zote

joined 5 months ago
[–] zote@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 months ago

I came from a red area so my initial programming was right libertarian. I was still young amid the US right's ascendancy in the mid 2010s, and I was beginning to get plugged in to libertarian echo chambers when I first encountered the term 'antifa'. Since I, you know, engage in politics in good faith, I investigated a bit and followed up to the libertarians with "But aren't fascists bad? Aren't we antifascist even if we disagree with others who are also antifascist?" to which I received the customary "antifa are the real fascists". I knew then and there that I was dealing with unserious people and began drifting left from there. I then had a left anarchist phase but grew out of it lol

[–] zote@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 4 months ago

It's not much of a silver lining, but the general bleakness of the world lately finally inspired me to exercise for the first time in months. I wish I was disciplined enough that it didn't take watching innocent masses bleed to get me off my ass but hopefully that comes with the endorphins

[–] zote@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Besides here, where do yall get your news? I personally use some mainstream bourgeois sources and try to read them critically, but so much of that just feels like noise.

[–] zote@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 4 months ago

Yall are still answering your doors?