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treefrog,

He was trying to hard.

Should be done as though you’re a monkey. Or drunk.

treefrog,

It’s mostly J6.

Countries with attempted coups aren’t stable investments.

treefrog,

Thanks!

I don’t have a steam deck but do have chronic neck issues so playing mouse and keyboard is no longer an option for me.

If the controller support isn’t good I’m going to pass for now.

treefrog,

Can you take the CIA propaganda back to Reddit please?

treefrog,

I researched this propaganda when I started seeing it on reddit.

Have you or are you just a reddit echo?

treefrog,

The audio cuts out in your video. Maybe because I don’t have a twitter account?

That said I have read the Ukraine scientists argument against Chomsky’s ‘position’ (most of it is a strawman) as well as Chomsky’s response.

counterpunch.org/…/the-ukraine-war-chomsky-respon…

I’ve also read several of his books and his response to the genocide denial claims.

Here’s a post with some excellent comments on the topic.

reddit.com/…/what_did_chomsky_actually_said_about…

Both claims against Chomsky reek of CIA/neo-liberal propaganda, imo.

As to your comments seeking to discredit Chomsky’s expertise in this area, he’s an intellectual who has been following, protesting, and speaking out against Western Imperialism since the Vietnam war.

Neo-Liberalism (the Democrats) and Fascism (the modern GOP) aren’t the only choices and being critical of neo-liberalism =~ tankie or Russian apologist.

That’s CIA propaganda and I’m sorry to see it follow posters from reddit.

treefrog, (edited )

This is really your best counter argument to everything I posted? Trolling?

treefrog,

I’m a skeptical and distrustful person by nature and not afraid to kill my heros because of this. So, when I started seeing this stuff circulating on reddit, I checked it out.

I go into detail as to why I believe what I do in my other responses to this comment and cite my sources. If you want to make an actual argument instead of name calling feel free to make one there.

Thanks.

treefrog,

And here’s an article shining light on this propaganda.

counterpunch.org/…/noam-chomsky-and-the-khmer-rou…

treefrog,

That’s the first sentence in the second paragraph. Did you read the rest?

Can you show me what Chomsky wrote that you mentioned?

treefrog,

Without spice they can’t fold space either, meaning the empire would collapse without it.

treefrog,

Not all cats but I’ve certainly had some cats that were way more in tune with things.

Our cat Midnight, our best mouser, protected the pet hamster from the other cats when it got out of its cage.

She also never laid on me. But one night, laying on my sister’s bed, she laid on my back and purred like crazy. I was in a very dark headspace that night. Suicidal ideation and what not (something I struggled a lot with in my life due to childhood trauma that has mostly resolved with the help of EMDR, Buddhism, and plant medines).

I did some time for growing psilocybin. Midnight came to me in my dreams. My spirit guide, again, in that dark place.

She lived to be eighteen. Great friend. Much more than a pet.

edit: She also snatched a piece of roast right off my plate lol. She was sitting on the arm of the couch and waited until I turned my head, distracted, talking to my gf.

treefrog,

I liked the first and last book best.

treefrog,

The first Dune book is amazing. The last book has some interesting philosophical ideas but is pretty over the top.

I read the middle books and they’re not great tbh.

Cory Doctorow: Kickstarting a book to end enshittification, because Amazon will not carry it (pluralistic.net)

From the author: My next book is The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation: it’s a Big Tech disassembly manual that explains how to disenshittify the web and bring back the old good internet. The hardcover comes from Verso on Sept 5, but the audiobook comes from me – because Amazon refuses to sell my audio.

treefrog,

You’re leaving out the context.

treefrog,

FDR gets all the credit but without actual leftists like Debs (and all the workers who fought in solidarity with him) we’d still be sending our kids to work instead of school.

That’s who this is.

Bernie has his picture hanging on his office wall and he’s basically Bernie’s hero.

treefrog,

We are again.

The mistake of confusing the middle with the left over the last hundred years.

treefrog,

wish i had more up votes

treefrog,

I pressure cook polypropylene all the time. I don’t eat out of it after but if pp5 can handle 3 hours at 17 psi I wouldn’t be concerned about popping it in the MW

treefrog,

We keep four pet rats and they’re very aware animals. They use pheromones to communicate and are quite capable of understanding human feeling.

And they’re fun to tickle!

treefrog,

Strange New Worlds we’re enjoying. On episode four.

treefrog,

Magnesium also competes with calcium for absorption. So it’s best to space them out.

