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incognitopolls · 1 month
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bubblyevilconjurer · 6 months
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“Communism takes long to explain” yeah dude it’s an ideology about radically reshaping society and most American high schools either haven’t taught it or worse have taught only silly anti communist fables so we’re gonna be here a fucken minute.
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anarchistfrogposting · 3 months
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The point is not moral absolution or ideological purity, it’s building a better world.
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"A lie doesn't become truth, wrong doesn't become right and evil doesn't become good just because it's accepted by a majority." -- Booker T. Washington
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queerism1969 · 6 months
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escuerzoresucitado · 4 months
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a-typical · 4 months
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The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine - Ilan Pappé (2006)
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In “The German Ideology”, Marx already asserted that the ruling class gives a form of universality to its own ideas, presenting them as the only rational and universally valid ones. Likewise, Gramsci argued that the dominant classes exert their power not only through coercion, also by managing to impose their worldview, habits and "common sense" to the dominated classes. Indeed, this ideology of growth has penetrated and shaped the social imaginary, daily life the values that guide our behaviors. This is what Jürgen Habermas has called the colonization of the “Lifeworld”. The ideology of capitalist growth is configured as a device that structures our thinking, our subjectivity, our way of seeing things; drawing a horizon of what is and is not possible, what we can and cannot do, think or imagine. Our reasoning, our thinking, and our imagination are being colonized using the socialization process in which we are immersed through both informal means, mainly the media, and formal means, such as education. Therefore, degrowth requires in the first place reframing the socialization process, reconstructing the educational curriculum, developing content that reveals the authentic economic, social, political and ideological mechanisms of power that build this mentality. As Horkheimer observed, this is a fundamental requirement to set up a different order, in the minds and in the material relations.
Degrowth and Educative Deconstruction of the Neoliberal Subject: Alternatives to Build up a Sustainable Society
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mapsontheweb · 2 months
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Ideologies of Arab countries before the Arab Spring, after, and currently.
by atlas_cartography
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blackswaneuroparedux · 9 months
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For the average person, all problems date to World War II; for the more informed, to World War I; for the genuine historian, to the French Revolution.
Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn
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theauspolchronicles · 10 months
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Conservative ideology is rooted in the idea of preserving the status quo and only accepts change when it has become so urgent or normalised that such a change doesn’t feel drastic. Any kind of progressive change you can name under a conservative government is something so utterly obviously necessary that it couldn’t be ignored any longer. It’s not an achievement - it’s an admission that the change was long overdue.
Conservatism markets itself as cautious, as stable, as the champion of tradition - but in reality this just means it’s a lead anchor around the neck of society. It denies systemic inequality because that’d require it to acknowledge the systems, institutions, and traditions it seeks to uphold are the root cause of untold suffering in our society and around the world. It labels progressives and dangerous and radicals to scare people away from voting for/calling for change - but why are we deluded into thinking society is perfect? Why should the rich gaslight us into thinking we have nothing more to solve? That the future must remain as the present is? How sad. How depressing.
Wealth inequality, discrimination, poverty, racism, queerphobia, sexism, wars, and more - these cannot be solved while conservatism is seen as a viable political position. Conservatism has no solutions for these because it created them and by its very nature it fights against any kind of change other than the smallest and most incremental - or it fights to revert us back into previous decades in some eternal call to some delusional “tradition.” Conservatives often get labelled as living in the 1950s or being “dinosaurs” for a reason. That’s not an insult - that’s a symptom.
There’s no place for conservatism in modern society. We need to ditch the anchor and sail freely into a brighter future instead of constantly having to fight for the most basic of concepts like “poor people deserve food” because some conservative asshole thinks that some imaginary and narrow idea of economics is superior to basic morality and human dignity.
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tightwadspoonies · 2 years
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The Salvage Economy in Your Local Area (And Why You Should Use It)
A salvage economy is an economic system that incentivizes the use of existing ("used") materials over the use of virgin ("new") materials to create products and generate income. They are more circular economies, where profits are more equitably shared, waste is reduced, and items have continuing value beyond a single consumer.
