Is this a real article?

lol it’s true. My mom sends me screenshots of AI chats every fucking day.

There is no pure ideology that is immune to bigotry. It’s rooted deeply in human psychology and has permeated our entire society. I don’t know if it’s possible to completely eliminate but it can be reduced but it requires acknowledging its omnipresence, even among some we might otherwise see as allies.

Probably, but if so, saying this to them helps reveal their hand-wringing about electability as self-serving. If they have a solution but won’t pursue it or even block it, then it’s easier to tell them to shut up about it.

Liberals upset about the progressive insurgency in the Democratic Party should focus their energies on changing the rules that force everyone to the left of republicans to be in the same party. Create multi-party democracy and you won’t have to worry about getting primaried or whether democratic socialists will hurt their brand or any of that.

I agree with you. I should have said that–organizing outside of electoral politics is essential.

Sub to all the new com communities, and keep your eyes peeled for any links to interesting stuff in the comments and then immediately subscribe if it seems at all interesting.

But the reality is that niche comms don’t really fire on Lemmy yet, so you’ll mainly find stuff that’s either mass appeal or nerd/leftist stuff.

I tried to create a community about trees (the wooden kind) when I joined. It’s still here but after a lot of effort posting there I realized there just wasn’t enough of an audience to keep organic discussions going at all times. Same with my local geographic area.

Hopefully someday there will be more growth and these can start to become more viable.

All monied interests are. But yes AIPAC is one of the worst considering it’s openly by and for the benefit of a foreign government. Imagine if the PRC had such an organization how that would be perceived.

The good news here is their willingness to support a republican here could make them into a great liberal boogie man with the right messaging.

I mean some of us who said that actually meant it. Despite all of the wailing, tactical voting remains the correct way to participate in first past the post elections, even for leftists.

The interesting thing about 2026 is everyone knows we’re getting fucked. But people don’t seem to accurately assess who is fucking them the worst, or identify what do when both major parties are fucking us. But even republicans, when asked “do you want to give these tyrants more power over us?” will say no.

In such times, ballot initiatives, despite their flaws, remain an incredibly important tool for reigning in authoritarianism.

Yes but it would have to be extremely limited to major crises that can only be realistically managed at a global scale. Wars, climate change, etc. It shouldn’t be trying to run your local library or tell you what clothes you’re allowed to wear. It would also have to be largely voluntary with participation incentivized by carrots instead of sticks.

In fact, I’d say there shouldn’t be one global government but several. A new and independent one could be formed for each specific situation that merited it, and then it would be dissolved when or if it was no longer needed. This might be slightly less efficient but it would prevent scope creep from turning into authoritarianism like we’ve seen with the US government.

Today we’re at step 4. 5 may be coming soon.

It’s a cult. Most will never stop believing.

The US military would remove him from power. If it even got that far.

Dude’s fingers are built different.

I feel like it is usually logical though lol. This is kinda the one situation where it’s not because you don’t really need more than 10 million anyway.

Unless you really wanted that button.

Isn’t that about the same guy?

There were others charged too, right? Did they drop those? I hate how the media just pick one person to update us on and ignore others in the same situation.

I strongly disagree with this. Fox is one of the most watched news channels and not all of their viewers have the same political views.

If done well it can be an important form of outreach. I’ve seen good interviews of leftists on Fox but it requires a lot of skill. And I would never agree to this kind of rapid fire q&a where you can’t give context to answers that sound a little wacky to normal voters.