Shh, not talking to you please don't waste your time. — StreetlightX
Minor first world neuroses get airtime because they are the closest thing to being acceptable to a mass audience - or rather, to those who make decisions about what mass audiences get access to. — StreetlightX
It's like if you have a friend who goes ballistic every time you put a cup down without a coaster, you just become immune to it; you're going to take little notice next time he explodes even if, this time, its over something really important. — Isaac
you express care for Stock but none for Rowling. Maybe that's simply because you can relate more to Stock, or you personally know her. — praxis
I've no sympathy at all for those who threaten her, but I've no sympathy for her either, she's a billionaire, she'll manage. — Isaac
She lost her billionaire status when she donated 16% of her net worth or $160 million. In addition to the charitable trust called Volant, she’s the founder of Lumos, an organization that works to “end the systematic institutionalization of children across Europe and help them find safer, more caring places to live.” Not too afraid of important problems, it seems. — praxis
Almost finished with Material Girls, incidentally. Well reasoned, as you might expect, and a good book for learning more about the trans controversy. — praxis
Are the beneficiaries of old-school socialism just too frightening for the newly elevated chattering classes, they need someone tamer, more like them, to help. Someone they are less complicit themselves in the oppression of. — Isaac
Can't help thinking there's something a little Marcusean here (alluded to earlier) about the reality of worker's demands being all too uncouth for a certain class of left-wing pundit.
Is rescuing a tormented trans art student safer than empowering a grubby factory trade union member?
Is installing a (privileged) black female supreme court judge safer than giving black female banana growers a fair price for their product?
Is getting equal pay (by way of increase, of course!) for female entertainers less dangerous than just taxing the fuck out of them to pay for such luxuries as rice and water for those less charming in an evening dress?
Are the beneficiaries of old-school socialism just too frightening for the newly elevated chattering classes, they need someone tamer, more like them, to help. Someone they are less complicit themselves in the oppression of. — Isaac
Bertolt Brecht, presumably so concerned with the poor working class, out of "solidarity" with them wore a shirt tailored the way the shirts of workers were tailored. Except that his was made of silk. — baker
?Any and all forms of political activity are exercises in evil, and nothing else. — Garrett Travers
I read a similar characterization on Breitbart News this morning.
— praxis
Really? That we should unionize, remove trade tariffs and "tax the fuck" out the rich. My, Breitbart has changed since I last read it. — Isaac
Yeah. We do have states, nations and governments. They have to operate somehow. How they operate is that evil you talk about: politics. If you think anarchy is the answer, that is a political idea some people don't like. — ssu
As far as anarchy, that's exactly how you and I are operating right now. I don't require a government to interact with you. I simply have to engage with you in acceptance of the principle that forcing you to do anything you do not want to do is a violation of ethics at its source. I need nothing more than that principle, same as everyone else. — Garrett Travers
But Garret, you likely know this forum. If one of us starts flaming, makes toxic ad hominems or promotes openly nazism, that member would be off from this forum in and instant never being able to return (assuming they found out you are already banned). — ssu
And likely a lot of bots and algorithms are checking automatically what we are discussing and if enough alarms go off, someone will check what is this about. — ssu
We have everywhere these Overton windows and have had them in the past and will have them in the future. — ssu
So even now there are rules and regulations what to follow, just for functionality, not for control or power — ssu
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