NutWrench

It’s about understanding the difference between the dictionary definitions of “communism” and “capitalism” and how they are actually practiced in the real life.

One of them is a system where the super rich hoard all the wealth and use the news media they own to keep the poor and middle classes fighting with each other while they, the rich, run off with all the f*cking money.

And the other one is a system where the super rich hoard all the wealth and use the news media they own to keep the poor and middle classes fighting with each other while they, the rich, run off with all the f*cking money.

“But wait a minute,” you ask. “Aren’t those the same thing” Yeah. Congratulations. You GOT it.

If you work hard, you get nothing but more work.

When your support for a country is so blind and unconditional that you can support genocide.

Karl Marx said a lot of things about socialism and collectivism a hundred years ago, but he’s not in charge anymore. The rich oligarchs who replaced him are saying this. You keep saying “but they SAID they were SOCIALISTS” and all I see is Sponge Bob’s eyes, filling up with tears because he just can’t believe that some rich assholes are lying to him.

We have people in this country who claim to be “christians” who literally elected the anti-christ. Trump embodies ALL the seven deadly sins, but those folks are just fine with it. So let’s quit pretending that belief systems can’t be exploited.

The people who told you what socialism or capitalism is, LIED to you. “The good of the people” is a noble-sounding goal. But the reality is that the people who deliberately seek power are . . . for the most part . . . vain, greedy, brutal assholes.

The point is that it’s a class war. It always has been. It’s not about “socialism vs capitalism” or “liberals vs conservatives” or The Romulans vs The Federation. It’s about billionaires vs everybody else. It’s about the cluefull vs the clueless.

Yeah, there’s nothing worse than a bunch of billionaire shitheads, using the media they control to keep the lower classes fighting with each other while they . . . the rich . . . run off with all the farking money. Oh wait, that’s what’s going on Russia, too.

There are no “good guys” here. Just billionaire assholes exploiting everybody.

I’m also sick of hearing people say, “God never gives you more than you can handle.”

I know people who have been driven batshit insane by what God has given them.

Company-wide email: “We’ve had our best year ever and it’s all thanks to YOU!”

Me: “Great. Can I have a raise?”

Company: “Oh, we can’t afford THAT.”

I still have an old, Viewsonic media player. I wish I could find a modern one that didn’t need an always-on Internet connection.

“The good of the people” is a noble goal. The problem is that for the most part, people who deliberately seek power to lead these groups are vain, greedy, selfish, brutal assholes.

Collectivism, as Karl Marx wrote it, has never been practiced in any so-called “communist” country on Earth. It’s always been an oligarchy.

CNN is already sane-washing this, referring to Musk’s “odd gesture.”

There’s currently about 600 lemmy instances, in many different countries, and those countries each have different laws regarding the protection of speech. Some of it is also just power-tripping mods or left-wing / right-wing censorship.

If this is happening to a community you like, you can always switch to the same community in a different instance. Eventually, the “official” community will have the most subscribers and the community with the censorship problems will wither and die.

“Triggered?”

No. Because I don’t care what dumb people think.

“Open sasparilla?”

“Open saddlesoap?”

“Open sesame?”

Dear FBI,

1. Welcome to Lemmy.
2. If you’re looking for a list of suspects, you can start by investigating all of UHC’s denied claims that resulted in a death. Shouldn’t take you more than a decade or so.

I thought Fireball’s reaction to Rudolph’s glowing nose was a little extreme. He’s a magical, flying reindeer who lives with Santa and his elves at the North Pole. Surely, he has seen some really weird sh*t.

But he reacts to Rudolph as if his skull had burst into flames.