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I had this thought the other day but we would be in such a weird timeline if the U.S. had sexenios like they do in Mexico rather than 2 4-year terms. Sure things would be like 99% similar and it’d just be changes in who manages capitalism, but if I had to guess it’d be like this:

Bush would be president from 2000-2006, so everything would be the same in that regard. While Obama may have a shot at presidency in a 2006 election since he first gained attention for his 2004 DNC speech, he can’t run on hope and change in response to the 2008 Recession so I think Hillary Clinton would actually have a better chance and would be president from 2006-2012. Foreign policy would likely be the same, maybe even more hawkish, but the recession would happen under her presidency rather than Bush which is just hilarious to think about. But also, without Obama, Trump doesn’t gain the political clout he did with the birtherism, so I think from 2012-2018, the likely president would be Mitt Romney (or maybe even Ted Cruz?) to “stabilize” capitalism after Clinton and the 2008 Recession, especially as the bailouts would be framed as establishment Democrat governance. Maybe even the ACA passes under a Romney presidency instead which would also be hilarious. But you’d have the same factors that contributed to the election of Trump in the mid 2010s (Rust Belt deindustrialization, immigration, social media, austerity, etc.) so I think you’d have some sort of populist campaign, maybe Bernie or a non-Trump Republican populist. If Bernie wins, he’d be president during COVID, 2022 inflation, Ukraine war, Gaza genocide, etc., which would be pretty disasterous for the perception of “democratic socialism” in America meaning you’d probably get someone like Ron DeSantis (or even Tucker Carlson) in 2024-2030. But if a Republican won in 2018, you’d probably get like a Gavin Newsome in 2024 as a “return to normalcy” president like Biden but without Biden as he wouldn’t have the Obama stimulus.

That was kind of a long winded alt history fan fic but we would be so close to having a slightly “funnier” timeline if we were a little more like Mexico (idk if funny is the right word considering all of the horrible things still happen, but like first woman president? Recession. A republican passing the ACA instead of Obama. Social democracy becoming completely unviable in American electoral politics, etc). Someone should make like a Disco Elysium type game in this timeline

There’s also a Georg Lukács-George Lucas joke to be made here but I can’t figure it out

Now that Andor is over they should make a Saw Gerrera tv show where he and his rebel faction are basically stand ins for Gonzalo and the Shining Path

Yeah you’re right but honestly I feel like that’s still better than decking your car out in Empire stuff. And also red lightsabers are cool

Here you go

https://cpiran.org/statement-of-the-workers-councils-of-arak-all-power-to-the-councils/

It’s not a bit and they aren’t slop

Eywa doesn’t hear you

Does anyone have any information on the workers councils forming in Arak? I saw the statement from the CPIRAN but don’t have telegram and I can’t speak Farsi

Photo from the Epstein estate of Noam Chomsky and Steven Bannon

Antisemitism is 100% the biggest obstacle toward class consciousness right now and it’ll only get worse in the future. It’s ridiculous how “normal” it’s becoming among regular people, and how these talking points are becoming accepted in leftist spaces. I’ve seen leftists say stuff along the lines of “well we shouldn’t be antisemitic, but it’s true that a majority of capitalist owners are Jewish and that Jewish Americans are the richest demographic in America” like no we don’t have to concede false statistics to the “#noticers”. Protestant Anglo Saxon CEOs and upper middle class Indian American households would like a word with you

It’s actually so shocking and concerning how normalized and acceptable antisemitism has become in just the last 2-3 years. Maybe I’m too online, but I’ve seen way too many TikToks of regular people casually believing antisemitic conspiracies like them controlling media, owning most businesses, etc. This might be too niche of a reference, but there’s this popular underground rapper named Boolymon and his lyrics have so much casual antisemitism in them (“Won’t let these Jews control me” “Jews run the news boy I thought you knew”) and no one bats an eye or even mentions it (and if they do mention it they’re supporting it). I remember when this stuff was fringe and now it’s everywhere

The Pacers play Marxist basketball, whereas OKC plays neoliberal basketball (dirty defense, foul baiting)