orioler25
@orioler25@lemmy.world
- Comment on Are Americans Actually Idiots? 1 week ago:
I run into Euros all the time who think colonialism is over and everyone is forgiven because global south countries can make deals with Euro companies to destroy their land at the expense of their people instead of being invaded literally to destroy their land at the expense of their people (most of the time, of course). People in imperial metropoles are just more likely to require delusion to make sense of a world where they benefit from cruelty without being a bad person.
Many of the tactics we have to fight settler-colonial imperialism has come from colonized and marginalized people in the United States; liberals conveniently forget they exist because this fact challenges the inevitability of their way of life.
- Comment on Pretty much it. 1 week ago:
Oh, well that’s officially a normie joke now IG eh, great, that’s gonna get obnoxious quick.
- Comment on It is time to dispel all of the disinformation surrounding the life & death of Charlie Kirk. 2 weeks ago:
Every time I remember he got shot and died in the funniest way a man like him could be:
- Comment on send thoughts and peer review 2 weeks ago:
Well, I’m sure scientists have never overlooked the impact of social conditions before as they are obviously irrelevant to how the natural world works.
- Comment on Pretty much it. 2 weeks ago:
I know, it literally broke all of your brains to think that sex and gender are something that results from culture. It literally didn’t make sense in your gooner brain to think about why a certain word or action carries gendered meaning. Your comment history is so fucking cringe when you are literally one of the dumbass liberals who fall for conservative shit. Unreal.
- Comment on Pretty much it. 2 weeks ago:
Wow, you seriously didn’t get it and then wrote a smug paragraph about how you do get it and then say that you didn’t get it. I dont care if you’re pissed that this is wrong, it is and you dummies are going to admit it in five years when you see the results of this. Fuckin hell dude.
- Comment on Pretty much it. 2 weeks ago:
Incredible how many men online I meet who confidently explain shit to me they don’t know about. Even if what you’re saying is correct, which would be irrelevant as that is not how it’s interpreted in the comments, could you explain why you think that patriarchy is seperate from your construction of children’s deference to their father? You fucking people man, seriously.
- Comment on Pretty much it. 2 weeks ago:
I’m sorry that you live in a world where things are related to other things and you can’t just think what you want without responsibility, it does suck. What is demeaning about this position? It’s not on behalf of “subs” and of course even if it was, how do we gender subs in our culture? I know most people aren’t too stupid to understand the connection, so I think it’s safe to assume you’re just mad about not being a good person just because you make fun of billionaires and their supporters.
- Comment on Pretty much it. 2 weeks ago:
Once again associating sexual submissiveness with immorality and stupidity. Y’all really just can’t say they’re bad people for who they are for some reason, it’s always about reaffirming attacks on other groups. It’s misogynistic, it’s queerphobic, and it says so little about what the actual problem is.
- Comment on Nvidia Announces DLSS 5, and it adds... An AI slop filter over your game 2 weeks ago:
Wow, all of those I unreal engine “next Gen” Mario and Zelda videos were right.
- Comment on Your Phone is an Entire Computer 2 weeks ago:
I don’t know how many normies you talk to, the vast majority of Apple product owners I meet wouldn’t even know what a proprietary system is, let alone what makes Apple exceptionally bad for it. If it isn’t for jewelery, many of those people are also just buying Apple machines because there is a perceived and real quality gap between them and other options. They think there’s just two major OS’s to chose from and a Chromebook if you’re poor.
Its true though, it is funny and annoying when people who understand what an Apple product is buys it and then acts surprised that it functions as advertised. I think most of these articles are written by people who are trying to warn average people and make sure the issue is platformed.
- Comment on Fascism bad. 3 weeks ago:
Learned helplessness.
- Comment on Fascism bad. 3 weeks ago:
I can’t tell if you’re joking, or if you actually meant to suggest that liberalism in the US – the most violent and destructive ideological hegemony in human history – could be socialism in a trenchcoat because some liberals sleep better with welfare liberal policies as opposed to the more honest and open genocide.
You know socialism was already popular in the US, right? For fifty years before WW2 it gained traction and its advocates successfully clawed away concessional labour rights and social-welfare programs. Y’know what happened? It did improve the conditions for workers in the US; and the institutions of white supremacy and patriarchy effectively disarmed its popularity once privileged classes got theirs. You’re claiming to be a communist of some sort, yet have neglected a material analysis of this history. They will reward people who subscribe to liberalism with better material security, and we know it works very well.
