Thats my friend! He's really like that all the time and is genuinely compassionate and wholesome in every aspect of his life.

He volunteers on a local community radio show each week called The Pedestrian Show where he advocates for better biking infrastructure in the city. He's like actually involved in city council meetings and breaks down the proposed development plans on the radio in simple terms so people can understand what's happening in the city without reading 50 pages of legalese.

Also, he's really good at ping pong haha.

It doesn't seem to be what's happening here, but I've seen wooded areas clear cut for large scale solar farms before. That's completely missing the point of green energy IMO and I can see why some would oppose it.

Isn't OPS relatively easy to interview in to?

The other suggestions here are the main ones I'd mention - Venture Bros, Bobs Burgers, Futurama.

Squidbillies I think deserves a spot on the list.

There are several other great Adult Swim shows I'd like to mention here, but they mostly didn't run more than a few seasons. Superjail, China IL, Metalocalypse, Space Dandy.

I'd also recommend The Great North. Its newer and at first feels pretty similar to Bob's Burgers, but the characters feel more fleshed out to me and the family dynamic I think makes for more interesting TV. It's only like five seasons so far I think.

I like my Yocan Uni. The Uni Pro is a fan favorite, but I like the Uni Twist personally.

I just recently finished The Dispossessed (as well as the other Hainish novels) and I thoroughly loved it. Le Guin is an incredible writer and so imaginative in her depiction of an anarchic society and it's challenges. All of her other books I've ever read have antihierarchical or at least anticapitalist themes too, although in a less overt way than The Dispossessed.

I've been loving everything from Annapurna ever since I realized that the same studio made Nimona and Stray.

That makes sense haha. Same on the too lazy to check. I could have checked rather than commenting in the first place lol

I love China IL, but had no idea Hulk Hogan was in it. I guess he must have been the dean?

Maybe I'm too autistic, but I think we're all interpreting the meme differently here haha. Maybe that just means it's not a good meme.

I don't think it's at all appropriate to say that "sending weapons to anyone is a joke in comparison to past actions" when those weapons are actively being used for genocide. We should not be excusing any level of active harm out of numbness from past atrocities.

We can look at the whole picture and denounce the US war machine as colonialist and imperialist, but the wording you used there, the way you're trivializing a very real aspect of the war machine, is dangerously close to genocide apologia.

From reading about PieFed's moderation tools linked elsewhere in this thread, seems like the solution to that is already built in more explicitly for them.

I'll start by saying that I don't totally disagree with your points. I think a simple blanket statement like "don't vote" is wholely harmful, and only serves to perpetuate apathy and further oppression.

That said, the message here is plainly more than calling for people to abstain from voting. Its a call for militant direct action, which electoralism serves to pacify.

I don't think I can express it more eloquently than the author, and I don't think that a particular excerpt can do justice to the point, but this part seems salient.

This doesn’t mean simply abstinence or ignoring the problem until it just goes away, it means developing and implementing strategies and maneuvers that empower Indigenous People’s autonomy.

One person devoting their time, energy, and organizational capacity to liberation can do more to help their community than any number of people voting for a lesser evil chosen by the oppressors.

The point is not to dissuade leftists from voting, it's to persuade them to take action. In the case of Indigenous Action that isn't a vague call to action either. There's active resistance in need of material support on Turtle Island currently.

like this?

Idk I think we should normalize being mean to cops.* Maybe if they were berated everywhere they went instead feared, fewer people would want to be cops.

* this is obviously bad advice for many people in many situations. Cops can and will ruin or end your life with little or no provocation.

You don't have to be nice to cops. And they can't legally arrest you just for being mean.

The one dandelion leaf really pulls it all together

Fucking pigs just got mad he wasn't nice to them.

Kamela Harris told pro-palestinian protesters at her own rally "I'm speaking" to silence them. This is a fact and not a strawman argument. If you want your comments to not be removed from this community for supporting genocidal entities, you'll need to explain where the strawman is in the OP meme.

"a full arms embargo would be untenable politically... to appease the pro-Israel members of the U.S electorate." Is support for genocide which is against rule 5 of this community.

We do not appease genocide supporters here.

The first link you posted is how she responded after the backlash from the events of the rally mentioned in your second link. That "meeting with leaders of the uncommitted movement" provided no actual results in terms of policy changes, only placating words.

The fact that no one "influential in either party" has called for an arms embargo does not invalidate our calls to an end to the genocide. If anything, it further proves the Democratic Party's support for the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people.

Until the immediate end of all military and financial support to Israel is a part of the Harris campaign's actual platform, it is absolutely not a strawman to attribute genocide support to her.

Please, point out the strawman here. I responded already that "I'm speaking" were Kamela's exact words in response to recent pro-palestine protesters.

The point is to change the system, not enable it by continuing down the same road we've been on for 50+ years that has led us to this point.

Consider a Palestinian facing constant threat of extinction paid for and produced by the US. The problem is not which right wing party is in charge when the bombs drop, but the decades long imperialism that has been wholistically supported by both dems and repubs. They're two sides of the same coin, both hoping the people won't realize that the whole system is designed to prevent any real change.

