While internalized racism is real, this is borderline implausible.

If you’re not opposed to reading (no judgment, a lot of people are these days) I would recommend Blackshirts and The Reds by Micheal Parenti. It is a great anti-propoganda tool and also addresses some problems with past socialist societies.

Free PDF: https://welshundergroundnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/blackshirts-and-reds-by-michael-parenti.pdf

$20 mil is pocket change for this guy. Elon makes ~$100 million in his sleep. The richest people are so wealthy that they can’t even spend it all.

Here’s 139 billion dollars to scale: https://eattherichtextformat.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/ . Note that Elon is worth more than double this amount.

Is the newest season of Slime worth watching? I remember the pacing last season slowed down to a crawl.

1. Hunter X Hunter
2. Ping Pong the Animation
3. Hajime no Ippo
4. Mob Psycho 100
5. Kaguya-Sama: Love is War
6. Attack on Titan
7. Samurai Champloo
8. Kill la kill
9. Hinamatsuri
10. Gintama

I considered more recent anime (like Frieren/Dungeon Meshi) but I am resisting the urge to succumb to recency bias.

Not enough Ping Pong the Animation on these lists

Sonny Boy is such a mind fuck.

Finally a fellow patron of taste and culture

And the system doesn’t even work. The exploited in every country suffer at the expense of the wealthy. Worldwide, the developed countries maintain their standard of living at the expense of the global south.

Clearly Bernie Sanders is a positive force for actual left-wing policies. But the criticism (that you all so readily downvote) is that Bernie will redirect frustrated Americans to continue to vote for Democrats. While we can’t be sure that this will happen again, it sure has happened in the past.

We cannot expect politicians to save us, because they invariable work within a system that is incapable of significant positive changes. Both parties take donations from billionaires, both parties play in the stock market, both parties give corporate welfare, and both parties will fight tooth and nail to maintain the two-party system.

The real way forward is bottom-up, not top-down. The American people need to save America: grassroots organizing, mass protests, labor strikes, boycotts, and civil disobedience. If we don’t actually go outside, things will only continue to deteriorate.

The people need to save this country. Yes that means you and me actually going outside. We need to stop expecting systemic change to come from politicians within a two-party system.

I’ll vote for a Bernie AOC ticket if it ever materializes but I won’t hold my breath. You people keep expecting politicians to save you when we need to be taking a note from the French. Grassroots organization: labor strikes, boycotts, civil disobedience. It’s the only thing these leeches understand.

Deepseek is pretty good tbh. The answers sometimes leave out information in a way that is misleading, but targeted follow up questions can clarify.

Voting is the least we can do BUT… do not expect systematic change (that helps the working class) to come from the top down. Both parties agree on legal bribery, insider trading, “good billionaires”, the voting system, and the two party system. Meaningful change is going to require more effort: i.e., grass roots organizing from the bottom up. Start in your own community and the change will grow organically.

The problem–for the U.S. anyway–is the meat lobby influences how the meat industry is regulated. They would slap a label on pork and beef and raise the price 100% while the animals are still being mistreated. The government would need to step in (like in France and Germany) to regulate labels and ensure better conditions for animals.

Feel like it’s too arduous to pirate music these days

edit: Thank you guys for all the suggestions

Philosophy undergrads arguing that you shouldn’t give homeless people food because morality doesn’t exist:

Well, no, but actually yes

Where the hell are the clothes folding robots??

I’m hoping someone who has read more theory can answer this question. Because I don’t see why religious affiliation should conflict with class solidarity and the abolition of private property.