merthyr1831 [he/him]

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Cake day: November 7th, 2020

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  • You may not find direct sources but the social ecologist in me knows that the direct domination of human over the local ecology is unnecessary at the very least.

    Prey populations will rise inversely to the population of natural predators. Natural predators rise linearly to meet the food abundance.

    Its likely that the artificial predatory role humans are playing in hunting deer is therefore also artificially depressing the populations of natural predators, especially when we consider that humans often also hunt said predators out of "self defense".

    TLDR If deer population skyrockets, so will predators, and naturally these balance themselves out. Human impact on local ecology is creating its own problems can could be fixed by simply leaving said ecologies alone.



  • Changing the direct material conditions of people suffering under capitalism.

    Mutual aid, community organising etc. were posthumously very well liked by liberals in regards to the Black Panther Party. They likely shed a lot of light then and now on how the state repressed universally good policies to preserve the hegemonic order.

    Not only that, but this is, in part, evidence in favour of theories supported by Marxists and Anarchists alike. Building a political party and thus a movement for liberation is more than just leaflets and phonecalls and elections; its directly educating people in person.

    Education of the political ends of socialism doesn't lend itself well to doorstep activism like many political orgs do. To build the deep interconnected relationships needed to foster a lasting revolutionary movement you need to build rapport with communities and individuals that go beyond electoral goals and candidates. Only when you have comrades coming to meetings regularly can you educate them on deeper theories, as well as utilise the solidarity for base building.

    Perhaps this is all preaching to the choir, but I think its important to note that the "Wizard of Oz" moment where suddenly the mask is pulled away from the state and capital and class consciousness spreads immediately is mythological at best. The war that lead to the chance of the USSR/Rojava/Cuba/etc. existing were only formed after YEARS of deep education and organising for people's direct needs. The state pushback was the escalation and catalyst for consciousness.








  • merthyr1831 [he/him]togames*Permanently Deleted*
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    4 years ago

    Ive got a 1070ti which rips shit on a 780, and beats the 1660Ti too.

    Honestly if you were happy with the 780 for so long you may as well go used and get a decently priced alternative from 1-2 generations ago.

    America's 2nd hand market sucks ass which is ironic because the new market for GPUs is still way cheaper than the UK or Europe.



  • I know, its wild seeing this meme that wasn't even used in China turn into some racist cold-war dogwhistle by a load of white r*dditors who dont even wipe their asses properly and buy broken as videogames on release because some tradcath polish daddies made it and didn't post it to epic games store >:(



  • merthyr1831 [he/him]togames*Permanently Deleted*
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    4 years ago

    Imagine taking a decade to develop an advanced, cutting edge piece of software that can't handle it when it's asked to load a text file over 8MB in size. Thats a fucking Mp3 song ffs