This is interesting partly because Alex Karp (at least used to) occasionally claim to be a socialist when it was inconvenient or uncool to be defined as a standard issue rightwinger. Never thought that meant much myself - any more than it's meaningful for Lonsdale to define himself as against "evil authoritarian forces" here while advocating the murder of his political opponents - but I know people who took him seriously for some reason.
It's good to have these guys out in the open as Pinochet types, though. Silver lining of the Trump era.
I'm sure someone out there is dedicating their life to fighting fascists.
BTW, in most right wing circles I listen in on, fascists are called "communists" for some reason. IMHO, there's no significant distinction nowadays b/c everyone does it "for the people" regardless.
Ehhhh, that's a bit of a false equivalence. Most communist/anarchist/etc are "for the people", and the people in question are often marginalized or oppressed groups with little to no institutional power.
Fascists, on the other hand are "for our people", and the "our people" bit often means White, rich, me and mine type thing. A good example is how the American right-wing often talks about immigration. They'll talk about a mythical "good immigrant" from a south American country, we can let them in because they're "one of the good ones". Not like those other brown people, of course.
Playing without the net is what Sam Harris calls this kind of logic. I must say I agree.
Your statement is only true if:
- collateral damage in war is the same thing as "murder"
- you only count dead if a jew killed them
- of course you never count anyone who dies by being killed by a non-jew
- or if you do count them, claim that it's a false flag by jews
Russia is literally waging a full scale war against Ukraine, China has concentration camps and forced sterilizations, Iran is executing and disappearing people by the hundreds as we speak, etc, etc. But of course, none of that counts or it's the jews fault anyway.
This is interesting partly because Alex Karp (at least used to) occasionally claim to be a socialist when it was inconvenient or uncool to be defined as a standard issue rightwinger. Never thought that meant much myself - any more than it's meaningful for Lonsdale to define himself as against "evil authoritarian forces" here while advocating the murder of his political opponents - but I know people who took him seriously for some reason.
It's good to have these guys out in the open as Pinochet types, though. Silver lining of the Trump era.
Where are these communists you speak of?
I haven’t met a single communist. And I am 40+ and I talk politics with everyone.
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The quoted tweet he is enthusiastically co-signing says communists should be blown up and their graves desecrated.
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You don't see a problem with that statement?
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I'm sure someone out there is dedicating their life to fighting fascists. BTW, in most right wing circles I listen in on, fascists are called "communists" for some reason. IMHO, there's no significant distinction nowadays b/c everyone does it "for the people" regardless.
Ehhhh, that's a bit of a false equivalence. Most communist/anarchist/etc are "for the people", and the people in question are often marginalized or oppressed groups with little to no institutional power.
Fascists, on the other hand are "for our people", and the "our people" bit often means White, rich, me and mine type thing. A good example is how the American right-wing often talks about immigration. They'll talk about a mythical "good immigrant" from a south American country, we can let them in because they're "one of the good ones". Not like those other brown people, of course.
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so much for the rule of law, I guess...
Communists certainly think so.
We're talking about a democracy.
Is he a communist?
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Playing without the net is what Sam Harris calls this kind of logic. I must say I agree.
Your statement is only true if:
- collateral damage in war is the same thing as "murder" - you only count dead if a jew killed them - of course you never count anyone who dies by being killed by a non-jew - or if you do count them, claim that it's a false flag by jews
Russia is literally waging a full scale war against Ukraine, China has concentration camps and forced sterilizations, Iran is executing and disappearing people by the hundreds as we speak, etc, etc. But of course, none of that counts or it's the jews fault anyway.
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