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[–] 6kb_@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 4 hours ago

lamine yamal you goated son of a gun

[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Things are not looking good in Bolivia, folks. The US is planning to destroy the resistance there while US puppets are rushing to the aid of the neoliberal puppet Rodrigo Paz.

Striking workers have erected barricades blocking highways in every region of the country.

[–] 6kb_@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 4 hours ago

i pray and pray all of these simultaneous interventions can in some way overextend them and worsen things but none of that would be happy so much as it is only a minimal reassurance. the death throes include trying to take everyone down with them, but it's just such unfair suffering

[–] kasama@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Is it weird that I mostly call refer to trump as Donald or Donny instead of president trump?

[–] Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 hours ago

No that's pretty normal. I like to call the king of britain King Chuckles or if he is the topic of the conversation I like to call him Chuckles the Clown.

[–] CanaryFeigned@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

A lot of people don't trust certain parts of society such as the homeless and I understand why. I wouldn't trust a mafia boss or a mobster, someone with a record for willingness to do crime against the defenseless. It's a fascist mentality.

However I would like to add my two cents with brief experience of homelessness and just general interactions with a broad section of lumpen. Be it street musicians or prostitutes. Sadly I only have anecdotes on my side which is part of the issue, it's very difficult to do empirical research on this subject and avoid biases.

In my brief experience of homelessness the only person who immediately approached me was another homeless person. He immediately noticed that something wasn't right with me and came with advice, in the meanwhile I've likely had more than a 1000 people walk past me without a care and you might wonder why didn't I go to an institution? Well because they dismantled them.

Marxism is based on Dialectical-Materialism, it means the body is the mind is the body and practical experience is necessary for change to happen. You cannot simply "fix" someone with a mental exercise. I think many Chauvinists dismiss the lumpen because they toss them a book and expect class consciousness to sort it out. It's not that simple, change needs structure that supports it.

I have found this one of the major weakness of the modern day left movement. There is a lot of effort trying to pull down the petite bourgeoise, not a lot of efforts pulling up the disenfranchised. It ends up being left upon a religious institution, the Heartfelt liberal or the extraordinarily rare mutual-aid group. All of which get infiltrated by the right.

I have never encountered a communist in the presence of the "lower classes" but I have had reactionaries try to befriend me and idk if people realize how far the influences of 1 neo-fash can spread. So this guy I will call him Measurehead, because that's what his personality was like, yeah a competitive racist. But the guy literally inserted himself anywhere and he's been all the way to China and around. Which has really bothered me because this is the kind of people who go around to the lumpen everywhere and spread their ideology. This one guy has probably ended up influencing hundreds by now if not more. And he was so good at gathering a crowd around him it's like scary to see. The way how he immediately could spot who to turn to in order to gather a crowd around him.

It scares me because the sort of people who get co-opted by the likes of him include people who would be willing to work tripple shifts for half of the pay. Regardless how one feels about the downtrodden, you're going to have to deal with them. That is a fact. This is the reason why I have been trying to shine a little bit of a light on the issue. It's not just because I've read Mao or Malcom or Che, although I believe their personal life experiences had influenced them to arrive to similar conclusions.

[–] amemorablename@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 10 hours ago

It's a good reminder, thanks for bringing it up. It's a strategic thing and, more importantly, a humane thing. We should be doing what we can to uplift the most downtrodden, which means empowering, educating, building ties, etc. As opposed to looking at it in a distanced charity sort of way, the way that the capitalist class does.

I think many Chauvinists dismiss the lumpen because they toss them a book and expect class consciousness to sort it out. It’s not that simple, change needs structure that supports it.

I think this is in some ways a symptom of individualism, the tendency to approach it in this way. You could have 50 people read the same book independently and draw wildly different interpretations. Education is an organized process, not a matter of pointing in a vague direction and hoping.

[–] LeninZedong@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 13 hours ago

Hello peeps! I know that SlayGuevara said that I could link the mutual aid post in the mutual aid community, but I asked Moderator GrainEater and they said that it is ok (content warning for abuse towards children): https://lemmygrad.ml/post/11615234?scrollToComments=true

[–] vyitnoomyr@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 19 hours ago
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[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I was recommended Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) recently.

Could be better than just more CBT.

What do you think?

[–] starkillerfish@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

i tried DBT after CBT and found it much much better. depends on the specialist of course

[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 21 hours ago

Definitely depends on the specialist themselves, yeah

[–] vyitnoomyr@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Do you have any resources? Never heard the term. Would be interested to see how it stacks up. Read: I can ask a Vietnamese therapist about it :P (I have no psychology knowledge myself lol)

[–] Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Disclaimer: I am not a mental health professional.

