Cowbee [he/him]

Reading has been a massive improvement in my life, buying an eReader helped that along. From fiction to Marxist theory to history books, having an eReader helped me avoid issues with ADHD, I would struggle to open a book and stay focused but being able to pick up and put down an eReader at any time and read for a few minutes without having to carry a full book around was massive.

You can tell a take is a bit too good when you get both more upvotes and downvotes than the comment you reply to 😎

See, your problem is having bad takes. Sounds like a skill issue to me

As anyone who recognizes my username would know, I would die immediately.

Not my intention, but I imagine your mind is pretty well made-up about me already.

Okay, good! The offer is still open if you want to take it down the line. Have a good one!

Well, you have been arguing for what appears like argument’s sake, you abandoned positions you previously held, and darted around. You can understand why it looks erratic to someone.

I apologize if it seems condescending, but I did mean it when I said you could DM me if you wanted someone to talk to in private. I know you probably don’t care, but I promise here and now I wouldn’t be condescending, if there indeed is something you want to vent about in private. I didn’t ask because I figured you wouldn’t want to disclose that for everyone, but I suppose a stranger is no different.

All that being said, the offer is open, you don’t have to take it if you don’t want to. It’s not because I think I am better or anything, it’s because there have been times that has helped me in the past. Up to you.

Better to have reduced quality of life than no life, are you saying you’d prefer the opposite? I don’t see how I have been hypocritical either. Either way, it’s good that you know people care about you, though I don’t know what you mean by claiming I don’t know what my life is about. As for Socialism, I do know more about Marxism than most people, though I don’t think that makes me superior. Rather, we all have things we are good and bad at.

Do you have someone to talk to? You can DM me if you want to vent about something, or just chat non-confrontationally.

I literally told you we could stop using fossil fuels and run on pure renewables now at great cost in quality of life, but only under Socialism. You just read right past that to insult me.

People care about you.

It is not necessary to replace all of them, we can downsize consumption. Consumerism is an aspect of Capitalism, we can downsize production and energy consumption off pure renewables, if at significant cost of quality of life.

Again, though, you clearly are looking for an outlet, you don’t care about logic but simply arguing to argue. I recommend you log out for a while, talk to someone IRL that cares about you. I’m saying this out of concern.

You don’t need to replace everything, you can replace as necessary and shut down everything else. It absolutely has to do with supremacy over Capital. However, you already gave yourself away:

I’m not arguing for anything

You’re just arguing as a personal outlet, that’s not healthy. I can’t tell if you’re a nihilist doomer, or just going through a rough time, but this isn’t healthy.

Having supremacy over Capital allows you to work against market pressures.

I have no idea what you’re doing here, are you arguing for anarcho-primitivism, or are you using me as an outlet for your frustrations? Last time we spoke you were a Maoist, and now you’re an Anarcho-Primitivist less than a month later?

No problem! Feel free to DM me if you have any questions. That site is maintained by a comrade here, @Edie@lemmy.ml, it does a great job with the site!

It’s certainly doable, but it would require Socialism, and revolution within the West. Difficult, yes, but easier than returning to monkey.

America is a bit unique, it’s made up nearly entirely of Labor Aristocracy, ie beneficiaries of Imperialism.

The Petite Bourgeoisie are Capital Owners that must labor, small business owners and the like. The lack of college education doesn’t mean they won’t be held back from becoming business owners, and the dominance among the religious and white is because of fascism’s cultural characteristics, explained in the first chapter of Blackshirts and Reds.

Fascism can also be described as Imperialism turned inwards.

Then the answer is that it can, and that I can’t answer if it will or will not because I am not a fortune teller.

Are you doing alright?

Are you a nihilist? I can’t make a guarantee that we can establish Socialism and get rid of fossil fuels within 5 years. I can say that AES countries have been far better than average on meeting climate goals.

What exactly was the point of you claiming AES states aren’t Socialist? Are you just looking to argue?

I really don’t see what your point is with this, first you claimed Socialist states aren’t Socialist because they are Marxist, but that you don’t care about Marxism, and now you’re asking for a guarantee of climate action within 5 years. You’re all over the place. What’s your goal?

I can’t see it happening under Capitalism, that’s for sure!

It did last time as well, in my opinion. I’ll likely never convince Flying Squid, but indirectly they will help me convince others.