Fidel Casstro

Shaped like a friend, a sleepy cat. Arbiter of what is and is not 'tight shit.' He/him/él

[Fidel Casstro @Cassiyus]

Think I am going to try out bluesky. @cassiyus.bsky.social

Let me know if you have one!

[Fidel Casstro @Cassiyus]

Might be time to hang it up on the ol' Twitter. At least deactivate for a bit. See you on the other side.

[Josh RR Jokien @joshcarlosjosh]

“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.

"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

All the takes are correct and yet they also miss the point.

Yes, it was insane for the Democrats to think they could win by running a soulless candidate, without a shred of progressive policy vision, pursuing endorsements from neocon war-hawks everybody hates, while arming and funding a genocide, and belittling and crushing those who have enough morality to protest it.  It is enraging that the Democrats are so smug and blind to this.

But these are all just symptoms.  The deeper reality is that liberalism has failed, liberalism is dead, and people urgently need to wake up to this fact and respond accordingly. It is a defunct ideology that cannot offer any meaningful solutions to our social and ecological crises and it must be abandoned.

Democrats have proven over and over again that they cannot accept even *basic* steps like public healthcare, affordable housing, and a public job guarantee - things that would dramatically improve the material, social and political conditions of the working classes. And they cannot accept a public finance strategy that would steer production away from fossil fuels and toward green transition to give us a shot at a liveable future.

Why? Because these things run against the objectives of capital accumulation. And for liberals capital is sacrosanct. They will do whatever it takes to ensure elite accumulation, it is their only consistent commitment.  At home, they suppress and demonize progressive and socialist tendencies. Abroad, they engage in endless wars and violence to suppress input prices in the global South and prevent any possibility of sovereign economic development.

The Democrats have done all this purposefully and knowingly, for my whole life, not as some kind of "mistake" but in full consciousness that it is in the interests of capital.

And because liberalism cannot address our crises, and because it crushes socialist alternatives, it inevitably paves the way for right-wing populism.  They know this pattern, and yet they risk it every time - this election being only the most recent example. They did it in 2016, when they actively crushed the Sanders campaign and sent Trump to the White House. They do it because ultimately they (and I mean the liberal ruling class here) don't really mind if fascists take power, so long as the latter too ensure the conditions for capital accumulation. They 100% prefer this to the possibility of a socialist alternative.

So, progressives have to face reality. The dream of "converting" the Democratic party is dead. This is now a fact and it must be accepted. The only option is to build a mass-based movement that can reclaim the working classes and mobilize a political vehicle that can integrate disparate progressive struggles into a unified and formidable political force and achieve substantive transformation. This will take real work, actual organizing, but it must be done and that process must begin now.

[Fidel Casstro @Cassiyus]

@cosine_distance @RadishHarmers The one that’s better than bad. The one that’s good.

[Fidel Casstro @Cassiyus]

Not that anyone read this but I voted. And I voted for Kamala Harris.

[Fidel Casstro @Cassiyus]

As someone who constantly reads kids book with my son, I can confirm that 99% of celebrity books are horseshit. Like slop, just painfully bad.

[Brandy Jensen @BrandyLJensen]

this is almost certainly phones but I will also blame the children’s book industry for allowing so many celebrities to write awful books for kids. knock that off

[Fidel Casstro @Cassiyus]

It’s nice

[aphrodite ♡︎ misandrist @mujhemaardo]

guys what’s having a sister like I’ve never had one I’m curious😔😔😔

[Fidel Casstro @Cassiyus]

Who you vote for definitely defines some of your character. Or, conversely, your character will impact your voting habits. Sorry, these things are connected.

[Justine Bateman @JustineBateman]

I love my brother. I don't care how he votes. I don't care how anyone votes. I judge people on their character.

[Fidel Casstro @Cassiyus]

@Djeysus I got everything but zinzin. That feels like a fake word.

[RedditCFB @RedditCFB]

OSU-PSU lol.

[Fidel Casstro @Cassiyus]

@artcher_artwork Baby bison / Ranger

[Fidel Casstro @Cassiyus]

Or at least do this the *second* time through. Imagine pausing a movie you’ve never seen every few frames to analyze the mis en scene; you will miss SO MUCH and be wrong often. The whole thing feels clinical and artless.

[Fidel Casstro @Cassiyus]

The problem isn’t annotation.

It’s that 99% of this should be automatic and not require annotation. Take notes, sure, but this isn’t reading!

[Fidel Casstro @Cassiyus]

Early voting ended yesterday and guess who took time off of work to vote today

[Fidel Casstro @Cassiyus]

@hiygay Should be noted that Jesse here actually cheated on his first wife with his second current wife.

[Fidel Casstro @Cassiyus]

Halloween has always been an S Tier holiday but having my son trick or treat for real for the first time was amazing.

[Fidel Casstro @Cassiyus]

Yankees could have used someone with this high an average

[Ryan Heiniger @FarmrHuntr]

My wife is now 4 for 4 hitting deer with every vehicle she has owned since we've been married

[Fidel Casstro @Cassiyus]

@xgigglypuff Sapphire has great rewards! Especially for travel.