Dimmer06

I usually drink it hot unless it's a really hot day. I don't dislike iced coffee but it just feels weird to me drinking it like a soda.

Grocery stores usually do an insane volume of sales compared to most retail. I'm not sure how big these things were but even if they're tiny they're probably selling thousands of units a day. The number of chips they would need and the labor to apply them would almost certainly be unsustainable.

I voted for Bush when I was five because it was the only name on the ballot I could read. I've been trying to repent ever since.

I think I died somewhere between three and five years ago and I've been in my own personal hell ever since. Anyone else get that vibe?

Didn't Mussolini come to power because a centrist liberal government was too weak to violate the law and crush him and his blackshirts? I would think the priority of anyone trying to prevent fascism would be to prevent a weak unpopular liberal leader who will cave to the fascists under the slightest pressure from coming to power.

Good. The major unions have become parasitic tools of the state and finance capital due to the NLRA model. A new regime of labor law would undoubtedly be a sharp blow against American workers, but would also force them to actually exercise their power in ways they haven't in years.

It's kinda funny to read the Palestinian-American quoted be like "we care about the children who are getting murdered, not birthrates" among all the Zionist psychos wanting to turn themselves into baby factories for the race.

that will never have to face the consequences of the violence he advocates for

From my experience the most significant issue DSA faces is that they're incredibly fragmented and disunited. They function more like a loose network of activists who come and go than a political party. Members are allowed more or less to believe and act how they want even if it's unhelpful or harmful to the organization. This manifests in their most prominent members blatantly contradicting the organization's positions, but it also manifests in basic administrative tasks not being completed and a disinterest in building a robust internal culture, camaraderie, and pursuing democraticly decided political goals. They might be able to unite around a (usually local) issue but once that matter is settled or the energy dies down then most people drift away until new wave of activists joins up for something else. It also allows for scattered campaigns as people try to pursue their own interests within the DSA only to not have the organization materially support them because nobody else actually wants to do the thing.

If that's reflective of your experience then I would suggest trying to build a culture of party loyalty, discipline, and focus. Idk how to do that specifically but it probably involves mandatory political education.

There's also a significant material restriction on kids. More homework and pressure to do extracurriculars, less money, harder to get around, fewer brick and mortar places to go, less woods, parents have less time, etc. I was in school a decade ago at this point but most of us just played PlayStation together. I think as shit (specifically housing, cars, and college) gets more expensive and wages stagnate this is further exacerbated.

It seems like China gets lucky every year while most of the West is very unlucky. It must be their crickets.

Yeah that was where the real distinction evolved. In Europe and the US opportunists were happy to redistribute the wealth of the global periphery to their nation's proletariat and call it socialism. The global periphery redistributing it's own wealth from its bourgeoisie to its own working classes isn't particularly evil though.