How can a person read this thing and not immediately know in their bones the author is lying to them? Is being an average American liberal like being a beaten and emotionally abused spouse? How else could one make their way through that venomous gaslighting "article"?

[–] duderium@hexbear.net 24 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Liberals benefit from this shitty economy. That’s why they believe in it.

I mean, I call myself a Marxist, but I am also benefiting immensely from this economy right now because, while I despise capitalism and colonialism and imperialism and patriarchy, I’m not really doing anything about it. If these systems weren’t working so well for me (if, for instance, it became impossible for me to get food), I would be a lot more inclined to riot rather than to just whine on the internet and attempt in vain to convert my last few liberal friends to communism.

[–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 19 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Is being an average American liberal like being a beaten and emotionally abused spouse?

Well, I mean, just look at this....

When a liberal is abused, he says: Thank God they didn’t beat me. When he is beaten, he thanks God they didn’t kill him. When he is killed, he will thank God that his immortal soul has been delivered from its mortal clay.

[–] coeliacmccarthy@hexbear.net 18 points 9 months ago

How can a person read this thing and not immediately know in their bones the author is lying to them?

being rich and comfortable and insulated

Is being an average American liberal like being a beaten and emotionally abused spouse?

it's when you still get the treats and the only suffering people you see are of the untouchable homeless caste

How else could one make their way through that venomous gaslighting "article"?

being rich and comfortable and insulated and wanting absolution for that whisper deep down saying you are murdering the world