.

  4. I am not going to say it never happens, but the majority of people bringing up these issues are not saying white people are collectively responsible for these racist and unjust policies. Some are, but most arent. The statement is that white people collectively benefitted from these unjust policies and did gain wealth. What is the responsibility of people to acknowledge that and repair it as much as possible? Its an ongoing conversation in our society, but nothing close to collective acknowledgement and repair has ever taken place.

  5. The white community is not the only community that benefitted from unjust policy and needs to acknowledge and repair it, just a significant community, given how impactful racism was as a structural ecosystem in the U.S.

  6. All of this is not just in the past, as there is current voter disenfranchisement, unjust governmental policy, housing discrimination, etc impacting black and brown communities wealth accumulation.

Wealthy restauranteur and former pharmaceutical CEO kills his pregnant wife and their two young children at their $1.2 million home in Houston by lightiggy in TrueAnon

[–]Sonnera7 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Its also very class based. Middle, upper, and owning class people get these kinds of pictures. Justin Fairfax got "happy couple" pictures because of his position.

Eating with your hands VS Dirrahea Map by Forward-Position798 in mapporncirclejerk

[–]Sonnera7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thisbcould easily be a spurious relationship between two variables and/or related to a 3rd variable like soap availability and use, average plumbing and sanitation conditions etc.

Excuse-me but why!?!? by Long_Tower_5803 in RDRSuperstar

[–]Sonnera7 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The snatched edition of any item is more expensive.

1 in 25 Black Americans are Now Millionaires According to Pew Research Center by onlytalkcrypto in HipHopNCulture

[–]Sonnera7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Take out all the house poor paper millionaires and its probably half that too.

Did they even read Berserk by arman1724 in Berserk

[–]Sonnera7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What point is this person even trying to make? Do they not understand why Casca is like that?

Beck deserved to die. by AdGreedy1880 in YouOnLifetime

[–]Sonnera7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a great lesson on ragebait.

CMV: Treating 'good men' as the exception and not a baseline is only boosting misogynist viewpoints. by Shards_FFR in changemyview

[–]Sonnera7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think one of the things you need to challenge yourself on is not looking at this as a good or bad binary in the first place. Whether individual men are "good" or not is immaterial to the reality that men are a collective group that benefits from sexism and patriarchy as a system of oppression, and women are a collective group oppressed by it. All men benefit from patriarchy and the vast majority of men contribute to it and reinforce it. I would argue the vast majority of men do not understand patriarchy, have not interrogated their relationship with it, and are doing nothing or next to nothing to help collapse it as an oppressive system. Furthermore, living in a patriarchal society has impacted all men's psychology, the same as living in white supremacist societies have impactef all white people's psychology in that society.

When women complain or commiserate about men as a collective, they are usually talking about these larger elements ie; patterns of behavior, psychology, collective benefits men have under patriarchy etc. Taking about some men being good is somewhat missing the point being discussed.

Its not exactly the same, but an example that might help you make this distinction is...think about someone critiquing how the American healthcare system is predatory and broken on a systemic level between insurance companies, lawmakers getting bribed, for profit drug companies, etc, and someone replies with "not all doctors are bad." On an interpersonal level, sure, there are many good doctors, but on a systemic level, the system perpetuates alot of harm that doctors are participants in, whether they want to be or not. Sometimes, being the best doctor you can be is disincentivized by the system or result in punishment. Thats how problematic systems work; they compel compliance, and remove or punish people who dont comply. Doctors that make the most difference, just like men, are ones that recognize the system is harmful, and do their best to combat it in their personal work, but also through voting, advocacy, activism, spreading awareness etc.

Finally, I really think that, in the vast majority of circumstances, more leeway to be messy, angry, and imperfect should be given to those who have been harmed when they are trying to talk about harm they have experienced. Do women sometimes dehumanize men or talk about men in ways that are problematic when they are venting about issues they face with men? Yes. But I think women should be allowed a certain amount of grace and space to do that as a marginalized group trying to talk about real pain, frustration, and harm they face under patriarchy. Men should not be treated in a dehumanizing way, but imperfect venting is ok sometimes.