How does the World view America these days?

[ignatius]

47 minutes ago, auxien said:

 

 

[usagi]

1 hour ago, ignatius said:

antiwork is now a private sub reddit. i was a member... 1 of 1.7 million.. and followed the sub. but they booted a bunch of people out i guess. idk. fckn drama. 

there's already another subreddit though. called workreform. 

https://www.reddit.com/r/WorkReform/

everything is dumb everywhere. 

colour me surprised.

[chenGOD]

3 hours ago, ignatius said:

everything is dumb everywhere. 

where's that stupid meme about always has been when you need it.

[usagi]

6 minutes ago, chenGOD said:

where's that stupid meme about always has been when you need it.

actually I think this works better in this instance:

online revolutionaries getting high on their own supply being Julian and Bubbles here, vs people who are skeptical of that and want real change that works for everyone being Ricky. I cannot work with those fuckin dicks, I fuckin atoadaso about them fuckin up, and I'm goin to fuckin bed.

[Rubin Farr]

5 hours ago, ignatius said:

 

I guess they don’t make students watch those nauseating films from the liberation of the concentration camps? We had to sit thru all of those, people usually left the classroom crying. That was the point.

[ignatius]

10 minutes ago, Rubin Farr said:

I guess they don’t make students watch those nauseating films from the liberation of the concentration camps? We had to sit thru all of those, people usually left the classroom crying. That was the point.

one of my teachers showed us rare clips of starving soviets fighting over a live rabbit then eating it raw. also talked some about siege of leningrad

[milkface]

14 hours ago, ignatius said:

antiwork is now a private sub reddit. i was a member... 1 of 1.7 million.. and followed the sub. but they booted a bunch of people out i guess. idk. fckn drama. 

there's already another subreddit though. called workreform. 

https://www.reddit.com/r/WorkReform/

everything is dumb everywhere. 

This is precisely what myself and hermolia were talking about. If you just chat shit on the internet with no solution, nor knowledge of ideological and political theory, your argument and your image will fall on its arse and nobody will take you seriously. Fox News got exactly what they wanted.

[chenGOD]

There were plenty of people from the sub saying it was a terrible idea. But honestly why go on Fox at all? Regardless of your knowledge base, Fox is going to edit it to suit their narrative. 

[Nebraska]

1 hour ago, chenGOD said:

There were plenty of people from the sub saying it was a terrible idea. But honestly why go on Fox at all? Regardless of your knowledge base, Fox is going to edit it to suit their narrative. 

maybe they saw tucker's interview with lucien greaves and they appreciated how he lifted his organization to new heights of respectability and they thought "perhaps we should do the same thing"

Edited January 27, 2022 by Nebraska

[milkface]

3 hours ago, chenGOD said:

There were plenty of people from the sub saying it was a terrible idea. But honestly why go on Fox at all? Regardless of your knowledge base, Fox is going to edit it to suit their narrative. 

Point still stands, things aren't just for show. A non-left wing workers rights subreddit run by people who would actively ban outspoken communist/ socialist users has been embarassed by its own mods who had no knowledge.

[chenGOD]

Here's a little piece on idiocy in Canada:

https://www.antihate.ca/the_freedom_convoy_is_nothing_but_a_vehicle_for_the_far_right

 

11 hours ago, milkface said:

A non-left wing workers rights subreddit run by people who would actively ban outspoken communist/ socialist users has been embarassed by its own mods who had no knowledge.

Were they actively banning communists/socialists? You and zeff wanted to shut down the whole thing. Either kind of censorship is pretty, ummm not cool.

I read a number of threads in there about organizing, creating unions, etc. But in general, it was overblown hype, like all of reddit.

[zlemflolia]

2 hours ago, chenGOD said:

Here's a little piece on idiocy in Canada:

https://www.antihate.ca/the_freedom_convoy_is_nothing_but_a_vehicle_for_the_far_right

 

Were they actively banning communists/socialists? You and zeff wanted to shut down the whole thing. Either kind of censorship is pretty, ummm not cool.

