The new WVU budget slashes nearly 10 percent of majors and 7 percent of all faculty—but students and staff aren't going down without a fight.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/1806644

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  • duderium [he/him]14•10 months ago

    “Slavery is okay as long as it takes place out of sight and materially benefits me!” — liberals

    • 摆 烂@lemm.ee6•10 months ago

      Hexbears need to be sure to explain “liberals” don’t mean left-wing, as it is commonly (and inaccurately) understood.

      • duderium [he/him]11•10 months ago

        “Left-wing” is pretty vague. I’ve seen people say things like “now I’m as leftwing as they come, which is why I support sending tens of billions of dollars to Ukrainian Nazis! Slava Ukraini!” Under the capitalist mode of production, there are communists, liberals, and fascists. That’s pretty much it.

          • duderium [he/him]11•10 months ago

            Not really. You either support capitalism or you don’t. And if you do support it, you’re either comfortable with its nastier aspects (genocide, slavery, the annihilation of the human species via climate change), as fascists are, or you find those aspects uncomfortable, as liberals do, though they aren’t an issue for you if they’re kept out of sight. Is there some other group I’m missing here?

            • 摆 烂@lemm.ee4•10 months ago

              I don’t like capitalism, but I’m not a communist. 🤷‍♂️ I must not exist.

                • 摆 烂@lemm.ee3•10 months ago

                  What actions have you taken that have had a measurable impact on destroying capitalism that I can verify?

                  • duderium [he/him]8•10 months ago

                    Why would I want to destroy communism? It doesn’t really exist outside of a few extremely isolated communities. I’m trying to make it a global thing!

              • Sinonatrix [comrade/them]5•10 months ago

                I'm going to have to ask you to place your dot on one of four quadrants so I can hurry up and assume everything else you've got to say

                • 摆 烂@lemm.ee3•10 months ago

                  I feel like a pre-trans person when asked to check [ ] male. [ ] female.

                  I guess my options today are:

                  A. Poor because I tell myself I’m a communist

                  B. Poor because the rich are taking my wages through over taxation and artificially increased prices

                  C. Poor because the rich have told me I’m poor.

                  Man, fuck that world 🤪

      • sharedburdens [she/her, comrade/them]3•10 months ago

        Liberals already make it very clear that they aren't left wing, do you think barely-regulated capitalism is a left wing position? Do you think constant warmongering is a left wing position? They're garbage at actually doing anything concrete besides spending money on weapons.

        Sounds like you like cheering for blue team though.

        • 摆 烂@lemm.ee1•10 months ago

          Only hexbears know this. Lol. If you ask any righty on the street “are you liberal” they’ll say “hell no I ain’t no commie democrat. “

          And when most people say “own the lib” it’s usually meant to mean lefties.

          So use whatever words you like, but successful communication is more important than proper vocabulary.