Leftism - Blog Posts

Remember: Thinking an opinion is bad just because the majority of people believe it is just as fallacious as saying something is bad because a minority of people believe it.

Also, just having an uncommon opinion does not automatically make you a "free thinker", you can still be unwittingly indoctrinated by a small group of people. Look at cults as an example.

I'm mostly talking to right-wingers and TERFS with this one, but it's a good thing for everyone to know.

The "finding out Santa isn't real" of capitalism is finding out that most rich people are just idiots who got lucky

Chuds on twitter getting mad about Joe Biden stepping down because it "betrays the democratic voters" is a prime example of how reactionary the right is.

Republicans have been degrading, and systematically trying to prevent democrats from voting for YEARS, and now they suddenly care about the rights of democrat voters? I call BS

This is a prime example of moving the goal post. They always have to be mad about something. They can't just let him step down peacefully (as they and everyone else have been pleading him to), it has to be twisted into some moral failing on him and the democrats.

Remember: Never let anybody talk shit about the working class or the poor

Be mindful of anti-proletariat rhetoric.

Don't tolerate bullshit ideas like "unskilled labor", all labor is skilled, and capitalists want you to believe in it so they can justify paying hard working people practically nothing. If someone is giving their time and energy to someone else, they deserve respect no matter what.

Don't tolerate parents teaching their children to look down upon common laborers as "trashy work".

Don't tolerate this idea that poor people are lazy, most are poor for a variety of reasons: poor mental health, no generational wealth, bad investments, drug addiction, disability, unwanted children; but none of them are just laziness. If you know any poor people, you know they bust their ass every day to get a fraction of what their bosses have.

Don't tolerate people who say you should vote for a party that doesn't give a shit about the real workers.

Don't tolerate divisive ideas meant to distract the common man from getting back the surplus value stolen from him.

Don't tolerate propagandic opinion pieces from rich folk who want to keep you ignorant.

Love the working class, and eat the rich!

Capitalism has ruined our basic humanity

The fact that the large majority of people in America look at a homeless person and think "ew, get this trash out of my sight" rather than empathizing, wanting to help that person, and reflecting on the systematic flaws that allow this to happen is a sign that your civilization has fundamentally failed at being civil, and is more comparable to savagery.

Always remember that anyone who owns little to no capital is your ally, not your enemy, and thinking so means you've bought into capitalist propaganda like a sheep.

If there is one thing I hate homophobic people saying, it's that gay men are gross for having anal sex.

I get it, poop comes out of the anus. You sound like a 5 year old who just learned about sex: "ew, that's where you pee out of!".

Yes, the anus is "gross", just as many other parts of the human body are "gross". Genitals make pee, the vagina gets bloody every month, the mouth is a cesspool of spit and bacteria, skin is always covered in dead skin cells and makes sweat, but nobody ever complains about them being gross, because we have a novel concept called WASHING and HYGIENE. Homophobes always say that "it will never be clean, it will always be covered in shit", which is just plain untrue. It's fallacious and hypocritical to treat this particular part of the body any differently, and is clearly just an excuse to paint homosexual men as disgusting and degenerate.

And just to be clear, yes, I know that not all gay men have sex anally, and I'm not saying that everyone has to find it arousing themselves. I'm just saying that we really need to drop this stigma around anal.

A question I hear a lot is "why are so many losers defending billionaires online?" and I realized why.

It's not because they think that they will be given money or get noticed, it's because they want to maintain the narrative of capitalism as a pure meritocracy. Capitalist theory tells us that hard work and risk is what will make you rich, and an incongruence between what rich people should be and what they are breaks this. To admit that someone like Elon Musk is an idiot who only got rich off generational wealth is to admit that capitalism is inherently flawed. That's why rich people are placed on this pedestal of perfection where they can do no wrong.

They aren't defending the individuals; they are defending the ideal of capitalism they have been taught all their lives.

A small rant

I hate how right-wingers try to excuse spreading hateful or ignorant ideas as "just a joke" or "I'm just asking questions". Like they somehow think that jokes or questions cannot be rhetorical.

It's like some people think that ideas just don't affect the real world in any tangible form. Like they are just having a purely theoretical conversation that effects nobody at all.

People on the right need to realize that rhetoric is very capable of inspiring violence. Saying shit like "trans people are groomers" is the kind of shit that gets trans people killed.

And public figures who advocate hateful rhetoric will always try to distance themselves from the consequences of their words, saying shit like "I never said I condone violence", even when violence is the natural logical conclusion of their words. Yall cannot act like implying that Jews run the world is not a call to action to commit violence against them, that is pure bullshit.

