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lexer @tsdotca.bsky.social · 5h

i'll gladly name my kid a pastoralist, because she's a goat

lexer @tsdotca.bsky.social · 14h

that line, from a working class person, and waitstaff nonetheless, is forever singed into my mind. they are *so close*, and it feels like leftist thought is at a tipping point

lexer @tsdotca.bsky.social · 14h

it's sickening. however, there is hope. i chat with a lot of people, and they ain't buyin' this bullshit anymore. nah uh. to borrow a quote,

"I don't really know what Communism is all about, but I do know that capitalism isn't really working all that well."

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lexer @tsdotca.bsky.social · 14h

and the proletariat fight over the scraps left over from "trickle down" or whatever nonsense: one of the master moves of the bourgeoisie is to pit the working class against each other.

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lexer @tsdotca.bsky.social · 14h

the bourgeoisie fight amongst themselves over like, ballroom lists such as this nonsense en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fou...

en.wikipedia.org

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lexer @tsdotca.bsky.social · 14h

the people who espouse this nonsense are so brainwashed i don't even know how to respond. they aren't petit bourgeois, they are doing class warfare; whatever analysis from the writings of Marx/Engels may apply, these people are still doing class warfare against each other

lexer @tsdotca.bsky.social · 14h

what grosses me out the most about temporarily embarrassed millionaires and this ludicrous notion of a "skilled worker" (Don't laugh!) is somehow different from a so-called "non skilled worker"

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lexer @tsdotca.bsky.social · 14h

what grosses me out the most about temporarily embarrassed millionaires and this ludicrous notion of a "skilled worker" (Don't laugh!) is somehow different from a so-called "non skilled worker"

lexer @tsdotca.bsky.social · 14h

gonna put boots on the ground tomorrow.

lexer @tsdotca.bsky.social · 14h

a sampling of "Food Not Bombs" pamphlets

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lexer @tsdotca.bsky.social · 14h

the only tool in the soc dem toolbox is to VOTE HARDER!

yeah. okay. sure. *fine*. let me check my notes on historical materialism...

lexer @tsdotca.bsky.social · 14h

citations: S&R, What Is To Be Done?, and the classic text, "Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism"

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lexer @tsdotca.bsky.social · 14h

there is a lot to be said about soc dems and how pathetically bereft their ideology is. to quote, "By mediating class struggle through parliamentary and welfare reforms, social democracy maintains bourgeois legitimacy."

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lexer @tsdotca.bsky.social · 14h

ICYMI, the tepid soc dems in Germany were the only ones who voted against the NSDAP enabling act. all of the other liberals, right-wingers, and other flavours of dumbassery all voted in favour

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lexer @tsdotca.bsky.social · 14h

liberals and other reactionaries bitching and whining about reform and "capitalist, but with government enforcement" is literally the path to fascism

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lexer @tsdotca.bsky.social · 14h

"we tried communism, it failed"

let's talk about the gilded age I, II, III, IV; with which is happening (as comrade @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social eloquently states thesis of "techno-feudalism")

but don't worry. capitalism will fix itself. with... reform? sorry my brain stopped working for a minute

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lexer @tsdotca.bsky.social · 17h

this is an absolutely fantastic read. highly recommended

Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com · 1d

This misses some material analysis. Connection to land is essential for revolution. Irish people, Indians, Algerians—they fought not just for their "country" but for their land. In settler colonies like the US, our culture is to just move/take over somewhere else instead of fighting to fix our home

Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 1d

We’re in a moment now where it would be worth people taking three hours to watch Gandhi, particularly the scene of the salt march. There is value to making the brutality of your opponent so plain as day that no one can argue with it. The clarity of that brought down an empire

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Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com · 18h

This is excellent journalism

As fast as the posters have gone up, they’ve been defaced. One online gallery documents more than 90 ads with what you might call user-generated contributions (the cops would call it vandalism), with messages like “SURVEILLANCE CAPITALISM” or “GET REAL FRIENDS.”

“It’s giving ‘We’re replacing real human connection with AI,’” said commuter Tricia Hersey, who passed rows of Friend ads on her way out of the West Fourth Street station last week. “I’m all about real-life connection, and I think this is driving us deeper towards individualism, which is toxic; deeper towards decaying community. I hate it.”

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lexer @tsdotca.bsky.social · 19d

and yes, i did purchase a WinRAR license. not because i use the software, because i love their shitposting game

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lexer @tsdotca.bsky.social · 19d

and yes, i did purchase a WinRAR license. not because i use the software, because i love their shitposting game

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lexer @tsdotca.bsky.social · 19d

the winrar twitter account is one of the vestiges of the platform's hilariousness

x.com/WinRAR_RARLA...

fantastic shitposting potential. come slide into their replies and harass the poor social media intern having to deal with all of us calling the software bad and stupid

WinRAR on X: "📣New WinRAR Fan Art - accurately portraying the face of most of our users when the pop-up pops up!" / X

📣New WinRAR Fan Art - accurately portraying the face of most of our users when the pop-up pops up!

x.com

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Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com · 21d

If you've never heard of Red Scare tactics, now is the time to learn about them and recognize them. There's a reason that those of us who grew up in countries run by money-addicted environment-destroying ghouls were raised to think communism is the enemy.

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lexer @tsdotca.bsky.social · Aug 28

also i am the official support player, so i'm so much Trinity, ready to tell the motherfucker to "Dodge this."

lexer @tsdotca.bsky.social · Aug 28

listening to some of my voice acting and having it time up with The Matrix's bullet dodging scene is super peak

*keanu reeves gets hit by a bullet*

"well that looks like it needs fixin'."

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lexer @tsdotca.bsky.social · Aug 27

bonus points if one can sauté the red onions just right so they add more sweetness 😋

lexer @tsdotca.bsky.social · Aug 27

listening to others has firmly established an opinion i didn't even know i had

diced carrots in marinara sauce. no sugar. no rinds. also douse the thing with what could be described as "an unreasonable amount of garlic" 😤😤😤

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