Musings without Muses

Now, I read in his self-presentation that he posts mainly when he is high, but also that he is a South-African living in the US. I understand therefore better his position and his passion against “tankies” and every person like me suspect of pro-”tankie” sympathies : it is well known how much the majority of the population of S. Africa suffered under communism - and not under some racist, brutal and exploitative capitalist system of White supremacy known as apartheid…

To speak seriously, one can accuse the communists (”tankies”, according to @antelopian’s terminology) of many things, the truth is however that more generally and especially in S. Africa  they had a clear position against White supremacy and racial segregation/hierarchisation and they paid the price for it - in the notorious prisons and  torture chambers or even on the gallows of the apartheid regime. Moreover the historical truth is that the military mission of the communist Cuba in Angola played a positive role in stopping the aggression and expansion of the sphere of influence of the White supremacist regime and thus contributed to the fall of the latter.

apartheid was placed over decades, to stop the various African tribes within South Africa ( which was as you asserted a colonial nation) from slaughtering each other with Gay abandon.

While it can be argued that the system was racist, unfair and arbitrary, it significantly cut down on the racial/tribal violence which increased sharply as apartheid was removed. it settled down for a while but is climbing again, now with Whites as the oppressed victim class ( but why should we care about them)

“While it can be argued that the system was racist, unfair and arbitrary, it significantly cut down on the racial/tribal violence which increased sharply as apartheid was removed…now with the Whites as the oppressed victim class”

“I am pretty sure the current kleptocracy in South Africa is not a better answer [than apartheid]”.

Now, I read in his self-presentation that he posts mainly when he is high, but also that he is a South-African living in the US. I understand therefore better his position and his passion against “tankies” and every person like me suspect of pro-”tankie” sympathies : it is well known how much the majority of the population of S. Africa suffered under communism - and not under some racist, brutal and exploitative capitalist system of White supremacy known as apartheid…

To speak seriously, one can accuse the communists (”tankies”, according to @antelopian’s terminology) of many things, the truth is however that more generally and especially in S. Africa  they had a clear position against White supremacy and racial segregation/hierarchisation and they paid the price for it - in the notorious prisons and  torture chambers or even on the gallows of the apartheid regime. Moreover the historical truth is that the military mission of the communist Cuba in Angola played a positive role in stopping the aggression and expansion of the sphere of influence of the White supremacist regime and thus contributed to the fall of the latter.

apartheid was placed over decades, to stop the various African tribes within South Africa ( which was as you asserted a colonial nation) from slaughtering each other with Gay abandon.

While it can be argued that the system was racist, unfair and arbitrary, it significantly cut down on the racial/tribal violence which increased sharply as apartheid was removed. it settled down for a while but is climbing again, now with Whites as the oppressed victim class ( but why should we care about them)

“While it can be argued that the system was racist, unfair and arbitrary, it significantly cut down on the racial/tribal violence which increased sharply as apartheid was removed…now with the Whites as the oppressed victim class”

“I am pretty sure the current kleptocracy in South Africa is not a better answer [than apartheid]”.

Now, I read in his self-presentation that he posts mainly when he is high, but also that he is a South-African living in the US. I understand therefore better his position and his passion against “tankies” and every person like me suspect of pro-”tankie” sympathies : it is well known how much the majority of the population of S. Africa suffered under communism - and not under some racist, brutal and exploitative capitalist system of White supremacy known as apartheid…

To speak seriously, one can accuse the communists (”tankies”, according to @antelopian’s terminology) of many things, the truth is however that more generally and especially in S. Africa  they had a clear position against White supremacy and racial segregation/hierarchisation and they paid the price for it - in the notorious prisons and  torture chambers or even on the gallows of the apartheid regime. Moreover the historical truth is that the military mission of the communist Cuba in Angola played a positive role in stopping the aggression and expansion of the sphere of influence of the White supremacist regime and thus contributed to the fall of the latter.

apartheid was placed over decades, to stop the various African tribes within South Africa ( which was as you asserted a colonial nation) from slaughtering each other with Gay abandon.

While it can be argued that the system was racist, unfair and arbitrary, it significantly cut down on the racial/tribal violence which increased sharply as apartheid was removed. it settled down for a while but is climbing again, now with Whites as the oppressed victim class ( but why should we care about them)

1) there was a sign encouraging you not to swipe or get glue on your card and that

2) the emergency exit door was open so you could either walk onto the platform or hop the turnstile to still access the train

The protesters left you with a choice: become a fare evader (supporting the protest) or leave. But they didn’t stop access to the subway as a utility.

I see a lot of outrage in the comments about inconveniencing people on their commute home but consider whose commute under “normal” circumstances – under police surveillance – are inconvenienced by police.

Are you upset because you’re not someone who usually has to think about if you’ll be singled out for doing the same thing as everyone else?

Did the protests make you experience the thing that, oh, they were protesting against?

Hey, then they worked.

And if you don’t like it, well, the next subway stop is 5 blocks away. How convenient for you that this impediment was a one day, one stop friction in your life and not a constant threat.

Now you’re right, subways cost money to run, and the fares are there for a reason. But what people are really protesting here is what the MTA did in response to the fare jumpers.

They hired cops to literally just…stand around and watch the stiles, costing the city MORE money than if they just reversed the fare hike. New Yorkers are furious because there’s clearly money to pay for these extra cops, but apparently not for maintaining the trains.

But the haven’t “Spent” 250 M on the cops, nor did they “Have” 250 M.

They have elected to budget that money over the next 4 years because they claimed they needed an increase of .75 instead they are getting 0.

The article pointed to in the arguments states that the expectation is that the enforcement efforts of the officers will yield an increase of about 200M, so they are ( by their own math mind you) only adding a burden of 59M over 4 years to their budget.