• Wiz@midwest.social
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    2 months ago

    I’m a leftie and literally could not care less about Bill Maher. Yes, Trump-worshipping is dumb. Yes, Maher is an annoying self-important windbag. I can keep both of these thoughts in my head at the same time.

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      2 months ago

      What is a “leftie”.

      I don’t mean to call you out, but I’m very tired of " I’m on the left, I’m a progressive, I’m a left liberal".

      Be brave enough to call yourself a communist/anarchist/socialist or just call yourself a Democrat.

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        2 months ago

        Those are all very different things, hence why we have different words for the different concepts.

      • morphballganon@lemmynsfw.com
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        2 months ago

        Progressive here.

        Not an anarchist/communist/socialist.

        I don’t call myself a democrat because my political alignment is based on values that are distinct from the democratic party we know.

        I vote for democrats because achieving progress would be impossible in a fascist state.

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            1 month ago

            Ultimately, long-term, I’d like to see us evolve to a non-capitalist society, but that would be a long and gradual process. I doubt it will happen in my lifetime.

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              It needs to happen fast given pollution is directly tied to gdp growth. If it doesn’t happen soon there won’t be any human lifetimes for it to happen in.

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    2 months ago

    The people who look at Trump and say “brave” are the same people who look at Maher and say “Smart”.

    • I think he’s just a narcissistic attention hound who realized what Trump did: once you get popular enough, it doesn’t matter what comes out of your mouth, because as long as you keep creating content, popularity is a sort of omni-fuel machine.

      Rambling, nonsensical drivel? Fuel! Bipolar, contradictory viewpoints? Fuel!

      I should say, accusing Maher of bipolarism is an insult to people who suffer from bipolarism.

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      2 months ago

      Not bipolar. Certainly narcissist. Maybe some borderline personality disorder overcompensating in the mix, too.