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Vijay Prashad will come to my city in two weeks, excited to see what he will say.
Starting up a fire within the Union to strike against the new government plans affecting my job. Let's not have them have any rest 🔥
Happy Zimbabwe Independence Day, everyone
edit: also, this is my first post. hello, my name is Violet.
'ello
Hello violet,
You need to send me an animal video now does are the rules
I find it funny that the people in a country, who couldn't be arsed to mask up or follow basic safety rules during a global pandemic, deem themselves fit enough to fight an actual war
They can't stand the prick of a needle so they let their children die of preventable diseases but also think that they are the greatest nation in history and are the rightful world hegemon.
I finally had my first Seder yesterday. It was also the first time that I had matzah, matzo ball soup, wine, and gefilte fish, all of which I enjoyed having. I tried to imagine myself being an ancient Hebrew who hastily escaped chattel slavery, but it was difficult when there was so much commotion in the room.
Above all, the Seder was about mourning the situation in Gaza, how they have little to eat and only salt water to drink. We took turns reading from a pamphlet about the situation there and why we could not in good conscience have a celebratory Seder like most other Jews would normally have. We weren’t miserable during the event, but being conscious of Palestinian suffering made the Seder very different: we all knew that Gazans were still going to be in agony after the Seder was over.
Despite the noise in the room (in between and after reading from the pamphlet), I managed to have a couple of conversations with the other guests. The one to my right was taciturn, but we talked a little about the Spanish State and the Jewish history there and in Morocco.
The one to my left was more energetic, and we talked about modern history, like the status of gay Jews in the Third Reich. I told him that I may well have written the first article specifically on the subject, and I wrote on a napkin where he could find the topic—https:lemmy.ml (I wish that I had been more specific)—and my telephone number. Later he agreed to take me home and we talked about historical conspiracies and other events in modern history, like the Fascist invasion of Ethiopia and how Imperial America forgave most of Fascist Italy’s WWI debt, which amazed him. He hasn’t tried to contact me yet, but I wish that we could speak again.
Fotos of Xi Jinping's reception in Vietnam!
Everyone make sure to wish a great week to Oppo.
Btw, anyone familiar with millenial.chaos from TikTok? Or maybe anyone in his Discord? If not, maybe we could let them know we exist, because they seem to be a cool bunch.
Other than that, last saturday I attended the 31st congress of our party, which was overall a positive experience, even if just slightly tipping the scale. I'd appreciate other autistic people helping me with tips how they do fieldwork, being on the streets, talking to people, being observed and judged and so on. As well as, I'm wondering if there is anyone here, who can not do any type of party work like this, because if they'd do, they'd lose their jobs or be hated out of their local community. Cause these are the things I'm facing, but obviously I'm expected to perform and work for the party.
So true on the first part bestie
/u/millennialchaos@lemmygrad.ml?
Yeah, that's him. My bad, didn't know he is here already. Very very good to see! Thank you for pointing it out! All is well, my mission is finished.
While I don't make much money and can't afford to move out, I sometimes still feel guilt for not coming from a very poor background, even if my family isn't that rich, because then I tell myself that I can't be a true socialist. Does anybody else feel something similar?
I feel this way because my parents have a middle class income and they own their own house. My dad is a lower manager in healthcare, what is the marxist vision on that type of work? My mom also works in healthcare but as a worker.
I mean Che himself came from a relatively well off family, was studying to be a doctor, decided to fuck around traveling for a while like the rich kid he is and he became one of the most influential marxist figures there is. I think we should not let ourselves get hung up on puritan views of the ideal socialist because it is pointless to our cause.
It's always good to be aware of the privileges you may have but don't feel bad for having them per se. Just like poor people never asked to be (born) poor you didn't ask for being born into a middle class family, if that makes sense. What counts is that you found marxism and are contributing to achieving communism in this world.
Class traitors are every bit as helpful, it's just a thing where due to circumstance, it's not as expected that someone well-off will join a revolutionary cause against the furthering of their own position in class.
But also, I don't think having their own house makes them rich. It means they have a bit more to fear losing than some in a societal upheaval, but if they have to work to make a living, they are still working class. It's more the ones who own and rent out multiple properties, who own loads of stock, etc., who I'd expect are unlikely to ever change their ways and support a revolution, because their wealth is directly tied into the capitalist financial system and its exploitation.
Either way, you could be Bill Gates level of wealth background and still become a socialist. Unlikely if you were from a background that wealthy, but it's not impossible.
God almighty, why was I cursed with the geopolitics autism?
Just be glad that it isn't the Conspiracy Theory autism. That shit will get you into the psych ward.
