I got banned for that one

I guess they didn’t want people using that community for sensible purposes

Ah. Then I have no idea what you’re talking about.

I think we should be organising mutual aid networks and teaching self-defence skills so that we can mount an effective militia against the fascist police state, while co-opting the state apparatus with progressive politicians and voting against fascists in the general elections to delay their complete takeover. I think that’s an awfully clear and concise vision of resistance.

So you’re saying blame is part of Realpolitic? Interesting, but surely it cannot be the entirety of your plan? What’s your idea for preventing or lessening the severity of the trans genocide that’s coming?

whose fault is it people voted third party?

I don’t think that’s a productive way to think about things. I mean, I could say “It’s the billionaire’s fault capitalism is destroying our climate” and just go home, safe in the knowledge I didn’t start the fire… but that doesn’t actually help anyone. So I don’t deal in blame.

Blame is Gefühlspolitik - politics based on emotion. I love Diplomacy because it teaches Realpolitik - politics based on what the optimal move is to make in the current situation.

In My current situation, I’m not talking to Joe Biden. I can’t change Joe’s mind. I’m talking to you. I can maybe change your mind, if I’m smart enough. I can convince you to adapt your strategy to the situation you find yourself in, to try and buy a few more years before ICE comes for My family. That’s My goal. A few more years for the revolution to grow, a few more years for people to escape.

Do you want a few more years? And given the current circumstances of the situation, what does your logic and cunning tell you is the best way to get them?

I recently played a very fun game of Diplomacy, which is an old board game about international politics. I was playing as Italy, and it was in My interest to keep both Turkey and Russia as weak as possible while I repelled a French invasion, so that once France was no longer a threat, I could conquer both. So what I did is, I formed alliances with both Turkey and Russia, who were new players, and rather than commit troops to aid either side, I gave them both advice on how to outmaneuver the other. If either of them looked about to win, I would give the other one better advice. It worked great, and the Sultan of Turkey was shocked at My betrayal, since I’d helped him so much. He didn’t realise I was playing both sides.

republican orientated influence operations are out there yelling and screaming at people trying to get actual populists in the democratic primaries, or during the anointment process in 2024

I hadn’t heard that before, but I’m willing to believe it. I also believe that right wing botfarms are promoting fringe left wing movements that attack the Democrats, like Jill Stein’s Greens. I think they’re playing both sides, helping amplify the most stalemate-y versions of both our arguments, to keep the American Left opposed to the Democrats.

I’m a bit smarter and more experienced than the Turkish Sultan in My diplomacy game. I know who the biggest threat is. The Republicans in the real world are the Italy of My game. The biggest threat. I, as an anarcho-communist, are willing to stand by the Democrats, help them beat Trump, and stab them in the back right afterwards with a communist revolution. But yelling from the rooftops about how much I hate them, while Trump is still in power, is not part of that plan. My plan involves subtlety.

I completely agree. Zohran is a great example - everyone loves him, even Trump. That’s what a principled and charismatic leftist politician looks like. I wish we had more people like Zohran coming into leadership positions in the Democratic party.

Unfortunately, some people are using bad strategies to try and get more Zohrans. Instead of showing up before the primaries and promoting leftist politicians in competition with moderates, they show up after the primaries and attack moderate politicians in competition with fascists. The former is how you get leftists in power. The latter is how you get fascists in power. The two look the same to those who are… less politically adept. But in truth, they have very different effects.

It’s actually a bot embedded in the PieFed server code that automatically reports em-dashes from new accounts. I wish it was easier for us admins to mark users as not AI so that we didn’t all have to check manually every time. Might be worth complaining at !piefed_meta@piefed.social if you don’t like the bot. I’m kinda neutral on the bot but I wanted you to be aware it was flagging you in case some other PieFed admins trust it too much.

Also welcome to Lemmy!

Ironic.

Still less than double the Torment Nexus and that’s what’s important. I don’t think it’s worth quibbling over the precise amounts even if it was 2 vs 1.99990

Hey thanks for delaying Trump’s second term those four years. I spent those four years helping My partner recover from its crippling disabilities and working on My career. I don’t know if we’re going to be in a financial place to get it out of the US before Trump sends ICE after trans disabled people and puts it in a concentration camp, but because of you we have a chance. Keep up the good work.

As a side note, do you think a GoFundMe to get it out of the country and to My country would get much traction?

Leftists: you have two years to get a candidate that doesn’t support genocide through the primaries, and if you can’t, just vote for the one that supports genocide the least.

Radlibs: so you want Trump to win

I’m doing My part!

I wish the Democrats had the balls to use that messaging. Instead, it’s us leftists trying to convince the radical centrists like Cassandra of Troy.

Yeah, I was trying to be generous to the capitalists, but the truth is current generation AI can’t meaningfully express consent, so a more accurate term is AI slave.

Unless we’re talking about a machinekin employee.

I prefer Hellenism, where the god who gave knowledge to humans is widely considered a hero and nobody likes the dude who tried to keep humans ignorant much anymore

So 0H is like 35C and 100H is 40C? That kinda sucks.

Humans in different areas are used to and can survive different temperatures. There’s this buddhist guy who goes out in the snow naked and meditates to produce body heat.

But all humans are made of water, and can relate its chemical processes to their comfort and survival.

That’s because you’re using the silly farenheit scale, which was designed for brine. You should use celcius, which is designed for humans.

Yep, that’s Utah alright

I know some girls with huge cocks who would take this sign as a challenge