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[–] Darkerseid@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] TankieReplyBot@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 22 hours ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[–] AnarchoBolshevik@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

After more than a year of updating /c/capitalismindecay consistently, my computer decided to stop working properly for a few days and I unwillingly broke my tradition of daily updates… I hate neglecting that subcommunity since it is so important to me. I hope that nobody was panicking over my absence.

[–] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 20 hours ago

Not panicking just yet but I'd be sad to see it disappear!

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 day ago

any tips for Victoria 3, its free this weekend.

[–] DankZedong@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 3 days ago

We managed to get a seat in the municipality government of the city of Mons and now one of the country's banks refuses to finance city projects lmao

[–] DankZedong@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I met someone who is a Free Mason. Not like a LARP thing but an actual Free Mason like the Illuminati group thing those conspiracy people on facebook rant about.

Apparently it is a real thing and he said lots of higher up people are part of it in our country. He said if I wanted to join he'd do a good word for me so of course I said yes lmao. Dying to see what it's all about.

[–] burlemarx@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 day ago

I had a few acquaintances who were Free Masons. It's actually not a very uncommon thing, they are basically everywhere. IMHO, it's just an old men book club.

[–] absolutefuckinidiot@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There is a Free Mason community center type building about two blocks down my street. They usually just seem to rent out the space for normal events, I even once had a work holiday party in the basement there. They are apparently legit Free Masons though, its a pretty prime piece of real estate they have too and its impossible to find out exactly who owns it. I've never properly met someone who is a part of it but it's definitely an odd bit. They advertise it here as a "men's club" sort of thing but I'd be very curious to know what type of person is involved there and what they do. Very little info on their website, and have never come across any of them in the community.

Definitely join if you can, just for the bit even.

[–] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 day ago

Tfw you join the masons to find out what it's all about and you find out that every other member joined for the same reason, except Melvin, who turns up to every meeting complaining about the good old days.

[–] Darkerseid@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

what’s syndicalism and where can i learn about it?

[–] DankZedong@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Syndicalism is the believe that through unionizing the work force you can eventually gain control over the means of production. While I support unions I think it's a bit shortsighted and Lenin's critique of trade unionism in 'What is to be done' is a good explanation of why.

For example over here in Belgium over 60% of working people are unionized yet there is no serious push by the unions in favor of overthrowing capitalism and installing a socialist model.

[–] DankZedong@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Today at lunch some colleagues were discussing cancel culture because of some inappropriate old 'funny' song. It went from 'shouldn't cancel it' to 'statues of slavers shouldn't be removed' to 'hitler was bullied by Jews but sure that isn't a reason for genocide'

I just kept shut and ate my lunch lol

[–] GlueBear@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 21 hours ago

What did you have for lunch?

[–] amemorablename@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

My most recent thought on understanding the difference between US liberals and conservatives (posting it here cause kinda random):

Liberals are dinner party fascists/imperialists. "We don't talk about that," "you're upsetting people," "let's just try to be nice forced smile."

Conservatives are schrodinger's douchebag fascists/imperialists. "We should totally do something evil, ha ha, just kidding, unless...", "[insert racist stereotype] just a joke tho, if challenged on it, but is deadly serious," "saying that thing that was threatening to you or a minority group was just a troll, a prank, lolol."

But what they have in common as attitude: Both love to shift blame; it's anyone's fault but their own. Both love to downplay or deny atrocities committed by their 'team', or pin the atrocities on some other group (e.g. "it was ackshully the communists who were so bad, ackshully have you considered what Russia is doing when you say colonialism bad?"). Both think it's never the right time to take an ethical stand, unless their party leader tells them it's time to (and they project, accusing other countries of being leader worshipers) and then it's through a warped lens of colonizer binary good/evil, with their "ethical stand" being "we are the civil against the savage."

[–] sinovictorchan@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 days ago

The cultural acceptance of ableism and abuse of authority in Parkdale high school of Toronto, Canada, fit in the toxic culture that you described especially when some victims of Communism are supporting the brutal authoritarian culture that the Chinese Communist Party eradicated.

[–] DankZedong@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I haven't really been bothered by the Ukraine war for the past three years but with things seemingly escalating now I am becoming uncomfortable. Honestly no idea what I will do when war breaks out.

[–] griefstricken@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Maybe we should get fat so they can't draft us. Lowkey though I remember being a little chubby and it made me feel so so so so bad. Might be better to be fit and frag. I don't know what to do. Oh hell.