Let’s give the example of a piece of clothing. In a mainstream economy, raw materials would be grown (in the case of cotton/linin) or mined (in the case of something like polyester). They would then be manufactured (a water- and energy-intensive process), shipped to a store (another energy-intensive process) and sold for a profit. Once the end consumer was finished with the item, they would throw it away, losing their investment entirely, as well as losing the material and energy investment in the production of the product. Depending on the disposal method, the item would either go to a landfill (which has a limited amount of space) or burned (which releases the remains into the atmosphere where it can be a danger to human health and the natural environment- even with the most stringent of filters/re-burners).
In a salvage economy, however, the piece of clothing is diverted at the point of the first consumer no longer wanting it. It may be donated or sold to a thrift/consignment shop (where the person may get a small return on their initial investment). It could then be re-purchased by someone else repeatedly until it was no longer in a decent enough shape to be re-sold, then it would be sold to a re-processing facility, where the material itself could be deconstructed, re-woven, and returned back into that cycle (energy intensive as well, but less so than creating a garment from new materials). Everyone gets a small cut of the money involved in the item.
If the material was too damaged to continue in this cycle in a meaningful/economical way, and it needed to be disposed of, it could be added to building materials like concrete (ideal for things like polyester, for which other disposal methods would be environmentally damaging), composted (cotton/linin) to create biogas (heat/energy/cooking fuel), or burned for heat/energy (same problems as burning just to get rid of it, but at least you get energy from it, and you’re displacing some of the fossil fuels that would otherwise have to be mined just to burn for energy)*.
Salvage economies exist in parallel with more mainstream economies throughout the world, with varying levels of accessibility and cultural acceptance based on a person’s location, generation, and background. You’ve probably shopped at a “thrift” or consignment store or bought something on Craigslist or Facebook/Amazon Marketplace- this is participating in a salvage economy. But it goes deeper than that.
Culturally in the US, salvage has traditionally been seen as a cheaper second-best option if you can’t afford something new. However, in younger generations and as new items become harder to find and of lower quality, older items are becoming more desirable, and purchasing pressure is shifting, if only a little bit. While I am no economist (my highest degree is in environmental health science) I also think that as the scales start to tip to raw materials becoming less viable economically, companies will look at alternatives, and those alternatives will be existing materials.
I’m not here positing that we should abandon mainstream economies entirely. People will always want new things and be willing to pay for them. But we have a problem of too much trash and too few (and too expensive) raw materials, which create both pollution and shortages** (a problem that has been increasingly in the spotlight in recent years). And I believe that over the next few decades, the pressure (both from market demand and difficulty/expense creating/mining raw materials) will begin to shift, and with it, if you believe traditional economic theory, so too will companies looking to maintain profits. CEO’s gotta eat, (and purchase his 14th yacht), you know.
But I am here saying that you can start putting this pressure on corporations early. Avoid the rush, as they say- before shortages mean everyone turns to the salvage economy all at once with not enough infrastructure to support them. Here are some ways you can participate and build up that infrastructure:
Borrow or rent things you don’t use regularly
Hardware stores rent tools/machines
Look into tool exchanges in your area
Libraries for books (eLibraries like Libby are great if you can’t go to an in-person one, especially if you like audiobooks)
Libraries for toys/games/kits/electronics
Industrial kitchen rentals if you preserve or sell food in moderate quantities
Buy as much as you can used:
Need clothing and home-goods? Thrift stores like goodwill and consignment shops are great at this.
Some thrift shops have a fabric or yarn section if you have/want the skills to knit/sew your own clothing. I’ve gotten some excellent quality wools from Goodwill for super cheap.
Need building materials or furniture? Salvage yards run by demolition companies and charities like Habitat for Humanity ReStore have your back.
Pull-A-Part for car/engine parts
Need books, textbooks, physical media, really specific tools/items, etc? Facebook/Amazon Marketplace, Craigslist, eBay, Thrift Books, etc…
If you can’t get it used, at least save it from a landfill:
Shop for clothing/ home goods/furniture/food at overstock and “damaged goods” stores like Marshalls, Ollie’s, Gabe’s, Rose’s, local wholesale stores and the like.
Look into salvage grocery stores. Some are run by charities and specifically serve low-income clientele, but many are open to the public (especially in areas with high Amish populations). These stores buy overstock, expired (doesn’t mean bad), and food with damaged packaging in bulk and sell it for an extreme discount (like 90% off). Some even have frozen, refrigerated, and fresh sections.
