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Thinking about ways the right-wing lie-o-sphere has sucked in people who were historically allies of the left.

- Feminists pulled into anti-trans bigotry and reactionary politics by making up "cross-dressing predators in women's bathroom" stories.
- Hippie types sucked in by "natural medicine" and anti-GMO stuff and funneled through the antivax conspiracy pipeline.
- Young lonely video game nerds sucked into "Alpha Male" bullshit like Andrew Tate.
- Stoners and Joe Rogan.

What'd I miss?

in reply to Joe Cooper 💾

How about the rightward turn of David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH), of Rails/37signals fame? He has defended both Tate and Rogan, and come out against DEI. Or was he never really an ally to begin with, despite claiming (a few years ago) that his natural political stance was left-leaning? Maybe he falls into the video game nerds category?
in reply to Matt Campbell

I mean, I wonder what caused him to turn to the right, if he wasn't already there to begin with


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@hub That's throwing a lot of employees under the bus. And if he weren't the CEO and a member of the billionaires club, he'd be one of them.


it should be obvious, the Democratic Party of Pelosi, Schumer, Biden and all their yuppies and buppies, is a necrotic parasite that needs to be cut off; if whatever is still left of the Left is to truly turn into an antifascist movement.
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in reply to yes, it's me, liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦

YOU AREN'T MIDDLE CLASS
YOU ARE WORKING CLASS

the billionaire, oligarchic class has so gamed and skewed valuations of wealth in this country, unless you have assets that can be liquidated in the MILLIONS, you are NOT the middle class anymore.

doesn't matter if you are making +100K. between student debt, credit cards, many of y’all are one health care crisis away from an eviction and homelessness.

YOU ARE NOT MIDDLE CLASS

MILLIONAIRES ARE THE MIDDLE CLASS

🧵

in reply to yes, it's me, liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦

and i also have been saying this for years that BILLIONAIRES have decided for you and me to be middle class we need to have millions.

no invisible hand of the market decided that

no economic council decided that

no treasury department or internal revenue service decided that

billionaires decided that by greasing the palms of kleptocrats everywhere and buying single and multi-family homes by the millions.

because billionaires want the working classes to be indentured slaves…🧵



I am getting so sick of all the political crap. Election is over, things should be getting back to normal. Oh, and now supposedly people are being banned on both open and closed source sites for having an open mind and not instantly lashing out at the winner of said election. If this is happening on a closed platform like reddit, there's not much you can do. if it's happening on an open better alternative, drop that shitty instance and host your own, (there are plenty of us who will help with the technical stuff), or find an instance with competent moderation.

Ok, sorry, rant nearly over, but please, can we just get back to normal life? This plitical shit was annoying enough before election year, but even those insane levels were better than this.



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re: USPol
trump got less votes than he did in 2020, let’s not forget that



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well good late morning! we started the day with poking and prodding for blood. then breakfast and some chatting. and i am going to tell you, sitting here singing my head off, is the best thing ever. yay for music! :) now it is time for watching more shows, and maybe a nap if my headache doesnt turn into a migraine. have a lovely and wonderful day! :)


Salut à toutes et tous ! 👋

On va essayer d'être un peu présent sur Mastodon pour y partager nos actus et des photos, dans un premier temps. On essaiera aussi de partager des infos (en mode revue de web) qui concerne de près ou de loin le Val de Loire et ses paysages, mais dans un deuxième temps (une fois le nouveau site internet mis en ligne, début 2025).

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On est présent sur Facebook, Instagram (un peu...) et LinkedIn, mais c'est important pour nous d'investir des espaces numériques alternatifs, plus en phase avec les valeurs de l'Unesco que les grandes plateformes que l'on connaît...

On ignore si on aura beaucoup d'écho ici, mais on tente le coup ! 🙂

Il n'y a qu'une seule personne derrière tous les réseaux sociaux et le site web (cc @vianneybarbin), alors n'hésitez pas à réagir, à nous écrire, nous mentionner et à en parler autour de vous pour nous encourager et nous aider à nous améliorer !

À très vite sur Mastodon ! :mastodon:

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Seen today:

"My husband works for a small manufacturing company and here in southwestern #PA that means most employees are #Trump voters. When the president of the company sat them down today to tell them ... they now need to purchase at least a years worth of products prior to January 21 due to the proposed #tariffs, they did not understand. ... their president had to explain what a tariff is and how it will directly hurt their company. They all thought the foreign company paid the tariff."