Well, it's even funnier because he initially disowned her because she basically just asked him to be an engaged parent, and not just try and buy her affection like everyone else. The anti-trans stuff was just a result of him spiraling down a hole of mental illness because he so desperately need for everyone to like him, and suddenly there was someone whose love he couldn't just buy. So instead of reflecting on why that is, he just blamed it on the transgender woke mind virus Marxist socialism.
some begin life as allies of the working class, but power corrupts. it is so unbelievably rare for humans to be able to resist that corruption that it can never be relied upon. politicians betraying the will of the people isn't just an individual failing, it's the system working as intended
How does the working class collectively make decisions that affect everyone?
Wouldn't they need some form of delegates representing them?
Cause those would also be politicians.
Wouldn't they need some form of delegates representing them?
Cause those would also be politicians.
No, it wouldn't. The difference vs someone appointed as a delegate vs a politician is that the group can recall a delegate that is not representing them whereas politicians are on set terms (for the most part).
the majority of even americans still support fluoride in the water, despite everything. there is a relatively small minority ruining the country due to representative democracy. heck, a majority oppose aid to israel and support medicare for all. direct democracy would make the US an incredibly better country
You're restricting your thinking to being solely within the current political system.
Direct democracies exist as an antidote to the problem of corrupt "representatives" and politicians; replacing them instead with delegates who can only communicate goals and have no political power to enforce them— that power remains with the people within a direct democracy.
So how do people in a direct democracy decide for example whether to defend their country militarily against an attacker, and how, or sue for peace?
Do you publish all your military intel on the attacker and the strength of your own forces and then hold a vote?
Who decides from which age on people are eligible to vote? etc...
This was just months before the tantrum that started his negative public opinion trend, eventually leading to his 180 and trying to look good to the far right instead of the slightly closer to the centre right.
Nah fuck that noise. Cowardice is what’s perpetually propping up that whole system.
Shit isn’t going to change for as long as people keep trying to whip each other into line with an infinite never-ending “this is the most important election in history, you can worry about fixing the system later” every single time forever.
Apart from anything else, blaming third party voters like they uniquely owe Dems their vote in a way that no other voter does, is neither backed up by the statistics nor does it bear any connection to reality. It's just a sloppy lazy way of finding a scapegoat to vent at. Why not try blaming Trump voters for Trump instead?
Or indeed, if we're going to construct imaginary parallel universes with different election outcomes, how about one in which enough people voted Green in 2016 that the Dems were forced to actually try listening to the Left, instead of drifting ever Rightwards in an attempt to capture voters who will never vote for them anyway?
That's a lot of words to say you voted for worthless Jill. And yes there are election results you can look at to personally see how 3rd party took the win from the dems, if the dems hadnt conceded at dinner time.
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Aneorthisio@lemmy.ml · 105 pts · 72d
Wait, isn't this the same guy who, two years after this post, disowned one of his own children because they came out as transgender?
hovercat@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 15 pts · 71d
Well, it's even funnier because he initially disowned her because she basically just asked him to be an engaged parent, and not just try and buy her affection like everyone else. The anti-trans stuff was just a result of him spiraling down a hole of mental illness because he so desperately need for everyone to like him, and suddenly there was someone whose love he couldn't just buy. So instead of reflecting on why that is, he just blamed it on the transgender woke mind virus Marxist socialism.
Footer1998@crazypeople.online · 93 pts · 72d
corporations, politicians and the super wealthy are all enemies of the international working class, and can never be trusted
and no, there are no exceptions. use politicians as tools to make progress but never ever trust them.
the working class must organize and sieze power ourselves or else forever remain slaves
positiveWHAT@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 72d
No, not ALL politicians are enemies of the working class.
A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip · 5 pts · 71d
At the very least it's not a defining feature, as with the other two.
Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 71d
Almost all of them. There are maybe a few exceptions. I'm going to be honest, the only politician I would count as "good" is Miguel Ángel Revilla.
Footer1998@crazypeople.online · 0 pts · 72d
some begin life as allies of the working class, but power corrupts. it is so unbelievably rare for humans to be able to resist that corruption that it can never be relied upon. politicians betraying the will of the people isn't just an individual failing, it's the system working as intended
mech@feddit.org · 6 pts · 72d
How does the working class collectively make decisions that affect everyone?
