I think settler-colonialism just mentally fucks with your working class. Settler-colonialism means a percentage of your working class will always have a reactionary chip installed in their brains that activates whenever the Indigenous are about to or are believed to about to seize political power. The spectre of the Indigenous taking their shit back will always haunt the mind of every settler and settler-adjacent person.

I also think this is one reason why Latin American socialists still cling to democratic socialism. Those Latin American countries are settler colonies too. They’re just Spanish (Portuguese for Brazil) settler colonies instead of Anglo ones. Mexico and Brazil are as much settler colonies as the US and the Zionist entity even if they have better politics. They have the same bullshit settler-colonial brainworms.

Despite the history of multiple democratic socialist failures and the triumph of the Cuban Revolution where Cuban socialists did not take the democratic socialist path, why is democratic socialism the dominant flavor of socialism in Latin America? One of the main reasons why the Cuban Revolution happened was because Castro and Che was on the ground when Arbenz got steamrolled by armed reactionaries and realized that reactionaries had to liquidated by force. For a more modern example, Traore vowed that he will not make the same mistake that Sankara did. And since then, he has liquidated all opposition parties and expelled all NGOs from Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, Lula is basically going to get the election stolen from him by Bolsonaro’s failson. But Lula cannot shove Bolsonaristas into Lulags because Brazil does not have the social base that would allow him to get away with that.

You: a letter nerd vvho spells “the” like “Þe”

Me: an orthography enthusiast vvho spells “vvho” like “vvho”

Hexbear when the AI bubble finally pops:

average declutter fan vs average “space is meant to be filled” enjoyer

The much more useful tip I’ve heard that did jive with my experiences is “If this got poop on it, would you clean it off or just throw it away?”

This is actually useful advice lol

Please explain what the plastic wrapper for the package of napkins you bought is good for.

You just need a heat sealer and most plastic wrapping becomes reusable. And there are plenty of things that would benefit from rewrapping them in plastic.

1. I hate the conflation of autism and ND. Autism is a type of ND. It’s not the end-all be-all.

2. Marketing is first and foremost you being aware of brand^TM existence. Every commodity has thousands of brands competing for your attention. Just getting you to be aware of their existence is like 3/4 of the battle. It’s a fight to not be a no-name brand but a brand^TM that you are vaguely aware of it existing.

3. Corpos absolutely target autistic people because an autistic person with disposable income who has adopted brand^TM as their special interest is a near bottomless goldmine. They will chase that whale.

Just reminding you of the existence of a brand so the next time in 4 months when you’re buying a product you will consider it in your list of available best options - it has done its work.

The effects of ads on each individual is minor, the effects of ads on the population is major.

Ads don’t need to convince you or even remind you of their existence. They just need to convince your family and your friends. So when your family and friends remind you of a brand existing 4 months later, it feels like part of a completely organic conversation and not something a corpo planted in their heads 4 months earlier.

Super Bowl ads are the most obvious example. The number of people who actually see the ad airing is not that high all things considered. But the countless “hey, did you see that ad during the Super Bowl” water cooler conversations in the following week means the entirety of the US (and much of the Western world) is reminded that the brand still exists.

Me watching dudes with bolt action rifles get owned by dudes with full auto assault rifles

2026 Egypt solos 1939 Europe tbh

1. This is fake shit.

2. Going from an atheist with Christian characteristics to a Muslim isn’t that strange. It only seems strange because of rampant Islamophobia within the West. There really isn’t a whole lot of difference between Christianity and Islam. You could come up with a list with like 50 items that your average Christian and Muslim would agree with. The real out there conversion would be like converting to Tengrism or Hinduism or a pagan tradition that’s not the pagan tradition of your ancestors. Some dude from Kansas converting into Slavic paganism is the real wtf moment.

Signs of impending death:

• shitting, pissing, and sneezing

• shitting and cumming

Signs of not impending death:

• shitting and pissing

• shitting and sneezing

• pissing and sneezing

• cumming and sneezing

I’m only saying something because I had a report lol

Real hall monitor energy

My point is that most people saying “liberation theology is compatible with socialism” won’t say the same about other religions. And the reason why is because they are just Christians trying to reconcile their faith with their politics rather than making a broader point on the compatibility between religion and politics.

To me at least, “to what extend is Twelver Shi’ism compatible with socialism” or “to what extend is political Islam compatible with socialism” are more meaningful questions than “to what extend is liberation theology compatible with socialism” because liberation theology isn’t a very relevant social movement while political Islam is extraordinary relevant in contemporary times. Political Islam could be broadly split between various Salafist/Wahhabist groups and various Shia groups. It’s a question that demands a better answer than “Religion sucks, so Islam sucks too by virtue of being a religion” or “Liberation theology is compatible with socialism, so political Shi’ism is compatible too because political Shi’ism is just liberation theology with Imam Hussain characteristics.”

Phew, good thing I’m a paleotypical or else I would be in so much trouble.

Welcome back.

Would the same people saying “you can be Christian and socialist” also say “you can be Muslim and socialist?”

I didn’t mention this before when I brought up WC3 in another thread on the games sublemmy, but the horde are explicitly colonizing new lands, and one of the things you’re told about are the indigenous races you need to wipe out who are conveniently violent and monstrous.

I guess WC1/WC2 was better in that regard. The orcs were just genocidal invaders from another dimension. Going by WC1/WC2 canon, the orcs invaded and sacked Azeroth and the alliance based in Lordaeron pushed the invaders back to the dark portal. Blizzard didn’t sugarcoat things when you were playing as an orc:

With the decimation of the human forces, the sacking of their castle was a simple matter. They offered little resistance once you ran their weak leader through with your war blade and toppled his body into the moat. The taking of Stormwind has kept your warriors in good spirits, and the offerings of gold and jewels that they bring to you are ample tribute to your leadership. Wine flows like blood, and the smell of freshly cooked meat fills you with satisfaction as you begin your victory feast. The countryside is ablaze with bonfires as groups of battle hardened Orcs celebrate your dominion of this land with songs of war and victory. You have finally assumed your rightful place as ruler of this realm, and as War Chief of the Orcish Clans…

What new conquests will await you in this place? The Shadow Council has begun to bring you information concerning the lands across the great sea that are as yet untouched by Orcish rule. The Warlocks also seek your permission to resume their experiments with the portal, their intent being the subjugation of other worlds. With the power you now possess your choices are limitless - but these are choices for another time…

The victory pyres burn high into the twilight skies covering the ruined capital of Lordaeron. Your success has led Orgrim Doomhammer - War Chief of the Orcish Hordes - to elevate you to the station of Warlord, thus giving you power and the command of your own clan. The Alliance has finally been crushed, with all those surviving being slain and cremated as is dictated by the rituals. At long last Azeroth and all of its lands belong to the thunderous force known to those foolish enough to stand in its way as the Horde!

“Let’s have our underground elves be black instead of translucent white like every other creature that lives in a fucking cave and never sees the sun.”

But on a more serious note, the parts of DSA that don’t suck should join together with the parts of PSL that don’t suck.