Mani Moksha
@manimoksha.bsky.social
Still selling labour power, still not buying capitalism / former editor at Midnight Sun magazine / works in tech / rep for Coalition Against the Forces of Late-Stage Capitalist Decay (But With Reasonable Tax Policy)
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Mani Moksha
@manimoksha.bsky.social
· Jul 20
I prefer analysis.
No context reminder: resentment of normies is intellectually lazy and politically corrosive.
August 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
No context reminder: resentment of normies is intellectually lazy and politically corrosive.
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Deliberately starving a civilian population and then setting up aid sites as a death trap to massacre starving people trying to get food is too evil to wrap your mind around. If we saw a supervillain doing this in a movie we'd think it was dumb, because it wouldn't be believable.
June 30, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Deliberately starving a civilian population and then setting up aid sites as a death trap to massacre starving people trying to get food is too evil to wrap your mind around. If we saw a supervillain doing this in a movie we'd think it was dumb, because it wouldn't be believable.
The Islamic Rep is at a point where surviving this war and surviving its aftermath at home are the same thing.
June 22, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The Islamic Rep is at a point where surviving this war and surviving its aftermath at home are the same thing.
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It's hard to focus on Israel's airstrikes in Lebanon due to Israel's invasion of Syria, which is hard to focus on due to Israel's atrocities in the West Bank, which are hard to focus on due to Israel's genocide in Gaza, which is hard to focus on due to Israel's war on Iran.
June 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
It's hard to focus on Israel's airstrikes in Lebanon due to Israel's invasion of Syria, which is hard to focus on due to Israel's atrocities in the West Bank, which are hard to focus on due to Israel's genocide in Gaza, which is hard to focus on due to Israel's war on Iran.
"Abundance" is the new "PMC"
June 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"Abundance" is the new "PMC"
IMO Israel's objective isn't to neutralize Iran's nuclear program or ballistic capabilities. It's ultimately to degrade its industrial capacity and economy to the point of destabilizing it as a nation state.
June 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
IMO Israel's objective isn't to neutralize Iran's nuclear program or ballistic capabilities. It's ultimately to degrade its industrial capacity and economy to the point of destabilizing it as a nation state.
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Being a leftist is fun because it's mostly you and your buddies very loudly saying "this system doesn't work and if we don't do anything about it shits gonna get bad" only to be told "shut up don't be unrealistic" and then shit gets bad and those same people are like "wow I hope you're happy."
May 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Being a leftist is fun because it's mostly you and your buddies very loudly saying "this system doesn't work and if we don't do anything about it shits gonna get bad" only to be told "shut up don't be unrealistic" and then shit gets bad and those same people are like "wow I hope you're happy."
The notion of "male loneliness epidemic" is rhetorical and lends itself to masculinist rationalizations for shitty behavior. But the sociological trend depicted here is more than rhetorical fodder. We need a politics that can at least offramp young men from the manosphere (from acct in other app)
May 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The notion of "male loneliness epidemic" is rhetorical and lends itself to masculinist rationalizations for shitty behavior. But the sociological trend depicted here is more than rhetorical fodder. We need a politics that can at least offramp young men from the manosphere (from acct in other app)
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Building a mass movement (instead of a subculture) will require a lot of cringe, so get comfortable with it
April 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Building a mass movement (instead of a subculture) will require a lot of cringe, so get comfortable with it
Essential reading. A mass movement is rooted in solidarity not social affiliation - an important lesson at a time when people across society are radicalizing in contradictory ways, but open to collective projects resisting domination.
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
How Much Discomfort Is the Whole World Worth? - Boston Review
Movement building requires a culture of listening—not mastery of the right language.
www.bostonreview.net
March 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Essential reading. A mass movement is rooted in solidarity not social affiliation - an important lesson at a time when people across society are radicalizing in contradictory ways, but open to collective projects resisting domination.
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
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Now people realize, from daily exposure to him, that Musk happily lies when it suits his interests, they have much more reason to be sceptical about robot maids and robot taxis and AI powered this and that. Tesla makes cars and it should be valued as such 4/x
March 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Now people realize, from daily exposure to him, that Musk happily lies when it suits his interests, they have much more reason to be sceptical about robot maids and robot taxis and AI powered this and that. Tesla makes cars and it should be valued as such 4/x
Lest we forget: "US workers–including some who may have voted for Trump–are not our enemy. In most cases, they are reeling from 40 years of neoliberalism and a worsening cost-of-living crisis."
For the labour movement and the Left, the trade war awakens long-dormant political questions about nationalism, free trade, and class power.
