I try not to do any sectarianism but it is a struggle when it comes to modern day Trots. I separate them completely from the actual historical legacy of Trotsky.
:party-cat: "Well you see, I like to think of myself as an anti-sectarian leftist."
:kitty-cri-texas: "Oh, what does that mean?"
:pika-pickaxe: "It means I don't like trots."
I do think there's a distinction between "org originally descended from trots" and "people who have looked at trotsky and the legacy of trotskyism and said 'yep, that's for me, I'm extremely into relitigating century old interpersonal grievances and wish to make it my entire identity'" however. Like the Chavistas are technically trots, but they're good; Socialist Alternative are trots but at least seem to be a respectable org that doesn't make "we're still mad about Trotsky" their whole deal; etc.
Don't forget about our good friends who study :posadas:
They only get more right with every historical event.
The meme ideologies becoming more relevant doesn't feel like a great omen tbh. By 2040 the Republican nominee will be a nazbol
I'm sectarian against sectarians. :stalin-gun-1::stalin-gun-2:
Smdh, Kruschev would never have needed to send in the tanks if he hadn't made the secret speech.
And they still freak out even when you try to coddle these cousinfuckers.
People would rather believe what they want to believe than the truth....the reason the left is so unpopular is because, as those pompous little apes put it: the truth hurts.
Okay so funny story. Early in the pandemic I was working at the same school where this account's owner is a professor but in a completely different department. One day in our local city subreddit, this RunningNumbers asshat starts arguing with me about how my economic ideology causes more harm than good and their primary thesis seemed to be "not every transaction in capitalism exploits someone", which is abstractly but obviously untrue.
Shortly after, I replied something to the effect of, "shouldn't an esteemed professor of economics require of themselves a bit more nuance to account for their own ideological blind spots". After this public reply, I sent a them a PM linking to their CV and told them to go revisit the philosophical underpinnings of their field, at which point they blocked me. But yeah, their particular brand of willfully ignorant liberalism makes them a perfect candidate for their academic rank.
Americans: "seed oils are unhealthy"
also 'cans: (using factory made chemicals as food that cause inflammation and heart disease)
Further proof (not that it's needed) that tankie literally doesn't mean anything at this point
If a Euro tries this "unfit for human consumption in other countries" shit on me in person, it's on sight - I'm bringing up the US ban on thalidomide :brace-cowboy:
Many decades ago, it was approved in Europe but blocked in the US. Then it turned out to cause birth defects. I'm sure Europe has changed their regulation of it since then.
I don't like the EU for a myriad reasons, but the use of the precautionary principle as a base for their consumer protection is very much a good thing.
Even if the motherfuckers are dragging their feet on pesticides and overall agricultural awful shit, but that's mostly because 40% of the EU budget goes to agricultural subsidies.
So I used to work for a pharmaceutical company, and the way it was explained to be by an insider is like this:
The US doesn't allow you to market any pharmaceutical product in the US, if the product has not been reviewed by the FDA in a separate set of trials, with parameters that they themselves set up. This turned out to be a good idea with regards to Thalidomide, as the European company that made the product had not conducted a very thorough test of the effects on pregnant women (which is pretty fucked up to do for a product that is supposed to ease morning sickness). So it's less about the FDA being better at their jobs than the Euro's, and more a benefit of the fact that the US does not trust other countries to do studies properly. One of the main hurdles for European pharamceuticals is actually that getting any product FDA approved takes somewhere between 5-10 years for most people, and requires extensive documentation of the product, it's various sideeffects and even potential areas of interaction with different bodily organs. I don't know 100% what the process is for a european drug in Europe, as the EMA is such a slow agency that I finished my employment before my department even got a detailed reply from them.
The meaning of "tankie" has reached a breadth I never thought possible.
my child lives in Bavaria. We do not have school shooting drills
lmao okay tankie whatever you say