Craigslist sometimes have people advertising fruit trees in their yards that are a nuisance to them d/t falling fruit, and want someone to come collect it
If you already have something, but it broke, try to get it fixed instead of replacing it. Look into:
Appliance repair places are still a thing
Electronics repair and referb places
Repair cafes (events where people with repair skills, people with tools, and people with things that need to be repaired can meet)
Mending circles and learning to mend and alter clothing yourself
Tailor/clothing repair shops
Watch/jewelry repair shops
Shoe repair shops
Car repair places (it’s like I’ve always said- the best car for the environment is the one you’re currently driving, especially if you keep getting it maintained and fixed appropriately as needed, but even if you don’t, it’s better than creating demand for something new)
Gardening! (look at it as making something you have or have access to (land/a yard) into something you need (food))
Most of these are cheaper options, some of them aren’t, but it’s great to create a list of resources in your local area as you find them- that way you’ll be less tempted to go straight to Target for a new item.
Additionally, with the exceptions of a few chains and online resources, many of the “salvage” stores are small, local businesses. And you want these to thrive, both to stick it to Amazon and Wal Mart, and because they keep skills and resources circulating in your local community. Yay!
*You’ll notice I didn’t say the word “recycling” anywhere in there. While traditional recycling works for some materials, it is expensive and the infrastructure just isn’t there currently to handle the demand, largely because as it stands there wouldn’t be a lot of return on that investment. To the point where most recycling is either sent to US-based landfills or sent abroad (where we’re not really sure what happens to it- some of it is sold back to US corporations as post-consumer materials (primarily for “greenwashing” efforts, but that’s a whole other thing), but we think the majority of it just ends up in foreign landfills or above-ground dumps). While recycling definitely has a place in salvage economies, as we do it today it is divorced from the end consumer/waste generator and has little purpose or accountability beyond making people feel like they’re not just throwing stuff away.
**You wanna know how that happened? We abandoned buy-it-for-life models popular before WWII and adopted obsolescence models that provided extreme short-term profits for corporations at the near-immediate expense of human health and the planet.
We also developed the absolute scourge that is disposable packaging. Think about how much of your trash is just packaging from things you bought. Did you know before WWII you purchased most of your goods by purchasing your first metal can or glass bottle of consumables with a deposit, then came back and got the same can/bottle refilled a bunch of times? And if you no longer wanted it, you returned the container to get your deposit back? It’s true. Some companies (liquid manufacturers, like soda/milk, up until the 1970s) had a system where you returned your empties for a return deposit each time, and they’d wash and refill them, and sell you full bottles + deposit for the next go-round? Imagine how much less trash we’d have today if we still worked on that model. We literally had to teach people to throw things away with advertising (see below). But I digress…
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mobliterated · 2 months
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Okay me angy here I go getting riled up again! If I see any more pisscourse about ace/aro not being part of the queer community, queer is a slur, men are inherently evil monsters, I’m just gonna assume you’re a TERF. Ace discourse back in the 10’s is exactly how TERFs started their rise to power.
Start out by drawing a line in the sand that (awful) people agree with. Now there’s proof that you can start boxing in certain identities. That means (general) you can start making specific definitions for things.
Queer is now a slur again. Queer actually hasn’t been reclaimed. People agree with that. You’ve just torn down an umbrella identity that everyone was able to gather under and unite behind.
LGBTQIA+ is actually the Correct Way to talk about the queer community. Actually we need to drop QIA+ because queer is a slur, intersex isn’t a sexuality/gender and is just a weird medical condition, and A stands for allies (instead of aro/ace bc we already decided that they aren’t part of the community) and we don’t want those sick CisHets infiltrating our community.
LGBT is now the proper accepted term. That means you must be Gay Lesbian Bisexual and/or Transgender to be part of the community. If you aren’t doing LGBT correctly then you are trying to infiltrate the community and steal resources (and those resources are never defined). Only LGBT people are safe.
Oh, except bisexuals. They’re dirty cheaters bc they get to pass as straight and thus aren’t Oppressed Enough like us Pure Gays. How dare they be into men. Only Good Gays get to be into men. If a lesbian ever thought about a man in any vague romantic/sexual way then they are Impure. Men are the true evil of the world bc patriarchy. The only type of man you’ll be safe with is a gay man bc they don’t want to SA you when they see your shoulders/ankles.