You should definitely try DBT because its a new tool that might help you.

first thoughts that were really pessimisticDid the person recommending DBT address capitalism as a major root of your suffering or are they just trying to sell you another cure without naming the problem? Therapists and social workers are basically cops. Their job is to keep people in line and not asking the real questions. Mental health professional education is permeated with individualism and white supremacy. Even the ones who think they are doing good are often just keeping their patients trying new things that wont work so they stay busy and keep coming to the next session. If they aren't addressing capitalism, exploitation, and atomization then I doubt the efficacy of any treatment they suggest.

"Just one more pill bro, this one might work, Just try out this new mental exercise, I swear bro one of these will work, This one has a word you like."

[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 21 hours ago

Don't get me wrong, I definitely get what you are saying about addressing the root causes.

I just need something right now to help me get through things.

[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 21 hours ago

I get that completely.

But these were from other COMRADES, other Marxist-Leninists, not just anyone.

Also, the medication I have (Vyvanse especially) does help me function.

[–] LeninZedong@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Hey peeps, I want to help out a comrade here with their child legal case but I am unsure if I can link the original post here because it has to do with mutual aid. Do you peeps know if I can link it here (or any other way to help)?

[–] SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 days ago

There's a mutual aid community

[–] michifmischief@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 3 days ago

My job has been hard on my body lately and I'm so tired from the long commute. But I use the time to read and scroll Lemmy. It's very encouraging. makes me want to keep reading even when I'm getting confused and have to go back several times.

[–] Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 days ago

Hey maybe Xi will decide to enforce international law by arresting trump and trying him for genocide. Wouldn't that just be hilarious?

[–] Jarmund@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 days ago

Major disrespect towards the working class. Any company which makes the applicant worker do these fucking obnoxious mini games is a no go for me. As if i need to demonstrate superhuman skills to flip burgers!

[–] KrupskayaPraxis@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I went to a bar to watch Eurovision and booed when Israel came on but I was the only one

[–] Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 4 days ago

Braver than the troops.

[–] SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 4 days ago
[–] Oppo@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Did they look at you weird?

[–] KrupskayaPraxis@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 3 days ago

I was at the front of the bar so I couldn't see everyone's reactions, but the people I did see just ignored it

[–] Marat@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Honestly have a newfound appreciation for just how offensive Tom Cotton's "are you a member of the CCP" questions were to the Singaporean CEO of TikTok, considering that Singaporeans infamously dont like being called Chinese and the founding father of Singapore being very clear that Singaporeans are not Chinese

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I mean they're mostly chinese exiles afaik.

[–] Marat@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 3 days ago

Right, but it'd be like saying an Australian person is British or a Cuban person is Spanish

[–] commiewolf@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 3 days ago (10 children)

Am I the only one very suspicious of the amount of odd questions being asked by fresh accounts lately? Maybe I'm just paranoid but I can't help but feel like there's some very glowie activity going on as of late.

[–] Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 days ago

not paranoid. isis-rael just multiplied its hasbara budget by 3 or 4 times (I forget which) Surely some losers can squeak out a grant to come harass us tankies.

[–] LeninZedong@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What is going on with ViolentPacifist here? The insults came out of nowhere.

[–] commiewolf@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I don't know. Some people are insecure and self centred, and like to frame everything as a personal attack/accusation.

[–] sinovictorchan@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 day ago

I am used to such person since I often need to accommodate the social pragmatic communication disorder and scapegoating practice of my mother for the confusion that she constantly caused.

[–] LeninZedong@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Also what sort of odd questions are you referring to?

[–] commiewolf@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

There's a few, like that one thread from a few days ago about "what's bigotry do you see in ML spaces", I don't know, seems an odd question to ask when you're that fresh in the community.

[–] ViolentPacifist@lemmygrad.ml -3 points 3 days ago

You admitted yourself you think i am cia, which means I was correct in assuming you were targeting me.

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[–] SunsetFruitbat@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I need a place to vent again. But It's bullshit that I need a referral to see a place where I live that offers HRT, but they want a referral that I can't give because the doctor I use to see for this, left, and his place refused to give a referral and just told me to get a referral from a primary care doctor, which I don't have.

and im trying not get overwhelmed at the same time with dealing with my dad's affairs either since he died.

[–] LeninZedong@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I am sorry to hear that. Every person that needs HRT should get it (it should be a fundamental right for those who want it).

[–] SunsetFruitbat@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

HRT should just be sold off the counter or free without any gatekeeping. It just very frustrating especially since I like, I did have access to it before the doctor I saw left last year. And it was sudden to since I schedule an appointment late fall, and they just tell me that the doctor left and sent me a letter saying that they would give a referral! and when I finally get around to it this month, they don't. like...

im genuinely getting angry and want to yell at this place. Actually I am going to raise a mess with this place

[–] Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 4 days ago

Do you still have the letter? Maybe if you show them their own letter that will convince them.

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