If I can get my target to move as I want, then I’ve succeeded as a hunter.

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Cake day: August 26th, 2025
  • Ging@anarchist.nexustoMemes@lemmy.ml•Just how it goes I supposeEnglish
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    8 months ago

    I think we are conflating two different things: the state’s foreign policy stance and its domestic structure.

    You are correct that ‘authoritarian’ is often a propaganda label used to justify sanctions or invasion. However, refusing to use the word to describe any state in the Global South implies that the only form of oppression that matters is Western imperialism. That effectively erases the lived experience of people in those nations who might be jailed or disappeared by their own government.

    The term ‘authoritarian’ shouldn’t mean ‘enemy of the US.’ It should mean a system where the people have no mechanism to hold their leaders accountable. By that definition, a state can be anti-Zionist and still be authoritarian toward its own citizens. Do you believe there is any word we should use to describe a government that silences its own working class, or should we just stay silent about that to avoid sounding like the US State Department?

  • Ging@anarchist.nexustoMemes@lemmy.ml•Just how it goes I supposeEnglish
    37·
    8 months ago

    A state necessarily exercising authority changes nothing about how violently and uncompromisingly any particular state goes about it. So I’m guessing calling a state plainly authoritarian is essentially saying nothing at all, but if I say your country is as authoritarian as North Korea, you know exactly what I’m saying and that I’m certainly saying something that is neither doublespeak or propaganda, right?

  • Ging@anarchist.nexustoGreentext@sh.itjust.works•Anon is exploitedEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    we traded uncertainty for reliability

    Reliability is still a privilege for fewer and fewer imo. For many more it’s fragile, conditional, and easily stripped away by illness, layoffs, or a single bad landlord. The fact that conditions improved over a century ago doesn’t license complacency. Those gains were forced by people who refused to accept tiny, daily violences as normal. If you think we should stop pushing once life stops being medieval, ok maybe? Not really, no. Don’t pretend that’s moral clarity; it’s settling. Your ancestors may be jealous, but they’d also argue that you maybe lost the plot.

  • Ging@anarchist.nexustoGreentext@sh.itjust.works•Anon is exploitedEnglish
    21·
    1 year ago

    I don’t fully disagree but don’t you kinda believe it’s embarrassing that we have to micromanage our lives to “reclaim” scraps of fulfilling time. People shouldn’t have to hack their days just to have time for joy, rest, or growth. Society’s standards and workplaces should be designed so basic dignity and meaningful downtime are built in, not something we beg or gamify away.