Gorilladrums

joined 2 years ago
[–] Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

It's a similar to MAGA in a way. MAGA's biggest problem, as an ideology, is that it revolves around blind loyalty to a single idiot and therefore the entire movement starts and stops with his whims, no matter how contradictory, damaging, or nonsensical. You could say it's confirmation bias that I have this opinion, but I think given recent events, this opinion does have a basis of fact to it. The same applies to the left when it comes to purity testing. It's really not hard to see how prominent purity testing is in leftist discourse.

[–] Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago

I worked in retail too before. You're going to meet every type of person, and a lot of them aren't pleasant. It's in the best interest of everybody to simply complete the transaction as quickly and smoothly as possible. I don't want to see their ugly mugs nor do they want to spend time with me. If I let every customer like this get under my skin, I would gone insane long ago. The people in retail who actually do spend the time messing with customers usually just end up provoking them, which leads to the crazier ones to flip out and cause problems for everybody else.

[–] Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

You're right, BUT it will never happen. Hearing different perspectives and understanding other viewpoints will not only broaden your horizons, but it will also deradicalize you... but the people who you are asking to do this are the radicals who are allergic to ideologically diversity. Purity testing is one of the hallmark defining traits of the modern left, and the further left you go the more extreme it gets. The far left will excommunicate anybody who doesn't agree with on just about everything. You simply can't have a serious movement with this type of mentality being as prominent as it is.

[–] Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

Idk why you're downvoted, horseshoe theory has proven to be correct over time. There's that much that separates Marxist Leninist authoritarianism and Fascist authoritarianism

[–] Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

The issue is that you're a minority in your camp. Broadly speaking, the left sees compromise as weakness, neutrality as cowardice, working with opposition towards a common cause as treachery. These are all symptoms of purity testing, and it's the reason why the left in so many places is completely paralyzed.

[–] Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 0 points 16 hours ago

The infighting amongst the left is entirely self inflected

[–] Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

A lot of the far left types would rather have fascists rule and ruin everything just to spite their opposition rather than make compromises by working with them.

[–] Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

A professor in college once said something that stayed with me. He said that "bad ideologies will always find ways to self implode".

This stuck with me because it's true. Good ideologies tend to be pragmatic and flexible, and so they're able to adapt and evolve. However, bad ideologies tend to be more rigid and focus mostly on theories and ideals, and therefore they're unable to adapt or evolve. Far left ideologies firmly fall in the latter category which is why they are where they are.

[–] Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 41 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Allegations of sexual crimes should always be taken seriously and addressed immediately, however, that's not the same as taking the words of the victims words as the truth. A due process has to be mandatory and proof must remain a non negotiable requirement to arrest and punish someone. That's the one and only way justice can be served.

[–] Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Why would want to move a country that's worse in every capacity?

[–] Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Wait, you want to move to South Africa?

 

There's no good reason for them to be on the road. Consider the following:

  • They're extremely loud and cause noise pollution

  • They're very dangerous on the road and have high accident rates

  • They're bad for the environment and cause air pollution

  • They're extremely inefficient as they can only carry 1-2 people max

  • They can't carry cargo

  • They're dangerous for pedestrians

  • They're very demanding to operate

  • They're virtually useless in the winter when there's snow, ice, and hail

  • The people who tend to drive them tend to be assholes who don't respect road laws

People complain about cars all the time, and while our car dependency is definitely a big issue that we need to address, cars still have a lot utility. Motorcycles on the other hand? Not really. I think getting rid of them once and for all is good way to immediately make our roads safer, simplify traffic, and open up a pathway to move away from cars.

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