when it comes to africa for example i was taught that they're poor cause their land isn't harvestable or some bullshit like that, and then i find out as an adult it's actually cause western countries fucked the shit out of them and huh that makes a lot more sense

  • RNAi [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    And yeah, we can all shit on soc-dems like Lula here, but in any other place of the internet if I catch a whiff of anti-pink-tide I react like

    • CommieGirl69 [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      i'm still like that with evo/chávez, and even correa to a lesser extent, but i've grown so disillusioned with lula and his party that i don't really care anymore :(

      after realizing how conservative his government was (and even reactionary in some aspects - he sanctioned a crime bill that was similar to that of the democrats from the 90s, or at least had similar consequences, literally doubling the amount of people in jail in ~10 years), i'm kinda just... whatever

        • CommieGirl69 [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          oh god in the first page there's already someone getting overexcited because lula mentioned marx

          being a leftist feels like painfully spinning in an eternal vortex of struggle sessions

          alright i've joined the sub