Tryptaminev

joined 7 months ago
[–] Tryptaminev@lemm.ee 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I find this so insane. People talk about who gets to keep the money, who has which rich asshole routing for them, which strategy has been successfull in the past, like always setting up the current president for reelection...

We need to focus on who has actually inspiring policies and ideas. We need to focus on these, because that is what the Reps lack. All they offer is "not the Dems" while the policies they propose are actually unpopular with many of their base. And the whole "Not Trump" strategy of Biden just fell apart.

Is there noone in the Democratic party who can actually come up with a coherent vision of the future and inspire people to follow it?

[–] Tryptaminev@lemm.ee 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

With people like you it shows why Trump won culturally even if he doesn't win the election. He turned a substantial part of the vocal Democrats into Blue-MAGA-hats. It is the same attitude that attacked people who pointed out the mere fact, that Biden is not mentally fit for office anymore. If the Blue-MAGA wasn't so big, Biden could have left the field to a younger and better candidate half a year ago.

[–] Tryptaminev@lemm.ee 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Do it now. The more time you give yourself for dealing with it the better. Start dual booting, or on one of your devices. familiarize yourself and transition slowly, rather than having to deal with all of it at once.

[–] Tryptaminev@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

Yes you are, and it is very convenient for the DNC that they can blame it on Trump, while taking bribes from private prison companies too. It is still the same cabal like around Bill Clinton who passed mandatory minimums for drug possession.

[–] Tryptaminev@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

With history passing tyrants, are rebranded as great conquerors and the like.

Take the month of July and August being named after Julius and Augustus Caesar. Two of the worst invaders and dictators in human history. Alexander II of Macedon is universally referred to as Alexander "The Great". The Egyptian Pharaohs are mystified, despite the Torah describing them as genocidal child murderers.

You are wrong to believe that Hitler and Mussolini, or Stalin, Mao or others of our day are not comparable.

Anyways enjoy the rest of the Italian genocidal dictator month and the next genocidal Italian dictator month.

[–] Tryptaminev@lemm.ee 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Taxpayers also pay the money for her being wrongfully imprisoned. Taxpayers also suffer from her not being able to contribute to the economy. Taxpayers pay the salary of the shitheads that framed and convicted her.

That is how a state works. Of all these things her being compensated for wrongful imprisonment is the least problematic to pay for.

[–] Tryptaminev@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm generally opposed to capital punishment. But in cases where cops or prosecutors are involded in committing a murder or covering it up, there should be an exception.

[–] Tryptaminev@lemm.ee -1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I think you limit your understanding to western Christianism, which infamously decided to establish a direct connection between political and religious authority as well as deeply institutionalized religion. These concepts already struggle when looking at the original, orthodox Christians like they survived in Palestine, the Levant and Turkey.

If you look at diaspora Judaism in large parts it has been a beacon of scientific and social progress in many areas. Which is why these groups strongly oppose Zionism as a religiously themed imperial project, which directly contradicts their religious values and bastardizes the understanding of Judaism into a barbaric version.

If you look at Islam it brought great scientific and social progress, in particular allowing for Christian and Jewish communities to thrive, building social infrastructure and implementing rule of law. Look at the genocide and ethnic cleansing of Iberian Jews, after the Christians won against the "Moors". Extremist Islamism is a product of hundreds of years of genocidal Western Christian occupation, largely absent in places where people could life and practice in peace.

If you look at the Western "war on terror", Chinas subjugation of the Uighur, the Serbian genocide in Bosnia and Putins supression of Muslims, you should wonder, what brings all these powers together? It is their fear of a reemergence of religion, not as a cheap trope, like with the evangelicals in the US, but as something people take serious. In particular Islam is dangerous to established powers and capitalist rule, as it provides a balanced approach to life, where the relationship to god is a priority but sustained by thriving for a good and just life for oneself and their community.

Meanwhile both capitalism and communism reflect on humans as purely economic beings, whose struggle should always be materialistic rather than holistic.

[–] Tryptaminev@lemm.ee 23 points 4 months ago (10 children)

No, no and no*

Marx postulated communism from an economic analysis with the goal to improve the economic and political situation of the working class. This is deeply antifascist.

Lenin abolished the tsarist rule and implemented progressive politics like womens rights and ended the criminalization of homosexuality.

Stalin while ideologically and economically not a fascist was staunchly authoritarian, which is a core theme of fascism and he rolled back many of the progressive social policies of Lenin. However authoritarianism is an universal political theme, whether fascist, stalinist, monarchist or even "democratic".

[–] Tryptaminev@lemm.ee 12 points 4 months ago

Adding other elements changes the taste,

This is not how chemistry works at all.

To start with, fatty acids also need Oxygen because of the COOH and OH group of the glycerin in fat. They are not hydrocarbons. You know what also is just made of Carbon, Oxygen and Hydrogen? Hundreds of thousands of molecules. All sugars and carbohydrates. If you allow for Nitrogen too, you could cover most molecules found in biological life.

None of this has any bearing on how difficult or complicated it is to synthesize these from more basic molecules like CO2 or H2.

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