I’m a filthy fucking socialist.

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Cake day: July 27th, 2023

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  • Thank you.

    So, the truncated version is for the US to go to war again.

    You were educating me on things YOU (uncommitted campaign, et al) wanted. I can’t know without asking, and my Google Fu wasn’t providing specifics. No, I wasn’t being a Sea Lion.

    As for scholars and the like, it seems like perhaps this whole event is in “good” hands, since they literally know the ins and outs better than the average citizen.


  • Ivan Cantu got over 150k signatures for a stay of execution, and he’s still dead. I’m not a centrist, far from it. I’m a progressive.

    But I also understand game theory, psychology, and sociology (all on an admittedly amateur-ish level), as well as how First Past the Post voting works in the US. I’m 100% for a cease fire in Gaza, humanitarian aid, the Israel government to be tried for war crimes, etc. But how YOU are doing it has shown time and again that it doesn’t produce results. Oh, so I guess I know a little history too.

    So, for instance, you remember 2020 when George Floyd was murdered in cold blood in the streets and then the world’s largest protest broke out? What happened?
    What was accomplished via those protests? Did Police Brutality stop? What about the more pertinent Police Brutality of POC? Did Qualified Immunity cease? How many bad apples are still in the bunch? Police unions get busted? We got a couple of "I’m sorry"s, and a fucking street naming.


    You see, while collective action CAN do things (not much), you need to understand that this vote ain’t gonna do fucking squat. You got a 100k+ votes for uncommitted? Yay. Out of 330+ million people in the US. Less than 1%

    The general election has been called. And either Biden or Fuckface 45 is gonna win. By recruiting to third party, you’re swaying more people to:

    • NOT vote for Biden at all (which is a vote for Fuckface 45)
      or
    • not vote AT ALL in the general election in November (which is a vote for Fuckface 45, because the Rs always vote)

    I’m not voting for Fuckface 45 in the General Election. Are you?


    You wanna stop the genocide today? Take to the streets with a gun in hand. Take to Israel with a gun in hand. Take to a senator’s house with a gun in hand. Don’t self immolate, you’ll just kill one of your comrades in arms.
    While I don’t think everyday life should ever have a gun in hand, when you want IMMEDIATE political / wartime change, non-violence solves nothing. (this goes for protests against police brutality, bring a gun - take the mask mandate protests, they were armed, they got what they wanted)

    But if you want gradual policy change: vote local, campaign local, work with a local candidate, etc.
    Otherwise, you’re just trying to find your friends, and you’re making enemies of possible allies.


  • You seem like a logical person. I’d like to circle back to the Uncommitted thesis that Biden is in support of genocide, if you will. Since this is the crux of the whole voting campaign.

    If you would allow me to ask 4 questions about this whole Uncommitted campaign:

    1. What action(s) is Joe Biden doing that is a DIRECT support of genocide?

    2. What action(s) is Joe Biden actively NOT doing that is a direct support of genocide?

    3. What action(s) should Joe Biden BEGIN to do to that does not support genocide?

    4. What action(s) should Joe Biden STOP doing right now to avoid supporting genocide?

    I ask these 4 questions, because right now, I’m not seeing much actual definition of actions that define the support of genocide, nor the quelling of genocidal support.

    Should he be sending troops? …talking? …cyber warfare? …sanctions? …carpet bombing? …ghosting? …written threats? …dehumanization? …assassination?
    These are all examples of actions. There are more things, of course. But right now, I’m not seeing any clarification - no specificity - just absolutist rhetoric from the Uncommitted.
    And I’d like to know more.








  • You mean all of America. Because it’s not as simple as that. We have agreements and contracts and alliances we can’t just get rid of at the drop of a hat without consequences.

    We can all stand with Palestine - and yes, I do - but do you also want that happening to the US itself? You really wanna fuck with that hornet’s nest?

    A vote against Biden is a vote for Fuckface 45. And he’s worse.

    You want that? You want Fuckface 45 again? Say it.







  • Depends on how you define rich. If I make enough to have a decent home, food on the table and have a rainy day fund, does that make me rich?

    In this economy? yeah, rich

    Everyone should be able to afford a comfortable life, and the money is there. But it’s not being fairly distributed, and as such, the wealth gap makes a stable - relatively stress-free - life equal to being rich.