AgnesJan 18
Call me a conspiracy theorist, but I’m always rather suspicious of why these things tend to be so divisive without offering an alternative/call to action. Why would anyone bother to put these up? Especially in NYC, where they just elected Mayor Mamdani? https://todon.eu/@RadicalGraffiti/115914306222826028
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Attached: 4 images Radical stickers seen around NYC

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Show threadAgnesJan 18

For the record, I’m still mad about the “The Case For Not Voting” event by Firestorm Books (they’re on kolektiva.social, based in not-a-solid-blue-state NC), in September 2024. https://firestorm.coop/events/3265-the-case-for-not-voting.html

I hope they’re happy about their progressive or anarchist or whatever “values” and “the future of democracy hangs in the balance, we're told” attitude, seeing how things are going in Gaza, Ukraine, Venezuela, Greenland, etc. in 2026.

Show threadAgnes
I suppose all the “Democrats and Republicans are the same” people are now saying “not bombing #Iran and bombing Iran are the same” with a straight face? (To be clear this was my sarcastic reply, but the cognitive dissonance truly boggles my mind.)
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Show threadRamesh #NotGoingBackMar 10

⬆️ @agnes

>> “#Democrats and #Republicans are the same" …
>> the cognitive dissonance truly boggles my mind.

Saying something out of context or without any context (as in the example you cited above) will do that to your mind.

Try this:

"Horses and fish are the same because they have eyes to see with and mouths to eat from, but a bird and a fish are not the same because one can fly while the other cannot."

Democrats and Republicans both grift.

Do you find #cognitiveDissonance in this too?

Show threadΓιανίρηςMar 10

They are both fanatic pro-capitalists right, so they are the same

@agnes

Show threadSean BalaMar 11

@agnes I feel like these sorts of people are contrarian trolls who live too much online.

But I was thinking something adjacent to this the other day when I saw an article about how well Green Parties are doing internationally, and lamenting that the US Greens are so ineffectual. Their leaders echo Russian talking points and I usually only hear them talk about antiwar stuff (i.e., the thing that is easy to declare) rather than how they might practically impliment their platform.

Show threadSean BalaMar 11
@agnes Not 100% related but it was on my mind. I realized the other day that the US Greens were kicked out of Global Greens in part because they keep running for President and tipping the vote. It just feels like a collection of highly unserious people. Sorry for the rant - we are stuck in India due to the war so it is a bit raw for me at the moment 😂
Show threadAgnesMar 12
@seanbala Not at all, please take care and I hope you can get home soon! ☺️ I’ve always been more inclined towards the socialism/communism end of the spectrum from what I read in Japanese (e.g. The Crab Cannery Ship, essays by Mari Yonehara) but sometimes I just can’t deal with the ridiculous things I see/hear from people on “our side”…