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[AFL_ITALIA]

These people are not just on Twiter anymore. They are influential now in the corporate world, media, academia and the government.

They don't have to be a majority or the most powerful individuals to cause a lot of damage.

They are the dominant culture, what you believe is irrelevant.

Has there been any meaningful legislation passed to support this that perhaps I'm unaware of? Anything concrete besides something that ultimately is wildly inconcequential or theater? We don't have a public healthcare option, can't get an infrastructure bill passed, we still have well-funded police departments, can't agree on "clean energy" bills, housing is exactly the same as it has been for decades, no big tax code changes, still have the same immigration policies as usual, still have a huge military industrial complex, etc. And those aren't even super far-left for the most part. But we DO have Pelosi and Schumer wearing Kente cloth on the Senate floor that one time, which came to nothing at the end of the day of course, because of course it wouldn't. Even the media posterchild for these people and maybe most powerful in AOC is almost hated by the self-professed communists that I know that would support the bullshit in the video, because she's seen as ingenuine or not extreme enough by them. Next time I see something like this, I'll have to remember to screenshot it to post here. You should see the China shilling, it's baffling.

And what will these people do to change any of this? Nothing. Not a damn thing but complain on social media. There used to be shootings and bombings from people that supported this same stuff 50 years ago, now there are just angry social media posts 99.9% of the time.

 

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[JuveE46]

It has been observed many times that a vocal minority on 'only twitter' is the gateway to changes being pushed upon the majority. It's how print media operated before social media but a million times slower. The desire of being popular within this vocal group and fear of being 'cancelled' by it, a pressure which is exerted on (print) social media drives every business, every politician, every official of every local department, every artist into making real life decisions that impact the majority. The literal Dave Chappelle scandal is a very real attack on freedom of speech, cultivated and successfully executed by a vocal minority. Do you think artists smaller than Chappelle are gonna dare bring up similar talking points now? Imagine your kids growing up with nothing to inspire them except twitter approved Amy Schumers. I bet that doesn't shape their minds at all. Brought you by 'only twitter'.

Spot on.

Carlin the master philosopher and foreseer at work.

 

[Post Ironic]

Has there been any meaningful legislation passed to support this that perhaps I'm unaware of? Anything concrete besides something that ultimately is wildly inconcequential or theater? We don't have a public healthcare option, can't get an infrastructure bill passed, we still have well-funded police departments, can't agree on "clean energy" bills, housing is exactly the same as it has been for decades, no big tax code changes, still have the same immigration policies as usual, still have a huge military industrial complex, etc. And those aren't even super far-left for the most part. But we DO have Pelosi and Schumer wearing Kente cloth on the Senate floor that one time, which came to nothing at the end of the day of course, because of course it wouldn't. Even the media posterchild for these people and maybe most powerful in AOC is almost hated by the self-professed communists that I know that would support the bullshit in the video, because she's seen as ingenuity or not extreme enough by them. Next time I see something like this, I'll have to remember to screenshot it to post here. You should see the China shilling, it's baffling.

And what will these people do to change any of this? Nothing. Not a damn thing but complain on social media. There used to be shootings and bombings from people that supported this same stuff 50 years ago, now there are just angry social media posts 99.9% of the time.

While I agree with this in large part, where these people have power at times is to very negatively affect the lives and livelihoods of individuals or small groups of people, small businesses, etc. that they target.

 

[AFL_ITALIA]

While I agree with this in large part, where these people have power at times is to very negatively affect the lives and livelihoods of individuals or small groups of people, small businesses, etc. that they target.

100%, without a doubt unfortunately. Mob "justice" has always been a thing though and probably always will be. Seems that it's only getting easier for it to happen too.

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It has been observed many times that a vocal minority on 'only twitter' is the gateway to changes being pushed upon the majority. It's how print media operated before social media but a million times slower. The desire of being popular within this vocal group and fear of being 'cancelled' by it, a pressure which is exerted on (print) social media drives every business, every politician, every official of every local department, every artist into making real life decisions that impact the majority. The literal Dave Chappelle scandal is a very real attack on freedom of speech, cultivated and successfully executed by a vocal minority. Do you think artists smaller than Chappelle are gonna dare bring up similar talking points now? Imagine your kids growing up with nothing to inspire them except twitter approved Amy Schumers. I bet that doesn't shape their minds at all. Brought you by 'only twitter'.

This is what Post Ironic alluded to and I agree there. But depending on the target audience, I do.

I don't agree with putting "print media" and social media on the same level, they are entirely different animals. One is controlled and pushed by a few companies, the other is mob rule. But to your last point, I bet you Twitter doesn't even exist by the time I have kids old enough to be using social media.