Also, your assertion that "genocide light" is acceptable violates rules 2 and 5, and I'm removing your comment because we do not allow support for genocidal entities in this community.

"I'm speaking" are literally her words in refence to pro-palestinian protesters chanting at one of her rallies like 2 days ago.

Edit: her campaign has at no point expressed a desire (let alone a demand) to end arms shipments and military aid to Israel. Nor has she expressed at any point that she intends to demand an immediate ceasefire if elected.

Edit2: clarification

Just say you're okay with genocide as long as it's funded by team blue and only affects brown people on the other side of the world. Just say it.

To my knowledge, most of the big names in traditional PV "string" inverters have a hybrid/battery option configurable for backup power or self-usage with varying degrees of control. Lots are even configurable for efficiency with time based electricity cost fluctuations.

Fuck yea, animal liberation all the way. Not sure why you're using that to defend capitalism tho. Doesn't really feel like a good faith comment to make.

You can not be an anarchist while supporting the hierarchical system of capitalism. Full stop.

Fascists aren't exactly known as a very forward thinking group.

As the post text indicates, this particular graffiti was put up in the lead up to a planned far right protest in which fascists broadcast their intentions to swarm the area and harm refugees taking asylum. The answer to your question is very simple in this case.

Is the person in question a part of a far right mob attacking asylum seekers? If yes, kick their asses out of the city.

Local antifascists and punks have been in fact doing just that over the last several days there. Its really not complicated.

So better to just leave them exposed to the elements than change society to not leave them disenfranchised? A choice to not participate in society shouldn't equate to a choice to live without the most basic degree of safety and stability.

That's a "choice" just like someone who can't afford life saving medicine "choses" to not receive treatment. Its society's failure, not the victim's.

Locking this post because it's been plagued with liberal apologia from the start. This community does not exist to debate the merits of liberalism. Quite the opposite, it's intended to be a safe space from liberals constantly making us defend our views.

I'm afraid I've failed to achieve that in this thread, and have left up and engaged with too much liberal apologia already.

There has been some good discussion here even through all the muck. I apologize if I've cut off any good faith discussion.

To all the libs salty about having comments removed - you can debate the merits of your oppressors elsewhere. It won't be tolerated here.

Modern anarchist praxis largely involves building up parallel systems of power with horizontal (rather than hierarchical) structures to counter the existing capitalist systems from within. The revolution that we want to see is not a bloody one fought with guns in the streets, but a cultural one fought by communities of people meeting their own needs without the interference of the state. This is usually called "mutual aid" and is intended to meet the needs of the people who have been failed by capitalist society while also building solidarity and a community informed about the root causes of their problems - namely capitalism and hierarchical power structures.

Anyone pushing for violent revolution is more likely a vanguardist than an anarchist, and anarchists have a very long history of being absolutely fucked over by vanguardist parties throughout the history of anticapitalist struggle.

To suggest that the only alternative to voting is violent revolution is to deny the existence of well over a century of anarchic theory.

By all means, vote for the lesser evil. I won't stop you nor could I. But when we point out why the lesser evil chosen for us by our masters is still in fact evil, don't say that we haven't offered up a viable alternative. The alternative we propose has in fact been in progress by passionate people meeting the needs of thier communities to the largest extent possible for decades. It's just outside of the confines of what capitalism has pushed as the only method of affecting change, as it must be. You can't vote away your oppressors.

Certainly "ban hostile architecture" is oversimplified in that it leaves room for cities to continue forcing unhoused folks to sleep on the streets, but it has a better ring than "ban hostile architecture and provide stable and safe housing to everyone."

I feel like the later part should be assumed by the fact that leftists have been calling for housing the unhoused for many decades. On the other hand hostile architecture is (to my knowledge) a newer phenomenon that needs to be criticized in it's own right.

Notice yours and the other comments critical of me still up? I'm not banning anyone or even removing comments for being critical of me or this post.

I'm removing comments supportive of the US so-called justice system or being uncivil and rude in a way not condusive to nuanced political discussion.

I've temp-banned three accounts for calling me a Russian bot. That action my be too harsh for a first offence, and I'm open to discussion about that. However, that type of rhetoric has absolutely no place here.

Discussion about the moderation of this community is absolutely allowed, and as long as it doesn't degrade to throwing insults, it will all remain up.

This has never been a space friendly to defending or supporting liberalism or state violence.

"She was just doing her job," or "she can't unilaterally change laws" or similar are arguments in favor of the oppressive so-called criminal justice system.

"She was just doing her job" isn't a defense when her job was literally that of the oppressor.

I didn't remove it for being wrong, I removed it for supporting oppressive systems. Rule 2

Now I'm removing this one for being uncivil and rude. Rule 3

Fair enough haha. You reworded the rules didn't really change the spirit of them. I'll edit my above post to reflect that.

Also, thanks!

You're probably correct. Until capitalism and all unjust hierarchies are abolished, anarchists will always have criticisms for those in power.

I'm not sure who coined the phrase, and I'm probably paraphrasing pretty heavily here, but - Anarchism is a process, not a goal.

Complaints about moving the goalposts aren't really a valid criticism of anarchism in my mind. The goalpost is still seemingly impossibly far away. We're just trying to hit some checkpoints along the way.