JMacDhomhnuill

DnD nerd, gamer, coder, 3D artist, etc. Cat enthusiast. He/him

Commissar of cats? Idk I'm workshopping it.
☭ Red until the day I die.

[JMacDhomhnuill @TheNonMan]

On some level the bourgeoisie understand that denormalization of capitalism and radicalization are the same thing - which is why working class solidarity, or an act as simple as feeding children for free terrifies them. Socialism breaks the inhuman mold they want to cast us in.

[Hell0 @TokyoDilf]

“Free Breakfast Program is the most dangerous internal threat to the U.S.”

[Jack Tye Wilson ☭ @bolsh3vik]

Farage's rhetoric in response to the murder of Henry Nowak has shifted notably to the right.

Raising slogans like "white lives matter", railing against "anti-white discrimination", and calling on people to "respond with pure cold rage" to this tragedy – which can only be interpreted as a call for violent unrest – are a step up from what came before.

Farage has, of course, never shied away from sowing racist division, but he usually does it in a more subtle, dog-whistle fashion – eager to distance his party from the far right and its street movement, and to keep his more 'respectable' brand of reaction untarnished.

What can explain this lurch?

Firstly, Reform has lost some of its anti-establishment edge – now that it has ditched its left-sounding talk about nationalisation, welcomed Tory careerists into its ranks, and enacted austerity policies in the councils it controls. This explains the party's plateau and relative drop in the polls in the past couple of months – although it is still miles ahead of its rivals.

Reform needs something to fill that vacuum – and ramping up the extent and intensity of its culture-war politics is the obvious first choice for a reactionary like Farage. This is, by the way, something that we predicted months ago in The Communist.

Secondly, Reform is likely feeling pressure from Rupert Lowe's Restore Britain. Though they are a relatively small, fringe outfit, there are polls that suggest that a split right-wing vote might end up costing Reform the nationally-significant Makerfield by-election, which would be another hit for Farage.

I don't think that Restore is in a position to become a significant electoral force any time soon – that would take huge events. But they are evidently becoming significant enough to be a persistent thorn in Farage's side.

They could end up acting upon Reform in the same manner as Farage's UKIP did upon the Tories back in the 2010s: a small pressure group that can pull its rival rightwards. In that sense, they could become nationally significant, without gaining, or needing, much of an electoral foothold.

Farage is playing with fire. Not only is the inevitable violence whipped up by his provocative comments going to self-sabotage his pro-establishment overtures and tarnish his 'respectable' image – but this kind of odious nativism and overt racism is not going to impress a chunk of Reform's electoral base, who aren't interested in this culture-war nonsense.

If last night's riot spirals into a summer of unrest like we saw in 2024, Farage is going to be left in a very difficult and uncomfortable situation, having helped spawn a movement that will divide the nation, and likely the ranks of his own party and base. That's his cross to bear.

[Jorge Martin ☭ @marxistJorge]

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[Domhnall (Cogito) @CogitoEdu]

Reading How To Sell A Genocide, the NYT called every major population centre in the Gaza Strip a "Hamas stronghold" at some point.

They actively worked to militarise civilians in Gaza to justify genocide

[Emily 🪽 @virtualpigeons]

Sick but I get to lay in bed and be a lazy bum with my kitty baby :)

[mitra @mitrajoy_]

“violence isn’t the answer” only gets said when oppressed people start fighting back, not when the oppression is happening

[Kelly @broadwaybabyto]

A woman is most likely to be abused or killed by her partner when she’s pregnant or trying to flee:

This bill will legalize men murdering their pregnant partners.

All they need to do is say they were trying to stop an abortion.

Femicide written into law.

[Ollie Vargas @Ollie_Vargas_]

Indigenous leaders of La Paz, Bolivia: We don't want dialogue or negotiation with those who have our blood on their hands, we'll be at the barricades until the President is gone.

[Van Jackson @RealVanJackson]

So weird that US imperial ordering of Latin America would end up seeing the US demanding that foreign military break up strikes. It’s almost like imperialism is an extension of class war

[JMacDhomhnuill @TheNonMan]

@ZoeSinns The cartoon pfps are malding.

[JMacDhomhnuill @TheNonMan]

@nyaraVT Lineham's head gets bigger every time he eats an infant.

[JMacDhomhnuill @TheNonMan]

@Blazingoth She's a beautiful princess and has never done anything wrong in her life.

[JMacDhomhnuill @TheNonMan]

@bxragingbullyo First Chelsea Manning and Grimes, now Ashley and Hasan. I think he's finally going to do it.

[JMacDhomhnuill @TheNonMan]

The deeper I peer into Grim Hollow, the more I realize it's just thinly rehashed Warhammer Fantasy.

Do yourself a favor and buy the Ravenloft source books instead. With them there's no need to purchase the same incomplete books multiple times as 'new' editions ever few years.

[JMacDhomhnuill @TheNonMan]

@emma_butthole You're his whole world and he likes existing in proximity to you.

[vio 🖤✨ @viotubing]

eepy

[AnnieZaidi PhD @anniezaidi]

"Imagine if someone photocopied every book in the public library, burned the library down, and then opened a subscription service for the copies."
Yes, more or less this

[Queen Chimerazilla ☭🐾 @Qveen_Potato]

And there you have it.

The anti trans campaign in Maine was never some "grassroots movement." It was bankrolled by billionaire Richard Uihlein, who poured over $800,000 into targeting trans kids over sports and bathrooms.

[JMacDhomhnuill @TheNonMan]

@nullcast357 @NoLore Pretending this is about him being jewish and not his ideas and actions is just you being intentionally dense.

Y'all have been trotting out the same strawman for decades and absolutely no one is falling for it.

[nyara @nyaraVT]

I think it’s wild that his neck just did that..

Don’t do drugs