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[–] culprit@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago (3 children)

This framing of the relationship between liberalism and fascism not only presents them as complete opposites, but it also defines the very essence of the fight against fascism as the struggle for liberalism. In so doing, it forges an ideological false antagonism. For what fascism and liberalism share is their undying devotion to the capitalist world order. Although one prefers the velvet glove of hegemonic and consensual rule, and the other relies more readily on the iron fist of repressive violence, they are both intent on maintaining and developing capitalist social relations, and they have worked together throughout modern history in order to do so. What this apparent conflict masks—and this is its true ideological power—is that the real, fundamental dividing line is not between two different modes of capitalist governance, but between capitalists and anti-capitalists. The long psychological warfare campaign waged under the deceptive banner of ‘totalitarianism’ has done much to further dissimulate this line of demarcation by disingenuously presenting communism as a form of fascism.

https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/10/14/liberalism-and-fascism-partners-in-crime/

[–] culprit@lemmy.ml 16 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

dang that's pretty good

next meme concept:

WarCraft :: No Thanks

MineCraft :: No Thanks

StarCraft :: No Thanks

OurCraft :: Yes Plz

[–] culprit@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago

ya, I almost went with 'liberals' instead

[–] culprit@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

https://lemmy.ml/post/28771552

it's been popping up recently, french artwork

[–] culprit@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 months ago (4 children)

The answer to the question is all the billionaires surrounding Trump. Oligarchs all the way down. No need to be homophobic about it. America has always had a fascist ruling class.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Plot

[–] culprit@lemmy.ml 16 points 4 months ago

https://www.mintpressnews.com/professor-columbia-university-scandal-former-israeli-spy/289231/

Mahmoud Khalil, a recent graduate of the university’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), was abducted by Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) Saturday for his role in organizing protests last year against Israel’s attack on Gaza. Khalil’s dean, Dr. Keren Yarhi-Milo, head of the School of International and Public Affairs, is a former Israeli military intelligence officer and official at Israel’s Mission to the United Nations. Yarhi-Milo played a significant role in drumming up public concern about a supposed wave of intolerable anti-Semitism sweeping over the campus, thereby laying the groundwork for the extensive crackdown on civil liberties that has followed the protests.

[–] culprit@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 months ago

From a legal perspective I think it means that the permits are only able to set pre-requisite limits, but any end result can not be used to revoke it. Basically a CYA permit that allows the permitted entity to have oopsies as the end result that do not invalidate the permit. That's my poorly informed take on the legalese.

[–] culprit@lemmy.ml 8 points 4 months ago

So spooky

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[–] culprit@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 months ago

Today thousands of planes lost critical communications while in the US airspace after a SpaceX test flight exploded in low earth orbit. The explosion destroyed a significant portion of the Starlink satellite constellation, and international space tracking organizations are monitoring the situation closely. They are reporting a Kessler Syndrome cascade has not been ruled out.

[–] culprit@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 months ago

Bird Flu killing animals lots places right now. This is like all the reviews of scented candles saying that the smell is weak when Covid rates are spiking.

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trying to share the lane with vehicles in the USA is very dangerous

 
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the ultimate police state - 'security' is one of their top exports

 
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San Antonio is the country’s 16th most deadly U.S. city for bicyclists, altars hope to raise awareness

“It’s very hard for me every day. It’s like it was yesterday when he left us,” Enriquetta Amaya said.

It’s been fifteen years since Amaya’s older brother, Fernando Amaya, was killed while cycling.

“On August 25th of 2008, at 7 a.m. in the morning on his way to work,” Amaya said. “He was run over by a careless driver. He was on his bike on his way to work.”

Fernando was 42 years old and had been a deputy with the Hays County Sheriff’s Office for 15 years. He loved to bike, but loved his family more, taking care of all of his siblings.

“He was like a father to me,” Amaya said. “He always made sure that we were taken care of.”

It’s why for the past several years on Día de los Muertos, Amaya has put an altar together for her brother, with special care to honor and remember him, but also to raise awareness for the many other cyclists who get killed each year in our area by drivers. She isn’t alone. SATX Social Ride, a bike-riding group that promotes safe social riding, has also made an altar for the many members of the community that have been killed while cycling.

“On average, we lose four or five people a year to cycling incidents in traffic,” Jeff Moore, leader of SATX Social Ride said.

San Antonio is the country’s 16th most-deadly U.S. city for bicyclists, according to an analysis of U.S. Department of Transportation Fatality Analysis Reporting System data by CarInsurance.org.

It’s why the organization partnered with Hill Country Ghost Bikes, a group that makes bike memorials at the sites of deadly crashes, to make one large altar for the dozens of community members killed while riding for this Día de los Muertos.

“We have one person who is six years old, on up to 70-year-old people,” Moore said.

They hope these altars remember their loved ones, but also remind drivers to be vigilant for cyclists on the roads.

“It’s very important that we put a human face for the community to see who cyclists really are,” Moore said.

Amaya echoes that awareness.

“Look out for the cyclers, look out for the people walking just so that those people don’t have to go through what we’re going through,” Amaya said.

You can see both of these altars at the Día de los Muertos Festival this Saturday and Sunday at Hemisfair.

Fernando’s family and the cycling community will also be part of the procession at the Muertos Fest honoring their loved ones.

 

Shanzhai Culture (China)

by Clément Renaud | artist & researcher

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The Pirate Book

A compilation of stories about sharing, distributing and experiencing cultural contents outside the boundaries of local economies, politics, or laws

 
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