I hope you all have a nice week :D
You too comrade 😁
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It's funny how gender neutral bath- and restrooms are such a problematic thing for some while I have been going to them at campings for forever. Everyone has the same toilet and shower building, everyone uses them together and it works just like it is.
a lot of smaller coffee places and restaurants also have just one gender neutral restroom to save space
Yeah for real. Antwerp bars and restaurants are usually in such small spaces they by default have one bathroom for everyone. Then it suddenly is no problem.
Question for Londoners and people who've been to London, is it actually that much of a piss-smelling shithole? That's basically all I've heard coming from friends who have gone there, which as someone from a fairly dirty third-world city, is surprising.
I've been to London twice, once as an exchange student for some time. Lived in Eltham actually. I've always thought it was a great city to live in. But that was around ten years ago, something like that. It faces the difficulty of every western city: overpriced, gentrified, housing shortage, etc.
I enjoyed the city very much. It is absolutely massive though so there is no 'one London' to speak about. Walking around Fulham is vastly different than walking around, idk, Hackney. The piss smell wasn't noticed by me at least.
Yes. I lived there for some years. The pungent urine aroma emitted from the entrance to Lancaster Gate Station will forever be etched into my mind
Sadly mainstream lemmy has fallen to fucking crackkkers and fucking libs, but it warms my heart that they're getting fucked w/ 0 lube by MAGA while China is more relevant than ever
This spot is really nice but every time a different domain comes in here and says the dumbest shit I've ever heard I am reminded that the rest of lemmy is a lib-o-sphere. Honestly, what frustrates me to no end is that none of them bother to actually unlearn or suspend any of the beliefs they have for just a second incase it's a perspective you haven't considered before, to learn where they're coming from and actually then use your knowledge and your beliefs to form an analysis. I have to do this to listen to conservative dribbling and then to actually reach material concerns. These fuckers just spit out the most blatant sinophobic propaganda verbatim and just leave entirely; assuaged by their "superior liberal intelligence" compared to those "silly tankies".
So many drive-bys that sum up to absolutely nothing but getting dunked while they can maximize the self-stroke smugness.
I've worked at a lot of different places, mostly commercial companies. I have never been closer to actually workers' mutiny than I have been at my current employer, the actual union. Our board of directors are absolute dictators and the working conditions are insane. They won't listen. They act like we are lunatics for some reason. No sympathy whatsoever for us. And we have had enough.
The comraderie this creates is nice though. Gives me energy.
Fuck RFK Jr.
That's all I have to say.
He's gunning for us Autistics next.
I want to start being more active for my union, FNV. I want to go to more events they organise, and I'm going to ask working class friends and family around me if they want to join. Since my party BIJ1 doesn't really work that much with the unions I'll have to do it myself.
At risk of sounding like a "I'm 14 and this is deep" kind of statement, I was thinking like, "If you were in hell, would the devil really say 'mwahaha, this is hell, suffer' or would he insist to you the whole time that it's heaven and you're taking it for granted."
I don't mean it as a literal theology question for people who believe in that stuff, but I think about it in relation to the US. I know there are worse places to be in terms of quality of life, such as some of the most imperialized nations, but the US may have the most intense contrast between propaganda that says "we're the best" and what the day to day is actually like. A lot of people live paycheck to paycheck but are told it's the greatest country or the like. People's options are narrowed by the limits of transportation (heavy reliance of cars), the intense competition of jobs, etc., while having a vast industry and culture of motivation "if you believe it, you can achieve it" kind of hype that is almost never about utilizing logistics or working together or leaning on each other (presumably cause that stuff is a bit too close to scary socialism, wooo). A lot of people are lonely and struggle to make friends outside of work, college, etc., but are told be an island unto themselves (in whatever variety of words you can think of).
In short, although USian people are broadly, as far as I'm aware, not starving ~yet~ (not saying there isn't anyone who is, just in the broader sense), they are probably broadly emotionally starved, communally starved, and other such forms of basic human needs that are less immediately obvious, but nevertheless part of any healthy society. But the solutions to these things would no doubt threaten the dam of anti-communism, so people get gaslighted about how good they have it instead and get fed constant narratives about how to be a better individual. Like imagine if you were actually literally starving and the ones with power over food, who can bring in an abundance of it, were telling you that you need to do these certain rituals to improve your appetite, so you can be strong with less food. It's such a bizarre "country" when you put it in perspective.
Edit: I feel like I posted something very similar to this in the past and I don't know if I'm actually remembering, or if it's just that the same general criticisms are very familiar. Maybe I need to touch grass lol.
I got another guy mad enough to start digging through my old posts to look for things to dunk me on. I think that's a sign of victory, making him waste his own time.
Feels like things have been getting more and more unhinged lately.