This is reminding me of Parenti - to put his conclusions in my own words, Fascism is when the revolutionary rhetoric developed by the Left-Wing (whether that is Socialists or Communists or Left-Liberals) is used to advance the goals of the ruling classes instead.

what if he fell off

If anyone is in the Northeast Ohio area and volunteers we can hang out

I think some people are being a bit unfair - they're good people with (95%) good politics, just with poor organization and tactics. Even their national contact was enthusiastic about cooperation with the PSL and even participation in the campaign. And best of all, at least the people local to me are open and willing to learn more effective methods of organizing. It takes time and confidence to build organizing skills.

They're cringe, not evil or fundamentally flawed. Be nice, be tolerant, and be willing to help and teach. They are not doomed - they just need direction.

They aren't. Those are the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA. These guys are the Revolutionary Communists of America. Two completely different, unrelated orgs.

I'm in the PSL and I recently started meeting regularly with a couple guys from the local RCA. Their organization is not perfect but they have been friendly and enthusiastic about cooperation and I look forward to working with them. Here's some of what I've learned either from them or the PSL:

They're a continuation of a Trot party, Marxist International (that changed its name at least partially due to a sex pest scandal), but they claim to be "non-sectarian Marxist-Leninists" and not Trots. The local guys seem unaware of the history of their party, they joined two months ago along with the name change and believe that the party is new and was founded two months ago.

I've re-written this paragraph several times because I don't want to come off as too harsh, because they really are good folks who are doing their best, but: their organization suffers from a lack of, well, organization, and a focus on what I believe to be ineffective tactics ("agitation", selling newspapers on street corners, etc.). They are also admitted class-reductionists, and the local branch at least is seven or eight white guys and one of their girlfriends. They've read a lot of books but knew very little about the political struggles going on in their own city.

The only time I would suggest joining the RCA is if you've already tried to join your local PSL branch and haven't heard back.

With that much stone they should install drainage grates in every room so you can just spray the place down instead of mopping/dusting/sweeping

They do. I think some people in this thread are swinging too far the other way - yes, some cultures normalize eating cats and dogs. It is what it is, I'm not a vegan and I don't believe there's anything intrinsically wrong with it. A Burmese family in a trailer park near where I live got the cops called on them by the local Crazy Cat Karen for catching and eating strays a few years back.

The problem is not one of "barbaric" foreigners needing to be kept out; it's a failure to educate new immigrants on American customs beyond their ability to parrot jingoistic slogans, remember the names of presidents and holidays, and denounce Communism.

Wow that sucks

AI art is going to do the same thing to fantasy art that digital art did: completely destroy the immersive feeling for the benefit of rich assholes who want to pump out slop quicker and cheaper

No problem!

Sorry I'm a Tankie I can't see Lemmy.world

Depending on your definition of "Colonized or Controlled", the Ottomans never completely conquered what is today Saudi Arabia - they conquered Hejaz and parts of the Gulf province but never (as far as I am aware) Najd and other parts of the center and south.

The main problem is zoning laws - too much land zoned for single-family residences only, a lack of mixed-use zoning and walkability, and heavily restrictive laws on apartment buildings (height limits, floorplan requirements such as the infamous dual-stairway rule, etc ).

These laws exist because of NIMBY's - people with an existing stake in the community who don't want noisy transit, tall buildings being an "eyesore", affordable housing bringing in more poor people.

The solution, of course, is to [REDACTED] all the NIMBY's.

Amber Volcel Police Whataboutism

.worlder rare good take alert

Don't worry, you're still serving an important role in the economy!

As part of the "reserve army of labor", by your very existence you drive down the wages of other workers in your field, based on the threat that they could be replaced with you.

Good post

Can't wait for gullible idiots to put millions of dollars into a pump-and-dump scheme to make some of the richest, slimiest people in the world even richer and slimier

Yes we all watched the same OSP video last week

Like others have said, Lemmy runs off of ActivityPub, an open-source protocol similar to Email. Some other applications, such as Mastodon, Kbin, and PixelFed, also use ActivityPub, which is why you can occasionally see posts from those apps if a Lemmy-user shares them.

"Easier Moderation" and "Protecting data" are good, sure, but the main benefit of Open-Source, Federated Social Media is the decentralization and taking power over media away from corporations.

Imagine if Email was closed-source, like Reddit. In order to send or receive email you had to make an account on "Email.com", the email corporation could read your private messages to "moderate", they could ban your account if you send emails they disagree with.

And you might say, "But I use Gmail, and Google can do all those things!", and that's true! And the same is true for Lemmy.world or, yes, even Hexbear.net. What makes Email (and ActivityPub, which Lemmy uses) different is that you can rent a domain name from Mali, set up a computer in your basement, and host your own server. And you can send emails from "ComradeDrew@ComradeDrew.ml" just as easily as you can ComradeDrew@gmail.com.

And just like I can send an email from my own private email server to someone with a Gmail account, you can send a private message with a Hexbear account to Lemmy.world (or, even, Mastodon social or Threads.net, assuming neither party explicitly blocks traffic).

This happens because Vampires get very high bonuses to their social skills - so high that they pretty much always win elections.

You'll have to kill the vampire, I think

Good post

Metal I think? Not my type of music but they picked the venue.

Great now I have "Swine Artificial Insemination.pdf" on my phone can't wait for someone to see the title when I'm scrolling through files because I'm too lazy to delete it

Long day of work then I went to a live music bar and made out with a chubby enbie

Why not both

My biggest complaint with how the Gowron character was written was his final battle with Worf. He fought honorably with a Bat'leth. From everything we've seen about Gowron earlier in his presentation, he should have fought dirty, and with knives.

I'm part of a coalition trying to prevent a private equity firm from buying out a local nonprofit hospital and using AI to "Improve efficiency" is one of their plans that we've had to study (done by people much more competent than I).

The main thing they plan to use AI for is filling out paperwork - nurses will record their introductory interviews with patients and the AI (basically, speech recognition + knowing what fields to fill out for certain information) will automatically fill out that patient's chart.

I'm sure they're planning on using AI for other purposes as well, but this is the most prevalent use - speech recognition and filling out charts automatically.

Correct. Claudia de la Cruz and Jill Stein

As someone living in a studio, while they do have their issues I think they're fundamentally serviceable as housing, especially in urban areas.

The failure of studios is when the surrounding building and community does not adequately support them - chiefly, a lack of common rooms, third spaces, and cheap wholesome dining within easy walking distance.

It's just 🤨📸 redux

It's from Chengdu Science and Technology, so probably so many nerds were going to call of that day to play the game the company decided to just make it a holiday

I think it's cool

!communism@lemmy.ml

To some people, any criticism of the center just means you're aiding the right.

So true

VI, IV, and the original

Runner up is V.

Yeah, they aren't biblical, basically just Christian fanfiction

Sounds like a .worlder problem

Based and Greenpilled

And he recognizes Burmese claims to the Andamans