musou wrote on April 8, 2020 at 6:32 PM (edited on April 8, 2020 at 6:33 PM)

Reply to Bernie Sanders is suspending his campaign. If your democratic primary is still to come, it's still good to go vote for Bernie Sanders by devtesla

already been seeing the "anyone who won't vote for biden is a fake leftist white man" takes circulating everywhere and i don't think i've ever been more interested in buying a ~~flamethrower~~ weed burner from tractor supply

musou wrote on April 4, 2020 at 5:12 AM

Reply to animal crossing villager tier list by hollyhoppet

i have tammy and egbert and cally and i love them all equally

musou wrote on April 3, 2020 at 6:51 PM

Reply to Please vote in November, even if Biden gets the election by twovests

i really can't stomach voting for him a third time. SC justices getting lifetime appointments is itself part of the systemic problem we face; between that and the complete takeover of our electoral process by corporate finance, and the rampant voter suppression and gerrymandering, and the absolutely anti-democratic way in which the DNC primaries are run, i am more pessimistic on the prospect of accomplishing even the mild electoral reforms sanders has been proposing than i have ever been. politically speaking, biden is to the right of richard nixon. he has multiple credible sexual abuse allegations against him and i am a survivor of multiple assaults myself. i can't help but feel that casting another vote for biden would signify my continued assent for this interminably corrupt political system, and i frankly don't have it in me. like flabberghaster i intend to vote for local candidates instead. when it's time to riot in the streets, i'll be there. i know this sounds hyperbolic, but if the choice is between getting shot dead in the streets by a riot cop and casting a third vote for joe biden, i'll take my chances with the cop. they haven't outlawed body armor yet, at least.

musou wrote on March 25, 2020 at 12:58 AM

Reply to Britney Spears calls for wealth redistribution and general strike on Instagram by devtesla

hell yes

musou wrote on March 4, 2020 at 12:45 AM

Reply to Please Vote Bernie Sanders by devtesla

i put my "i voted" sticker on a bottle of shitty whisky

musou wrote on March 3, 2020 at 8:15 PM

Reply to Today is Supert Uesday by cute_spider_ni_srsly

love a good ooze day

musou wrote on February 28, 2020 at 4:48 AM (edited on February 28, 2020 at 4:54 AM)

Reply to i actually don't know why socialism is a good idea by twovests

libcom.org has a great series of introductory guides that do a decent job, in my opinion, of explaining their flavor of libertarian socialism / libertarian communism. (those two terms are used more or less interchangeably, and neither has anything to do with right libertarianism, e.g. of the kind espoused by the american libertarian party, which is an entirely different ideology that came onto the scene much later.)

they tend to be pretty approachable and avoid jargon. they make no bones about being self-interested as workers, in advancing the rights of workers, but their explanations do not substitute emotional content for reasoning.

musou wrote on February 25, 2020 at 5:24 PM

Reply to beware the kremlin zone by hollyhoppet

i'm more afraid of the kremling zone...

musou wrote on February 20, 2020 at 3:13 AM

Reply to everyone was right eizouken rules by hollyhoppet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWTxonI7b-Y

musou wrote on February 19, 2020 at 5:04 AM

Reply to An interesting new blog: A Plea for Political Empathy by Moonside

i think one major flaw in the narrative constructed in that essay is that it assumes the democrat and republican party platforms haven't changed over time. both parties have moved quite a ways to the right over the decades in question, and the makeup of their constituent bases changed as well.

i definitely think irrationality and demonization of the other plays a massive and important role in the current state of american and global politics, but i also think identifying it as the problem rather than a symptom with many contributing factors is a dangerous oversimplification.