you're right, but it's worth also looking for the bigger picture - why is the political system a two-party system?
the ruling class aren't super incompetent, if there's a better alternative there's a reason that they're not using it.
sorry, but no, this is a really bad idea.
you are now becoming a trump supporter as your way of fighting trump
if accelerationism worked, it would have worked before now, things have been dramatically getting worse for decades
accelerationism is one of the ways they trick us into supporting their goals. don't fall for it.
we need solidarity and we need to take bold action collectively. ignore neoliberals, go throw molotov cocktails at parked cop cars. it's a lot more effective than accelerationism.
Bartell, on voting for Trump despite his immigration policies: "He didn't create the system, but he does have an opportunity to improve it. Hopefully, all this attention will bring to light how broken it is."
absolutely fucking delusional. honestly, it's more sad, rather than funny
we should never forgive the ruling class for gaslighting 30% of the US into voting for fascism.
"unlike u snowflakes i am not so easily triggered"
"HOW DARE U CALL ME HOMOPHOBIC I HAD SEX WITH TWO MEN!!!!"
jesus fuck get a grip
i know that, i mean among the working class. tolerance for listening to a friend spouting nazi shit and fascist shit has been pretty low until recently, dogwhistles not withstanding. i mean there's a reason they dogwhistle so much, it's because their views are roundly rejected and they get bullied when they don't hide their beliefs
if that level of hate, aggression, suppression, etc. isn't enough to prevent the rise of fascism, it won't be enough to slow or stop it either. we need different tactics
...i know? obviously it's that, nobody was debating that fact. my point is that the automatic agreement that having sex with men makes you submissive is inherently homophobic.
imagine if instead if the insult was like, "he's such a woman, i bet he loves cooking, cleaning and looking after republicans!", I imagine you'd correctly interpret the sexism in there. the original message was homophobic in the same way.
and i don't care how gay you are or aren't, you have zero authority to tell people that they're not allowed to find something discriminatory
thank you for your thoughtful comment, sometimes it's tough, i wake up to usually 10+ replies telling me i'm wrong and that i'm basically hitler, and a bunch of DMs just throwing hate at me, so nice comments are a nice change of pace!
btw, if it helps, i'd totally press that button if it existed! sadly, it doesn't, and can't exist. fascism isn't something that you're born with, it's an evil that grows inside us. none of us are immune, and probably all of us are dealing with a mild infection.
that's where all the hate and vitriol comes from. that's the dark part of us that enjoys seeing others suffer, and wants to solve our problems with violence, and wants to see everything in black and white.
we've been violently anti-fascist for nearly 100 years now, nazi is literally one of the most insulting things you can be called, and most people would happily look the other way if you punched a nazi. if violence and hate was an effective way of fighting fascism, we wouldn't be in this situation. it's just not effective
maybe you could approach me with compassion and try to understand, instead of just riding in on a high horse to pass judgment
or don't, believe what you want. i know i'm right.
doing the right thing is often hard. i'm gonna keep punching nazis, but when i see trump voters having their lives ruined, i'm going to put hatred aside to try to create a better world. you may not agree with me, but i hope my comments moved at least a few people.
people can change their minds about stuff, you know?
not that i really advocate for anyone to engage with someone who willingly accepts the label of fascist or approves of fascist ideology
i was really more aiming towards the people who aren't fascist but got misled by misinformation and propaganda, than outright fascists
dehumanizing people is the first step on the road to genocide.
if you could click your fingers and everyone who voted Trump died, regardless of how they now feel about it, would you do it?
but honestly, it's not a safe space, i've seen anti-trump people be really homophobic, sexist, racist...
sometimes it's hard to see that big of a difference between trump supporters and the people who really aggressively hate on trump supporters.
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no, i'm not, i'm advocating for solidarity, the exact opposite of what you described.
accelerationism is evil, it's a sacrifice of vulnerable people/groups to try and shock less-vulnerable groups into action. it doesn't work, it has never worked and will never work.
you need solidarity. you need to work towards building it. that means you need to accept that you're not always right and that other people have valuable perspectives.
when there are enough people on our side we will be able to change the system without excessive violence just through withholding our labour.