Are gangs not capitalist enterprises?

I mean it kinda is but the reality is people aren’t going to go backwards. However, that doesn’t mean we need to make the problem dramatically worse. I seriously doubt we’ll all be traveling this way but if we are it’s because we decided to value our convenience over the lives of the young and the poor.

Then they should study that directly rather than how to better waste huge amounts of fuel making the lives of the rich more convenient at the expense of everyone else’s survival.

More efficient than standard air travel? I seriously doubt that’s possible but I guess it would be less bad then.

I don’t really see how this could be used for anything else but even then it’s hard to see how the benefits would outweigh the harms of enabling climate arson.

This should be considered terrorism against the climate. There’s absolutely no need for this technology beyond convenience for the rich and privileged.

I mean just because something failed in the past doesn’t necessarily mean it’s impossible. Different strategies or different conditions could lead to different outcomes.

However, advocates for communism really need to do a better job of articulating how things will be different this time, rather than just advocating for the same failed ideas of the past.

But I agree it’s not too likely to happen without a lot of really smart people working hard to trial different ideas in a non-dogmatic way. And I see no sign of willingness for that inside or outside of movements for communism.

lol it’s true. My mom sends me screenshots of AI chats every fucking day.

There is no pure ideology that is immune to bigotry. It’s rooted deeply in human psychology and has permeated our entire society. I don’t know if it’s possible to completely eliminate but it can be reduced but it requires acknowledging its omnipresence, even among some we might otherwise see as allies.

Probably, but if so, saying this to them helps reveal their hand-wringing about electability as self-serving. If they have a solution but won’t pursue it or even block it, then it’s easier to tell them to shut up about it.

Liberals upset about the progressive insurgency in the Democratic Party should focus their energies on changing the rules that force everyone to the left of republicans to be in the same party. Create multi-party democracy and you won’t have to worry about getting primaried or whether democratic socialists will hurt their brand or any of that.

I mean these are kinda excessively green. They really shouldn’t be harvested this early but then again transporting them across the world to NYC requires a very early harvest to avoid spoilage.

Once you taste a banana that was harvested when it was ripe you’ll never want another supermarket banana again.

I agree with you. I should have said that–organizing outside of electoral politics is essential.

All monied interests are. But yes AIPAC is one of the worst considering it’s openly by and for the benefit of a foreign government. Imagine if the PRC had such an organization how that would be perceived.

The good news here is their willingness to support a republican here could make them into a great liberal boogie man with the right messaging.

I mean some of us who said that actually meant it. Despite all of the wailing, tactical voting remains the correct way to participate in first past the post elections, even for leftists.

No one is above the law

Every single branch of government at almost every level has said otherwise but OK.

People need to get real about the state of American law and our relative status before it. If we spoke truth about this I think people would be a lot more angry about this than they are.

The interesting thing about 2026 is everyone knows we’re getting fucked. But people don’t seem to accurately assess who is fucking them the worst, or identify what do when both major parties are fucking us. But even republicans, when asked “do you want to give these tyrants more power over us?” will say no.

In such times, ballot initiatives, despite their flaws, remain an incredibly important tool for reigning in authoritarianism.

States bad

Not to mention that even most liberals on Lemmy would probably agree this is a problem.

Ehhh no. Bourgeois isn’t just somewhat privileged and went to college. Bourgeois kids are trust fund kids. Like never have to worry about money ever. Definitely not a majority of any political philosophy. There aren’t enough of them.