Well, the fascism is kinda dying in the crib before it can get footing due to incompetence…

But like… The job market sucks, the AI bubble could pop at any moment, the price of diesel is like that meme of the guy riding a bike sticking a stick into his wheel (for the economy in general). Plus the midterms are coming up, and after Trump loses Congress he’s going to be an ultra lame duck with nothing to lose

We’re on the brink of unavoidable supply chain problems and a looming economic crash that could be set off by it. When that happens, a lot of things will move very quickly before the dust settles

If you’re entrenched in a job, it might be better to stick it out for a few months rather than being a fresh hire at somewhere that is funded by investments

When the dust clears, there will be new opportunities. Needs will need to be met, and we’ll have a better idea of what the future will look like

But there’s no guarantee of stability for anyone, so live your life. If you don’t feel strongly one way or the other, I’d recommend waiting

But if you think your life will be better at the new job, go for it, it could be the best decision of your life

The concept of intersectionality means that it’s not really feasible to support one marginalized group to the exclusion of others.

Um… It’s looking pretty feasible to me. Not nearly as effective, but that doesn’t seem to be stopping a lot of people

There’s a deeper level to it. Israel, especially netanyahu over his long career, created the entire situation. And they did it directly and intentionally

Palestine used to be governed by the PLA. Hamas are hardliners - their founding goal was to turn the region against Israel and drive out the Israeli people. Hardliners are the least effective form of any movement

Israel held elections for Palestinians, giving them an official group to negotiate with, as well as some legal recognition that allows them to collect funds

As soon as Hamas won a single election, they stopped holding elections and the PLA leaders were assassinated soon after

Not to mention the on again off again attacks… Israel would build them infrastructure like hospitals and desalinization plants, then blow them up

There’s a lot to say on the topic, so I’ll end it with a fact that really puts things in contrast…

Before October 11, the average age in Gaza was under 18, and it isn’t like their population numbers were booming

The second point is that we should not allow those that had direct support of this genocide to pretend that they were against it from the start.

I don’t think that’s the meaning of the quote… Kind of the opposite, really

It means the tides will shift, and suddenly it will be socially unacceptable to harass mixed race couples. The people who would have thrown rocks at them decades before will be inviting them over for dinner and cooing over pictures of their grandchildren

It’ll be a faux pas to bring up this change, even

There is no justice for a genocide. There’s no way to even the scales, and people are almost never punished for going along with the group consensus

At best, the killing will stop and a handful of leaders directly responsible will be held to account. Maybe some examples will be made of a few IDF soldiers. Maybe international peacekeepers will be installed in Gaza and the West Bank, there’s a small chance Palestine is granted statehood due to overwhelming international pressure

Maybe, maybe, there will be a congressional inquiry into the part arms manufacturers played here, but nothing will come of it. No one is going to go after Biden or Congress members over their role… They’ll just have always been against it secretly, and everyone will ignore their voting records

Myers Briggs is complete pseudoscience, if it helps. Literally nonsense made up whole cloth by some mother and daughter

I wish we could use something other then discord, like societally

It’s a bad time to make a job switch generally

Flip a coin. If the answer is keeping your job, and you feel devastated, make the change

Otherwise, you’re probably better off holding off for another 6-12 months

I miss how cool I smoke cigarettes. I don’t miss the taste, or regret that people now tell me I smell like candy

They will if they stand to miss out on money if they fail to do it. That basic level of incentives is all that works at this point

That’s what I’ve been saying… There’s no 5d chess going on here. They left an aircraft carrier out for almost a year because they fucking forgot about it

The only plan in place is “how do I profit off destroying the government”. And they’re short sighted even on that simple plan

I’m in a weird place where I truly believe everything will be ok in the end but also stressed to all hell because I don’t see it. Kitteh, please advise

The purpose of organizing is to create educated, professional socialists that can then organize the rest of the working class, proliferate pro-socialist ideas, and explain core socialist theory, while struggling alongside the working classes in unionizing, protesting, and more.

You’re reading too much praxis. Organizing is the goal - political ambitions can be reliably achieved only by organizing.

Spreading education of socialist theory? Entirely optional. People don’t vote in their best interests even when the topics are clear cut… Why would you expect individuals to properly apply these principles and reach the same conclusions? That’s just not how people work

There’s power in numbers. Humans are driven by community and belonging. Most people need to be told who to vote for, and for that you need to build trust and connection

Organization isn’t a step, it’s the end goal. It’s the mechanism that allows you to change material conditions and resist the corruptive forces that will attempt to destroy what we build. Everything flows from organization

Your approach wasn’t hacky. You don’t control external services, you only control your own system

Accept what you can’t change and change what you can’t accept. Clearly that means you have to make your response handling more robust to handle retries gracefully and accept partial responses to be fleshed out later

I love how easy it is to change language

You can really just make up words, the more ambiguous the better, and people will assign meaning to them and start using them

Democrats are expected to be as pure as the driven snow and not have a hair out of place.

This is a self imposed limitation on the part of democrats, more than anything

They’re historically unpopular right now because they’re so busy pretending to be the adults in the room that they barely use power when they have it

Hopefully this year brings in a wave of progressives, and I’m not going to measure them by how composed they are. This isn’t a time for composure

I, and I think the country, are going to measure them by their actions. On what they actually accomplish to rebuild trust that the government can affect our lives for the better

Very true… They absolutely should follow through on it. It would buy them a bunch of good will, and it would probably help stimulate the economy

Plus it’s not like the deficit matters at this point… Or at least another trillion or two wouldn’t change anything

Dayum, nice find… These days we’ve got so many people desperate to find a way to make a buck that you can only see deals like that far outside population areas. I haven’t even seen any remotely modern computer in a secondhand store in years

I’d love to visit Korea someday, if I ever have the chance I’ll have to check out the thrift stores. Even if I don’t find a computer, old stuff is cool

Yeah, but look how his lower face also protrudes… It’s like an itty bitty snout

Not really… Even if there was political will to hold him to account, he’s got the court giving him blanket immunity

If they had any balls, the Democrats should be promising $7500. At the point we are in politics, they need learn to play the game with the new rules

Or at the very least, they should promise to vote for $5k either way. That wouldn’t even be illegal

Could you grab me some ram? I was going to take out a mortgage to upgrade my computer, but then I realized I don’t own any property