masquenox

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[–] masquenox@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

More democratic structures mean more discussions, votes, etc.

And what's the problem with that?

It’s also susceptible to outrage campaigns and similar.

That works well in anti-democratic societies - you have no proof that it will even be possible to do such in ones that can actually be called democratic with a straight face.

[–] masquenox@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 weeks ago

That term refers to the extremes of the political spectrum I was referring to

If your "political spectrum" classifies the literally LEAST extremist political ideology as "extremist" it probably means you need something better than the "political spectrum," no?

[–] masquenox@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

Nothing new about this - the Viet Cong used this tactic. They'd memorise the names of US/ARVN collaborators in their own towns and villages in case they were ever captured and were forced to give up names under torture.

This way, the CIA death squads would end up murdering their own informant network.

There's no point in merely making political points any longer - you have to use their own systems to hurt them.

[–] masquenox@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

The liberals are in the process of stealing the word "radical" from us as well.

[–] masquenox@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Anarchy will always be the extreme left into the political pendulum.

There is absolutely nothing "extreme left" about anarchism - you are literally engaging in the same false framing liberals and fascists are engaging in.

Anarchism is radical - not extreme. Understand the difference. It is not "further left" than basic socialism is. It never has been.

[–] masquenox@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

That's not going to work. To make it work, you need to be reporting people who aren't well-known - ie, like the overt white supremacists in your own town.

[–] masquenox@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago

I just discovered today that the Soviet army's boots were made by prison labor throughout the Cold War, and that never changed afterward. Just like the US army's kevlar helmets!

[–] masquenox@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 weeks ago

I'd rather not. Talking to liberals is migraine-inducing.

[–] masquenox@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
  1. If you don't know what the term "radical" means, at least have the courtesy to not use it in sentences.

  2. Blamed by WHOM?

  3. "The Weimar Republic, Germany's 12-year experiment with ~~democracy~~ liberalism, came to an end after the Nazis came to power

FTFY. Liberalism is anti-democratic and inevitably leads to fascism when it fails to protect the capitalists' precious status quo.

[–] masquenox@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

“modern prohibitions of human trafficking in the United States have their roots in the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which barred slavery and involuntary servitude in 1865.”

Ummm, the 13th Amendment (supposedly) "barred" slavery, Counterpunch? Let's check quickly, shall we?

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

Nope. Still looks to me like slavery is as perfectly legal and perfectly institutionalized in the US as ever.

But I guess I shouldn't be surprised that a tankie-loving rag such as Counterpunch will be perfectly fine with slave labor as long as Big Brother says it's okay.

[–] masquenox@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

With US out of NATO, it is a point closer to Europe to threaten Europe.

The US has Britain, which is essentially a US client state these days.

[–] masquenox@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

ushering in the last 16 years of radicalization

Accepting fascism is "radical" now?

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