ChristerMLB

It is going to get worse, but it is inequality that is at the center of the problem. Inequality will be a problem regardless of what our mode of production is.

That sucks, and I hope you’re wrong, I can’t say you’re wrong to prepare, though. Solidarity from Norway

In that case, shouldn’t your focus be on building a broad political alliance of opposition that includes as much of the military as possible?

fair enough. why do you think that, though?

alright, I’ll give you a better answer.

I wouldn’t say I’m looking to make capitalism ethical, as much as I’m looking to make it harmless. The big problem is the high and increasing inequality, that eventually makes free societies impossible.

As for FDR: whatever. I neither engage in, nor approve of, political hero-worship. His legacy is complex, including maybe even the image of the führer-president that Trump is exploiting right now.

that sounds like a slogan, not a strategy

yeah, I switched to Linux on my personal computers once I noticed ads in the start menu, my work computer has win11, though

Let me rephrase: it can, and probably will, get worse. It is not in the left’s interest to hurry that process along.

Yeah, the edition I read had a preface that seemed specifically written to prevent those kinds of interpretations. I wonder if it was written by a female relative of Nabokov’s.

It’s well written, but maybe too subtle

I mean, this is clearly the same kinds of magical immigrants who steal all our jobs while sitting around claiming welfare all day.

dude, Notepad even has Copilot now

Pretty sure no type setter or graphic designer would use Word for anything else than making Word templates.

I managed to get a few chapters into “Lolita” before I decided to put it down. It’s well written, but so very creepy. This text is like it’s written by the main character – maybe even a more honest version of him.

I’ll take that as a yes. Fair enough.

So wanting back to the post-war consensus is centrism in your book?

huh, I have to say, this is the opposite experience of what I have on the rest of the internet. Finally I can get into arguments with some leftists :)

There is a left wing in the democratic party - it is possible to get organized and help it win over the conservative wing.

The military is majority conservative, the same with the police, private security, and even the local gun club. Normalizing political violence is just about the dumbest thing the left can do in the US.

I don’t know that they want to, but as economic inequality increases it will happen. Without a middle class, there’s not much of a market for high-end bleeding edge gaming PCs

Pretty sure that’s a fake picture actually