Starlink has become the 'blood' of Ukraine's communication infrastructure, but officials are reportedly growing concerned about relying on Elon Musk's tech (www.businessinsider.com)

Ukraine’s digital minister has reported concerns about the country’s overreliance on Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet system amid the war with Russia, The New York Times reports.

treefrog,

Something involving LSD and reptilian aliens

treefrog,

Cory is the shit. Can’t wait to read the article.

treefrog,

Got to drunk or got your drink spiked?

treefrog,

Yeah, I figured it likely there wasn’t an opportunity.

The story made me curious if the guy created an opportunity was all.

treefrog,

Ted was also mentally ill, which can make living in community difficult.

treefrog,

Is your wife as laissez faire with other forms of privacy protection? Cool with drug screenings for employment doing nonconsensual pregnancy tests to gather otherwise private medical information, for example.

treefrog,

If they were really centrist they’d vote democrat anyway, as that’s the centrist party.

Many leftists also vote democrat. Lesser of two evils, a two party system, no ranked choice voting, etc. etc. etc. etc.

treefrog,

You mean the centrist media? Because there’s really no main stream left wing media, not enough money in it.

treefrog,

Or enlightened democrats who understand there party is the actual center and that workers aren’t represented outside of Bernie and AOC

treefrog,

Exactly

treefrog,

You’re talking about leftists. I was saying there maybe actual centrists. Who would vote democrat even if a real leftist was on the ticket and had a real chance of winning because they actually preferred the center over the left.

treefrog,

How do you figure the GOP is the party of small government? Tax breaks for the rich? Christian Fascism for the rest?

treefrog,

Making money for shareholders is the only moral compass corporations have.

So… make more money is the right thing to do and everything else is a means to that end. Even feel good slogans and corporate mottos.

treefrog,

more like we wanted out of the colonial capitalist echo chamber so we could hear ourselves think.

nice try though

treefrog, (edited )

Libertarians promote “natural” hierarchy; the ones based on slavery, inheritance, and other mechanisms of white supremacy. And ultimately, the hierarchy of money which translates to power. To say they don’t believe in hierarchy when they’re the party of the robber baron who believe the bosses have the right to murder striking workers, even child workers, is frankly silly.

It’s not on anarchist ideology really because of this and only appeals to disinfranchised people if they haven’t bothered to do the math.

treefrog,

The definition of right wing politics is being pro-hierarchy. Or believing hierarchy and inequality to be normal. This fits well with authoritarianism.

The left, by definition, wants to end inequality, or make things as equatible as possible. This is the antithesis to authoritarianism.

So, no. I’m not aware of this and don’t believe it. If someone told me they’re both left and authoritarian I would tell them sticking feathers up your ass does not make you a chicken.

treefrog,

My point was that anarchism is not compatible with capitalism because capital is a form of hierarchy.

And I read your post. Yes, tea party libertarians ultimately lean more big government authoritarian than strict libertarians should.

But libertarians, even ones that aren’t in bed with the GOP, aren’t anarchist because they ultimately use the power of money and privilege to create hierarchy and control others. They just don’t want democracy (i.e. governments) interfering in that power.

That’s not anarchy but feudalism.

treefrog,

They’re authoritarian. Left and Right get conflated with communism/capitalism but all four exist separately from each other.

Leftism is about equity of power and the right is about protecting power structures that exist even if unbalanced (the status quo).

Capitalism and communism are economic systems, not political positions.

treefrog,

Love this sexy titty pic

treefrog,

I’d love to bury my face between those ass cheeo

treefrog,

And was in the White House when he failed.

Which is to say, if he couldn’t win with cheating while the incumbent, I think his chances are really bad in 2024.

treefrog,

I’m not addicted to anything other than dodging mu uncomfortable feelings.

Which I am super addicted to so I end up on lemmy alot!

treefrog,

Not the person you replied to but this did make me feel better.

Go Michigan!

treefrog,

Tolerance for fascism is like trying to negotiate with cancer.

treefrog,

What I didn’t agree with about your post is that intolerance is an attitude. So it’s not something we need to tolerate.

We can tolerate our racist uncle but we shouldn’t tolerate the racism. Because the attitude is like cancer and if we don’t put it in check it will spread.

treefrog,

Yeah, the word for automatic behavior is compulsion/addiction. It’s a step beyond a habit. Nearly as hard to change (without help) as breathing.

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