seeing many people online "revoking his folk hero status" because he tweeted weird shit and had wacky opinions. idc. he did what none of us have and likely will never do.

  • Lussy [any, hy/hym]
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    2 days ago

    This is a comment I would have written 5 years ago so instead of my jaded ass shitting on it, I’ll spare you my cynicism my starry eyed king.

    • Awoo [she/her]
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      2 days ago

      And 13 years ago the closest thing to a "radical left" was the Occupy Wall Street crowd. Which were barely even left at all.

      Zoom out and look at how things have changed, bit by bit, event by event.

      • Lussy [any, hy/hym]
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        2 days ago

        20 years ago over 60% of the country was marching in protest of the Iraq war. Occupy Wall Street was a reaction to one of the biggest economic collapses the country has seen in the past 70 years and came of it? More reaction