[–] Magicicad@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 days ago

I’ll shoot myself in the foot

[–] CommieBeetle@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I hope the US Democratic Party finally dies

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 4 days ago

I hope the US finally dies (ftfy)

[–] vaquera_medianoche@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 5 days ago (2 children)

oh no y'all, I'm watching libs pivot from emission reduction to carbon capture, we're so cooked

[–] Idliketothinkimsmart@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 5 days ago (2 children)

The copers at r/optimistsunite LOOOOOOOOVE jaw jacking about carbon capture lol. If you mention that only 0.1% of carbon is removed by carbon capture, they immediately bring up muh technological up-scalability. Delusional shit.

I figured this was coming tbh, the writing has been on the wall quietly, behind the scenes in the US energy industry for a really long time.

very politically influential US energy firms have been quietly selling off renewables and planning to ramp up gas and weird distributed nuclear for at least the last 6 years. I used to work for one but I left when they ditched renewables.

renewables got too cheap and China dominated for American capital to be excited about anymore

[–] griefstricken@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Every time I hear one of these new subs they made since I stopped using anything other than the like four subs where you can say communist shit I die laughing what the fuck is optimists unite. Just call it /r/ignorethecontradictions

[–] vaquera_medianoche@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

Great idea for a community tbh. that's a terrific idea for a communist feeder community to catch libs and funnel them leftwards.

however nobody deserves to be subjected to "redditors". it's like making people work with asbestos

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[–] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 4 days ago

Headburiersunite

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[–] l0tusc0bra@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 6 days ago (2 children)

joined bluesky recently (against my better judgment) and spent like 4 hours trolling a guy who was talking out of his ass about how Ukraine will totally licherally win any day now, and I just kept asking the simple question of "how??". They basically just kept saying "muh advanced technology" and I was like... is there some sort of portal technology that the US has been sitting on? What possible "technology" can undo the fact that Russia has already completed several of it's war objectives while UKR has completed exactly none of them. Americans really do believe they're invincible and it's just by good grace that they don't conquer the rest of the world by force.

[–] sinovictorchan@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 days ago

Who needs magical solution when you can dictate that Russia failed because they only do enough to defend minority group from massacre and not follow the objective to conquer Ukraine that the Pax Americana media fabricated?

[–] unscrubbaballs@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 4 days ago

Three words tankie: Reinforcements From Aghartha

[–] whatdoiputhere12@hexbear.net 8 points 5 days ago (2 children)

how was everyones day? was sick the whole day so shit

[–] FromPieces@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I had a pretty good day yesterday, a woman I've been quite enjoying getting to know started texting me again.

Hope you feel better soon!

[–] griefstricken@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 days ago

Critical support for the woman and may you have many struggle sessions together

yay! good luck :3

[–] whatdoiputhere12@hexbear.net 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Feeling a lot better right now so thanks!

Also good luck with the woman, Hope things go well!

[–] FromPieces@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I appreciate it! I'm wondering if there's a Lemmy community where I could get the advice of internet strangers as to how best to not be an asshole... Do you know of such a community?

[–] griefstricken@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Oh jeez I am not sure this is the best posting format for that. Maybe try a post on Comradeship asking for resources and ways to practice? Don't ask me. I just avoid being an asshole to people IRL by cutting off people I don't like. 🤣

[–] FromPieces@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 4 days ago

Haha, less of an option in this case. I think I've got the near-term sorted though so maybe I'll be on c/comradeship later but for now, we'll see

Thanks for the community rec!

[–] whatdoiputhere12@hexbear.net 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

No problem! To be completely honest I have no idea as I barely venture out of lemmygrad or hexbear. This thread alone is good enough in my opinion though. Apologies for not being able to give a community

[–] FromPieces@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Nothing to apologize for! I'll look around a bit for what question I'm really asking and probably write up a top level comment!

[–] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 4 days ago

Maybe c/comradeship

[–] griefstricken@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 days ago

I am gathering power from the great storm over me. Carnage everywhere is strengthening me.

[–] chesmotorcycle@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 6 days ago (5 children)

Pics that go hard...successful ambush by Hezbollah on the IOF:

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[–] KrupskayaPraxis@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I feel sad seeing all these Gazans on Instragram asking for donations, knowing I can't give them anything since I don't have a credit card

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