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idk lol
5d checkers
@Deleted User 72D chess
I gave Trump the benefit of the doubt until he bombed Syria. That's when my political worldview collapsed and I knew there was no hope in a political system, anywhere. The whole thing has to collapse now. Only young idealistic types can't see that now.
Europe will be a hotbed of Fascism in the coming years.
why was the lil bombing in syria the straw that broke the camels back
i feel like he's done worse
I wanted to wait and see if we really was a protectionist, 'America First', build the wall and stop intervening overseas. This event cemented to me the fact it was all a lie. I really wanted it to be genuine though.
ah i see
he did kinda flip to standard neocon as soon as he got in office
obama flipped from hope and change progressive to standard neolib as soon as he got in
There is no way to rescue the democracy system.
that's the goal of all capitalists
maximizing profit at the cost of everything else
@Deleted User im pretty sure we've disagreed about this before, but i think the problem is parliamentary democracy not democracy itself
you need democracy in order to respect the autonomy of individuals if their interest overlaps in a society
@not_matt Even in Ancient Athens, the slaves could not vote. Democracy depends on have a competent electorate.
so let people control themselves on an intimate level
control one's own workplace. own neighborhood. own town. etc
@not_matt I just don't think the average person is ready for that. Not without class consciousness and theoretical education.
true
that's why we need to win comrade
and quickly
we're losing earth in like 50 years, tops
I think our goal is the same though. An enlightened populace fully controlling its destiny.
Was it that hard to see that Trump wasn't what he said he'd be?
Depends which angle you want to approach it.
Politics in the modern day is a circus
its a sport. its entertainment tv
Most of the big first world nations are now reenacting the Weimar/Austro-Hungary
@Deleted User I made a bet with myself that if Trump turned into a shame, I would reassess my world view regarding the political system. It was hard. Most people never question their fundamental assumptions about the world like that.
we elected a reality tv star in the most important executive position in the world ffs
ugh i have work tomorrow morning
I think, accelerate the collapse, have a revolution with an educated Vanguard, create structures for mass education, and then go from there. Instead of the reverse of creating a new democratic and hoping for the best. You need to stop the old ways from returning.
acceleration just further entrenches capitalist hegemony imo
like, there's a reason the capitalist ideology is so pervasive rn
these fucks are GOOD at what they do
Well, I kind of think it is apart of the dialectic. Instead of bailing out the banks, for example, let society be enriched by the reality of capitalism.
>muh capitalism
This stage of capitalism is cancer and industrialists need a good old purge I agree; do not blame the problems on simple labels and apply the labels wherever
This is the rut I see most of the people on the communist spectrum landing in