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Cake day: June 14th, 2023

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  • We’ve been in this world of upside where a lone wolf is on a wilding spree through the federal government, clear not operating at anyone’s direction but his own. And yet the President is at least okaying it all after the fact. And thus our system can’t really makes sense of what’s happening. Yes, it’s almost all illegal even or in a sense especially if the President is authorizing it. And

    I feel like I’m having a stroke.




  • I agree with all of this. But “not allies” and “in bed with fascists” are markedly different accusations. I still don’t see it as helpful to paint Democratic representatives as being welcoming of fascism – once you step into the rhetorical window of “they didn’t do enough to halt fascism, so they’re basically fascists too”, you lose the ability to call out actual fascism.


  • The Democrats are a moderate right-wing party

    Indeed, I said that already.

    done more to keep actual left-wingers out of power

    “The two-party system is driven by self-interest and inherently protects capitalism” is substantially more nuanced and accurate than “Democrats want fascism”. The latter is still unhelpful and, in the main, untrue.


  • Calling everyone right of you a fascist dissolves the unity of the left and erases the meaning of “fascist”. Neoliberalism is inherently right-wing and the Democrats have done plenty that deserves criticism, but America has, in the main, become more progressive and egalitarian over the past few decades under Democrat law-making. “Democrats welcome fascism” is an ignorant insinuation and you know it.



  • Last frame before it gets redacted, because I found it impossible to make out on Imgur:

    What happened in Berlin, Germany, on 4th june 1989?

    Okay, so I need to figure out what happened in Berlin, Germany, on June 4th, 1989. Let me start by recalling what I know about that time period. The late 1980s were a pivotal time in Europe, especially with the Cold War coming to an end. The Berlin Wall was still up then, right? It fell in November 1989, so June would have been a few months before that.

    I remember that in 1989, there were a lot of protests in Easter Bloc countries, including East Germany. The people were pushing for reforms, more freedoms, and against the authoritarian regimes. Maybe there was a significant protest or event in Berlin around that time

    Wait, I think there were protests in Tianan