A common argument that I hear from conservatives is that "people of the past were not so sensitive like people of today"

Mf people in 1950's America threw a tantrum because someone of a different skin color wanted to drink at the same fountain as them. Don't give me this bs about how people back then "weren't sensitive".

Anyone undecided about the US election?

Done a range of tags to get a discussion going. Please be respectful :-)

RECOUNT 2024: PROOF THAT HE CHEATED (spread this)

for them. for your siblings. for yourself. we have to fight. I believe in you, we're all in this together.

ALSO GUNS SHOULD BE ILLEGAL

Like completely, cops shouldn’t have them no one should have them, they’re used to kill, not for defense not to protect something but to kill people. There have been more mass shootings in 2024 then there are days in 2024 so far. That’s inexcusable. Oh but the criminals will just find a way to get them anyway, maybe, doesn’t mean we have to make it easy for them, also every mass shooting in America was done by people who got the guns legally, it’s almost like laws do something, and for the whole they’ll get guns from Mexico thing, 90 percent of the guns in Mexico are from America, and sure gun violence is potentially more prominent in places with stricter gun control, they get the guns from other states with worse gun control, and when you have a gun and no one else does that leads to some deaths, and for those who say what about if the government becomes tyrannical and we have to fight back, ideally they wouldn’t have guns either but also you really think you’re going to win against the drones and bombs and nukes and tanks and weapons of destruction that could wipe out cities in seconds, if you support the idea of people having guns then you support the idea of people being shot

Remember, they only win when you give up, don’t let them win

Ok Im in a bad mood and I listen to political commentary, here’s why we need to raise minimum wage

More money in the average persons hands can and will stimulate the economy, also I like the idea of people being able to eat and sleep in a room, no it will not make things more expensive, that’s a lie sold by corporations to make more money off of what should be going to the worker, an issue that o do recognize however is that if minimum wage increases corporations might fire people to make sure they keep up profits, a solution to this however is unionizing, which while union crushing exists I assure you that unionizing is worth it, go on strike if you have to, without you these corporations are nothing, they know it, they just want to make sure you don’t,

Remember

Don’t turn in your two weeks, quit on the spot, they just want to use that time to replace you,

I think a lot of people need to realize that transphobia is more than just misgendering someone. Actively treating them differently from cis people and making 'exceptions' for them is still transphobic.

Left-wing spaces irl: "We are queer&trans inclusive and will respect ur identity :D"

Also Left-wing spaces irl: "Hey, we r making a poster for a girls night event, is it okay if we put you on it? I mean, it's nonbinary incluse and stuff-"

No. I'm not even nonbinary, i am a trans man. Would you ask a cis man to be on a GIRLS night poster??? No. No you wouldn't. So why are you asking me? Just because I'm trans? What fucking difference does that make??? You pretend you aren't transphobic and see me as a man, yet you refuse to treat me like one. And imo, actions say more than empty words do.

For context, the same people also asked me whether i wanted to be part of a women's reading club and a women's self defense course a couple of months ago.

I told them, that asking trans men that is transphobic (bc apparently they asked MULTIPLE TRANS GUYS THIS) and uh they said they did it 'just incase' since 'trans guys are also like minorities and deserve to be uplifted by activities like this!!!' no. Not activities that are made for women.

If you wouldn't invite a cis gay/queer, cis man of color, or a cis disabled man, then don't invite a fucking trans guy. You are being transphobic. Stop it.

Thank fuck they at least invited trans women to these workshops, cause if they didn't i might have punched one of them. Seems like they are only transphobic to trans men apparently???? Fucking hell man.

Left-wing spaces irl: "We are queer&trans inclusive and will respect ur identity :D"

Also Left-wing spaces irl: "Hey, we r making a poster for a girls night event, is it okay if we put you on it? I mean, it's nonbinary incluse and stuff-"

No. I'm not even nonbinary, i am a trans man. Would you ask a cis man to be on a GIRLS night poster??? No. No you wouldn't. So why are you asking me? Just because I'm trans? What fucking difference does that make??? You pretend you aren't transphobic and see me as a man, yet you refuse to treat me like one. And imo, actions say more than empty words do.