 

[GordoDeCentral]

Has there been any meaningful legislation passed to support this that perhaps I'm unaware of? Anything concrete besides something that ultimately is wildly inconcequential or theater? We don't have a public healthcare option, can't get an infrastructure bill passed, we still have well-funded police departments, can't agree on "clean energy" bills, housing is exactly the same as it has been for decades, no big tax code changes, still have the same immigration policies as usual, still have a huge military industrial complex, etc. And those aren't even super far-left for the most part. But we DO have Pelosi and Schumer wearing Kente cloth on the Senate floor that one time, which came to nothing at the end of the day of course, because of course it wouldn't. Even the media posterchild for these people and maybe most powerful in AOC is almost hated by the self-professed communists that I know that would support the bullshit in the video, because she's seen as ingenuine or not extreme enough by them. Next time I see something like this, I'll have to remember to screenshot it to post here. You should see the China shilling, it's baffling.

And what will these people do to change any of this? Nothing. Not a damn thing but complain on social media. There used to be shootings and bombings from people that supported this same stuff 50 years ago, now there are just angry social media posts 99.9% of the time.

What you speak of is one institution, there is the entertainment, academia, the press... And they are under the yoke of what you call angey liberal twitter mobs. Even the political institution that you mentioned has 100% been infiltrated by cultural marxist when the white house uses pronouns and requires anti-racism brainwashing. You have a military that is more concerned with pilot suits for pregnant women and appeasing BLM than to actually do its job in Afghanistan. The culture war is done and dusted. The 60s counter culture is counter no more. Tough times ahead.

 

[Allegri_is_God]

You're going to be waiting several lifetimes then.

Its already happening. All you have to do is look around you.

 

[Bjerknes]

@Bjerknes @Hust @ALC @AFL_ITALIA @lgorTudor @DAiDEViL @X Æ A-12 did you all see this?


Break his sign and then start shouting “he’s got a weapon.”

Tambourine lady at the end screaming “repent motherfucker” over and over again.

Western civilization is dead if we got this woke lgbtq (and whatever the fuck else) mob calling the shots. Imbeciles.

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And instead of understanding that it’s about class struggle, the woke mob busy throwing tantrums over Dave Chappelle telling some jokes they don’t like.

I watched Chappelle's The Closer on Netflix the other day. Sadly, he seems like he's just so over it all. He talked about a trans comedian he knew who opened a show for him, then killed herself a few weeks later, possibly because she was being targeted by anti-Chappelle folks. I don't know how much more he has left in the tank to deal with some of these shitheads. Just idiocy on all sides.

Might be biased, but I think he's the best ever, IMO.

 

[lgorTudor]

“Cultural marxism” is nothing more than an unsubstantiated fascist dogwhistle derived from the “cultural bolshevism” promoted in mein kamph. Used then to refer to the conspiracy that jews were infiltrating the arts/media/instututions to “destroy” western/German culture. Adopted today by reactionaries to denounce any form of social progression that does not align with the same white/male/christian-dominant view (their idea of "culture"), even if the supposed progression is driven by liberalism and therefore almost always performative and does nothing to threaten the overall capitalist/imperialist status quo, e.g. the military enlisting more LGBTQ drone pilots to blow up children in the Middle East.

Reads like an essay for a college professor job application

@DAiDEViL Mein Kamph

 

[GordoDeCentral]

“Cultural marxism” is nothing more than an unsubstantiated fascist dogwhistle derived from the “cultural bolshevism” promoted in mein kamph. Used then to refer to the conspiracy that jews were infiltrating the arts/media/instututions to “destroy” western/German culture. Adopted today by reactionaries to denounce any form of social progression that does not align with the same white/male/christian-dominant view (their idea of "culture"), even if the supposed progression is driven by liberalism and therefore almost always performative and does nothing to threaten the overall capitalist/imperialist status quo, e.g. the military enlisting more LGBTQ drone pilots to blow up children in the Middle East.

Lol

 

[swag]

what are they gonna call their passengers then, faggots and lesbians?

Animals.

I mean, let's not be speciesist about it.

They have become a full-blown cult. The lady screaming “repent motherfucker”? Like what the fuck are we in Inquisition era Europe? White CIS people supposed to run around flagellating while chanting penitenzia?

There's a religious tone to it all, really. René Girardian religious sacrifice. It's almost like watching some lost pygmy society in the jungles of South America.

You gotta have your purification rituals before you really start thinking about killing each other.

While I agree with this in large part, where these people have power at times is to very negatively affect the lives and livelihoods of individuals or small groups of people, small businesses, etc. that they target.

Problem is a lot of people are spineless against criticism. They cave in and fold under the false belief that they somehow can be liked by everybody.

To Carlin's bit, nobody would take "personhole cover" as anything but a joke. It seems today that is no longer true.

And I get the protection of minority opinion. Edward Snowden makes this point about privacy all the time: it's only dangerous if you don't follow the herd ... and the herd decides you're inconvenient. Then they have something to string you up for.

