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but like, on some level you realize that the critique you're making also condemns the current capitalist system, right? you realize that under capitalism, as it exists right now, rich bougie trust fund kids are goofing off and wasting their time on frivolous distractions while the majority of people have to work, and the products created by the working class are overwhelmingly being consumed by that bourgeoisie leisure class rather than the people who created it?

do you agree with me that this is a bad thing, and trust fund kids should have to get a job like everyone else does?

@siryouarebeingmocked

@syabm

What I am criticizing is that the socialist fantasy is to be that which they condemn. They all want to live a life of luxury and not have to worry about who makes the electricity, or picks up the trash.

i've criticized these people at lengths as well, and as I already pointed out, there's nothing really socialist about it. this strain of thought is completely detached from the actual historical theory or practice of socialism, as you yourself pointed out here:

I also find it silly that they think that a socialist/ communist type of system would be able to provide the life they desire. Even the propaganda slogans historically used by socialist movements have always focused on “workers of the world unite” or creating a “workers paradise” or even a “dictatorship of the proletariat”. But they don’t want to work, they desire a life of leisure.

Indeed! which is why, as an actual socialist, I have so much contempt for that strain of thought. you can search r/antiwork on my blog and find page after page of me arguing against those losers.

circling back to this:

I’m not criticizing anyone who can afford to not work. That’s basically the entire goal of anyone who wants to retire one day. And passing on your accumulated wealth and its luxury to your children is totally understandable. Some people get to that point differently than others.

certainly someone who worked hard and saved up all their life has earned a rest, but I think it gets more questionable when you talk about a spoiled brat who inherited daddy's money.

but let's take that further: what about several generations of people who don't have to work? not because their grandad worked really hard, but rather because they lucked into buying stock in ford motors on the ground floor? at what point do we say "actually maybe these people should get a job?"

The Evil Dead (1981)

Ruth Marten, “#66”

but like, on some level you realize that the critique you're making also condemns the current capitalist system, right? you realize that under capitalism, as it exists right now, rich bougie trust fund kids are goofing off and wasting their time on frivolous distractions while the majority of people have to work, and the products created by the working class are overwhelmingly being consumed by that bourgeoisie leisure class rather than the people who created it?

do you agree with me that this is a bad thing, and trust fund kids should have to get a job like everyone else does?

@siryouarebeingmocked

@syabm

South Africa at number 5

when you support the US military this is what you support

The following contains graphic imagery, but ive intentionally excluded anything directly depicting dead bodies. tumblr limits me to 10 images on this post or it could be flooded with far, far more.

prisoner comforting their child, Iraq, 2003

Iraqi prisoner held by the US, ~2003

destruction of Vietnam, 1968

A vietnamese soldier shortly before being executed. 1968

children with hydrocephalus from agent orange, which the USA sprayed 12 million gallons indiscriminately on to Vietnam

Korea, near pyongyang, completely flattened by US bombs, 1953

Libya after bombings by the US, ~2012

Do these not get to you? Can you see these and continue to defend the people doing their paperwork just because they didnt personally kill anyone? If they seem bad but you cant bring yourself to condemn them, What if i show you pictures from the US? Does this change anything for you?

U.S. (philidelphia), soon after the 1985 MOVE bombing which killed several Black radicals and 5 children

aftermath of the assassination of Fred Hampton, who was shot in his sleep by the FBI, 1969

If the first images flow by as anonymized destruction, but the last two hit you more directly, ask yourself why that is? Why do you view these differently just because of where on the globe they happened?

What difference does it make when the people killed are inside the US or outside? When the bombs are dropped domestically or elsewhere? do people not bleed to same everywhere in the world? Do their buildings not explode just the same? are the poisoned children not important to you?

its not just a nightmare when it happens within the US at the hands of the police. The U.S. is a global force of terror and even working with them as a janitor for college money makes you a collaborator.

The U.S. kills on a drastic scale, millions and millions of people globally, the vast majority of which being civilians. can you look me dead in the eyes and tell me that cops are bastards but military members shouldn't be shamed?