theacharnian

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[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 7 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

We (the rest of the world) need to de-yankify our trade relations as soon as we can.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 7 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

That's not the own you think it is.

Instead: if even countries like China, Indonesia and Turkey can stand against the Gaza Genocide, what the fuckity fuck is stopping YOUR country for standing against it?

Like, remember when Al Qaeda condemned Isis as being too extreme? That really tells you something about Isis, doesn't it?

Edit: disclosure, my own ancestors were butchered by the Turks.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 hours ago

As an allophone: it isn't?

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Ok, now go "inform" your shitty corpo democrats that they should PANDER BETTER to their own fucking electorate. Signed, a Canadian sick of stupid American politics. Do better yanks.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Turn off their power.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

An ecosocialist world would not allow wealth inequality to become this bad.

We don't live in one. The challenge is to make one.

It’s a biological fact when resources are constrained that a population will plateu.

Mice and fleas don't have medicine, feminism, research centres and agriculture. Look at the world around you. In societies with high degrees of scarcity and high infant mortality, humans have tended to have a lot of babies. This is true now, and it was true historically. On the flipside, in societies with high development indexes, humans tend to not have many kids. From Japan to Sweden to Cuba, you see that fertility rates inversely correlate with human development. These are just observable facts.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

LMDE because I get the robustness of Debian stable and the quality of life goodies of Mint.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

I mean, the "I'm sorry if it makes me an ecofascist, but" line was a dead giveaway from the start.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

"Change the meanings of words"? I didn't do that. I pointed out that there exist multiple meanings to the same word. Work on cultural racism by Balibar et al. is not new either, it's been around for something like 30-40 years. If your worldview is too narrow, then expand it, go educate yourself. Don't give me this kind of anti-intellectual bullshit, especially in a progressive space like this one.

The person I was responding to before you was not simply claiming that "two evils exist on different magnitudes". They were dismissing one of the "two evils" by trivializing the cultural racism of islamophobia as "not liking someone's dumbass religion", i.e., something that boils down to some kind of harmless personal choice, like preferring fries to onion rings.

My argument from the start is that if one type of bigotry is grounds for cancelling, so is the other. And this is literally in the thread about a post about a progressive politican who is being subjected to cultural racism. What do you stand for here buddy?

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Oh, so you get to decide who gets to have kids and how many? And the "trailer park welfare mom" is your problem? Like, the straw(wo)man you made up with ingredients from classism, sexism and eugenics?

Yea, that makes you a regular fascist. The "eco" is just the excuse.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

This is veering into an abstract discussion that is not useful. Islamophobia is a form of cultural racism. So called "scientific" or "biological" racism is not the only kind of racism that exists.

Let's be specific here. Mamdani has not being attacked for being a believer in this or that religion. Gilibrand's attacks were not theological. He's being attacked based on bigoted stereotypes.

That said, even if he was being attacked on religion, what the actual fuck? Would an attack on a candidate because they are Orthodox Christian or Buddist or Mormon or atheist or anything else be acceptable? Are we splitting the hairs of whether this or that type of bigotry are acceptable here? Wtf.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago (3 children)

What a bullshit dilemma.

And you are wrong that wealth inequality causes the drop in birth rates. The birth rate was higher in the Dickensian times of Britain compared to now. If anything, it is wealth equality, universal positive rights, and women's liberation that tend to make people have fewer kids.

A ecosocialist world is a sustainable one. An ecofascist world is just a death spiral.

 

The Reverend Sue Parfitt, from Bristol, was detained for holding a placard that read: “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.” She was among more than 27 people arrested on Saturday for acts of defiance against the proscription.

 

Surveillance footage from a security camera recorded what happened outside the barbershop around 1:00 P.M. (DST): Rami al-Kukhun and the other young man are seen conversing calmly when suddenly a burst of gunfire is directed at them. The young man is shot in the leg but manages to escape. Al-Kukhun falls to the ground with his hands raised, and then an undercover officer dressed in a galabiyeh approaches him and fires several more bullets at him, the last at point-blank range.

 

Bob Vylan gets flak for supposedly preaching hatred and wishing death to the IDF at Glastonbury, as if wishing for the destruction of a genocidal army is the same as advocating for violence against people, much less a People.

Well, in 1998, Bob Dylan sung these lyrics, addressed to the "masters of war" :

And I hope that you die and your death will come soon
I will follow your casket by the pale afternoon
And I'll watch while you're lowered down to your deathbed
And I'll stand over your grave 'til I'm sure that you're dead

Hear it here, on 37:04: https://youtu.be/fHE6XBWM_yA?t=2224

In a sense, Bob Dylan was in fact more extreme than Bob Vylan, since he's talking about actual dying people as opposed to institutions.

In any case, Bob Vylan with their "Death to the IDF" slogan is in very good company.

 

Women, children and elderly people among at least 24 killed by attack that turned beach spot into scene of carnage

 

“We are not for the death of Jews, Arabs or any other race or group of people. We are for the dismantling of a violent military machine,” the duo said on Instagram. “A machine whose own soldiers were told to use ‘unnecessary lethal force’ against innocent civilians waiting for aid. A machine that has destroyed much of Gaza. We, like those in the spotlight before us, are not the story. We are a distraction from the story. And whatever sanctions we receive will be a distraction.”

 

Alt-text: Screenshot of a social media post. It shows a promotional image for Bob Vylan's live performance at Glastonbury, showing text that it is scheduled for Saturday from 14:30 to 15:30 at West Holts. The image features two smiling members of the band against a purple background with BBC and Glastonbury logos. Text above is written by the band (with a verified check mark) and reads, “Turns out we’re finally at a point where the BBC trust us on live tv! Watch us live either in the field or in the comfort of your own home!”

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