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Daniel 🦁 @eikonos.bsky.social · 54m

maybe one of the essential lessons of capitalism/fascism is that the fascists are never satisfied taking away the rights and lives of some other people

they don't become satisfied, and then stop

they want to do it to everyone else, without exception, and eventually they dispense with the pretexts

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Daniel 🦁 @eikonos.bsky.social · 57m

i understand that under capitalism, we've internalized the idea that everyone's needs can't be met, because that's just not profitable, therefore some people's needs must be unmet

and people won't willingly allow their essential needs to be unmet, therefore police must do it by force

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Daniel 🦁 @eikonos.bsky.social · 59m

when ICE kidnaps someone, people keep saying, "i thought they only did that to criminals?"

when police kill someone, people have been saying, "i assume they only do that to criminals, therefore the victim must have been a criminal"

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Daniel 🦁 @eikonos.bsky.social · 1h

all those "news" reports about "officer-involved" shootings were intended to convince people to support (or at least stay silent) as police killed other people on the street

given time, the "new" will probably report on "immigrant-involved deportations" or some such nonsense

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Daniel 🦁 @eikonos.bsky.social · 1h

the difference between ICE and the regular police, is that ICE haven't had decades of "news" media normalizing their presence on our streets as some sort of "public safety" campaign

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Stephanie Baudelaire, MD @sbaudelaire.bsky.social · 1h

that was always, ALWAYS politics and we were BEGGING yall to listen this whole time

it's not "anymore"

it's "never was"

The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 3h

There's no "regular politics" anymore because you can no longer maintain the idea that we all agree on common goals but we only differ about the means of getting there or whatever. The guys in charge now are plainly amoral, sadistic nihilists. They delight in it! You can't civilly disagree with that

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 2h

Re-reading my old posts

Two pictures of a cat that looks happy and impossibly pleased with itself

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Defund VicPD @defundvicpd.bsky.social · 6h

It’s Sunday in Victoria and that means…libraries are closed! Sure would be nice to visit the library on this rainy day, but there seems to be no money to open the library all weekend.

Unless… #DefundVicPD #yyj

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Daniel 🦁 @eikonos.bsky.social · 4h

If they cut the police budget, they could keep property tax increases at zero, while increasing funding some other departments that need it.

karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 1d

world cup of garbage strikes is gonna be awesome

sponsored youtu.be thing from ABC Vancouver

Zero means zero: 0% property tax increase in Vancouver for 2026

then all their silly clown in a row

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 4h

Oh dude just went right into the misogyny. Fucking a. It's like so many people have this thin layer of fake civility but the moment you tell them they're wrong they do crap like this

@[email protected] on Mastodon @electricheadpt2.cryptoanarchy.network · 12h

This guy rocks (derogatory). You’re apparently a “thirst trap white woman” and were just all simps for thinking he’s a dumbass.

The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.... • 18m
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As much disdain as I have for Large Accounts that do a bunch of venting on main like they're smol beans, I have a ton more for the army of followers who swarm people like "they're a human being, don't police their expression of emotions!" This is the same as simping for favor from the rich.
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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.... • 14m
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Just because you're simping for a leftist conventionally attractive thirst trap white woman doesn't make you any different from the people who spend all day doing the same on X for Elon Musk.

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Xodanix3 @xodanix3.bsky.social · 6h

There's so much we re socially conditioned to comply with that simply exist to make wealth transfers and money laundering run smoother.

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Laurie Prange @prangemartin.bsky.social · 1d

I’m very pro-immigration, and so I’m always going to say that if work needs to be done than the worker deserves the right to have a path to citizenship. Thus, I’m 100% against the TFW program. That it also suppresses wages adds to my being against it.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

One of the only welcome things about this current period in the U.S. is that the "this is not who WE are" stuff might finally be over.

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Daniel 🦁 @eikonos.bsky.social · 1d

i'm glad people are enjoying sports, i just wish that sports posts could be tagged so i don't try to read them out of context

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Daniel 🦁 @eikonos.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, that would drive costs down. What's wrong with doing that?

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Daniel 🦁 @eikonos.bsky.social · 1d

Why did the Democrats spend tax money bombing people though? I mean, seriously, why did they choose to do that?

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Defund VicPD @defundvicpd.bsky.social · 2d

There’s more money for police but apparently none for striking workers #defundVicpd

CHEK News @cheknews.ca · 2d

Public Safety Minister Nina Krieger says the province is providing funding to add nearly 100 new training seats per class for police recruits at the Justice Institute of British Columbia's police academy.

Province expands funding for Justice Institute of B.C. to add 96 police seats

Public Safety Minister Nina Krieger says the province is providing funding to add nearly 100 new training seats per class for police recruits at the Justice Institute of British Columbia's police academy.

cheknews.ca

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Daniel 🦁 @eikonos.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me more about what you think this "socialism" version of housing looks like.

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Daniel 🦁 @eikonos.bsky.social · 1d

Do you think that we're faced with a choice of either a housing market controlled by investors or socialism?

I know all about investing-based housing because that's the world we live in, so what does this socialism thing look like to you?

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Daniel 🦁 @eikonos.bsky.social · 1d

I don't know, but based on the timing, that could be it.

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aslynn's tremendous 'tism horror show 👻 🎃 @audhd-psychnp.com · 2d

well, there you have it

A graph that asks "DOES FAST FASHION CAUSE AUTISM?*" with an orange and a blue graph rising over time. The blue graph is generally a few deviations above the orange line. The blue line represents SHEIN SALES and the orange one is AUTISM RATES except *No, this is a fake graph. from @audhd-psychnp.com

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Daniel 🦁 @eikonos.bsky.social · 1d

In your version of "abundance", you want to ensure that people can't own their own homes, you want to ensure that landlords are given priority.

Landlords already have priority, that's why there isn't enough housing.

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Daniel 🦁 @eikonos.bsky.social · 1d

If only I'd thought to say, "Supermoon turned my son into a werewolf."

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Daniel 🦁 @eikonos.bsky.social · 1d

We need to take their license and their car away.

CHEK News @cheknews.ca · 2d

Saanich Police say a driver was handed two tickets for hitting a pair of pedestrians in broad daylight before fleeing the scene.

Driver handed two tickets for hitting pedestrians in Saanich, fleeing the scene

Saanich Police say a driver was handed two tickets for hitting a pair of pedestrians in broad daylight before fleeing the scene.

cheknews.ca

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 2d

Personally, I think hitting someone with your car and fleeing the scene is exponentially worse than not paying about $20 worth of transit fares, but the people who make the laws think these things are the same, and should be punished the same.

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