Never saw the list before. Damn. Someone doesn’t like the free marketplace of ideas.

All you can do is whataboutism and distraction.

You can point out every failure in shortcoming of the so-called left of the US government and it doesn’t fucking matter. They’re still to the left of the right. There’s still a discernible difference. Some things improve sometimes when one party gets into office, and most things get worse when the other gets in power. I don’t know how it works in your country, but here that counts as a difference. Sorry you can’t vote out capitalism over the next 4 years. That’ll have to be worked on some other way. In the meantime, voting is still better than not.

Oooh Schumer and Jeffries… They know they’re on the outs. Half the caucus is against them on this.

Anyone who actually read your rebuttal thoughtfully would not be convinced. You are sidestepping every point. I point out who’s better on an issue today, you find a different issue to complain about, or dig into the historical record when there wasn’t yet differentiation on a question.

As a Cuban whether he’s worse off under Obama or Trump. Ask a woman trying to get an abortion in Florida. Ask the Israel lobby if they’re nervous about MI and KS still. They shovel money loke they’re scared. They hide McConnell like they’re scared.

I’m not saying that one can vote in revolutionary change, but voting absolutely matters. That’s why they try to restrict it. That’s why ungodly piles of cash get burned to influence it. That’s why spooks copy your rhetoric.

Yeah, most of your job isn’t what it looks like on paper, it’s meeting SLAs. Your customer is your boss, or really the company that subcontracted you

I mean, what’s a social issue you might care about? Trans rights? Sure, let’s go with that. Which party issued guidance for including gender identity under Title IX protections? And which party is in charge in the states with bathroom bills?

What about economic and industrial policy? Which party was in charge to block the Kroger-Albertsons merger? Under which party was the Skydance-Paramount merger completed?

Which party’s NLRB overruled Specialty Healthcare, and which one restored it?

Which party is cracking around the question of enternal military support for Israel, and which party still steadfastly supports them?

Decorum my ass. Build anything, literally anything, that’s nearly as effective as a fucking vote and I’ll spare you a thought. But this “Don’t vote” bullshit is tired as fuck. It doesn’t educate workers about about what to do, and it’s actually fucking incorrect.

Ah yes I see absolutely no difference between these two puppets. I have seen absolutely no difference between the leadership and policies of these two organizations. None whatsoever.

I will instead do the third thing depicted in the meme that takes literally 10m out of two Tuesdays a year and is actually effective.

🦀🦀🦀🦀

Seems like they are, how would you say?

Careless People

Like the book of the same name.

What is even happening, how is IBM not melted down into a floating referent of an IP like Atari or Craftsman?

ESH

Taking care of one’s mental health is good, as is encouraging it in others. Would never want to be in a community that didn’t care about people.

But also, can we develop communities that build resilience rather than neuroticism? That attract the well? That facilitate change in the world and human thriving rather than…you know, the shit we often actually see.

We’re still in the comments under the meme where Dr robotnik, played by Jim Carrey and labeled as “Liberal”, gets to push either the “Revolution” button or the “Vote” button, and villainously chooses the latter. I did not decide that this is a binary choice, I simply agreed with the villain in the picture.

If someone would make a gog/bandcamp for TV and movies, I’d use it. But the only way to view either is through DRM-encumbered physical media or rent-like payments (e.g. streaming and DRM-encumbered “purchases”). I don’t want my files like that, thanks very much.

So I actually pay for far more music and games than I do TV shows and movies. Funny how that goes.

The idea that I should trust “people in my own class” categorically is insane, but that’s not even who I’m talking about. I’m just talking about the kinds of people I’ve met who think of voting and revolution in this binary way, who condemn anything short of insurrection. I’ve seen how these people live, and the most apt description is usually “barely”. Too neurotic, too online, too personally disorganized to actually change the world. Never met an IRL Lenin, Ho Chi Minh, or Sankara.

So imma let them work on that. Meanwhile, given the world as it is, between “Do revolution” and “Vote” I’ll vote every time.

Indeed.

Lol

Don’t worry about “AI”, worry about the idiots who will give the imprecise statistical output extruder a gun.

This utter disregard from preservation goes hand in hand with the all too common notion that these are “just” games, and not art.

The Brave hate is ridiculous. I mean I use Firefox, but still.