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Cake day: August 15th, 2023

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  • I seriously doubt going to the center wins any votes in the general. The type of people who think conservative policy is good for society are gonna vote Republican no matter how stupid and fascist it is. “Shifting right wins over never Trumpers” is a line that works on people during the primary when everyone is on the left anyway, but in the end it’s an excuse to more deeply entrench the oligarchy and it turns off people who need something to be excited about in order to bother coming out for the general. Like, I can’t imagine young voters were happy to hear Harris at the debate talking about how she’s going to expand oil drilling.

    Biden won because leftists were energized about getting Trump out of office, not because centrism won over conservatives. In fact, I think the centrism is why he was projected to lose this year! His presidency went fine considering the senate, but fact is he didn’t do a whole lot to get people interested. Gaffes and age notwithstanding, even a perfect public speaker wouldn’t have had much to work with. That’s why the switch to Harris got the poll numbers moving: it was a big move that got people engaged. But I firmly believe every move she makes to the center is doing more to turn off leftist voters than it is wresting people from the right.




  • My desire to avoid media made by assholes has less to do with capitalism and the fact the artist could make money off my attention (though that is part of it), and more to do with wanting to avoid giving them a platform. If someone like Roman Polanski is making great movies and I’m going around telling everyone what incredible art he’s making, people are more likely to overlook or even excuse his actions because he’s a great artist. Sure, it’s worse in a consumerist society because then famous artists also have more money defend themselves, but that shield of public opinion exists in any society. Well, any that has people that like art, anyway. People find it easy to make excuses for those they idolize.










  • You don’t even have to read the article. OP put it right there in the post.

    the medical aid group had been removed from a register of foreign nongovernmental organizations.

    Russia was getting ready to outlaw them. It would have been a danger for them to keep personnel in the country, leaving them exposed to being kidnapped and used as currency for prisoner exchanges.

    There’s a chance you’re joking but I know for a fact there are people here who will take this seriously.