The lack of radicalism (instead faux radicalism) in the LGBTQ community is a great example of elite capture.
It's a growing trend all over the western world. As the climate crises and political destabilization caused by the history of western intervention causes mass immigration the same countries will shut their borders and become more right wing. It's more likely we see a resurgence of fascism across the west then any left wing momentum due to the built in power structure.
Yet those fomenting the hate will never face consequences.
I tried this patch pre shutdown expecting it to work once the API change went into effect, but then it didn't. I tinkered around for a little bit but then decided since I'm already on Lemmy I'm going to fully commit to just being here. Going through my reddit account sometime this week when I have time to get any info I want and then deleting my account.
The most telling quote from a republican on this imo is from Mitch McConnell.
“The American people know that the Biden Administration’s student loan socialism plan would be a raw deal for hardworking taxpayers. Now that the Supreme Court has rejected the Administration’s position in Biden v. Nebraska, they can know that it’s illegal,” McConnell said in a statement.
It's socialism when millions of normal people get there small loans forgiven to help them out of crippling debt, but it's not socialism to forgive PPP loans for literal millionaires.
This is class war, people. And only one sides been putting up a fight.
100% agree. I think that's largely what we see right now. Easy answers and solutions are given by reactionaries that already confirm to the worldview of people growing up in the US. Hence the growing fascist movement. Fascism is capitalism in decay, after all.
The less invested in the capitalist system the young become the more radicalized
"Terrified by the 1917 Russian revolution, government officials came to believe that communism could be defeated in the United States by getting as many white Americans as possible to become homeowners - the idea being that those who owned property would be invested in the capitalist system." -The Color of Law
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/10318263-the-federal-government-government-s-policy-of-racial-exclusion-had-roots
Save our children from the police.
The amount of dehumanizing of Russians I see on the timeline from both liberals and conservatives is sickening. The American media propaganda machine is so strong it can get people to forget there basic humanity.
Haven't watched it but thanks for the recommendation. A show I have started to get into recently with some good anti imperialist politics is Code Geoss.
The DA's office filed 19 new criminal cases against Heron, for a total of 21 cases involving alleged sexual abuse and assault of young girls and women, and threats made against witnesses.
Save our children from the police.