Maybe you’re right in so many words, I’ll take into consideration.

Here’s some reading, https://pure.hud.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/16137312/Marxism_CRT_and_Black_Radicalism_FINAL.pdf

Fine, this is a touchy subject rn and I don’t want to inflame or troll

Then tell me why I am being called a Nazi for bringing up the FACTUAL connection DEI and CRT both have to Neo-Marxism and Marxism. I am not racist, nor homophobic, or transphobic. I want to see better outcomes for people in minority status. I just don’t want people to blindly accept Marxist ideologies.

lol of course, not a True Scot

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman

Actually, I do know, I’ve read enough about Stalinism and Leninism. It’s not a huge leap, then, to connect the equity philosophy to enable redistribution of wealth and resources to the Global south, especially as it relates to Climate justice.

Authoritarianism is still fucked whether the people oppressing you are left or right.

Tbh I thought the same at first, but it’s because it’s distilling so much underlying philosophy to its most apparent application.

https://medium.com/@iskandar.talaei/dei-explained-by-james-lindsay-53dd9cd510d2

Other povs

https://lawliberty.org/the-philosophy-underlying-dei/

https://www.newsweek.com/critical-race-theory-repackaged-marxism-opinion-1599557

In other words, the designers and adherents of critical theory admitted their true intent. Not equality under the law. Not civil rights. Not freedom, liberty and justice for all. Not a better life for racial minorities. Critical theorists admit their intent is to use racial minorities as the vanguard for a Marxist revolution.

We already had Equal Opportunity laws for race and disability though, but DEI is actually sneaked-in Marxism. What do people think Marxism is a just philosophy? It’s inherently anti-social and sociopathic.

https://newdiscourses.com/2023/04/marxist-roots-of-dei-workshop-all-sessions/

Under Marxism, it’s okay to put someone to death for being a “better off peasant”, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kulak

I’ve literally had people tell me on Lemmy that it was okay that Stalin put kulaks to death. I’ve also had people tell me on Lemmy that it’s okay to forcibly steal from people, as in middle-class citizens, to “redistribute wealth”.

Progressively taxing people and democratically deciding how to spend funds is one thing. But the Stalin-like taking of peoples properties and resources is worlds apart! The only sane way to bring people universal healthcare and UBI etc is something like the Nordic model, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_model

No one should be racist or ableist, but trying to sneak in Marxism under the guise of anti-racism is fucked.

There are comments in this thread downvoted for rightly pointing out the racism in other countries. Have you lived in LatAm countries or Asia? Western democracies are comparatively the least racist places on the face of this world! Don’t fucking kid yourselves.

People should try to save democracies, but let’s not fucking pretend that other places are angelic heavens which do no wrong. It’s disingenuous and detached from reality.

Nah, there’s nothing feminine about being “weak and pathetic, and needing to rely on a real man for everything”.

To keep it simple and pithy, my notion of femininity is Storm from X-Men. Be a force of nature, nurturing but to be reckoned with if and when provoked.

It’s a little silly equating one (albeit learned and genius) guy’s opinion as something which will work across the board for everyone, everywhere. There’s nothing democratic about socialism, just as there’s nothing democratic about the unregulated and oligarchic capitalism we have today.

At a very simple and human level, there are a number of explanations for why some elites and intellectuals gravitate towards socialism, this has been discussed to death in many places, but here’s an accessible article.

https://iea.org.uk/why-intellectuals-are-so-upset-by-the-injustices-of-capitalism/

To add some economist perspectives, here’s another article

https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/free-market-or-socialism-have-economists-really-anything-to-say

What I find interesting from the above article is that China currently does very efficient market socialism, which tbh if the U.S. was to implement would make the U.S. a more powerful economic force to contend with. The caveat will be that U.S. citizens will no longer have the right to means to production, or land ownership. Such systems have no respect for individual liberties. The relative rate of poverty and inequality in the U.S. does not merit this kind of shift versus what it sacrifices.

The only countries which have issues with capitalism are the economic loser countries. Here’s the problem though, there are so many examples of countries which could have been economic losers, but instead turned it around for them because those countries had good sense and controlled their levels of corruption. The only people in countries who have problems with capitalism are the economic losers. The best way to correct those woes is through taxation and social programs, not a forced or authoritarian formula of break-shit-and-take-shit.

Edit I won’t respond to any comments to my post, I just don’t have the time to poke at this today lol, but don’t take my no response as a signal of agreement, just saying

/lazyposting

Idk, some leftist people (including minorities) are energized and motivated, so it’s important not to get stuck in some weird self-defeating trap. Political up and downs happen every generation. Don’t fall for the doomer BS, it’s important to keep following through with your personal goals and persevere. Find a community and volunteer, take care of each other.

Ultimately people should seek to close gaps with others, and try to find common ground, while acknowledging that there are some values which cannot be compromised, like sacrificing someone’s humanity and (personal/psychological) safety.

I am sure that felt validating

Oh snap, guess I am kitchen staff o7

OnlyFans is suspicious af considering it’s not blocked in US states with porn bans. Some weird small group of people did a lot of hard work to effectively create a monopoly over porn in some U.S. states, users and creators should beware. I wouldn’t be surprised if some of these onlyfans contents are marketing pieces.

Federated, decentralized and open source platforms are saving the internet. Everything else is pretty trash.