Liberals in the US believe what they believe because they correctly identify that so long as this system exists, they will be guaranteed something above any colonized people. They aren’t fucking stupid, they don’t have to have theoretical language to apply intuitive knowledge on their position in an empire. Liberalism is a result of their position in that society, not some form of victimization that compromises some innate moral purity.
When I say they suffer, it’s because of the fundamental ways in which a person who subscribes to that system must sever their connection to humanity and the world to maintain their comfort. It isn’t because they’re powerless.
- Comment on Fascism bad. 3 weeks ago:
Which is itself a form of suffering, imagine the humanity they miss out on and what you’d be without it. Liberalism and fascism are ideologies that subsist on the concept that there is an imaginary amount of violence that can be inflicted outward to relieve internal suffering.
- Comment on Asus and Dell announce new mini PCs for Windows 365 | Goodbye local OS 4 weeks ago:
I feel bad for the poor bastards that will certainly have these forced on them at the office or at school.
- Comment on Anthropic says it ‘cannot in good conscience’ allow Pentagon to remove AI checks 4 weeks ago:
I cannot express in words strongly enough just how little respect I have for who has the right to make what decisions in a wholly genocidal and imperialistic system. You think the legality is the problem, grow the fuck up. Do you know the indigenous name for the land you live on? Ask yourself why you would only notice the legitimacy of the US once its legal system is subverted and not when it fucking commits genocide to survive.
- Comment on Anthropic says it ‘cannot in good conscience’ allow Pentagon to remove AI checks 4 weeks ago:
Who fucking cares? Genuinely. Who the absolute fuck cares if he changes the name of a genocidal monstrosity of an organization? On top of that, why the fuck should anyone respect the US legal authority at all? “Gulf of America” is a problem but not “The Grand Canyon” or “Mount Rushmore?” I wonder why you’d draw that line specifically.
You are mad that the empire doesn’t match the aesthetics of some purported morality, it’s spineless. It has always been evil, if “Gulf of America” or “Department of War” is the only point where you even consider the misuse of this “authority,” you’ve been dangerously ignorant until now.
- Comment on Is the Memory Shortage Intentional? 4 weeks ago:
Oh look, I called it.
- Comment on Anthropic says it ‘cannot in good conscience’ allow Pentagon to remove AI checks 4 weeks ago:
Fascinating to suggest that it is bold or defiant to affirm that the most destructive, imperialist war machine on the planet is in fact for “defence.” “Department of War” is much more honest, and I’m not a fan of how criticisms like this are oriented toward maintaining the purported morality of what is fundamentally a genocidal, globally oppressive institution.
- Comment on Socialist Co-Ops Against Silicon Valley Empires 4 weeks ago:
A co-op is fundamentally not capitalism if it does indeed afford ownership of the means of production and value of the products proportionately to its members. Capitalism != commerce, that misconception is a very powerful pro-Capitalist tool. Capitalism is specifically a system with its own systems of power organized around private ownership, profit maximization, and infinite growth; it does not refer to just the concepts of wealth or trade or even profit driven organizing.
- Comment on Those differences that are rooted deep in our DNA 5 weeks ago:
Pretty sure makeup and hairstyles, or any gendered expectations of beauty are in the DNA hombre.Neanderthals didn’t have the Ford Raptors.
This is why its so easy to show up straight men though ngl.
- Comment on Trigger warning - This Epstein stuff is making me sick... 1 month ago:
Then you do get it to a degree, hopefully. This is moralistic though, the assertion that this reflects some natural human behaviour is as well. Suburbs are also not only home to the affluent, suburban sprawl has made them affordable and effective sites of working-poor isolation and precarity exactly because they have hindered the construction of high-density housing and are so difficult to survive in without a reliable flow of cash. If you’ve lived in communities of factory workers who, while tenuously secure, remember the 2008 Recession sharply, then you know what I mean when I say that there are liberals who understand that foundational systemic change is needed but do not have the time or energy to learn what that means in like terms to what socialist and anarchist theorists or activists use.
It really is unsatisfying to lose the option of discarding people in catharsis, but that is necessary to foster empowerment of workers who only have the tools they’ve been given.
