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  • AzirahaeltoMental HealthFUBAR - Trigger Warning
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    2 years ago

    It sucks. But, other ordinary people have survived this. Other ordinary boring people have survived much worse. You can survive this too. Remember that uneducated dumbass farmers who couldn’t fucking read, overthrew the Tzar, and the Kuomintang, and the French, and the Yanks, and built mighty civilizations.

    So you don’t have to be amazing, just be like a peasant, and do the things.

    It’s bad. It’s going to get worse. but you can survive it. You ARE strong enough.




  • I’ve read it, and i’m reading it again with new knowledge. Short version: Liberalism is bad. Fascism is bad. Corrupt soviet style communism is also bad. Liberalism is bad. We are in favour of things that are not this. And esp not liberalism.

    What are we in favour of? things that are not these.

    There you go. Now you know.






  • AzirahaeltoCommunism*Permanently Deleted*
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    2 years ago

    This is telling, esp the comments.

    There are two strains at work here.

    The Exclusionary: ‘If it’s not pure enough, get rid of it/them!’

    And the inclusive: ‘Sure, not all perfect. This and This are bad, but this other part is great! We should do that part, and not the bad parts.’

    This shows up in things like Lincoln, and modern Russia.

    “Sure, lincoln owned slaves and was racist. So was damn near everyone. But he was progresssive for his time, improved the lives of the working class, and did these good things. So we should uphold him as generally one of the good bits of our history.”

    "Sure, Russia is capitalist now. But they are a strong anti-imperialist force, and worth supporting for all the good they do, even if they are not communists.’

    vs:

    “Lincoln owned slaves. He was a racist white guy. Fuck him.”

    “Russia is capitalist, imperialist, not communist. Fuck them.”

    One of these two approaches builds, one tears down. You can guess which will win.