Yep, the man himself

The pure (libertarian) socialists’ ideological anticipations remain untainted by existing practice. They do not explain how the manifold functions of a revolutionary society would be organized, how external attack and internal sabotage would be thwarted, how bureaucracy would be avoided, scarce resources allocated, policy differences settled, priorities set, and production and distribution conducted. Instead, they offer vague statements about how the workers themselves will directly own and control the means of production and will arrive at their own solutions through creative struggle. No surprise then that the pure socialists support every revolution except the ones that succeed.

This is great; shows how transparent all these “balkanize State Department enemies” maps are.

Puts into perspective all the (justified) ripping on libs we do here.

If western economy crashes while BRICS doesn’t that’s going to utterly discredit the west.

People in the imperial core would never be told of this. The next crash, regardless of where its effects fall, will be described as a worldwide phenomenon. If you point out other countries are doing fine libs will call you a shill and reactionaries will make some racist joke about the rest of the world living in huts/the U.S. is better even while its economy crumbles.

Now consider that the U.S. runs NATO and has a similar degree of control over their European vassals.

When yoir notoriously corrupt vasal state handles high-level corruption more seriously than you lol

…yes? That’s the proper way to handle corruption, but handling it properly after the fact does not meant the corruption does not exist.

Imagine saying “murder is when you arrest the killer and put them on trial.”

This isn’t necessarily the case, see Hexbear. I think the most important questions when parsing who we can work with (among anarchists or libertarians, for that matter), are:

1. Does this person genuinely want to improve the world for other people?
2. Is this person serious enough about that to address the practical implications of stuff like “what do you do when fascists want to start a newspaper on Day 1 of your leftist utopia?”
3. Can this person be peeled away from the bipartisan consensus on imperialism?
4. Does this person have any other reactionary opinions (e.g., bigotry) that they are unable or unwilling to improve on?

you are categorically wrong to suggest that the My Lai massacre is portrayed in Western media today as anything other than a horrific attack upon civilians

It’s not portrayed at all. Every year you’ll see articles about Tiananmen Square in corporate media – My Lai (or any of a dozen similar U.S. atrocities) are left to history classes.

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Same can be applied to Xinjiang propaganda. “Oh, the State Department now cares about Muslim lives?”

Negative WAR race

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an sizable fraction of the entire country wants to just ignore them

I’m not an accelerationist, but there’s a reason I haven’t completely written it off

Anyone have an archived link?

To the capitalist, every luxury of the worker seems to be reprehensible, and everything that goes beyond the most abstract need – be it in the realm of passive enjoyment, or a manifestation of activity – seems to him a luxury.

Marx, I Fucking Told You, Bro

funny relatable memes

I’ll let you know when I see one!

What’s the deal with that instance? Linux stuff?