[Caution, leftist infighting/snide remarks below]

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I’m confused, doesn’t worsening material conditions count as political utility in his eyes?

Edit:I normally wouldn’t have an issue, since it’s actually pretty sane, but I literally thought to myself today “it would be funny if BE said Kirk’s death was a bad thing because adventurism will make things worse.” I was joking. I’m starting to hypothosize that economists [both accelerationist and reformists] are actually simps for the status quo

  • Malkhodr @lemmygrad.ml
    19·
    2 days ago

    This is the kind of thing is expect from an American leftist content creator, as ot would make sense to police your community into not getting targeted for stupid reasons, or simply for the sake of making your propaganda accessible to as of yet non-aligned people.

    Yet it’s somewhat strange coming from BE. It’s not entirely false, but coming from someone who constantly stabs at the 1st world, it’s odd for him to show any concern. It feels more like he’s being a contrarian for the sake of it, rather then actually trying to aid any rhetorical struggle.

    I won’t deny I’m concerned about how the US will crack down on leftists for this. However, I also hold the position that the ruling class already puts all to its disposal for the sake of destroying us, so why would they even need a justification on the first place? Kirk was so clearly a fascist that any “normal” citizen is more likely to empathize with leftists being suppressed over Kirk’s own death.

    As much as we rag on Americans, it’s not exactly correct to think they support Charlie Kirk. Even a slight investigation into him, which can be done in passing during a conversation, reveals him to be a massive peace of shit who had thus coming.

    • redchert@lemmygrad.ml
      8·
      1 day ago

      As much as we rag on Americans, it’s not exactly correct to think they support Charlie Kirk.

      Most americans (counting from the well-meaning clueless normie) are put off by whole kirk mourning charade. Hell most libs are angry at dems right now for their “spinelessness”.

    • robot_dog_with_gun [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      12·
      1 day ago

      . Even a slight investigation into him,

      liberals won’t, and the media has spent the entire time whitewashing his evil so people that only are hearing about him because he got shot are going to have no idea he was an all around piece of shit antivaxxer, transphobe, racist, etc who helped facilitate the january 6th riot

    • Trioxin@lemmygrad.ml
      16·
      1 day ago

      As much as we rag on Americans, it’s not exactly correct to think they support Charlie Kirk

      Maybe not Kirk himself, but let’s not underestimate just how far liberals are willing to go to protect “their own little habitat”, as George Carlin called it - “They’re worried that some day in the future they might be personally inconvenienced”. Don’t forget that while marginalised communities like LGBT people, undocumented immigrants, Muslims and people of colour are under siege from both parties and live in fear every day, straight white cisgender bourgeois liberals are afforded some relative peace and security by the very system that’s creating all that suffering. So, when people start fighting back against the system and threaten that peace and security, don’t be surprised by just how many liberals will be willing to ally with the fascists to crush them - not for Kirk’s sake, but for their own.