hello you, lucky me

1. Self rejection

2. Negative self-talk

3. Criticising others

4. Being a people pleaser

5.Fear of failure

6. Procrastination

7. Holding onto grudges

i think that’s why democrats and hollywood are so cozy. i mean, the democratic party has to soothe the consciences of a populace who understand, intuitively and because they see it reflected in material reality, that the basic ‘centrist’ untouchable axioms of capitalist society perpetuate issues that the democrats claim to want to put an end to. what better solution to that than trotting out beloved, well groomed millionaires to act concerned over individual issues and sometimes propose bandaid solutions to them

the right doesn’t really need such a propaganda machine because what they say makes perfect sense if you agree with the premises of capitalist society. the left is shut out of public discourse because since it disagrees with the premises of capitalism it cannot engage in ‘reasoned debate’ on its terms. you’re left with liberalism, which tries to use resentment towards capitalism as a way of defending capitalism itself by channeling energy into reformism on capital’s own terms

the reason why neonazis get publicity so easily is because they don’t actually say anything that isn’t already the logical conclusion of how society would like you to view things, and the only check on it comes from liberals whose only response can be “what you say is unacceptable because it goes too far” and never “what you say is in direct opposition to my beliefs”