googled some stuff about esperanto this morn bc i was interested and then looked on twitter for linguist perspectives and this is a really good critique
BRO ahehbfnfjdjdjbd this is why it’s so hard to find actual resources on this shit. Like personally rn I can’t say confidently I’m a prison abolitionist bc I don’t know what my positive vision would look like, need to explore more critical criminology, transformative justice,
PLEASE STOP USING “NORMAL” jfc read flowerbomb read Mary Nardini Gang read Aph Ko/Syl Ko read literally any anti-assimilationist shit, even libs get this stuff right
bro this is so fucking cute - i inspired ren to make a presentation to gsa at school about gender nihilism omg. its not totally accurate but fuck it dude im so :))
Oh also I talked to ren (MuZhoka’s romantic/sexual interest) last night and she’s super cool. She posted this as a part of her daily Instagram update post thing. Very cute very fun
not to mention like maybe you notice children rebelling when "given" freedom because every other fucking time in their life they're coerced to do things they don't want to do
Like bro I’m sorry but this is ridiculous. Ofc there are massive massive limitations to having people of every privileged group talking about intersectionality, but wtf. The alternative is just to ignore it? Wha?
if not aesthetics then optics? lol. again i feel like this is just invoking the problem with electoralism, yes descriptively normie black voters will follow black politicians and have a bad taste in their mouth towards DSA, but in considering this net benefit meme youre
lol wtf is this interaction - i feel like andrew gives decent enough of a take from within the framework. the reply is like "ok but if we sell out our values we can appeal to more people" yeah????
yea i think this again is consistent with what i would think within their framework. a lil too economically reductionist, esp with the "we need to be less white by reaching out to the working class" liiikeee yeaahhhh but youre ignoring a pretty big meme there duder.
this is an interesting point - i think this criticism wouldn't apply if they weren't calling for an action to happen about the endorsement? idk its kind of weird. like i dont know how to conceptualize "representatives" in a way that makes sense
i feel like this is exactly the type of utilitarian calculus that leads people to being moderates in an electoral context principles thrown to the wayside for the elusive and corruptive influence of net positive marginal benefit
i understand their point and think it has plenty of validity, but like this is essentially an optical argument. and the issue is about Palestinians - do their status as poc not count?? lol. like i feel like this is an argument for communicating it in a way that specifically
So much going on here. expecting politicians to not deviate for power or capital, but I mean at least they’re showing their dissatisfaction with that. Hilarious that the response to that is to say “get back in line” lol
oh also i should mention malatestas pragmatism and that he doesn't think everything will naturally work out on its own
"And so on and so on, answering every query with blithe assertions and denials, ruling out all the bad things, and taking for granted all the good things."
didnt love love this manga (My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness), bc the themes explored and "moral of the story" type things weren't that great, but frequently very relatable to past or rough patches. but wanted to take note of these panels
and this one is clearly youth liberation stuff that i think unfortunately a lot of people have to struggle with. but i think it does a great job in just 2 panels of showing the problem with how we treat children. they're not some separate group, they're people.
Rereading through highlights of Malatesta's anthology and wanted to document some of the more explicit examples where he talks about what anarchist organizations look like, as i think theyre really inspiring
Lol in class this person defending “kids have to eat vegetables” - actually the most annoying thing lol. I had to make notes to myself about all the reasons it bothered me so much
This is absolutely true, but also crucially depends on the legitimacy of the state. I really like this argument because it makes commitments and assumptions very clear.
like clearly theyre partially aware, i just think its way way way too optimistic to think that people will go to bat for your new human capital model enough to combat the propaganda and hegemony of capitalists and the state but keep shootin shooter