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Old 08-06-2022, 11:56 AM   #9841 (permalink)
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this example is already more improvement to people's lives than the perpetually online revolutionary left will ever accomplish...because they don't do anything
Yes no one should never try anything but half measures because leftist ideals are never accomplished because we should never try anything but half measures because leftist ideals are never accomplished because...
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Old 08-06-2022, 01:18 PM   #9842 (permalink)
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And the French Revolution might never have happened the way it did if there hadn't been a famine. Evolving conditions allow for new possibilities.
did you go out and join the protests and or riots in 2020? I'm just curious which conditions have to change to inspire you to jump into action.
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Old 08-06-2022, 02:12 PM   #9843 (permalink)
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did you go out and join the protests and or riots in 2020? I'm just curious which conditions have to change to inspire you to jump into action.
I'm a scrub with no motivation. What's your point? Should I then not support unionization and mass movements cause I'm not personally engaged in socialist organizing? Should I be fantasizing like you about an American Caesar to seize control cause then the change will actively exclude my participation?
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There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.
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Old 08-06-2022, 03:22 PM   #9844 (permalink)
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At some point in this thread did anyone discuss the Inflation Reduction Act?

Aside from J.P. Sinema's hedge fund bailout it seems like a pretty solid piece of legislation. I didn't even realize the negotiating power for Medicare was in there, to boot.
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Old 08-06-2022, 04:48 PM   #9845 (permalink)
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At some point in this thread did anyone discuss the Inflation Reduction Act?

Aside from J.P. Sinema's hedge fund bailout it seems like a pretty solid piece of legislation. I didn't even realize the negotiating power for Medicare was in there, to boot.
Accordining to one of my nutter customers, all it is is a ploy to go after small businesses.

He also thinks astrology is real, so, grain of salt.
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Accordining to one of my nutter customers, all it is is a ploy to go after small businesses.

He also thinks astrology is real, so, piece of crystal.
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Old 08-06-2022, 09:27 PM   #9847 (permalink)
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I'm a scrub with no motivation. What's your point? Should I then not support unionization and mass movements cause I'm not personally engaged in socialist organizing? Should I be fantasizing like you about an American Caesar to seize control cause then the change will actively exclude my participation?
... Obviously I'm not saying you can't be favor of xyz issue without doing any activism but if you do none ever for any issue then either you feel it's not worthwhile or you don't really care that much about any of these issues.. Trust me I completely identify with apathy but stop trying to make it sound strategic. Or like you're waiting in the wings for the right moment to spring into action. Just say I care to the extent I hope xyz happens and that's about it.
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Accordining to one of my nutter customers, all it is is a ploy to go after small businesses.

He also thinks astrology is real, so, grain of salt.
It's gonna be so ironic when your business gets closed because of it. You'll be checking your horoscope then, pal.
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Strategic? Bitch there was a period of like five years where I didn't leave the house and just existed in bed. When I did leave the house eye contact was terrifying and I would try to regulate my walking cause I was convinced I was drawing attention to how weird I walked. Self-isolation is my baseline and I have to make an effort to stay even somewhat social. This is not strategic or a statement of politics, I am simply a freak to the detriment to my political beliefs.
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Old 08-06-2022, 09:42 PM   #9850 (permalink)
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Ok now you wanna play the disabled card I see how it is

In all seriousness though if that is the case maybe you should go to some DSA meetings just to get more used to socializing.
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