All men are the root of all evil, except our good example gay men, who coincidentally are usually white and follow the good gay stereotypes, which are feminine in nature. Femininity is Good and Safe. You can trust anyone who is Feminine, and you can distrust anyone who is Masculine. Men only exist to take advantage of women. Women must be protected at all costs.
Wait. We allow transgender people in the community. That means either a Dirty Evil Man is cosplaying as a woman, or a Pure Innocent Girl got taken in by the evils of masculinity and patriarchy. Trans people are bad since they are being taken over by Evil Men, and/or trying to infiltrate the community, which we already decided is bad. Trans people aren’t Pure. The T in LGBT gets dropped.
Also if you’re nonbinary someone pulled the wool over your eyes. It’s just a phase and you’ll fall into Woman Lite soon enough. There’s no such thing as an amab nonbinary person. Men are evil, and nonbinary is Woman Lite. If you dress in any way that’s not feminine or androgynous then you are doing it wrong.
Congrats, you are now a TERF.
And before you say “that’s not what happened!” I saw every single one of these talking points come out in real time. It was slow. It wasn’t sudden. It was pushing the boundary little by little until you boiled the frog. And now with acecourse coming up again I can all but guarantee that this cycle will happen again. So! Some things to look out for and deprogram.
All men are not inherently evil. All women are not inherently good. Masculinity isn’t inherently evil. Femininity isn’t inherently good. Queer is not a slur and is an extremely useful umbrella term for those who don’t know which label they fit under, or who don’t want a specific label. Yes, queer can still be used as a slur (I have been called queer in a derogatory way) but it is one the community has reclaimed. Trans people aren’t trying to trick you. Amab nonbinary people aren’t “lesser” than afab nonbinary people. Nonbinary is not Woman Lite. There is no such thing as a morally pure sexuality. The queer community is welcome for all who identify as queer; yes, even that person. Policing and oppression olympics is not a litmus test for “pure enough” for joining the queer community. The queer community is for Everyone. That’s it. That’s all.
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lulublack90 · 3 months
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Prompt - Ideology
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“Regulus, Santas been!” James called out excitedly, riffling through the presents under the tree. Regulus emerged from the bedroom and came yawning down the stairs. 
“You do know that Santa isn’t real, right?”
“No, he’s totally real, and he’s a wizard.” James started to list all the ways Santa was real, beaming at Regulus the entire time. “Flying sleigh. Magical creatures. Ability to manipulate time. Breaking and entry with transfiguration. Totally a wizard. Plus, how do you explain all these presents from him?” Regulus said carefully, wondering if James had banged his head on the way downstairs that morning.
“James, you do realise these are from your mum, right?”
“Why would my mum say she’s Santa? Oh, my Godric Gryffindor! Is my mum Santa?!”
 What? No, James. You can’t be serious. Do not answer that.” He warned when James got that look on his face. “The whole concept of Santa is an ideology that parents made up to appease and control their children and apparently their adult ones as well.” Regulus was getting tired of having to explain such a simple thing to an 18-year-old man.  
“Santa left some for you too,” James said, holding up a small collection of gifts in his hands. 
“For me, really?” Regulus ran forward and grabbed the gifts out of James’s hands. 
Dear Regulus
Merry Christmas
Love
Santa 
“I know they’re from your mum but,” He trailed off, unsure how to finish. 
“It’s the magical wonder?” James added helpfully. 
“Yeah, something like that.” Regulus smiled happily as he carefully unwrapped his first-ever present from Santa. 
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fantodsdhrit · 11 days
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oh why disrobed truth people eke solemn lies as truth that's your only truth
sunshine is laughing in my balcony
you arm him about aqua sarcophagi 
i accidentally let the refrigerator die
jews are arabs are jews slew gardyloo grimy fremen at their borders
your honeycomb heart logarithmic
picks a thousand in a room of thousand
not i or moi thousand one minus one
kill or be killed pressroom briefings chinese first-class red tie
you're beautiful no one interprets you
you're gorgeous and there goes holi
a handful of halogen love potions currency speculation tipsy
sea and spring and chrysanthemums
someone drowing herself with you as you
with your reflection your planetary influence your impaired glutes
tax avoidance for coke zero coitus
someone is walking like a bazaar with russia eyes with an individualistic salt
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