The Left must put forward a clear political alternative or risk getting swept aside by the forces of reaction and profit.
SpringMag.ca/trade-wars-a...
The Left must put forward a clear political alternative or risk getting swept aside by the forces of reaction and profit.
SpringMag.ca/trade-wars-a...
Trade wars and class wars
<p>For labour and the left, the trade war awakens long-dormant political questions about nationalism, free trade, and class power. The Left must put forward a clear political alternative to the forces...
springmag.ca
March 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Lest we forget: "US workers–including some who may have voted for Trump–are not our enemy. In most cases, they are reeling from 40 years of neoliberalism and a worsening cost-of-living crisis."
Perhaps it's a stretch, but Zelensky might benefit from the fiasco by adding momentum to Europe's break with US foreign policy and military dependence.
March 1, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Perhaps it's a stretch, but Zelensky might benefit from the fiasco by adding momentum to Europe's break with US foreign policy and military dependence.
I aspire to write like this:
This scrum of pot-bellied, sunken-chested betas trying to bully an all-black clad badass Eastern European wasteland survivor while dressed like Men’s Wearhouse mannequins is peak cinema.
GLENN: Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office.
ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
March 1, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I aspire to write like this:
I guess coasters are 'woke.'
He absolutely is.
This is Elon’s idea of a big flex: A nightstand pic with some toy guns.
This is Elon’s idea of a big flex: A nightstand pic with some toy guns.
February 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I guess coasters are 'woke.'
Do we think that the word "fascist" is over-used in American politics? Has its force diminished?
February 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Do we think that the word "fascist" is over-used in American politics? Has its force diminished?
"The 1979 anti-disco bonfire in Comiskey Park can serve as a cultural window into today's anti-DEI purges, helping us to understand..." someone run with this and cite me as a co-author.
February 27, 2025 at 12:58 AM
"The 1979 anti-disco bonfire in Comiskey Park can serve as a cultural window into today's anti-DEI purges, helping us to understand..." someone run with this and cite me as a co-author.
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Just to underline - the US voted with Russia and North Korea on a UN resolution on Ukraine. China abstained
February 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Just to underline - the US voted with Russia and North Korea on a UN resolution on Ukraine. China abstained
I know this political crisis extends from more enduring structural crises. But the sheer impulsiveness and megalomania of Musk and Trump makes this connection harder to see (and to sell). I feel like the notion of "flooding the zone" doesn't quite capture this.
February 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I know this political crisis extends from more enduring structural crises. But the sheer impulsiveness and megalomania of Musk and Trump makes this connection harder to see (and to sell). I feel like the notion of "flooding the zone" doesn't quite capture this.
As a worker in tech, I approve of this message.
Years ago, after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, I interviewed a former fb employee, and I remember her continually emphasizing that these tech bros weren't evil geniuses, but were, in fact, dangerous because they were utterly clueless, totally reckless, and had too much power.
February 19, 2025 at 5:10 AM
As a worker in tech, I approve of this message.
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strongly agreed with Cara. some of y'all talk like you have hidden a spare population of unproblematic, unpropagandized people to build a mass movement out of under your couch cushions or something.
It reminds me of my first labor organizing job when my trainer said "The thing that's different about labor is that you just have to organize who's here" and to some extent, the older I get, the more I realize that's true everywhere.
February 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
strongly agreed with Cara. some of y'all talk like you have hidden a spare population of unproblematic, unpropagandized people to build a mass movement out of under your couch cushions or something.
Is there a way leftists can harness the upswell of Canadian nationalism?
February 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Is there a way leftists can harness the upswell of Canadian nationalism?
This also happened at Twitter when Musk arrived and started to decimate its staff.
Trump administration wants to un-fire nuclear safety workers but can’t figure out how to reach them
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Trump administration wants to un-fire nuclear safety workers but can’t figure out how to reach them
The individuals, who work in an agency that oversees the nation's nuclear stockpile, had been fired on Thursday and lost access to their federal government email accounts.
www.nbcnews.com
February 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This also happened at Twitter when Musk arrived and started to decimate its staff.
DEI is now a 'cumulative target' that represents any social arrangements not overtly organized around white /male supremacy as objects for attack.
Missouri's AG Andrew Bailey is suing Starbucks, arguing that its workforce is too "female" and "non-white" and as a result Missouri consumers “pay higher prices and wait longer for goods and services" because its workforce is "less qualified"
This is a brazenly racist and sexist lawsuit.
This is a brazenly racist and sexist lawsuit.
February 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
DEI is now a 'cumulative target' that represents any social arrangements not overtly organized around white /male supremacy as objects for attack.