These actually are not unprecedented times. Fascism is not unprecedented. It arises historically to prevent capitalism from being ripped apart by its own contradictions. It falls when communists can organize a superior force capable of destroying it and ushering in socialism.
It hurts to hear Kānaka Maoli encourage others in our community to “overcome being an angry Native.” Living under colonial conditions of occupation, apartheid & genocide is unrelenting frustration. It’s the angry Natives fighting to free those content with their own assimilation.
people love to conveniently forget that at the inception of whiteness, racialization was in part justified by asserting that colonised ppl lacked the faculties necessary to differentiate between men and women. gender has never operated in the same way for racialized people.
“to be loving is to be open to grief. to be touched by sorrow, even sorrow that is unending. we need not contain grief when we use it as a means to intensify our love for the dead and dying, for those who remain alive.”
-bell hooks 💜
only in america can you masquerade as radical because you critique democrats all year round only to turn around and strategize about how to keep them in-office/get ‘left-leaning/progressive’ democrats elected when it’s nearing election season. pleaseeee
Oh, sorry. He doesn’t normally bite people. He only does that when someone is being ideologically inconsistent. Are you being ideologically inconsistent?
“vote for them THEN hold them accountable” is like letting a guy who is known for stealing everybody’s tvs. and allowing him in your home while you’re not home & making him promise not to steal your tv. only for him to end stealing every single tv in your house 😭
the primary role & function of the democratic establishment domestically is to co-opt, pacify, and destroy (potentially) radical moments & movements for the maintenance of colonial-capital. winning a couple of elections every few years is just a cherry on top.
hi, someone with heavy food sensory issues here! beluga caviar and champagne are two of the only things I can actually consume regularly and not get sick from.