But language gymnastics to constantly send recognition to every letter in a LGBTQIIAXYZ+ is beyond exhausting. Every conversation can't hit a hard stop because we left out the polyamorous pansexual Tuvaluan amputee with seal flippers who is allergic to chocolate.

Worse, there are a lot of people who are socially tortured and even murdered because of personal characteristics that don't fit tidy grievance categories. See: any fat kid with thick glasses who has trouble making friends, but somehow their social torture isn't legitimate. The root of any diversity and inclusion program really just needs to be "don't be an a**hole".

Because that's the problem. It's not pronouns, Chapelle jokes, or not seeing my species fluidity recognized in a public address.

 

[Post Ironic]

Animals.

I mean, let's not be speciesist about it.



There's a religious tone to it all, really. René Girardian religious sacrifice. It's almost like watching some lost pygmy society in the jungles of South America.

You gotta have your purification rituals before you really start thinking about killing each other.



Problem is a lot of people are spineless against criticism. They cave in and fold under the false belief that they somehow can be liked by everybody.

To Carlin's bit, nobody would take "personhole cover" as anything but a joke. It seems today that is no longer true.

And I get the protection of minority opinion. Edward Snowden makes this point about privacy all the time: it's only dangerous if you don't follow the herd ... and the herd decides you're inconvenient. Then they have something to string you up for.

But language gymnastics to constantly send recognition to every letter in a LGBTQIIAXYZ+ is beyond exhausting. Every conversation can't hit a hard stop because we left out the polyamorous pansexual Tuvaluan amputee with seal flippers who is allergic to chocolate.

Worse, there are a lot of people who are socially tortured and even murdered because of personal characteristics that don't fit tidy grievance categories. See: any fat kid with thick glasses who has trouble making friends, but somehow their social torture isn't legitimate. The root of any diversity and inclusion program really just needs to be "don't be an a**hole".

Because that's the problem. It's not pronouns, Chapelle jokes, or not seeing my species fluidity recognized in a public address.

That David Bowie song, Cygnet Committee put it perfectly.

“As a love machine lumbers through desolation rows
Plowing down man, woman, listening to its command
But not hearing anymore
Not hearing anymore
Just the shrieks from the old rich”

 

[Hust]

@Bjerknes @Hust @ALC @AFL_ITALIA @lgorTudor @DAiDEViL @X Æ A-12 did you all see this?


Break his sign and then start shouting “he’s got a weapon.”

Tambourine lady at the end screaming “repent motherfucker” over and over again.

Western civilization is dead if we got this woke lgbtq (and whatever the fuck else) mob calling the shots. Imbeciles.

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And instead of understanding that it’s about class struggle, the woke mob busy throwing tantrums over Dave Chappelle telling some jokes they don’t like.

First world problems I guess lol

 

[Tomice]

“Cultural marxism” is nothing more than an unsubstantiated fascist dogwhistle derived from the “cultural bolshevism” promoted in mein kamph. Used then to refer to the conspiracy that jews were infiltrating the arts/media/instututions to “destroy” western/German culture. Adopted today by reactionaries to denounce any form of social progression that does not align with the same white/male/christian-dominant view (their idea of "culture"), even if the supposed progression is driven by liberalism and therefore almost always performative and does nothing to threaten the overall capitalist/imperialist status quo, e.g. the military enlisting more LGBTQ drone pilots to blow up children in the Middle East.

This determinism is exactly the problem today.

Cultural Marxism and critical theory are school of thought that have existed for decades and have many academic proponents on the left and critics on the right.
The simple fact that some right wingers/ Alt-right use the term, whether correctly or not, to combat what you see as social progress does not make social Marxism a hoax or a figment of the imagination.

Your other statement that this progressive movement is entirely performative in nature is also incredibly naïve. While it may not yet threten "imperialists/capitalist" society as you put it, it certainly started to threaten the merit based society

 

[AFL_ITALIA]

I used to think that. But then I think elitist classes cause worse problems.

100% of U.S. senators and congresspeople have college degrees. Yes even that bartender, AOC.

2/3 of America does not have a college degree.

That is not representation. Like any of them have even a clue what the experience is for the non-ruling class.

But... before you call me a commie: this great meme take on a meme reminds me of San Francisco:

Just saw this one

 

[lgorTudor]

Just saw this one

I know which one I'd like to live in

 

[Siamak]

Hackers compromise FBI email system, send thousands of messages

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/hacker-takes-fbi-email-server-blasts-spam-thousands-rcna5530

 

[lgorTudor]

@GordoDeCentral @Quetzalcoatl
Our new Secretary of Culture and Media
And she is way worse than she looks btw

@DAiDEViL

 

[AFL_ITALIA]

She looks like an English professor I once had.

 

[Post Ironic]

lgor probably furiously masturbating in the closet to her photos.

 

[DAiDEViL]

@GordoDeCentral @Quetzalcoatl
Our new Secretary of Culture and Media
And she is way worse than she looks btw

@DAiDEViL

She's still alive? WTF.