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IndustryStandard
lemmy.world
IndustryStandard@lemmy.world Joined: 2024-01-18 |
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funkreddit
lemmy.zip
funkreddit@lemmy.zip Joined: 2026-08-01 |
God damn these bootlicking motherfukers |
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FahrenheitGhost
lemmy.world
FahrenheitGhost@lemmy.world Joined: 2024-08-09 |
2A. Use it. |
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Zombiepirate
lemmy.world
Zombiepirate@lemmy.worldJoined: 2023-06-12 |
She should get a turn on piggy with a brick. It's only fair. |
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HulkSmashBurgers
reddthat.com
HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com Joined: 2023-07-03 |
Imagine what they would have done if she was also black. |
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Maeve
kbin.earth
Maeve@kbin.earthJoined: 2024-06-16 |
God damn these bootlicking motherfukers
They're the heel of the boot. |
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VeryVito
lemmy.world
VeryVito@lemmy.world Joined: 2023-06-30 |
I'm not an ACAB guy, but that man needs a few years in prison to work out his issues. |
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Chulk
lemmy.ml
Chulk@lemmy.ml Joined: 2024-10-11 |
Piggy tripped on the railing and took it out on her |
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guycls
lemmy.world
guycls@lemmy.world Joined: 2023-06-14 |
2A. Use it.
Nah, Americans are too chicken to put their life on line for betterment of society. They will gladly commit war crimes outside America though. |
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queermunist she/her
lemmy.ml
queermunist@lemmy.mlJoined: 2023-07-10 |
Nah, Americans are too chicken to put their life on line for betterment of society. They will gladly commit war crimes outside America though.
They're too cynical, I think. Yankees do not believe society can ever get better; they do believe they'll get free healthcare if they do war crimes. They'll put their lives on the line for their own self interest because that's the only thing they believe in. |
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arak
lemmy.today
arak@lemmy.today Joined: 2025-11-09 |
I'm not an ACAB guy, but that man needs a few years in prison to work out his issues.
He needs to spend the rest of his life there |
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RiverRock
lemmy.ml
RiverRock@lemmy.ml Joined: 2025-11-23 |
They're too cynical, I think. Yankees do not believe society can ever get better; they do believe they'll get free healthcare if they do war crimes. They'll put their lives on the line for their own self interest because that's the only thing they believe in.
Absolutely yes with the self interest, my own journey unfortunately had to begin from there, with the realization that a better world for everyone meant a better world for me. As capitalism continues to decline, it's only going to get easier for us to appeal to people's self interest. We just gotta build something we can point to. Doesn't have to be huge, just any local structure we build to make life easier. It sucks that the level of consciousness here is generally so low, but it's also just true that people are more receptive to something when they see tangible benefit from it. |
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queermunist she/her
lemmy.ml
queermunist@lemmy.mlJoined: 2023-07-10 |
Absolutely yes with the self interest, my own journey unfortunately had to begin from there, with the realization that a better world for everyone meant a better world for me. As capitalism continues to decline, it's only going to get easier for us to appeal to people's self interest. We just gotta build something we can point to. Doesn't have to be huge, just any local structure we build to ma...
Right, but that's when the cynicism comes in: they do not believe a better world is possible, so they just want to get their bag. It's why a bunch of Trots became neocons. They decided revolution was impossible. |
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RiverRock
lemmy.ml
RiverRock@lemmy.ml Joined: 2025-11-23 |
Right, but that's when the cynicism comes in: they do not believe a better world is possible, so they just want to get their bag. It's why a bunch of Trots became neocons. They decided revolution was impossible.
I think the cynicism, like any tendency, is both learned and dependent on circumstance to continually reinforce. Like what is cynicism if not a deep, fear-based belief that the person ia not capable of enacting meaningful change, and it's better to take actions that will be rewarded and not punished under whatever power structure they currently exist in? That tendency towards compliance-dressed-as-cleverness can be worked with, we're not gonna get them on board immediately but there will be a stage where even the cynical calculus will favor leaving a sinking ship. |
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nastronot
lemmy.zip
nastronot@lemmy.zip Joined: 2026-10-15 |
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IndustryStandard
lemmy.world
IndustryStandard@lemmy.world Joined: 2024-01-18 |
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Americans do have guns and the cops are not invincible. Shout out to Elias Rodriguez and Luigi Mangione. |
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alapakala
quokk.au
alapakala@quokk.auJoined: 2026-03-16 |
I'm not an ACAB guy, but that man needs a few years in prison to work out his issues.
