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BendingUnit

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Angry ancom trying to make more and varied connections.

If I followed you, it's probably because I think you have interesting things to say. If I'm not considering following you, I didn't look at your profile and I don't care.

Profile pic is Bobby from King of the Hill holding a pistol, yelling, "That's my surplus value, I don't know you!"

Banner is an AK silhouette in front of an LGBTQ+ flag, with the caption "Defend equality."

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. For a complete list of posts, browse on the original instance.

breadandcircuses , to random
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I noticed another article scolding “doomers” for doing it wrong. It says we shouldn’t make people sad or angry about what capitalist industry is doing to our climate and environment. The article claims a better approach is to give people hope, and emphasize positive steps they can take like planting a tree or riding a bike.

Well, sure, those things are good, and I encourage them. But even if everyone who reads this post or sees that article stops driving a car in favor of bike riding and also cheerfully begins planting trees, that still will not make any significant difference in altering the trajectory of climate breakdown.

The problem we face is much bigger than your carbon footprint or mine. And whether you feel happy or sad after reading this, that certainly will not affect the motivation of the oligarchs who own our society. Their only concern is to make more money and gain more power.

Of course you and I should take appropriate individual actions (drive less, fly less, buy less, etc.), but we also should recognize that while those actions are important, they are not sufficient. Because what we need is system change.

That will not be easy, but it’s essential.

To get a comprehensive level of system change — which is the only kind that offers any true hope of avoiding complete disaster — we must remove all those currently in power, including the billionaires who control the politicians, and replace the current system with a different one.

We must end capitalism and commence degrowth.

Yes, this is a big ask. But we're talking about life or death here, literally. So it's a bold choice we must make.

BendingUnit ,
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@YusufToropov @breadandcircuses
Just to clarify, why are you asking?

BendingUnit ,
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@GhostOnTheHalfShell @YusufToropov @breadandcircuses
Do they ask the same question in EVERY context?

Do they ask the capitalists how they maintain control?

Do they do the math of how many human lives must be extinguished to reap the lavish life of a single one percenter?

Are they aware that scientists are monitoring the sixth mass extinction? How do they suppose mass extinctions happen? Lollipops and tea parties? Or nigh unimaginable violence?

Do workers have the right to self defense?

BendingUnit ,
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@GhostOnTheHalfShell @YusufToropov @breadandcircuses
These child-like white "moderates" do not like when you point out that they are, in fact, advocating for a greater amount of violence and mass death than those who advocate for self and community defense.

DrALJONES , to random
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Analysis & interview on UNRWA funding cuts

"It’s immoral", says UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese

"At least a dozen countries have announced they will be suspending funds for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).

"UNRWA has been a crucial provider of humanitarian aid in Gaza, so why, during a time of crisis & based only on allegations, have countries pulled their funding?"

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/upfront/2024/2/2/its-immoral-un-special-rapporteur-on-unrwa-funding-cuts

BendingUnit ,
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@crashglasshouses @faab64 @DrALJONES seconded. I'm anti racist and anti genocide. This image is blatantly anti Semitic. Lost my follow and my respect.

mondoweiss , to palestine group
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Executed in their sleep: How Israeli forces assassinated three Palestinians in a raid on a West Bank hospital

Israeli forces disguised as hospital workers and civilians entered Jenin’s Ibn Sina Hospital and assassinated three Palestinians as they slept. The brazen killing marks an unprecedented escalation in Israel’s war on Palestinians in the West Bank.

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/01/executed-in-their-sleep-how-israeli-forces-assassinated-three-palestinians-in-a-raid-on-a-west-bank-hospital/?utm_content=buffer8a919&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=buffer

@palestine

BendingUnit ,
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@faab64 @lizstl13 @mondoweiss
I knew there was a lot of genocidal racists walking around, but the past several months have really opened my eyes to how many liberals will claim to be antifascist, then turn out to be genocidal racists.

LALegault , to random
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We’re all having lunch tomorrow together to discuss how we bring humanity back from the brink, and I would like to extend an invitation to you.

Tomorrow, February 1, 2024 at 12 p.m. EST

Global online rally to end complicity in genocide in .

@PalestineNews

Register ➡️ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_c-IGX2UgRECzI6YP0EHrXw#/registration

BendingUnit ,
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@vruz @LALegault @palestine
I'm curious, what is the content of the warning?

BendingUnit ,
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@vruz @palestine @bhaugen
Sorry for my rudeness, hello to you too!

I was curious what the text of it was. But thinking on it more, I've seen more than enough pearl clutching from racists supporting genocide, it's not important. Unless @LALegault wants to hear about it.

eeyam , to palestine group
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Statement of the UNRWA on Western countries defunding them.

Fuck those countries! ICJ says we should all try to prevent genocide in Gaza. How will this prevent the genocide?

@palestine

https://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/official-statements/unrwa%E2%80%99s-lifesaving-aid-may-end-due-funding-suspension

BendingUnit ,
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@eeyam @palestine
Is there any doubt that cruelty and continuing the genocide is the point?

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