Anna_KOC [comrade/them] to chapotraphouse • 4 years agoEveryday we inch closer to AOC saying the word tankieimagemessage-square51 fedilinkarrow-up167
arrow-up167imageEveryday we inch closer to AOC saying the word tankieAnna_KOC [comrade/them] to chapotraphouse • 4 years agomessage-square51 Commentsfedilink
minus-squaretrepeeeeeman [none/use name]hexbear5·4 years agoi don't know where that part of the left gets the self image of pacifist or non authoritarian from. bernie himself said he would keep doing drone strikes. he would have killed more people than xi before his first term was up. link
minus-squareinvalidusernamelol [he/him]hexbear1·4 years agoDissonance. The inability to perceive empire as an active force in favor of the view of it as a passive reality. When imperialism and violence is normalized, resistance to that violence looks "authoritarian" link
i don't know where that part of the left gets the self image of pacifist or non authoritarian from. bernie himself said he would keep doing drone strikes. he would have killed more people than xi before his first term was up.
Dissonance. The inability to perceive empire as an active force in favor of the view of it as a passive reality.
When imperialism and violence is normalized, resistance to that violence looks "authoritarian"