Then you haven't learned enough. |
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0_o7
lemmy.dbzer0.com
0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com Joined: 2024-12-02 |
Abusers from top to bottom. For a country that prides itself of being "brave", there's just too few of them fighting back. Like, look at these ladies being forced out for protesting for a valid reason and everyone else just thinks its just another day in the USA. |
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queermunist she/her
lemmy.ml
queermunist@lemmy.mlJoined: 2023-07-10 |
I think the cynicism, like any tendency, is both learned and dependent on circumstance to continually reinforce. Like what is cynicism if not a deep, fear-based belief that the person ia not capable of enacting meaningful change, and it's better to take actions that will be rewarded and not punished under whatever power structure they currently exist in? That tendency towards compliance-dressed...
I'm not sure they'll try to leave the sinking ship until they're already swimming, y'know? People who learned that resistance is futile over the course of US hegemony are not going to easily unlearn it. I think it's happening among young people because they don't have as many memories of the US being unstoppable. In fact, for people born after 9/11, the US has rarely won. But for people who remember the US winning the Cold War, it's going to take a lot more to make them unlearn their cynicism. |
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IndustryStandard
lemmy.world
IndustryStandard@lemmy.world Joined: 2024-01-18 |
I'm not an ACAB guy, but that man needs a few years in prison to work out his issues.
The only thing that will happen in a few years is you becoming an ACAB guy. |
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TheDemonBuer
lemmy.world
TheDemonBuer@lemmy.worldJoined: 2023-06-12 |
That guy will likely lose his job. It's possible charges will be brought against him, although that's less likely. That sheriff's office will definitely be sued and they will likely have either a hefty judgement against them or a settlement. And that's why this cop will likely lose his job. Not necessarily because they think what he did was wrong, but because he's too much of a financial liability. Edit: then again it is Utah, so we'll see. But regardless she should sue. She should send the video to the civil rights lawyer too. |
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LocalAreaMan
lemmy.ml
LocalAreaMan@lemmy.ml Joined: 2026-10-13 |
That guy will likely lose his job. It's possible charges will be brought against him, although that's less likely. That sheriff's office will definitely be sued and they will likely have either a hefty judgement against them or a settlement. And that's why this cop will likely lose his job. Not necessarily because they think what he did was wrong, but because he's too much of a financial liabil...
And there should be more consequences than simply losing his job. |
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LocalAreaMan
lemmy.ml
LocalAreaMan@lemmy.ml Joined: 2026-10-13 |
Right, but that's when the cynicism comes in: they do not believe a better world is possible, so they just want to get their bag. It's why a bunch of Trots became neocons. They decided revolution was impossible.
Irving Kristol was never a communist. He was never genuine. He always worked for the CIA. Trots=neocons is not a real thing, never was. They just had a lot of infiltrators. |
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LocalAreaMan
lemmy.ml
LocalAreaMan@lemmy.ml Joined: 2026-10-13 |
I'm not an ACAB guy, but that man needs a few years in prison to work out his issues.
I'm a law and order guy. The problem is that cops in capitalist societies only protect and serve the rich and their property. All Capitalist Cops Are Bastards
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queermunist she/her
lemmy.ml
queermunist@lemmy.mlJoined: 2023-07-10 |
Irving Kristol was never a communist. He was never genuine. He always worked for the CIA. Trots=neocons is not a real thing, never was. They just had a lot of infiltrators.