I read a number of threads in there about organizing, creating unions, etc. But in general, it was overblown hype, like all of reddit.

antiwork banned marxists they only let people stay if they are liberals utopian socialists / anarchists

wanted to shut down the whole thing? what lol.  yeah, some threads had decent ideas and talk about unions, and nice revenge on bosses.  it wasnt horrible.  but its a disgusting shame how over a million subs were treated so badly by such a pathetic set of idiot moderators rather than properly educated in marxism and socialism and having their experiences put in a marxist framework

Edited January 28, 2022 by ilqx hermolia xpli

[milkface]

6 hours ago, chenGOD said:

Here's a little piece on idiocy in Canada:

https://www.antihate.ca/the_freedom_convoy_is_nothing_but_a_vehicle_for_the_far_right

 

Were they actively banning communists/socialists? You and zeff wanted to shut down the whole thing. Either kind of censorship is pretty, ummm not cool.

I read a number of threads in there about organizing, creating unions, etc. But in general, it was overblown hype, like all of reddit.

I didn't want to shut it down I wanted people to realise that complaining about things but rejecting all solutions is a stupid way to live and yes they did. Any activity on r/Genzedong and other ML subreddits got you a ban by association.

[chenGOD]

On 1/24/2022 at 9:45 PM, ilqx hermolia xpli said:

I always oppose non-communist "leftists" from the left when they oppose communism and hence make themselves part of the right.

Yeah when I'm talking about shutting it down...I guess I misinterpreted that. My apologies.

Anyways a moot point since it's gone now. You guys should go on the new sub and do some educating.

[milkface]

16 minutes ago, chenGOD said:

Yeah when I'm talking about shutting it down...I guess I misinterpreted that. My apologies.

Anyways a moot point since it's gone now. You guys should go on the new sub and do some educating.

r/workreform is going to be exact same thing.

https://www.reddit.com/r/workersrightsmovement/ is better.

[Nebraska]

AR-15 for kids. 

tired of how our .gov keeps taking away our rights? do you believe Jan 6th was a smoke screen by the CIA to victimize trump supporters? do you believe 2024 should be a purge? then arm your kid with their very own AR-15 and let's take our country back!!!

[zero]

8 hours ago, chenGOD said:

Here's a little piece on idiocy in Canada:

https://www.antihate.ca/the_freedom_convoy_is_nothing_but_a_vehicle_for_the_far_right

what are they all going to do tomorrow in Ottawa...fly flags and storm an empty parliament building? can't recall hearing about much rioting in that town. 

[chenGOD]

36 minutes ago, zero said:

what are they all going to do tomorrow in Ottawa...fly flags and storm an empty parliament building? can't recall hearing about much rioting in that town. 

no one said planning was their strong suit...

[ignatius]

9 hours ago, chenGOD said:

Here's a little piece on idiocy in Canada:

https://www.antihate.ca/the_freedom_convoy_is_nothing_but_a_vehicle_for_the_far_right

 

jfc. i love that the truck says "Stop the TRANNY" instead of tyranny

[zlemflolia]

1 hour ago, ignatius said:

jfc. i love that the truck says "Stop the TRANNY" instead of tyranny

they probably think that too

[chenGOD]

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/truck-convoy-updates-truckers-begin-arriving-in-ottawa-police-chief-warns-weekend-will-be-fluid-risky-and-significant/ar-AATf3T7

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“We don’t want to turn into Quebec,” said the man with the “Freedom for Canada” sign. “It’s right there, you cross the river and it turns into North Korea. We don’t want to have North Korea on the other side of the river that divides our city.”

How do we shoot these people into the sun?

[ignatius]

the Qanon telegram channels are saying this bridge collapse was planned/staged and there "are no coincidences" and that "CNN was there a day before the collapse camping out" . idk what the fuck that all means but it's fucking dumb of course. 

 

 

[EdamAnchorman]

Damn I used to drive over that bridge once a week when I lived in Pgh.

 

Edited January 28, 2022 by randomsummer

[ignatius]

 

[BobDobalina]

5 hours ago, randomsummer said:

Damn I used to drive over that bridge once a week when I lived in Pgh.

 

Might you have a link to a story/article about this chickanery, perhaps from a reputable news source? (big ask in 2022 I know)

(dickhead translation: "source?")

I'm a civil engineer btw, and on the whole our profession is rightly perturbed about the current state of our infrastructure in the U.S.  The ASCE gives out "report cards" to each state every few years for the condition/resiliency of various infrastructure (power grid, water treatment, highway & rail ports, etc.) and the grades are fucking atrocious.  Just one of those things rich ppl don't wanna pay for cuz how does it  benefit them?