ThisMachinePostsHog [they/them, he/him] to The Dredge Tank • 14 hours agoGenocide is evil and we won't defeat it unless we vote for the candidate who promised ironclad support for the party that is committing the genocide.imagemessage-square51 fedilinkarrow-up1128file-text
arrow-up1128imageGenocide is evil and we won't defeat it unless we vote for the candidate who promised ironclad support for the party that is committing the genocide.ThisMachinePostsHog [they/them, he/him] to The Dredge Tank • 14 hours agomessage-square51 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarehuf [he/him]hexbear27·13 hours agothey never have a plan beyond wishing for it. it's just that oprah bullshit about thinking good thoughts, so good things come to them. link
minus-squareUlyssesT [he/him]hexbear9·6 hours ago"The Secret" is just solipsism for brunch liberals. link
minus-squarebuckykat [none/use name]hexbear8·6 hours agoThe Secret is Calvinism for brunch liberals link
minus-squareUlyssesT [he/him]hexbear8·6 hours agoIf good things happen to privileged rich assholes, it's because they manifested those good things correctly. If the poors don't have good things happen to them, it's because they didn't do "the Secret" magic correctly and got what's coming to them. Yeah that kind of checks out. link
minus-squarebuckykat [none/use name]hexbear4·5 hours agoAnd just like in regular Calvinism, you can tell who's virtuous by how rich and "successful" they are within capitalism. It's a secular version of specifically the amerikkkan prosperity gospel branch of Calvinism. link
minus-squareCowbee [he/him]hexbear24·11 hours agoLibs operate based on 40k Ork magic, they think if enough people believe hard enough things will get better. link
they never have a plan beyond wishing for it. it's just that oprah bullshit about thinking good thoughts, so good things come to them.
"The Secret" is just solipsism for brunch liberals.
The Secret is Calvinism for brunch liberals
If good things happen to privileged rich assholes, it's because they manifested those good things correctly.
If the poors don't have good things happen to them, it's because they didn't do "the Secret" magic correctly and got what's coming to them.
Yeah that kind of checks out.
And just like in regular Calvinism, you can tell who's virtuous by how rich and "successful" they are within capitalism. It's a secular version of specifically the amerikkkan prosperity gospel branch of Calvinism.
Libs operate based on 40k Ork magic, they think if enough people believe hard enough things will get better.
Cool, calm, and collected ones go faster.