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One of the things that’s immediately apparent about white supremacy is that it badly hurts non-white people. Perhaps less obvious is that an effective secondary purpose is to hurt almost all white people, as well. The bribe of white supremacy is not that it will improve your lot any, just that it will worsen someone...Read the rest

There is no way to become rich except by robbing workers of their full value, renting out land and property made private by violence, and/or inheriting that wealth from someone who did, protecting it with violence. Tech billionaires did not invent something new by crushing unions, exploiting (even creating) classes of workers with fewer labor...Read the rest

After clarifying that “The United States itself has never been exempt from fascism”, historian Robert Paxton goes on to suggest: The language and symbols of an authentic American fascism would, of course, have little to do with the original European models. They would have to be familiar and reassuring to loyal Americans as the language...Read the rest

Tumblr @hater-of-terfsStuff like guerilla gardening, stickering, wheatpasting, lifting, graffiti, pothole-filling and other minor illegal acts aren’t only important for their primary effects, but because disobeying your capitalist programming helps break down the internalized worldview that comes with it You start seeing society as it is: a collection of flawed, limited, man-made institutions that can be...Read the rest

It’s true that most fascists in America, like most people, are Christian. However, that doesn’t change that the elements that actually make Christo-fascism bad (the fascism) also show up in lots of other areas like the occult, neo-paganism, and video game culture. Obvious in the picture below is the pseudo-Nordic aesthetic of Arizona QAnon supporter...Read the rest

Quick takeaway: Resist the urge to make casual “lizard people” jokes even though it seems like it’s just a harmless, out-there conspiracy to reference for funzies. Most people aren’t aware that concept is related to a specific set of beliefs developed by a specific person: David Icke. As these conspiracies tend to do, his veer...Read the rest

Saying that you oppose “unjust” hierarchies can be used as a dangerous weasel word to justify nearly anything But, it’s also important to look at other models of leadership that may even have been hereditary yet led by persuasion rather than dominance or the threat of violence. There’s a tendency even (especially?) on the colonizer...Read the rest

“That’s all in the past; I’m different now,” is really only relevant to your subjective self. It may be good that you have found your essence has changed. It can be helpful to think yourself moved out of one category and into another. To the rest of us, though, all we have access to are...Read the rest

When we say “crime is a social construction” we don’t mean that the harm done when someone is killed, robbed, or assaulted (including sexually assaulted) is subjective or all in your head. We mean U.S. cops execute an unknown exactly but thousand-plus people per year, and it’s never murder; it’s a “good kill” or, with...Read the rest

Tumblr’s @aylonit [now @disabilitiez]From a physically disabled, wheelchair user: stop using the word “crippled” to describe your experience with anxiety, depression, etc “I have crippling anxiety” “i have crippling depression” “the stress from it all is crippling” you are using a slur. You are disrespecting every physical disabled person. Just use “disabling”. Why are slurs...Read the rest