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ButtBidet [he/him]

@ ButtBidet @hexbear.net

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  • Is it George Orwell? Often I'll just attack the author, as most anti-communist author's have A LOT of skeletons in their closet.

  • I grew up in the 90s and living with parents into adulthood was considered very bad (for silly reasons). I do regret not pushing past those ideas at the time.

  • I contributed to this, but I always thought that the Western obsession with moving out at 18 was really weird and wasteful. Obviously everyone is different, but when I've talked to non Western residents who do family housing, one saves money on rent, food, housework, etc. Old people are cared for and have something to do, parents get help with baby sitting, kids haves more adult interactions.

    That said, I've talked to enough non Western residents who this setting failed for them because their family was toxic. I'm sure that happens too.

    I don't pretend to know about this very well, so please forgive me if this sounds like an authoritative word.

  • Ya this video was 90% good. As other people have commented, he did lib "but Stalin totalitarian tho", but most of his points were spot on. Even I learned a bit.

    I checked out other videos in his channel and I was very disappointed.

    I have to say, I admire Grover Furr for being just so damn obsessed with debunking claims against Stalin. He's me, but better, and with a tenure. I've wasted hundreds of hours of my life editing bs on Wikipedia that I'll never get back.

  • Wow capitalism broke everything, we should do capitalism harder.

  • A quiet reminder that literally everyone hates Zizek

  • Space vs time complexity

  • Maybe you're right (I don't follow this thing very closely), but it was news to me.

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  • Dictatorship of the bourgeoisie. Sorry, that must feel very frustrating.

  • I agree with most of what you're saying. I think that "online communism" can be a good starting point for people, as it was for me. But as one develops, there's less and less that can be learned from videos and online forums.

    No disrespect to any streamer, but even the ones I respect (The Deprogram, Richard Wolfe, or Democracy Comes Home), I hardly watch them because I don't feel like I'm learning anything. But I am grateful for where they brought me.

    I guess online communities are good for an alternative community. I keep Hexbear as it keeps me from proprietary social media. But I don't have much hopes for it beyond entertainment and a few small good things it has. I think the second that the Fediverse becomes dangerous to capital, they'll find a way to shut us down.

    People start getting followings of fans that will defend them just because they like them.

    Ya it's super sad. I recommend staying clear of all that drama, if possible.

  • doomer @hexbear.net

    I hate feeling so damn powerless

  • FFS all the American flag emojis in this article

  • I was reading in 2000 how problematic the F-35 would be. This joke/tragedy has been going on longer than I have been alive.

  • news @hexbear.net

    'Beloved' Blackstone executive LePatner killed in Manhattan remembered as industry leader

    www.reuters.com /world/us/beloved-blackstone-executive-lepatner-killed-manhattan-remembered-industry-2025-07-29/
  • Ya I was Catholic, and although it was much less bad that a lot of types of Christianity, I'm still of the opinion that all the absolute boredom must have done some damage (or at least lack of development) to my brain. I could have done much better things with my childhood than wait for the time to pass and stare at stained glass windows.

  • Science @hexbear.net

    US education

  • Have you ever had a conversation with electricity?!?!?

    checkmate, "electricians"

  • Am I being paranoid that supplying your ID or face to use certain services will make it easier for the state or bad actors to identify activists? I haven't bothered to read into this situation.

    Like all of a sudden, reddit isn't so private now (not that it really was before).

  • Dunning- Kruger af, comrade. At least base your ideas off of more than just one chud YouTuber.

  • I'm gonna remind people yet again that Brian Berletic wrote for Infowars and took a lot of hard right positions. God he had mid tier analysis on non Asian stuff, but supports the right (who are likely paying him) in Asia.

    Comrade, pls listen to left voices before just taking the word of a chud. It's fair to say that neither of us know much about SEA, and the situation is probably more complicated that n00bs like you and me might take it for.

    I strongly suspect that the Thai state or military is paying him, and this video just confirms my belief.

    Edit: I finally watched the Luna Oi video on this topic, and she contradicts or adds nuance to the topic that Berletic seems to intentionally flatten and oversimplify. Can we please put the view of SEAsians leftists above American chuds?

  • and an independent Thai military which opposes US influence over Thailand

    Berletic really shows his ass with this one. How can he make a video on the Thai military and not mention the constant military coups and extrajudicial killings?

    Edit: I just remembered that Thailand was using F-16s and Gripen fighter jets, while Cambodia was going through old Soviet missiles.

  • Definitely not your fault. Fuck the automobile industry.

  • Science @hexbear.net

    Is the air you breathe silently fueling dementia? A 29-million-person study says yes

    www.cam.ac.uk /research/news/long-term-exposure-to-outdoor-air-pollution-linked-to-increased-risk-of-dementia
  • badposting @hexbear.net

    Yes I'm into the US of A

  • Chapotraphouse @hexbear.net

    One of Obama's 3 houses

  • Chapotraphouse @hexbear.net

    The selfie with my one black acquaintance that I always post on Tinder

  • Earth @hexbear.net

    Plant Slurs

  • Slop. @hexbear.net

    I'm honestly shocked that Socialist Workers Party (US) is pro Israel

    themilitant.com /2025/03/01/hamas-savagery-shows-need-to-defend-israel-as-refuge-for-jews/
  • badposting @hexbear.net

    Comm Request : Badposting_No_Beanis

  • Chapotraphouse @hexbear.net

    Honestly the UK has the worst national anthem of anywhere

  • news @hexbear.net

    Tory student group condemned after video shows them ‘singing to Nazi song’

    www.theguardian.com /education/article/2024/jun/30/tory-student-group-condemned-over-video-shows-them-singing-to-nazi-song
  • Vegan @lemmy.ml

    I literally know no one that goes entirely "ethical" meat

  • memes @hexbear.net

    If you ever feel useless....

  • Reddit @lemmy.ml

    Is it me or is Reddit really bad now?