Left-wing spaces irl: "We are queer&trans inclusive and will respect ur identity :D"

Also Left-wing spaces irl: "Hey, we r making a poster for a girls night event, is it okay if we put you on it? I mean, it's nonbinary incluse and stuff-"

No. Why the fuck are you asking me this?! I'm not even nonbinary, i am a trans man. Would you ask a cis man to be on a GIRLS night poster??? No. No you wouldn't. So why the fuck are you asking me? Just because I'm trans? What fucking difference does that make??? You pretend you aren't transphobic and see me as a man, yet you refuse to treat me like one. That sounds a lot like transphobia to me.

Imo, actions say more than empty words do. It's okay to make a mistake, but if u act transphobic and refuse to listen to trans people telling you not to do this because it's transphobic, yet you continue to do it, that's transphobia.

there is something so incredibly poetic about leftists/tankies claiming to care about anti-imperialism whilst frothing at the mouth to stomp on any oppressed peoples that get hurt by a non-western gov.

they have no concept of empathy. all they know is “usa bad,” so they will actively assist and promote other genocidal states as long as they hate the us. its amazing, right?

polish leftist twitter is as idiotic as always, love me that one lead activist who's yelling 24/7/365 about bodily autonomy

bodily autonomy until someone takes drugs or drinks alcohol, then you're evil and need to be isolated from the society because you "normalize alcohol"

the reason fascists keep growing and yall keep losing is because unlike you, the fashies use simple language understandable by like everyone and their mother. maybe stop writing 1000 word long salads that require advanced knowledge of several old man books to understand.

they win because their broadcast is simple as fuck. do you guys really fucking think youre gonna gain support of an average working class Guy whose english isnt that good if you keep telling these people to read theory or whatever?

lol lmao leftists are losers

anybody else deeply hate spotify rn. like i used to use it all the time, i have around 50 playlists. but now it sucks ass. like 2 minutes of unskippable ads for like 5 songs. and now you cant even play individual songs! you can’t shuffle playlists. if you had your playlist on shuffle before the update, now it’s stuck that way.

it’s become more convenient to use basic youtube for music now. only 10 seconds of unskippable ads per song, plus you can play individual songs, make playlists, and shuffle/loop playlists!

i never thought we’d see the day where youtube became a better music platform than spotify. but here we are. corporate greed ruins everything.

5 Ways to Support Your Local Library

Get a library card. I know this might seem obvious, but simply being a cardholder is a huge way to support your local library. Prices vary, but many people are able to get a library card for free, depending on their location in relation to the library. Check with your local library for more precise pricing. 

Check out books. Any books circulating through the library’s system is good - however, I will make the recommendation to check out educational, history, and craft books, for your own benefit. Something to remember: The more a certain type of book circulates, the more likely books of that ilk will be ordered in the future. 

Attend programs. Programs are the backbone of a library, but unfortunately, many libraries struggle with attendance. Look for your library’s calendar, find something that interests you, then go to that program. This not only shows support for your library, but opens up opportunities for you to get to know other like-minded people in your community.

Volunteer. Many libraries need volunteers to help handle some of the important organizational tasks that the library staff does not have time for. Many of these tasks are neurodivergent-friendly, such as shelf-reading. Volunteering is not only a good way to support your library, but it may help your mental health and socialization.

Donate. Libraries everywhere are struggling, with many laws going into place in various places that could defund them. If you are unable to donate money, then see if your library accepts donations of other sorts, such as books. Many libraries partner with Friends of the Library groups in order to sell books that are donated to them. Many libraries also have a “Library of Things” where items that have been donated can be checked out by patrons (for example, my Library of Things has an air fryer, a ukulele, a snow cone machine, etc.).

There are many other things that you can do to support your local library, but for now, I leave you here. Be safe out there, and remember: USE YOUR LIBRARY.

as a young afab queer person going into computer/data science, it makes me so sad that the face of the tech industry is a largely misogynistic homophobic transphobic trump-suck-up unethical billionaire bro club like musk, bezos, and zuckerberg. like, computers and the internet have limitless potential, but we’re using it for this????

i cannot wait until all these dipshits get what’s coming to them so a new generation of leaders can rise up and make tech kind.

Men pretend to care about the sexual abuse other men face but turn around and make "Don't drop the soap jokes" and call men who were raped by their teacher(or babysitters) lucky

No matter what happens next don't give up. Go to protests, find leftist communities you can join, be loud. Be as loud as you can. Fight for your freedom, because with the cursed orange in power people will have the opportunity to wake up and see for themselfs what the far right actually stand for. I know it's gonna be hard, but please don't give up. Every time in history before we take one big step in the right direction we backtrack a little. Trump in power is just temporary. Just don't give up.

Women will be like “I’m no better than a man” and it’s just experiencing sexual attraction