There were plenty of us that saw right through the bullshit even before the war started but unfortunately because the SCOTUS decided the election for us we were stuck with a gang of money hungry pieces of shit… I mean we still are, but we were then too…

I was young and naive so I wanted to join the military in hopes of getting some technical skills, but even as a 17 year old idiot I saw right through bushs bullshit and said fuuuuccckkkkk that. Now I work in a factory… Fuck Bush, fuck Cheney, fuck Rumsfield… War criminals the lot of them.

To get to OPs question, in America I think we have a collective shame about it so it’s pretty much never spoken about at all. The state of Iraq is only ever mentioned within the context of ISIS :(

So why does this only show Republican states as actually banning it? Yeah I’m with you on Democrats slow walking this issue, but Republicans are actively banning it. Until that changes we’re stuck with only those two options. Corpo Dems or corpo-fascist Republicans…

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranked-choice_voting_in_the_United_States

We’re in such a wonderful position: Kamala does nothing about Israel like she’s paid to do and Palestinians die.

Trump wins and not only does nothing about Palestine, but encourages Bibi to go harder, more Palestinians die annnnd we get to enjoy the beginning of a fascist dictatorship!

Notice how Stein isn’t even mentioned in the above? You can claim it’s about putting pressure on Kamala all you like, but this is the literal election. When she loses because of this “pressure” (that isn’t pressure, it’s literally not voting for her at all) what’s the outcome? It sure as hell has nothing to do with Stein being anywhere.

We’ve been having this argument about the green party for fucking decades and what progress/policies have they “forced” the Democrats to adopt?

I think aside from the obvious genocide, what really fucking pisses me off about Democrats and this topic is that “we” can sooooo easily say “handguns for self defense ok! Shotguns for self defense ok! Rifles for self defense ok (depends on magazine size and rate of fire) bombs? No! Tanks? God no!” But when it comes to Isreal they suddenly completely lose the capacity for nuance… Bombs = self defense? Are you fucking joking?

Banksssss! Rob banks! Then use that money to buy snacks forever!

It became really difficult after billionaires bought up much of the smaller/stagnant media companies and turned them into “cut research and investigation departments, copy the NYT, and push entertainment opinion articles”

My rule of thumb unfortunately has become: is it a large corporation? Then it can go fuck itself. As others have said AP is good too

I have to imagine this is about the story of the White House pushing humanoid robot Zuckerberg to stop promoting COVID disinformation…

Fucking absolute scumbags… “If it’s a conspiracy it’s true! If it’s from a scientist it’s a conspiracy and conspiracies are fake!”

Much logic. Such smart. Wow

A humorous follow up response would be “sure, here’s another question: How the hell did they think you were ready to be utilized?”

The only correct answer: “I can answer that for you! The reason they thought I was ready to be utilized by the general public is because money!”

This is exactly what I do with my tobii eye tracker. I’m a bit paranoid about what it can see so I have it plugged into a USB hub with power buttons that I just disable when I’m not using it.

Unfortunately that “picking up” here looks to mostly be a bot that is grabbing reddit posts so it’s still mostly reddit. There really aren’t that many people on Lemmy so I wouldn’t expect to see much of that stuff made specifically to post here.

Exactly. I fucking hate microsuck for putting me in this position, but I pretty much only use my PC for gaming and watching stuff and the games I really like have this EAC bs…

“Just get a console then bro” lol… Lmao even.

I tried. It doesn’t work at all and you just end up hurting that person.

I’m not handsome by any stretch of the imagination, but I still can’t find honey booboos mom attractive, so I have to stay single.

I’m also just an absolute waste of oxygen, joke of a human being so there’s that too lol

The walrus himself, good ol’ “bill the gigantic piece of shit barr”

The same barr who jumped ahead of the release of the Muller report to lie to the press about it so they ran with his version instead of reality…

Thank you for the list!

Now the question is how long after I check those will I be put on another kind of “list” lol

I don’t mean to dismiss your engagement as I do appreciate it, I just pop in on short breaks at work so I can’t really delve too deeply into these kinds of things.

Some general recommendations are definitely welcome though, I appreciate the time you took to reply!

My comment wasn’t so much endorsing it’s continued existence, but more exasperation as the thought of an individual having any impact on pretty much the entire world is quite the stretch.

We can learn as much as we like about the alternatives, but making it happen requires action by many many many many people. We can’t even get “libs” in the US to come together on some of the “simplest” shit let alone getting enough people to change the global economic system that gives such mind boggling power to the ultra wealthy.

I honestly didn’t notice the .ml until now, but I’ve recognized your name around as well and aren’t very abrasive with people either. It’s just the constant “(insert violent ideas) to libs!” and not exactly being a full fledged leftist myself, I can’t help but feel loathed by them especially when you get replies saying you’re “the worst kind of person ever” etc…

As for the theory, it’s been a very very long time so I’m sure I’m overdue to refresh my memory. I don’t remember my specific issues with what I read, but I just know I wasn’t convinced lol

True, kind was the wrong word to use. I’ve posted comments in their threads without realizing and got decent replies, they just absolutely hate “us libs”

Check where the users are from, you’re going to get much more “atypical” not going to get kind responses from hexbears, “we” are quite literally their enemies. “We” are the “white moderates” seeking to maintain stability instead of shedding blood to overthrow the entire developed world. (It’s more than just “amerikkka” out there)

Excuse us individuals for feeling entirely helpless when it comes to changing the entire capitalist world.

a masterclass trash talker. And that is really what throws Trump off and throws him into obscene tantrums where his composure is lost and he comes off like a whining loser: when he’s been taken down a peg by someone else. Nothing sticks deeper in his craw.

That’s an interesting point, I was actually kind of annoyed that Biden was insulting Trump as I saw it as stooping to his level, but your comment on that does make it seem like a valid strategy.

I don’t think he could win, but for a laugh I’d love to see Hunter Biden replace Joe lol convicted felon vs convicted felon!

It was so long ago I don’t remember exactly what I said but things just seemed awkward after that. I tried to show interest after that but it was never reciprocated lol