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Joined September 2018
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philosophical IVE: therefore I am
philosophical IVE: what's after life?
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the effect of 10 years of growth of socialism in the United States is largely a massively invigorated *liberalism*—one grounded in the socialist & populist critique of neoliberalism. now if you’re a socialist, that might seem annoying. and it is. but that’s just dialectics baby.
WE ARE PROUD TO SAY THAT WE ARE LIBERAL.
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philosophical IVE: what's after life?
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the stuff coming out of the newjeans contract leak is distressing, and yet I think a lot of us knew intuitively that these details are what goes on behind the scenes in general, and that govt oversight on kpop contracts is not taken seriously. govt needs to tighten up on this
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only good things can come from these entertainment companies being regulated by the state but it is not going to do that by itself for fear of political retribution from lobbies or of curbing their own soft power
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it has to come from a popular pressure, which sadly seems to require some exceedingly awful, public-facing human disaster - the details of the industry being public knowledge isn't enough and mostly just has individuals pointing fingers at each other for "consuming wrong"
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kinda disappointed with heart of woman's new ep... melt is nice and glow is sort of interesting, found everything else a bit tedious to get through
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there's some very daft punk elements in this title track, which is cool, but I wish it didn't end like that. the bside, on the other hand, works fine entering and exiting in 2:15! open.spotify.com/track/7KqEW…
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obviously, last night was a blip on the radar compared to the scale of anti capitalism and anti imperialism. the "real" US left is still narrow, shallow, and timid. the fight to reverse the dire exacerbation of transphobia, islamophobia, and more is only at a new starting line 🧵
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the political class and electorate of this new, progressive, nominally "socialist" movement is going to face its most important test yet now, and I don't think they're serious enough or prepared enough. my expectations are not high that much that ought to be done will be done
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but hopefully, at the very least, as much pain as possible is spared for at least the next 4-6 years while the bigger wheel of history turns. oh, and we get to watch some of the most pathetic losers ever invented squirm for a while
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lily was shocked that haely’s rolling in the deep cover gained so much attention bc it was a spontaneous cover that they didnt even practice… SEE WHEN URE THEEEE VOCAL DUO
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good morning. libbing out is now OVER. however, revelling in the abject failure of the new right is JUST BEGINNING
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adore this fit and hair
orange wolfjjyu 🧡
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streets are saying blississippi and blouisiana are technically on the table... it's gonna be close
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one down, but this state being within 2 points is wild. that was a 22 point margin for trump 2 years ago
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