rambling_lunatic

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Because liberalism is a hypocritical ideology.

The USA built itself off genocide and colonialism and has spent the last three centuries expanding its empire to every continent (and has long-since been an attack dog for Israel).

France endorsed liberty, equality, and fraternity at home and horrors abroad in Haiti and Algeria.

To the credit of the Liberal Party, they were much less imperialist than the Whigs they derived from or Tories. This is not to say that they were truly opposed to imperialism. Cecil Rhodes was a Liberal.

In all of these cases, the colonial adventures did not occur despite liberalism but were justified by it. We must bring enlightened civilization to the savages, you see. Locke and Mill, two foundational British figures of liberalism, were both supporters of colonialism.

[–] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The Russian embassy in Ireland is on Orwell Road. Simple and fitting.

[–] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Neoliberalism, obviously. Kamala probably wouldn't be in favour of people being abducted off the street and shoved into unmarked vans.

[–] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (8 children)

The point is that socialism cannot be achieved by electoral means. At best, if the masses in the street really pressure those in power, you get social democracy. That being said the choice for Americans was neoliberalism or fascism. The reasons for fascism winning go deeper than "the left was to whinny", but that's beside the point being made here.

[–] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Lord of War is unironically one of my favourite movies of all time

Не твоё дело (literally translated to "not your business/deal")

Direct and to the point. Not many can boast to be this good at communication.

Socialism taken to the extreme ends in anarchism. Now if you decide to muddle "giving power to the workers" and "giving power to the workers' party" things reach type 3 fun very fast.

Under Trump they started shipping the repression back home

Every day we learn something is a happy day for us

[–] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I think you and I think of different meanings for "your man". Never said that Trump wasn't a gombeen piece of shit.

 

Trianon must fall!

 
 

Please excuse the censorship, I don't think the gamer word is allowed on this instance.

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Rule of Left Psychology (sh.itjust.works)
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A lot of people on the left seem to hold The Authoritarian Personality by Adorno et al. and The Mass Psychology of Fascism by Reich in very high regard.

These are very old books. The Adorno book has been criticised for methodological reasons. The Reich book is very rooted in Freudian psychoanalysis. Yet they still seem to be widely read and discussed.

I am not a psychologist. Can psychologists please tell me if these works are still considered to be useful and supported by the available evidence? I feel awfully skeptical when someone backs their point up by citing them and I want to know whether I should unclench my arse.

Thank you :)

 
 

I earn a little spare cash as an English tutor over the Internet. My student is a little girl in Russia. During today's lesson she asked me if YouTube isn't working my country either. She said that people are trying to make RuTube to replace it.

I can't explain to her why it doesn't work for her but works for me. Either I must lie or break the law.

Kids are naive and innocent. It breaks the heart.

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