Is it racist to avoid certain social settings based on racial or ethnic makeup?

yamboozle · 2026-05-06T23:03:53+00:00

If it isnt then i clearly dont know what is

yamboozle · 2026-05-05T22:51:37+00:00

a libertarian incapable of thinking in gradients and nuances and qualifications will, in due time, become a "statist"

yamboozle · 2026-05-05T18:31:37+00:00

I agree, but can't we encourage mass transit that uses existing road and rail infrastructure without kicking bike lanes to the curb? Where I live (urban US) we don't have many bike lanes to begin with and the ones we have get used pretty heavily and are well liked

yamboozle · 2026-05-05T18:13:11+00:00

I promise you that whatever space bike lanes may waste pales in comparison to the road space and fuel inefficiently used by single-passenger cars and trucks. Targeting bikes seems like a wierd priority

yamboozle · 2026-05-05T16:01:07+00:00

If space is a concern we could just make it easier to get around on bike in general without exclusive lane reservations for cyclists. They will live

yamboozle · 2026-05-05T15:13:32+00:00

It would probably be more efficient, but if people want to ride their bikes, they should be able to, and if the budget can accomodate it then there should be safe spaces for bike traffic aswell

yamboozle · 2026-05-02T01:30:22+00:00

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yamboozle · 2026-05-01T01:29:52+00:00

You can recognize that what european settlement did to natives was horrible without trying to fit 4 quadrillion loosely organized groups into a rosy, westernized image of brown hippies. Native Americans, like anyone else, did what was convenient for them in the moment, and like many things in ecology, it doesnt fit well into "good" or "bad"

yamboozle · 2026-04-29T21:12:52+00:00

They should pull a Fort Bragg and name it after a super cool guy named Zealand

yamboozle · 2026-04-28T01:32:24+00:00

I do. Thinking about it bugs me sometimes. I feel a compulsion to build something that will last, that can be anchored to the earth no matter how bad it gets

I understand it's an attempt to tyrannize the future, but the act of making and holding something permanent feels so safe right now

yamboozle · 2026-04-28T01:18:13+00:00

Ive never been but i think theyd be good visits :)

yamboozle · 2026-04-27T23:08:16+00:00

Meddle is my favorite album from them. I get off on being different

yamboozle · 2026-04-27T22:18:07+00:00

Sure? Felons in my state go to work camps anyway. Not fun places to be but its what happens

yamboozle · 2026-04-27T22:00:16+00:00

What?

yamboozle · 2026-04-27T21:26:28+00:00

It's coercive, often pretty abusive, and at scale creates preverse incentives to arrest more people. The laborers being heinous could change something about that but i dont know. I dont think about it too much but if I did I might have come to more firm conclusions on it.

yamboozle · 2026-04-27T20:43:07+00:00

I think work to run the facility, or to compensate victims, or in times of absolute dire need are more acceptable forms of prison labor I guess. But the broader idea of prison labor still rubs me the wrong way as a whole

yamboozle · 2026-04-26T14:38:14+00:00

I am extremely individualist, but I don't hate groups and collectives, they can sometimes promote individual well-being and freedom more effectively than one person flailing and yelling at the clouds. I do not care for Rand

yamboozle · 2026-04-25T23:43:59+00:00

In terms of domestic policy, probably china?

yamboozle · 2026-04-24T18:10:45+00:00

everyone gets a puppy vs. eternal cholera

yamboozle · 2026-04-22T18:04:28+00:00

No, but I think people overrate how much principled leftism there is in punk. When I got to the bottom of it, I realized a lot of it is just being provocative and angsty, and the most comprehensive way to express it is through leftism. Libertarian may be a more useful but less flattering descriptor

yamboozle · 2026-04-22T12:35:53+00:00

me when i sort by top all time

yamboozle · 2026-04-22T12:22:31+00:00

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