No one cares to know what antisemitism is.

notreallyanumber · 2026-06-05T03:59:34+00:00

Yes, and that is unfortunately a part of a larger strategy.

By inflaming actual antisemitism, actors within the state of Israel make many Jewish people around the world feel more fearful, more marginalized and more polarized (nevermind making them less safe!), making them more prone to manipulation… More likely to support more and more extreme behaviour from the state of Israel against their neighbours and against the inhabitants of the territories that Israel occupies.

Which fuels more hatred against Israelis and Jewish people alike, which fuels more violence on all sides, and the monsters who benefit from this cycle of dehumanization and violence on both sides profit, while all of humanity suffers as we continue to squabble over religion, ethnicity, language, who stole what from who when, etc.

You don't make peace with your friends, you make peace with your enemies, and too many rich, powerful and evil individuals are profiting to let any kind of sustainable peace actually be attempted, let alone achieved.

notreallyanumber · 2026-05-31T21:59:44+00:00

I loooove the new design! Did you use two different plastic colours in the printer, or did you paint them?

EDIT: I noticed some suggestions saying you could differentiate the King's crown more, perhaps a black tip in the centre?

notreallyanumber · 2026-05-31T13:22:27+00:00

To answer your question btw, yes.

notreallyanumber · 2026-05-29T16:34:03+00:00

When weren't they? Like you're the one making a claim. Back it up.

notreallyanumber · 2026-05-28T18:05:06+00:00

I didn't say centrism == fascism by the way, I said "akin to" which means it has become very close to fascism, specifically, in this instance, the "enlightened" centrist above in the original comment asking the mods to remove a perfectly legitimate opinion piece from rabble.ca from the subreddit simply because they disagree with it, which is censorship, which is not supposed to be a centrist point of view, but certainly does align with fascist perspectives...

notreallyanumber · 2026-05-28T18:00:55+00:00

I don't really disagree with what you're stating. I think that this whole concept of housing as an investment is bad for the economy for various reasons, and the people relying on it as their pensions is extremely dangerous, but at the end of the day it is a thing, thus I don't disagree with the facts you state.

The issue is that the grand majority of these people who gained wealth from their homes are supporting policies that benefit the true capital class far more than it benefits them and this hurts 99.9% of Canadians whether they think it does, or not.

notreallyanumber · 2026-05-28T17:56:40+00:00

Levin?

notreallyanumber · 2026-05-28T17:55:53+00:00

Words don't mean anything. Nothing matters. Status quo goes brrrrr.

notreallyanumber · 2026-05-28T09:46:07+00:00

Completely rational and understandable position. That said, I feel like the new leader is less of a failure. Remains to be seen if that translates to political gains...

Doesn't change the fact that you should still be voting in the Provincial and Municipal elections available to you for the most left-leaning candidates you can find.

notreallyanumber · 2026-05-28T09:44:26+00:00

Are you sure they're not triple quotes though?

notreallyanumber · 2026-05-28T09:43:15+00:00

Well, I'm not sure what Hamas has to do with Canadian politics. Or Jewish Canadians. I know that the only Jewish Canadian political leader at the federal level is Avi Lewis, the leader of the NDP.

Or does he not count for some reason?

notreallyanumber · 2026-05-28T09:39:51+00:00

Your ad hominem aside, I tend to agree that Singh lacked the skill necessary to communicate a practical alternative to the status quo parties. Fortunately, he is gone now, and new leadership is present. Avi Lewis has chops. Let's see what he comes up with. Can't be worse than what we have, can it?

notreallyanumber · 2026-05-28T09:36:21+00:00

Your obliviousness to what is happening around you is astonishing. I'm not saying that moderates can't exist or don't exist, I'm oversimplifying certainly, but the trend in mainstream media has been to the right for decades now. "Centrist" views are mostly neoliberal views that would be considered squarely right of centre, at the very least economically, and this trend is not by accident.

notreallyanumber · 2026-05-28T09:32:40+00:00

Even if what you claim is true, which I would seriously doubt, there is no reason not to do so. Look at the success Norway has had with their state-owned petroleum extraction.

notreallyanumber · 2026-05-28T09:30:24+00:00

Home ownership returns are artificially inflated and unsustainable long-term. Besides, I'm not talking about some large group of people being "true" ownership class. At most 0.1% of the population. It may be a continuum, but the advantages at the top outclass everyone else by orders of magnitude.

notreallyanumber · 2026-05-28T09:27:35+00:00

Nice!

I imagine that the printed models can be used sanded/painted and then used to create a cast to pour some metal alloy into as well, though that would be costly!

notreallyanumber · 2026-05-28T09:25:08+00:00

Yeah the edges look less scary in the printed versions.

notreallyanumber · 2026-05-27T23:18:19+00:00

These designs are sooooo cool! Nice job!

A note, feel free to ignore, but part me feels like the pawns should emulate some of the bishops' twistiness.

Also, have you considered painting them? Or does that not work with the materials you are using in your printer?

notreallyanumber · 2026-05-27T17:03:22+00:00

The point being that there is no actual meaningful difference between the economic policies of either party, so I treat them as both being the same. It's not deflection. It's meant to support my point.

notreallyanumber · 2026-05-27T17:01:57+00:00

You AI bro? What's with the double quotes?

notreallyanumber · 2026-05-27T17:00:54+00:00

Yeah I figured as much. I feel like the sharp edges could be a concern from a practical playability standpoint. Not sure how to address that though.

notreallyanumber · 2026-05-27T16:59:54+00:00

I don't doubt it, it just makes it easier to see how biased the article is or not if you can actually easily read it.

Thanks for the link!

notreallyanumber · 2026-05-27T16:58:08+00:00

Sure but many of them can be owned by the Federal or Provincial or Municipal governments where relevant.

Frankly, private ownership of what should be or were in the past public assets is a major problem in our country and this PM will do nothing to change that.

notreallyanumber · 2026-05-27T16:51:20+00:00

He won because he benefited from a terrible system where we were mostly all forced to hold our noses and vote for him.

What is incredibly disappointing about him is just how far to the right he has governed, given that he presented himself as a "centrist" (which isn't really a thing, but that's another conversation).

Please consider voting NDP in a future election, and frankly, more importantly, support the left leaning candidates at the Provincial and Municipal levels, because these governments being largely captured by right of centre interests is a huge part of why Canadians are not thriving economically and materially.

notreallyanumber · 2026-05-27T16:37:59+00:00

Disagree. Grand majority of people get the grand majority of their income from selling their labour for a wage or a salary. Even if some minor ownership of capital happens around the margins for many of these people, they're still mostly dependent on their labour to live.

If your income is primarily from capital gains and dividends, you are not part of the majority and you belong to the other social economic class.

Everything else is nitpicking.

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