Mark Krick

Philafornian? Calidelphian? Philly sports enjoyer/tolerator. I’ve made a bunch of TV shows and kids. Not really a big fan of fascism

[Mark Krick @markkrick]

“To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.” — Thomas Paine

[Mark Krick @markkrick]

Oh good we’re normalizing this fucking guy already

[MS NOW @MSNOWNews]

"I'm not going to take away anybody's vaccines."

RFK, Jr. speaks exclusively to NBC News' @VaughnHillyard about vaccines and shares his thoughts about federal health agencies.

[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.

[Mac @GoodPoliticGuy]

STOP SPINNING TO THE RIGHT AND RUN A LEFTWING POPULIST YOU DIPSHITS

[Megan Beth Koester @bornferal]

If you’re waiting in line to walk into the Pacific Ocean with rocks in your pockets, STAY IN LINE

[Mark Krick @markkrick]

@ChiefsOutWest @ah_pod Sore… tush? Who fucking talks like that? Bye, you fucking weirdo. 👋🏻

[Mark Krick @markkrick]

@ChiefsOutWest @ah_pod Ok. Idiot.

[Mark Krick @markkrick]

Good recap:

[Joe Russo @joerussotweets]

The United States of Dumbfuckistan.

[Mark Krick @markkrick]

@ChiefsOutWest @ah_pod Well actually YOU would be on his dic in this scenario so…

[Mark Krick @markkrick]

@JJWatt Peacock

[Mark Krick @markkrick]

Awesome @elonmusk 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Elon Musk to spend election night with Donald Trump https://t.co/Y4KmgT3U62

[Mark Krick @markkrick]

@BrettFavre Is stealing welfare money 'putting God first'?

[Mark Krick @markkrick]

@tomstakes Qlamped Up

[Mark Krick @markkrick]

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[MLFootball @MLFootball]

🧵🧵🧵A THREAD…🚨

VIDEOS OF #NFL REFS FAVORITING THE KC #CHIEFS DURING GAMES THIS SEASON.

This has started to become a common dream multiple times a game…

1) When assistant coach Steve Spagnuolo called a timeout which is against the rules, NO CALL.

[BirdGang🦅 @GordonsWord]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[Billy Scafuri @BillyScafuri]

I made a sticker you can wear tomorrow.

[I Think You Should Leave memes 💦🥩 @ITYSL_memes]

I got my sticker

[Mark Krick @markkrick]

Hey Grover, thanks - you think I should cope with hard liquor today, or stick to wine?

[Sesame Street @sesamestreet]

We all face moments when things feel overwhelming, and that’s okay. Remember, you are not alone.

[Mark Krick @markkrick]

“Anyways, we were down at the shore…”

[Action News on 6abc @6abc]

Feds are investigating after the butchered remains of a dolphin were found on a Jersey beach https://t.co/zSor6tzalv