Who’s winning

Waiting for the new General Discussion Thread 👀👀

Oh fair enough, I thought you were in a communist Discord server.

They toppled the military government around 1997 but yeah, they still have a lot of influence, even the old clique.

It will be an orgy of cargo blockades

Awwww yeaahhhhh…

Oh god, if Indonesia joins in on the fun, then even more regional powers would join in, holy shit…

“Anarchist”

“Zionist”

Welcome back, Emma Goldman

I know that the government in Indonesia is unpopular but I could legit see them trying to one-up Malaysia by doing the same with Israeli cargo themselves.

(Given the historic rivalry between Indonesia and Malaysia, that is)

In a way:

Western rationalism is too, well, reductionist

“If my ideology is correct, then all I have to do is debate someone with facts, logic, and reasoning and show them how wrong and stupid they are for believing what I don’t believe in.”

Cue endless debates on the Internet or “debunk” videos that literally last 6 hours or so, never mind the endless 100-page debates on various Internet forums and social media and/or reply videos and/or rampant debate-bros

And to be honest?

Marx was right about people’s motivations and reasoning for doing things.

It’s not just what you believe

It’s also about what your interest or class interest is

I would also argue that your position or positionality also matters (where you are in society, though I somewhat keep that distinct from class and interest).

If you are in the lower classes, your interest is to basically better you and your own.

And if the bourgeois are essentially starving you or slowly killing you, it is basically your interest to prevent that from happening lol

It’s not about your ideas necessarily (though that could be a factor, sure)

Showering super great

Yeah

In the Latina/o community here in America:

Class definitely rules

I can’t speak for other races or ethnicities but yea

Hello

I agree we with this completely.

Another issue:

False binaries

False choices (“you can’t have x if you choose y”)

Y E S

Honestly, this is a big deal. Has a nation done this before?

They may be PatSocs or MAGA comes (like the ACP folks)

Hm

Normalcy is just another way to oppress people

Yeah

Well, I am not for class reductionism, but I do think that both class and intersectional struggles are necessary.