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Palacegalleryratio , 17 days ago

NO

Tankie is a meaningless word. If you point out China has undeniably made progress under communism, you’re a tankie. If you point out Stalin wasn’t the evil dictator westerners make him out to be (even though it’s disproven by the literal CIA itself) you’re a tankie, if you think capitalism is causing problems in the USA you’re a tankie. If you criticise US or NATO foreign policy you’re a tankie. If you criticise the Republicans you’re a Tankie. If you criticise the Dems, guess what also a tankie. If you think that the USSR and the PRC are/were perfect little angels that never made any mistakes or did anything wrong ever then you’re also a Tankie.

It’s just too broad a term for me or anyone to identify with any way. It’s not an ideology. It’s a dumb insult to dismiss the opinions of others you disagree with without having to engage with their point at all or critically analyse your own beliefs in any meaningful way.

Palacegalleryratio , 17 days ago

Eat beans instead of meat for protein? No trial, no jury, straight to being a Tankie. Not eat a specific brand of beans I.e. Goya? Believe it or not also a Tankie. We have the best diets in the world.

Palacegalleryratio , 19 days ago

My personal favourite is to break from staring after 30 mins, exclaim, “Hang on, we’re going about this completely back to front!” then spend the next hour deriving from first principles, only to arrive back at the original problem, but now with slightly different notation. At which point I realise that all I’ve done is get myself back to my starting point… Then it’s back to the staring.

Palacegalleryratio , 28 days ago

Effective for whom?

They are generally a very effective way of getting people to believe that they have done something tangible for a cause. This pressure relief, often means that they will not go on to other more effective forms of protest or action. The petitions are then almost invariably ignored.

Palacegalleryratio , 28 days ago

Then no. Petitions are not really effective. Look at the UK gov most signed petitions (as of 2017) all of them were basically ignored.

Palacegalleryratio , 30 days ago

Cool and all, but as I’m not in Islington this isn’t something at affects me. Wish he’d gone for starting a new actually left wing party. Then we could have really got into some good electoralism.

Palacegalleryratio , 1 month ago

Im terribly grateful to you m’lord for selling me this golden goose, and I believe very much in it, but Sire the thing is, the golden goose you sold me, well it isn’t laying golden eggs m’lord.

Still love the goose though.

Palacegalleryratio , 2 months ago

I think she’s saying that those condemning the Sydney guy are hypocrites, for being the same people who also condemn Israel and in doing so making her feel unsafe in London as an Israel supporter. But it’s hard to say.

Also it’s not a very consistent position as she seems to be ignoring the reason why people take issue with Israel, I.e. opposing the genocidal violence Israel is committing against the people of Palestine.

Palacegalleryratio , 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

I mean, good. He’s right to do so and I support his goal, these bosses should pay for their actions.

But I suspect he is going to find out the hard way which class of people the judiciary works for.

Palacegalleryratio , 3 months ago

“We will scale up the building and supply of government-subsidized housing and improve the basic systems for commodity housing to meet people’s essential need for a home to live in and their different demands for better housing,” - but what about the profit motive?

Palacegalleryratio , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago)

“From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh,
it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel. I aspired to the purity of the Blessed Machine.

Your kind cling to your flesh, as if it will not decay and fail you. One day the crude biomass that you call a temple will wither, and you will beg my kind to save you. But I am already saved, for the Machine is immortal…

…even in death I serve the Omnissiah.” - some bird in New Mexico apparently

Palacegalleryratio , 3 months ago

If you’re drinking monster energy drinks we shouldn’t have to wait all that long greensicko

Palacegalleryratio , 3 months ago

Commoditising human interaction and communication, then replacing the pesky labour part of the commodity. Capitalist innovation.

Palacegalleryratio , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago)

The UK government acts in the interests of oil companies and the industries and financial institutions that support and profit off oil, not the interests of its people.