There are enemies within the country; every worker’s interests are diametrically opposed to those of Jeff Bezos. A leader who pretends we’re all on the same side is siding with capital. Billionaires like Bloomberg understand that, hence why he spent hundreds of millions trying to stop the candidate who wanted workers to have healthcare.

“The election is important election ever, for real, thats why you have to vote for a rightwing ghoul instead of a candidate who can actually win” has been going on since Nixon.

I think they meant saying Russia interfered in the 2016 primary in support of the butcher of Libya is the loony take.

I am describing how electoral politics work. You have to promise to help the people whose votes you want and hurt their enemies. You can’t run on “well you owe me your vote because tHiS iS tHe mOsT iMpOrTaNt eLeCtiOn oF oUr liVeS”

The 120mm lense, 1inch sensor phone

Her messaging was “America is already great”, her policies were means-tested bullshit that anyone who’s gone their entire life not getting help understood wouldn’t apply to them. Hillary was the status quo candidate.

I am saying she could have won if she moved left and promised to improve the material conditions the people she was asking to vote for her.

Moving right does not earn democrats republican votes, it only decreases their own turnout.

Even if she moved right of Trump she would have lost, median voter theory is horseshit.

The song in question.

As long as you don’t get a touring bike, most motorcycles don’t track you.

It is intimidating if you think of car maintenance, but I cannot impress how easy these things are.

If its not a fully fared bike, step 1 of pulling the plugs:

Pull the plugs. They’re right there. For the oil, you open the cap at the bottom of the clutch housing (get an oil pan first). If the oil isn’t pretty black, you’re changing it too soon. There’s a hole at the top you put the new oil in. You can stick a screwdriver in to see the color of the oil to tell if you need a change.

I wouldn’t say you shouldn’t walk if you’re afraid to cross the street, I would be confused that someone thinks they’re unable to.

“The elephant in the room”

I wouldn’t say tinker, but if you have a bike, I kinda expect you know how to change the oil, lube+tension the chain, change the plugs, battery, tire maybe, just stuff you have to do frequently anyway that you can do in the tine it takes to get to the shop.

The alternative is spending a ton of time and money.

Also they’re much easier to work on than cars, especially if there’s no cowling.

Japanese cops do fuckall. Which is really nice coming from America.

As cowbell said, liberalism covers any ideology that seeks to maintain capitalism, whether by letting the corporations be free to screw you over, or reinforcing capitalism with a welfare state while actual power remains with the capitalist class.

Fuck you, xyz is great!

Why can I read that??

The only instances that are blocked are hexbear and .ml.

But also I am using a HK based esim rn so it goes around anyway. I’ve been meaning to get a proper VPN like proton for when I’m on wifi, but haven’t.

Downvoters, do you think China is hiding the genocide just out of view? That they just let anybody come here and hang out with the very people they’re genociding?

I am in Xinjiang right now lmao. Do yall also think Portland is a warzone?

From 1990 to 2014, Ukraine was a bufferzone/Russian puppet. After 2014, it became a US puppet.

Russia assumed:

1. they could restore the previous status quo in about 2 weeks, by driving directly to Kiev, in a straight line (lmao)

2. An EU-alligned Ukraine would eventually join NATO, putting hostile troops like 100 miles from Moscow.

The calculus will look very different after

1. the war showed their military and economy are still weaker than they were in 1990

2. There is not a hostile state about to be backed by NATO right on their border.