If only John Connor had known to fight the machines through rap battle instead of weapons.

Stalin was extreme right, using leftist trappings to seize and consolidate power for himself as Lenin withered away.

Trotsky was leftist, but still a believer in the ML vanguard gamble that resulted in Stalin seizing power. Rightist means will almost always lead to rightist ends.

Tolstoy, being generally anti-state and anti-capitalist, was also leftist. His famous quote philosophically addresses the stability of any leftist movement.

There can be only one permanent revolution — a moral one; the regeneration of the inner man. How is this revolution to take place? Nobody knows how it will take place in humanity, but every man feels it clearly in himself. And yet in our world everybody thinks of changing humanity, and nobody thinks of changing himself.

The path to leftism and the methods to preserve it against rightism are very much the realm of philosophy.

The political compass is worse than an oversimplification, it’s propaganda.

The political compass is propaganda. There is no such thing as auth-left or lib-right. There is no division between social and economic axes.

The definition of the right-left spectrum is rooted in the french revolution. Rightism is about consolidating power and creating strict socio-economic hierarchies so the more-privileged can subject their will on the less-privileged, while leftism is about flattening those hierarchies to prevent anyone from subjugating others and ensuring equality and egalitarianism are maintained.

Whoever has power controls economy and vice-versa. Period. So rightism will always be authoritarian, hierarchal, and have a functionally captive economy. How benevolent this authoritarianism is toward the populace is meaningless as any liberty is an illusion provided at the pleasure of the more wealthy-powerful classes.

Liberalism arises from the willing abuse of an under-regulated economy that allows consolidation of wealth and, therefore, accumulation of power. Therefore the end result of unchecked liberalism is always rightism.

There are many forms of leftism, because leftism is about tearing down and preventing accumulation and consolidation of power. The goal is to prevent runaway snowballing of wealth or power that would allow any person or group to subjugate others, ideally in a way that is sustainable and stable. Therefore leftism is about personal liberty and freedom as long as it does not threaten to diminish or supersede the liberty or freedom of others.

The concepts cannot be separated. They travel together and influence each other directly. The political compass is merely an attempt to make “both sides” seem equivalent without addressing the actual cause-effect of wealth and power accumulation, which serves who? Rightists. Capitalists. Liberals. Those who would seek to selfishly hoard more power, privilege, comfort, and authority than everyone else at the expense of anyone else.

Yes.

This what happens when you dedicate your crop to Nurgle.

If Congress did something about it might highlight or stifle their own unethical profiteering.

Sorry, according to SCOTUS it’s too close to an election to change maps unless the change adds Republican seats and disenfranchises minorities.

The only parts of the “New London Bridge” that made it to Arizona were the exterior masonry. The Arizona bridge is a reinforced concrete structure clad in the original masonry of the 1830s bridge.

Even on sale their second-run PC releases are more expensive than what I would normally tolerate for a new full game. Then there is Stellar Blade, which is also infected with Denuvo malware. They could be doing much better.

I think the point is that the kind of people who care about that kind of thing tend to be bad people with bad opinions.

And of course the illegitimate, corrupt SCROTUS stepped in to allow the Republicans racist disenfranchisement.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/22/us-supreme-court-samuel-alito-grants-stay-in-texas-redistricting-lawsuit/87412332007/

The gnomes just want a quiet, peaceful life in the safety of your garden. They are friends.

Guh-nome, on the other hand…

Candle Jack!

Mexico should have arrested all those illegal aliens and then deported them to North Korea.

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Ori. Both of them.

They are works of high art.

Americans voted for this. Have the day you voted for. It’s just a shame that it affects all the others who tried to warn you, tried to stop you, and were disenfranchised.

Remember, fascists always try to steal leftist terminology and invert its meaning. Intentionally muddying language is a universal symptom of rightism.

That’s my kind. If I am enjoying myself I tune out the world and will forget to eat or sleep. I’ve gone more than 24h without realizing it, though the autism exacerbates it. Many years ago I started setting an egg timer to help “bring me back” but these days I can use phone apps for that. I recommend that for fellow hyperfocus neurospicies.