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I’m loving the #damus update so far

I hold great regard for both anarchism and absurdism. I think we both agree on which paths society should take, it’s more the road to get there that we may disagree on. But it’s good to highlight agreements rather than differences 💕

Oh hell yeah, I’m not as big of a movie watcher but I really appreciate a well made movie. Especially indie shit. I love small scale productions.

And this is coming from someone who considers myself very much a leftist.

I perceive leftism to be about maximizing freedom by dismantling the mechanisms of state violence. Whether that’s the military industrial complex or the prison industrial complex, they are oppressive and need to be abolished.

We need to bring back social spaces that have largely been left to the wayside by privatization. Better funding for our parks, better city planning that incentivizing people to get outside and walk- getting back to real socializing like we used to have.

We need more of a focus on digital spaces and the technology that’s emerging. Whether it’s digital rights and privacy protections or the right to repair: we need to make sure that technology and the data it collects is not weaponized by governments or corporations.

I believe in policies too, not this political cult of personality that we seem to be surrounded by.

I don’t believe we necessarily need loud and brash voices advocating for these policies. These are level headed, test and tried, supported by the majority of Americans. As such, they should be presented in ways in which everyone can understand, by average people that can best represent these poltiical without trying to virtue signal, act superior, etc.

Good example. I saw this senator on instagram who I didn’t agree with on everything. But what stood out was how he would make these two minute videos calmly explaining what was going on behind the scenes politically and the things he was actually doing. We need more people who are willing engage with Americans in that way, who understand our impatience and seek to inform instead of leaving us in the dark.

Universal healthcare, prison reform (end school to prison to pipeline), zoning reform for better housing, stronger anti-monopoly and anti-trust laws, access to reproductive healthcare.

The “extreme” progressive policies that I’m talking about have overwhelming support by democrats and republicans, and are not considered extreme in many parts of the world, such as Europe.

The nazis had some great scientists who did many evil things. It’s possible that they advocated for green energy, which would be a good thing.

Absolutely. I think the democrat platform is going to learn hard and fast that they need to shift towards actually doing things and leveraging their power. That is, if they want to win over the younger voters.

The problem with democrats is that they give up. In swing states they won’t actually push for progressive policies that most Americans agree with. Instead they grovel and try to appeal to more conservative democrats. Universal access to healthcare, student loan forgiveness, access to reproductive rights, workplace protections, zoning reform that incentivizes affordable housing: these a small sample of progressive ideas with majority support from Americans.

Look at Bernie tho!! His platform alone shifted the entire discussion towards universal healthcare, student debt forgiveness, wage increases, labor support. As we get young, emboldened, passionate Democratic candidates around the country on the ballots, we will see an even greater shift in the future. The Democratic Party needs to get their act together. It’s unacceptable.

I would love to see evidence of this, I’m always open to having my mind changed.

Me too. I’ll vote for democrats while loudly advocating that they get their shit together and do what the people want. And at the same time I’ll advocate for ranked choice voting as part of larger voting reform. When that happens at a moral federal level I will be happy to put more support behind third party candidates. I would love to have another option.

Then what you want to do is advocate for ranked choice voting so we can have a viable third option.

I don’t think the Clinton’s have much political sway any more. If anything, they’re somewhat of a cancer on the Democratic Party, considering Bill Clinton’s associations with Epstein, and Hillary’s loss in 2016-

combined with her horrible personality.

1. Vaccine certificates are nothing new and they’re often required for international flights. As a national platform, it doesn’t appear that the Democratic Party is interested in trying to create such a certificate. Covid is largely being ignored in domestic politics these days.

2. I don’t know if you are referring to “cancel culture?” I think there can be nuance here, but there is a market aspect to this as well. Companies shouldn’t have to associate with people who spread white supremacy, misogyny, xenophobia etc, as personal beliefs. It can create an unsafe workplace atmosphere when those kinds of people are placed next to other people who may belong to those same minority groups. Do I think this can get carried away and turn into puritanical nonsense? Yes, it very much can. I don’t think this is a democratic platform tho.

3. Kidnap their enemies? I don’t know what you mean by this. I don’t believe democrats have tried to kidnap people for disagreeing with them? I do realize the government has issues with unfair detainment, abuse of police power, police militarization, etc, if that’s what you mean. And I would agree that democrats havnt done enough in this regard, adding to the problem with things like the crime bill, which you pointed out.

I perceive left values to be focused around democratic representation, worker protections, human rights protections, egalitarianism, etc etc.

I would rather Newsom not be elected. But this whole: both sides are just as bad horse shoe theory stuff.. that’s what I’m addressing. I don’t think that the mainstream Democratic Party is very left leaning in 2023 compared to other countries left coalitions.

I’m not making you vote for anyone. I just have yet to see anyone demonstrate how the Democratic political platform in 2023 is fascistic, according to more widely held definitions.

So you fundamentally view America to be fascistic because we have representative democracy not direct democracy? I really don’t understand how this definition of the word provides more utility than other, more commonly held definitions. This is the Wikipedia definition for example:

Fascism (/ˈfæʃɪzəm/ FASH-iz-əm) is a far-right, authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movement, characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation or race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy.

Okay so you view all government imposition outside of direct democracy to be fascist?

But what is fascism to you. What is the definition you’re working with here.