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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

True, and I don't mean to downplay the destruction of emissions. I'm just saying that emissions are often used as the yardstick for sustainability, when the picture is so much bigger. But the people in charge will never admit that because when you look at the problem ecologically, the real solution is to abandon the current economic system that requires constant growth and ever more resources to exploit, all while chasing the bottom dollar and cutting corners to get there.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Wow thanks for the detailed write up. Can't lie, it's pretty annoying constantly having pro-communist or anti-capitalist comments removed by the lemmy.world mods for "misinformation."

[–] [email protected] 5 points 14 hours ago

Fascism isn’t a stage of capitalism necessarily. It’s more of a tool that capitalists bring out whenever labor threatens to take back what’s ours. It’s always there, loitering in the background, silently threatening us to stay in line.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

Climate collapse should more accurately be called global ecological collapse. Emissions are only one part of the problem, and the hyper focus on emissions allows other problems like plastics or habitat destruction to go unsolved. They’re all connected though. Our ability to fight climate change is intricately connected to how healthy the global ecology is.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

Yeah that makes sense. I guess once people get used to ranked voting in large elections, then you could have it in small elections too. Thanks for the reply.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I disagree. terrorism and accelerationism are not needed and do more harm than good. The idea that you can just commit political violence and solve your problems is too tempting to angry people, who then believe that the actually successful tactics like organizing are not necessary. It’s taking the easy way out and usually just turns more people against you.

Of course, violence to protect people from the violence of the fascists is entirely acceptable and to be lauded.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

Uneducated ramblings about horseshoe theory have entered the chat…

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Then there’s me, who joined .world because it was the largest, is a Marxist, but has no idea how to even switch instances or access .ml where I would like to be 😂

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Ranked choice is still better though… scale doesn’t really matter here, the point is to let people vote for who they want, not for who they think might win.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Why are you blaming leftists for Trumps win? We make up like 1% of the population, tops. You should instead point the finger at Republicans for voting for him. Or the Dems for running a totally weak and ineffectual campaign. (Or how about the oligarchs who only want to divide us so that they can rob us blind?)

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