No. There is no way to keep capitalism in place and fix what ails society. That is just incredibly naive and ignorant of leftist political theory.

This couldn’t be more blatantly Zionist propaganda if it even tried.

Get bent. From the river to the sea.

Oligarchs are products of the systems we have which govern our society. Without those systems, oligarchs cannot exist nor relegate power for themselves to facilitate their continued existence through manipulation of said system’s structure.

Russian influence is a small part of a much larger problem with America’s individualist, hyper-capitalist, racist and xenophobic culture. Russia didn’t need to do much at all but stoke the flames of cultural issues that have already been a part of the American social fabric for centuries which have only been emboldened and institutionalized by our political and economic systems.

Trump is a personification of the rotten underbelly of America that has always existed behind the thin veil of propaganda. He is representative of everything the left-wing political authors over the last century have been warning about coming to fruition.

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It is so fucking tiring to hear that all the problems with the US are inexplicably because of foreign influences. Many people here in this country do not realize that they are just different flavors of right wing rhetoric with some being more overt and extreme than the rest. Just the same xenophobic rhetoric with a different window dressing. There is next to no left-wing political discourse that understands that what ails this country is, in fact, our very culture and economy. The only thing any foreign influences are doing is exacerbating a problem that was already a long-standing issue in this nation.

Like, I get that the US has enemies that would like to see it go down so they can expand. I get that. Yet, while this is true that I don’t want to see those other Imperialist nations expand it is also true that the US itself is no shining beacon of freedom and liberty that the propaganda would like us all to believe it is. It is just another authoritarian, Imperialist nation that exploits the masses both foreign and abroad.

Anytime you try to get to the core of an issue with someone they never seem to break past that point where they must come to terms with America itself is a problem.

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Ugh, this is becoming a huge issue in gaming where every fucking guide or walkthrough is now in video format.

It’s a meme made in reference to Baldur’s Gate 3 character Shadowheart.

There are times (idk if it’s been patched out or not but was a thing at release) where Shadowheart would “disapprove” of certain dialogue choices made during what are supposed to be private scenes between you and another character, most notably one scene where you and said other character wander off into the woods for some sexy times.

Thus, the meme of Shadowheart spying on you from the bushes while judging your actions.

Dude needs to be made to bite the curb.

Oh fuck I loved every bit of this rant. I wish I had the mental energy to rant like this again.

What an utterly privileged and myopic take.

Always has been

Goddamn, this meme is over 10 years old.

My back…

People go nuts for the chance to glaze Imperialist murderers. They will go on and on about how they were heroes but completely ignore their “heroic actions” are the bombing of innocents in the service of Imperialist oppressors.

They choose to be there and die for their Imperialist masters. None should bother shedding a tear over them. They made their bed and now lay in it.

Unfortunately, many people are naive and susceptible to the sunk-cost fallacy; that’s what they are banking on. They know a good portion will just kill the app but the few that bite will be milked for all they are worth.

Silence only helps the oppressor, never the oppressed. Your silence is what empowers them to continue spouting their bullshit, not people standing up to them regardless of what the law says.

We do not tolerate intolerance. If they want a fight, then give it to them.

The only takeaway is to recognize that the law is not your friend, it is actively what empowers them to have a voice and acts as a shield for them to hide behind.

“But guys! Don’t you know only the state is allowed to have a monopoly on violence?”

Fuck all the way off you fascist sympathizing removed.

The irony that someone who cannot recognize that religion is itself as an institution is a tool of oppression telling the other to learn something.

You’re a joke.

FYI, I’m not a fan of Marx. I prefer Kropotkin.

No Gods, No Masters.

Cool story except the history of religion is rooted in the patriarchal oppression of women (and the working class but that’s tangential). Just because some women of the modern day have internalized their own oppression does not justify the origins of why the practice was first institutionalized nor negate its roots as an oppressive institution

You’re right. It is nuanced. Women want to cover themselves because it makes them comfortable? Okay, cool, that’s what they want and that is valid. Women doing so for “religious reasons” is literally just internalized oppression. Those religious reasons are inherently oppressive. Religion itself as a societal institution is a tool of oppression.