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Cake day: June 29th, 2023

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  • Personally, I was in the same situation as you a few years ago. I was in complete despair, burned out by the sheer pressure of the ever changing political landscape, always slipping bit by bit closer to fascism. Thankfully, a friend pulled me out of it by making me engage with local political organizations. I joined a marxist group, read a lot on political theory and on history. Only then I realized that what I was fearing the most was the unpredictable. But it doesn’t have to be like that. The more I expanded my knowledge in terms of history, economics, and politics, the more I felt like I at least knew what to expect, that I was somewhat in control of my fear. Don’t get me wrong, I still dread the future, but all that I can say now is that at least I now somewhat know what the future brings. And while my outlook still stays bleak, having an understanding of what’s happening around you lets you have a more rational and hands down approach towards your fears. Also, engaging politically at a local level helps a lot too. You can make an impact and see things changing for the better at least in your direct vicinity.






  • Yeah. They’re settlers. That’s what I was pointing out. This has nothing to do with antisemitism. And there’s a discussion to be had about settlers, repaying their debt to the people they’ve wronged and colonized over decades, and so on and so forth. I come from jewish descent myself. I have no connection to Palestine. Jewish Israelis from Europe are settlers, despite their claims of having a connection to the land, in contrast to jewish Israelis originally from Palestine. This is the difference I’m trying to point out. This doesn’t mean that I support the mass expulsion of any people. But again, this is a nationalist issue not “antisemitism”. Not that nationalism is okay anyway. Just stop watering down the meaning of antisemitism just because it doesn’t fit into Israel’s whims.




  • While it is a lunatic statement, it isn’t antisemitic. It’s only antisemitic if it applies to jewish Palestinians that have a connection to the land. The jewish Israelis of European descent aren’t connected to the land. Thus, this isn’t antisemitic. But I do agree that it is a lunatic statement anyway.

    EDIT: What I’m trying to say is that this is a nationalist stance not an antisemitic one. Those expecting all Israelis to leave like that aren’t doing so because they’re jews but because they’re settlers. This is however, if you lack the reading comprehension, a position I haven’t even claimed to support, but on the contrary, I even condemned it. What I am doing here is pointing out that not everything that relates to Israel has to boil down to antisemitism. That’s a braindead position










  • The real issues pressing western democracies right now. No need to deal with the housing crisis, rising inflation, diminishing quality of life, inaccessible healthcare, widening gap between the poor and the rich (systemic wealth inequality,) and so on. The real issues are trans people, porn, and other pointless discussions. They’ll have you fight a culture war so you don’t fight a class war, and in doing so they’ll tighten your shackles even more while you’re distracted.