Yes this is about Contra, but the fact she literally only considered US citizens in her analysis is telling. Like not a single argument about foreign policy, or concern about people 30 centimetres over the border occurred to her.
And all the Dem Socialist reply guys are arguing against her on her terms. Like fucking hell, are you Internationalists or not? Fuck how large the US left is, you're fighting for the Whole Left! I understand revolt in the Imperial core is both important and difficult, but jfc!
I'm afraid I'm going third-worldist here (for values of third world that include, like, Germany and Spain.)
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laughs in kamala harris
seriously, though. this is such a shit take
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Reminder that the only reason we got marriage equality in this country is because of the motherfucking Roberts Court. The Democratic Party never ran on something even as tepid as gay marriage until the jurisprudence fell in their lap from the most reactionary institution of our constitutional system. Not even under Saint Obama.
Now they all pretend to care, but what did they do? They'll throw up rainbow flags and even trans flags all over the place, but what did they do? Are we supposed to settle for a reluctance to instate bathroom cops and call this progress?
My brother is a nurse, and from the conversations I've had with him (a dude who lives under a rock socially and culturally), understanding of gender fluidity is practically institutionalized within the profession - at least for people going through modern academic programs. And here we have a party which tells us over and over again how important it is to believe in science - which is to say, they will scold us for using air conditioning in a heating climate while defending the sacred right to frack, and thrust someone with the history of Kamala Harris into the position to take the reigns of the party when Biden inevitably strokes out.
I'm just a cishet stipulating from the sidelines, so if I'm out of line feel free to set me straight, but this whole charade is an abomination. And these people have the nerve to call us privileged and self-centered.
There's nothing politically for Biden/Harris to gain by throwing away trans rights. That's not to say that they're allies, but they have no reason to throw anybody under the bus right now.
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Obviously I think people should care more about those they have everyday material relationships with. "The People" are actual people, not some haughty lib ideal, and maintaining their social and cultural relations is key to fighting capitalist alienation. Nations, however, don't exist. Cultures exist, cities and regions exist. The nation is an illusion.
If she wants to vote for Biden to save her Trans and Black friends some small extra bit of harm, cool, I can't shame her for that. But at least acknowledge that small bit of comfort comes at the cost of actual, real dead children and screaming parents somewhere far away.
The answer to that is “of course both these options are terrible! The point is to overcome this hurdle not fall into it. Electoralism is a trap. Vote if you must but it doesn’t really matter both options are unconscionable. Stop talking about elections! Get on with more radical forms! “
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The answer is very obviously "ending American imperialism" from the aspect of pure human misery. Our imperial adventures have caused orders of magnitude more suffering and devastation than even living in a pre-Stonewall America was for queer people.
It's a dumb hypothetical, though, because Trump is not going to end American imperialism, and his bumbling version of foreign policy is still needless cruelty that doesn't solve much. It's just funny to watch the "intelligence community" work their entire lives only to have their plans interrupted by a guy who wants a milkshake.