That’s really shitty, I’m really sorry to hear that. I despise people using others specific inherent traits (disability, personality, etc) to confirm their beliefs.

I don’t really care one way or another if we win

Makes a lot of sense now, actually.

Am wondering if it’s some proud “anti-vaxxer” bullshit. Lack of response only gets more and more suspicious.

Nope groups of pathetic fucks who call themselves proudly “plague rats” (anti-vaxxers) or whatever other fucking garbage shit. Wastes of time that I have to deal with in person every single day. Why bother sometimes when people just shit out of their mouths, right?

I just do it anyways because fuck it and fuck them. Really all there is to it.

“Hey, lib-buddy…think this source is dogshit propaganda…” “THEY’RE MUCH SMARTER THAN YOU!!!”

Been through that quite a bit.

Is there a group of people who use the downvote button as an emotional confirmation tool now a la reddit style?

Am thinking of my recent encounters with still no responses; and many others that have completely hid behind the “disengage rule”.

Not sure why you’re downvoted. They’re making direct counters to U.S naval policy. Drones, submarines, unveiling sixth gen bombers specifically, etc. They vastly outnumber them in manpower and soon ships. We learned from Ukraine that reliability and force wins out over western wunderwaffe.

Honestly, looks and feels like how I do after half a day so I give it a pass. Looks like it’s getting ready to go out for a cigarette at any moment.

bonus

“NEVA SURRENDAH OUR POTATA TRUCKS TO DA COMMIES!”

fragging tiktok compilations?

I’d trust their national statistics more than I’d trust our governments, have you seen ours lately?

The way “animal rights” framed as in agriculture, how our food-systems in both logistics and livestock-care are handled by the workers absolutely has importance to in a Marxist view…bird flu is one pertinent example I could think of.

Is this purposeful ignorance of this question, or are you waiting to get to it? Because you are quick to label things as “ultra-leftist” and act begrudging on concessions towards Vegans and acting like having a sober analysis of our current food-systems and deciding that the things we consume and their relation to the workers is a primary concern isn’t reasonable? Or am I misinterpreting your dismissive attitude?

In addition, you danced around the question. “a machine (or animal) does not.” Suppose if a machine did gain undeniable consciousness…is that not relevant to Marxist discussion because it does not yet show solidarity? A new life-form created under an economic system that would immediately be entitled to it’s labor and life in totality? There’s nothing there to analyze and that’s over-extension?

Also, unrelated, what does “Plague Rat Settler” mean, exactly?

edit: Nice. A downvote and no response.

That’s like when the boss is looking over your shoulder.

The way “animal rights” framed as in agriculture, how our food-systems in both logistics and livestock-care are handled by the workers absolutely has importance to in a Marxist view…bird flu is one pertinent example I could think of.

Yup. It also confirms and validates notions about tradition to them; “truly things were better back then with no woke!”.

A lot of burgers are locked entirely into mainstream media; or the revolving NGOs masquerading as news agencies revolving around it. With a good chunk of the population entirely subsumed into the narratives presented on prime-time, I think it’s really, really hard for anyone “counter-cultural” to either not be coopted or casted out entirely when they don’t follow orders.

I mean, look at Greta.

Getting into it with someone IRL and having them straight up say that “Of course America will be able to actually catch up and compete if we get some of the loose baggage off of us!”

(This loose baggage is things like D.E.I, trans etc)

Despite the unpleasantry, I was able to get them to at least admit that cutting government programs isn’t gonna make us somehow compete with China. Nor spending billions on programs that only cost China hundreds of millions. Decent progress, despite the bad-taste in my mouth.

The thing that makes me genuinely shocked though is that there are a lot of burgers who think that by just being as racist, homophobic piece of shit settlers even harder that somehow that will absolve their country of struggle and decay. Somehow that will solve all the issues…it’s the “third column” holding our country back…apparently. I suppose all the propaganda of “China bad” in terms of convincing burgers of their wunderwaffe compared to “inferior chinese products” really did take a toll.

“Unrelated”, all forms of gambling are up too!

Am just glad it’s not lasting a week and a half like COVID did.

Thanks though! :D