- Comment on Trigger warning - This Epstein stuff is making me sick... 1 month ago:
Wasn’t a genuine question, more of an expression of exacerbation. However, I think this is a stance that demonstrates a less actionable understanding of liberals.
It’s true that many have a material interset in the maintenance of capitalist systems – and all the violence that is necessary for them to exist whether they acknowledge that openly or not – but you’re framing it moralistically as though these people also choose to both be dependent on that system, and be neglected the knowledge and skills necessary to recognize necessary action. I do understand the pessimism deeply, as my experience has taught me that many do choose to remain in ignorance when the opportunity is given; for a number of reasons, but entitled petulance is certainly a factor. If you listen to workers though, you’ll notice they do understand that the issue is systemic and not effectively met by individual action. As you said, recognizing what that systemic failure is, who it serves and why, and how to organize in opposition to it are skills that require years of knowledge building to develop. Even further, fascist disinformation campaigns are made more effective by this ignorance when they validate internalized setter-colonial values which these people obviously don’t know to be fascistic in the first place. There’s nothing convenient about being purposefully disempowered, and no shame in the inability to sacrifice the wellbeing of your dependents to participate in action (or “bite the hand”) if you’ve never been taught about organization.
When you say this, I can’t help but wonder if you’ve seen firsthand the immense levels of anxiety in working-class, blue-collar families as the failures of this system become undeniable and they are indeed unable to understand exactly what to do about it. They don’t need the system to completely fall apart to become motivated, many have felt insecure their entire lives and suffered the everpresent threat of homelessness or disability inflicted on them and their families. Those same people have been receptive to systemic change for a long time, and you’re right, they are victims of a system that holds their security hostage behind compliance. Maybe if you’ve only lived in an affluent suburb, it’s easier to entertain the idea that people only ever choose inaction, but I’m afraid this thinking is more limiting than the catharsis is worth. I’ve found it better to meet them with empathy and focus on language building or talking points that emphasize the insecurity of this system that they intuitively know to be true, and educate them on different risk levels of action. There isn’t a threshold where people like that will suddenly be receptive to systemic change, they’ve wanted it their whole lives and we’re seeing the consequences of their desire in the success of populist fascist rhetoric in this moment.
- Comment on Trigger warning - This Epstein stuff is making me sick... 1 month ago:
Way to self-report your inactivity. I have never lived in a city in my country without multiple mutual aid organizations that took action to improve the material conditions of marginalized groups or participate in public demonstrations to platform their criticisms that were explicitly anarchist or socialist in their political orientation. I bet you have never actually taken the time to learn just how dependent the US system is on programs developed by Black Liberationist mutual aid groups, or how much of your environmental protections have indigenous and Native American resistance. Have some perspective ffs, just because you’re just now hearing about these things doesn’t mean they only appear in your line of sight.
- Comment on Trigger warning - This Epstein stuff is making me sick... 1 month ago:
What else are liberals going to need to realize that there is no reform for this sytem? I couldn’t fabricate something that so obviously demonstrates that this system is built to the benefit of the wealthiest through the brutalization of everyone else.
- Comment on Spotify says its best developers haven't written a line of code since December, thanks to AI 1 month ago:
Good thing Anna’s Archive exists and just keeps getting better.
- Comment on Homeland Security Spying on Reddit Users 1 month ago:
Whose home?
- Comment on Ad blocking is alive and well, despite Chrome's attempts to make it harder 1 month ago:
Didn’t even notice them trying. Pathetic.
- Comment on Why are americans taking health advice from a former heroin addict ? 2 months ago:
I’ve gone zero days since the 2024 election without seeing a liberal target fascists with insults that are oriented toward vulnerable groups. Jokes about old people being valueless, queer people being weak and deceptive, fatness as a sign of poor moral character. People who make these jokes also incomprehensibly claim that they challenge fascism fundamentally and not only when it comes for them.
This man is going to be singlehandedly responsible for an incalculable number of deaths (many of which will be addicts who are disproportionately excluded from access to medical treatmen) and he is in the position to do so by capitulating to an infamous pedophile, rapist, and failed business man. What kind of person would take the opportunity to assert that addicts aren’t to be trusted when talking about a man who is already RFK Jr.?
- Comment on Microsoft Windows 365 goes down the day after Microsoft celebrates 'reimagining the PC as a cloud service that streams a Cloud PC' 2 months ago:
Jfc, they’re really going to attack private PC ownership when the AI boom falters.
