[-] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 50 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If they can't control him then they've already functionally lost a seat (unless of course, they actually like having him block legislation they don't actually want to pass)

Parties exert control on their members in this country, they always have, and generally not through violence or torture. Usually its through taking away party support from them and their personal agenda. It could be attacking political pork to West Virginia, close military or other government facilities there, and support challengers/kick him out of the party so he can't run on their ticket. It could possibly include more strong-arm tactics, not violence, not even anything necessarily illegal, that's speculative but possible.

What you're asking people to explain, is something that is the norm. You're the one actually making an outrageous claim of how do we expect a political party to control and discipline its members. And pretending that the Democratic Party or the President just have no power in this situation is ludicrous

[-] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 47 points 1 year ago

thinkin-lenin i wonder if maybe not having right wingers has something to do with having aggressive communists to run hem off.

No. It must be lib magic

[-] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 51 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Highways aren't socialist. The government building infastructure is not what socialism is.

You are politically illiterate, yet very confindent. You don't know what socialism or communism is and yet you pretend to have this all fugured out.

Did it ever occur to read any of the many books or pamphlets written by actual socialist thinkers that explain what we believe?

[-] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 52 points 1 year ago

Western left anti-communist only like the socialists who lose

[-] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 54 points 1 year ago

I believe you just engaged in a masked man fallacy taken to the ad absurdum.

Checkmate smuglord

[-] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 54 points 1 year ago

fidel-salute he's the all time CIA dodging champ

[-] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 52 points 1 year ago

That fascinating thing is when they just pick one AES to support. All the rest are ebil authoritarian tankies, except one.

[-] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 52 points 1 year ago

You Then: post something bad and untrue about Hexbear

You Now: Why are all these Hexbears commenting on my post?

[-] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 54 points 1 year ago

LIB s love doing the "its complicated... [handwaving about all sides are bad] ...so i support the US position" take

[-] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 48 points 1 year ago

What exactly are you seeing as pro-russia?

As communists we're staunchly anti-NATO and against the US imperialist order. There's a degree of critical support for the Russian Federations struggle against NATO, but thats not really pro-russia, or at least how we would define being pro-russia.

Similarly we have critical support for Iran in its struggle against the US led imperial order, and we support when they do things like engaging in trade with AES like Venezuela. Thats not the same as direct support for the theocracy there or all their domestic policies for example

[-] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 48 points 1 year ago

Its great that the Obama post got her dunked on by Ethereal Bisexual

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