Irving Kristol isn't the only one? Obviously not every single Trot became a neocon, but many did, and there's a reason for it: cynicism. Further, a Trot working for the CIA itself is actually just an extension of the same cynicism. It's all growing from the same learned helplessness and lack of revolutionary optimism: if revolution is impossible, all you can do is get your bag. This is not exclusive to Trots, of course. Plenty of young people with revolutionary optimism "grow up" to become cynical older adults, and that's not because they're chicken. They simply become convinced there's no hope. |
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FatVegan
leminal.space
FatVegan@leminal.space Joined: 2025-11-05 |
And there should be more consequences than simply losing his job.
Yeah. Getting a pension doesn't seem fair. Also what about his coworkers who were like: yeah that's just dale. |
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MrSelfDestruct
lemmy.dbzer0.com
RaoulDuke25@lemmy.dbzer0.comJoined: 2025-11-20 |
I can't wait for people to start deleting these pigs in the street |
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LocalAreaMan
lemmy.ml
LocalAreaMan@lemmy.ml Joined: 2026-10-13 |
Irving Kristol isn't the only one? Obviously not every single Trot became a neocon, but many did, and there's a reason for it: cynicism. Further, a Trot working for the CIA itself is actually just an extension of the same cynicism. It's all growing from the same learned helplessness and lack of revolutionary optimism: if revolution is impossible, all you can do is get your bag. This is not excl...
My statement remains the same. |
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queermunist she/her
lemmy.ml
queermunist@lemmy.mlJoined: 2023-07-10 |
My statement remains the same.
Okay, whatever. So. Were they chicken? Because that's the topic. |
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LocalAreaMan
lemmy.ml
LocalAreaMan@lemmy.ml Joined: 2026-10-13 |
Okay, whatever. So. Were they chicken? Because that's the topic.
I don't think neocons were ever legit. This was an attempt to infiltrate the "New York Intellectuals" and their publications, just like they did later with Ramparts Magazine And I don't see the cynicism in Trotsky's writing, agree with him or not. Permanent Revolution is anything but cynical. |
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queermunist she/her
lemmy.ml
queermunist@lemmy.mlJoined: 2023-07-10 |
I don't think neocons were ever legit. This was an attempt to infiltrate the "New York Intellectuals" and their publications, just like they did later with Ramparts Magazine And I don't see the cynicism in Trotsky's writing, agree with him or not. Permanent Revolution is anything but cynical.
I didn't say Trotsky himself was a cynic. I said that Trots, and other people who formerly had revolutionary politics, became neocons out of cynicism. Not because they're chicken. |
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SaveTheTuaHawk
lemmy.ca
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca Joined: 2025-03-07 |
That guy will likely lose his job. It's possible charges will be brought against him, although that's less likely. That sheriff's office will definitely be sued and they will likely have either a hefty judgement against them or a settlement. And that's why this cop will likely lose his job. Not necessarily because they think what he did was wrong, but because he's too much of a financial liabil...
That guy will get promoted. |
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SaveTheTuaHawk
lemmy.ca
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca Joined: 2025-03-07 |
I'm not an ACAB guy, but that man needs a few years in prison to work out his issues.
National Guardsmen who gunned down students in 1970 were never punished in any way. |
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begrudgedcarfolk
sh.itjust.works
begrudgedcarfolk@sh.itjust.works Joined: 2026-09-19 |
And people just watched and did nothing as that officer committed felony assault. |
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AHemlocksLie
lemmy.zip
AHemlocksLie@lemmy.zip Joined: 2024-03-10 |
And people just watched and did nothing as that officer committed felony assault.
What, you want people to get shot so she can get arrested anyway? Unless the whole crowd moves on them, they're gonna shoot anyone who tries it |
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lntl
lemmy.ml
lntl@lemmy.ml Joined: 2023-06-04 |
"Stop resisting!" |
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0xDREADBEEF
lemmy.dbzer0.com
dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.comJoined: 2024-12-18 |
And people just watched and did nothing as that officer committed felony assault.
While you would have... what? |
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Soapbox
lemmy.zip
Soapbox@lemmy.zipJoined: 2025-06-04 |
I had to watch it multiple times because it looked like he tripped and then just went with it as a takedown. It was just so out of nowhere. What a fucking psycho. |
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