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“Essentially no different” is overselling it. “A lot less difference than there should be” is better.


I can believe that a lot of what we call laziness is really something else, but I’m not in the maximalist “lazy does not exist” camp. Whatever your goals are in life, you need at least some ability to buckle down and do those necessary things you’d rather not do. All else being equal, some people are better at that than others.



The DNC cannot be entered and changed into a working class party because they too get their base from the bourgeoisie.

I think this is too pessimistic, especially in light of how bad all other options are for the left. Party bases change – Democrats used to be a lot closer to the working class, and (decades ago) delivered major policy improvements. With a lot of jobs re-proletarianizing, who’s to say the party base can’t shift back?

The biggest barrier to such a change is campaign donations, of course. But Bernie showed you can fund even a major presidential campaign through small donors, and we’re also at the point where corporate Dems have more money than they can effectively use (see the Harris campaign).



Your idea is that… any politics with roots in the 20th century are irrelevant?

When exactly did everyone on the planet wake up and decide history doesn’t matter?


this guy pointed out trump would be worse for Palestineans

You realize Trump has already pushed Israel to accept a ceasefire/prisoner exchange, right? That’s an actual, material improvement in the situation in Gaza compared to Biden. Democrats who are still trotting out “Trump will somehow do an even worse genocide” are giving away they game that they don’t even care enough to keep up on the news.

I say this as someone who think Trump should be in prison, too.


It’s functionally no different than a dollar bill.

In the case of communist ‘money’, I think we would cease using money to kill our neighbor.

Seems like a big difference to me


Nonsense – people frequently help others even during disasters, wars, and other precarious times.



the Republicans fixed the DMV here by running it like a business

Any details?