Wouldn't they need some form of delegates representing them?
Cause those would also be politicians.
Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online · 2 pts · 71d
No, it wouldn't. The difference vs someone appointed as a delegate vs a politician is that the group can recall a delegate that is not representing them whereas politicians are on set terms (for the most part).
Footer1998@crazypeople.online · 0 pts · 72d
direct democracy
Serinus@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 72d
Twitch plays geopolitics.
Footer1998@crazypeople.online · 1 pts · 72d
better to have a messy democratic system than an orderly fascistic one
mech@feddit.org · 2 pts · 72d
Who decides which voting method to use?
Footer1998@crazypeople.online · 1 pts · 72d
everyone
mech@feddit.org · 0 pts · 72d
lol
socsa@piefed.social · 1 pts · 71d
Monkey paw curls
Congratulations, water now contains ivermectin instead of flouride.
Footer1998@crazypeople.online · 2 pts · 71d
the majority of even americans still support fluoride in the water, despite everything. there is a relatively small minority ruining the country due to representative democracy. heck, a majority oppose aid to israel and support medicare for all. direct democracy would make the US an incredibly better country
Yliaster@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 72d
You're restricting your thinking to being solely within the current political system.
Direct democracies exist as an antidote to the problem of corrupt "representatives" and politicians; replacing them instead with delegates who can only communicate goals and have no political power to enforce them— that power remains with the people within a direct democracy.
mech@feddit.org · 1 pts · 72d
So how do people in a direct democracy decide for example whether to defend their country militarily against an attacker, and how, or sue for peace?
Do you publish all your military intel on the attacker and the strength of your own forces and then hold a vote?
Who decides from which age on people are eligible to vote? etc...
Yliaster@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 71d
Look into anarchism, all of these questions and whatever else you can think of have been answered.
Anarchistfaq is a site you can read on this more on.
finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world · 51 pts · 72d
And now, after she began transitioning in 2020, he disowned his daughter/whines that 'the woke mind virus killed my son'.
Renat@szmer.info · 37 pts · 72d
It was 8 years ago.
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 13 pts · 72d
Was that right around the time they were having all these problems with racism and sexism in their Fremont factory? Or was that a different time?
Ledivin@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 71d
Those reports were woke so they didn't count
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 71d
This was just months before the tantrum that started his negative public opinion trend, eventually leading to his 180 and trying to look good to the far right instead of the slightly closer to the centre right.
psycho_driver@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 71d
Elon's heart takes him to Naziism
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 71d
Where his heart takes him:
skisnow@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 72d
They still had the fucking audacity to have a Pride wrapped Tesla at an event last June
yakko@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 71d
Rainbow fascism
Taleya@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 71d
Alternatively: even the richest man in the world has to dance like an organ grinder's monkey for my queer, queer pennies.
Which he will not be getting.
HA
Dance harder ya fucken monkey
ThunderQueen@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 71d
iocase@lemmy.zip · -10 pts · 72d
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 12 pts · 72d
Guess you shouldn't have voted Green, huh
skisnow@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 71d
Nah fuck that noise. Cowardice is what’s perpetually propping up that whole system.
Shit isn’t going to change for as long as people keep trying to whip each other into line with an infinite never-ending “this is the most important election in history, you can worry about fixing the system later” every single time forever.
Apart from anything else, blaming third party voters like they uniquely owe Dems their vote in a way that no other voter does, is neither backed up by the statistics nor does it bear any connection to reality. It's just a sloppy lazy way of finding a scapegoat to vent at. Why not try blaming Trump voters for Trump instead?
Or indeed, if we're going to construct imaginary parallel universes with different election outcomes, how about one in which enough people voted Green in 2016 that the Dems were forced to actually try listening to the Left, instead of drifting ever Rightwards in an attempt to capture voters who will never vote for them anyway?
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 1 pts · 70d
That's a lot of words to say you voted for worthless Jill. And yes there are election results you can look at to personally see how 3rd party took the win from the dems, if the dems hadnt conceded at dinner time.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 71d
Not just genocide on the right, MUCH MORE genocide.