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@insaanity

We all live under the same sky. Antifascist, anticapitalist, feminist, anti-racist, anti-imperialist, humanist. Somehow still convinced we can make the world a better place because we absolutely must. End capitalism before it ends us.

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epistemic crisis actor@insaanity· 26d

It's fantastic, really holds up

epistemic crisis actor@insaanity· 26d

epistemic crisis actor@insaanity· 27d

Democrats where getting absolutely stomped from 1972 until Clinton in 1992. Couple of examples:

Map of 1972 presidential election results showing a completely red United States with the exception of McGovern winning Massachusetts and DC. Nixon won 520, McGovern 17.

Map of 1984 presidential election results showing a completely red United States with the exception of Mondale winning Minnesota and DC. Reagan won 525, Mondale 13.

epistemic crisis actor@insaanity· 27d

This time there's no Sergeant Carter trying to keep the stupidity in check

Sergeant Carter in "Gomer Pyle USMC" right up in Gomer's face and grinning maliciously

epistemic crisis actor@insaanity· 29d

Waiting for the right opportunity to use this

Chevy Chase in Community sitting alone on a bench at a carnival looking miserable as everyone around him is happy. Subtitle: Goodbye

epistemic crisis actor@insaanity· Jul 10

Hey Peter! Check out this rendition of Moon River by Mitch McConnell!

Diedrich Bader as Lawrence in Office Space

epistemic crisis actor@insaanity· Jul 9

555-COME-ON-NOW meme: man looking over his glasses into the camera with a "come on now" expression

epistemic crisis actor@insaanity· Jul 8

epistemic crisis actor@insaanity· Jul 6

Social democracy has been described as the most common form of Western or modern socialism, as well as the reformist wing of democratic socialism. Amongst social democrats, attitudes towards socialism vary: some retain socialism as a long-term goal, with social democracy being a political and economic democracy supporting a gradualist, reformist, and democratic approach towards achieving socialism. Others view it as an ethical ideal to guide reforms within capitalism. While both social democracy and democratic socialism once referred to movements seeking to achieve socialism, modern social democracies retain a capitalist system, whereas democratic socialists continue to advocate for its abolition. Nevertheless, the distinction remains blurred in colloquial settings, and the two terms are commonly used synonymously.

The Third Way is an offshoot of social democracy which aims to fuse economic liberalism with social democratic economic policies and center-left social policies. It is a reconceptualization of social democracy developed in the 1990s and is embraced by some social democratic parties; with some political scientists and analysts characterising the Third Way as an effectively neoliberal movement.

epistemic crisis actor@insaanity· Jul 3

And dew point is a much better indicator of comfort. It can be 90% relative humidity and still be comfortable if the dew point is 53F / 11C.

Dew point graph

Below 50F / 10C: Dry
50-55F / 10-12C: Comfortable
56-60F / 13-15C: Pleasant
61-65F / 16-18C: Sticky
66-70F / 18-21C: Humid
71-75F / 21-23C: Oppressive
76+F / 24+C: Miserable

epistemic crisis actor@insaanity· Jul 1

They were quite happy about the idea, too

A white woman with gray hair in a wheelchair holding a sign saying MASS DEPORTATION NOW! with big smile on her face.

epistemic crisis actor@insaanity· Jul 1

epistemic crisis actor@insaanity· Jun 26

> I never made the claim that Americans love neo-liberalism. You certainly implied it when this is how you started all this off:

epistemic crisis actor @insaanity.bs... 1d

Neoliberalism benefits the wealthy at the expense of everyone else, and it has resulted in the grotesque and unprecedented levels of wealth inequality we now see worldwide.

There's no reason to think voters chose this willingly. It has been forced upon them by both parties for over 30 years.

sjoyner1965.bsky.social @sjoyner19... 1h

Then explain Reagan's popularity. You're coming at this from a rationalist perspective. Bigotry isn't rational, and folks will behave irrationally if it caters to their bigotry. Yes, they absolutely supported massive tax breaks, because that's what was necessary to destroy the social safety net.

epistemic crisis actor@insaanity· Jun 25

Screen shot of a Twitter post.

Centrist rally organizer @InternetHippo

Just got back from the centrist rally. Amazing turnout. Thousands of people holding hands and chanting "Better things aren't possible"

epistemic crisis actor@insaanity· Jun 25

Senate Dems overwhelmingly (70%) voted for DOMA and Clinton signed it with a statement saying he opposed government recognition of same sex marriages. Obama was against them in 2008 as well. Dems started to shift their rhetoric in 2012, but little happened until Obergefell in 2015.