• emizeko [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      all states are class dictatorships but only one class wants to abolish class entirely: choose your fighter

    • please_dont [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I agree but you dont even have to frame it with buzzwords like authoritarianism, especially when approaching 99% of people,even leftists. Just the obvious. We need

      A. Not a dictatorship of the Bourgeois

      B. Central planning

      C. Ability to enforce and coordinate measures and decisions regarding changes in infastructure and socioeconomic structures across continent scales quckly and efficiently, even if sometimes they go against what a majority of the population would vote for at any given time or what would arise from communities or towns deciding what to do themselves for themselves

      Of course this in practice will look like what chud/liberal americans and even anti-authoritarian leftists refer to today or historicaly as "authoritarianism" (in the latter case cause it wont be based on horizontal direct democratic non coersive structures) . But same would have been said if we talked with these people about the chinese response and measures to the corona before it happened, a response that turns out is as good as anything we can concieve at these scales on our current world and saved millions of lives .

    • LeninWalksTheWorld [any]
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      3 years ago

      "authoritarianism" is usually just used as a western buzzword for "strong state intervention". Climate change definitely requires some intense state intervention, from multiple states. Private capital interests have prevented any change from happening but you don't necessarily need an actual dictator and shit just to get some climate emergency programs.

    • UmbraVivi [he/him, she/her]
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      edit-2
      3 years ago

      Hard to disagree. The pandemic has shown that the majority of people would literally rather die than be mildly inconvenienced, so trusting the general public to make good long-term decisions seems borderline idiotic at this point.

    • NaturalsNotInIt [any]
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      3 years ago

      Good, that's what neoliberals want you to think. The only authoritarianism we need is nationalizing energy companies and the auto industry (to get rid of them). FOH with this consent for "climate lockdowns", forced "degrowth" for the working class and fortress borders.

  • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]
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    3 years ago

    :sadness: Fuck, there is a large homeless population in NYC. I hate to think about what's happening to them right now.

    • Woly [any]
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      3 years ago

      The bad news is they're probably miserable. The good news is the flooding is very localized so they're not drowning.

      • Woly [any]
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        3 years ago

        Nah, there are plenty of people out on the streets at night. A lot of them are afraid of the shelters, or are too mentally ill to seek them out.

      • emizeko [they/them]
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        edit-2
        3 years ago

        (and if you can't get shelter you freeze to death during winter, so...)

      • anonochronomus [comrade/them, she/her]
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        3 years ago

        NYC Department of Homeless Services claims that they house 90% of the homeless population. They do have a large system of semi-permanent shelters, many of which have private bedrooms. NYC's program is way way better than most US cities. Here is a census report from 8/31. https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dhs/downloads/pdf/dailyreport.pdf

  • MelaniaTrump [undecided]
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    3 years ago

    https://twitter.com/miblogestublog/status/1433248527426203649

    in communist countries governments cannot maintain basic infrastructure during everyday weather events

  • emizeko [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    NYC National Weather Service issues first Flash Flood Emergency; wettest hour ever in Central Park

    https://abc7ny.com/flash-flood-emergency-new-jersey-flooding-york-city-hurricane-ida/10993344/

  • Sen_Jen [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    Jesus. What was it about the sign of empires collapsing when they fail to deal with recurring crises? Shit like this will happen all over the US at a higher frequency and either the rulers will keep their profits and let the empire crumble and people die, or they lose their profits at the expense of people's lives

    I wonder which one it will be :sadness-abysmal:

  • Rojo27 [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I got home a few hours ago. The place I worked at closed at regular hours. I'm seeing some crazy videos of the subways getting flooded. Hope everyone is alright.

  • emizeko [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    holy shit flash flood warning issued

    https://www.thebiglead.com/posts/new-york-city-flood-videos-subway-rain-hurricane-ida-01fej4c10nej

  • LeninWalksTheWorld [any]
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    3 years ago

    FEMA just reworked the national flood insurance protection to make it "more financial solvent" (ie. Raised premiums and make it act like a private company). Private companies usually don't offer flood insurance because it costs them too much when a flood happens, which is why the fucking government used to subsidize it but no more. People living in coastal areas are essentially just fucked now.

  • Quimby [any, any]
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    3 years ago

    To be clear... this particular warning for NYC is the second time we've ever issued a Flash Flood Emergency (It's the first one for NYC). The first time we've issued a Flash Flood Emergency was for Northeast New Jersey a an hour ago.

    :yea: