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LibertyLizard

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2h ago

TAKE THAT LOOSERS AND CRYBABIES!!11!!1!!
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LibertyLizard @slrpnk.net 2h ago

Photo allows them to ID you more easily. No photo would be a step away from the papers please society we live in today, even if it's not all the way there.
This you? https://thenib.com/mister-gotcha/

2h ago

TAKE THAT LOOSERS AND CRYBABIES!!11!!1!!

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LibertyLizard @slrpnk.net 2h ago

Because their primary purpose is to allow the state to surveil you. Which I don't think is good.

10h ago

TIL that for the average price of a car in the US, you could buy 5 cars in China

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LibertyLizard @slrpnk.net 10h ago

Yeah I mean I'm known to meme about banning cars but keep in mind we're talking about in cities. We know you will need them in some areas.

12h ago

This is why the forest service was kneecapped.

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LibertyLizard @slrpnk.net 12h ago

Not really there's a reason lithium is still used. Other battery chemistries have other drawbacks beyond longevity.

12h ago

Forests precede civilisations, and deserts follow them.

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LibertyLizard @slrpnk.net 12h ago

There are still some dry forest areas there today, mainly in the mountains. Can be tough to interpret historical texts because they often refer to only one location which may not even be totally certain.

But if this is true it's quite interesting.

12h ago

TIL that for the average price of a car in the US, you could buy 5 cars in China

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LibertyLizard @slrpnk.net 12h ago

Maybe someday it will be possible but yeah rural areas probably need cars.

Although in parts of Europe they have pretty great bike path networks in the rural areas too. Might replace some trips to the neighbors or closer destinations.

12h ago

TIL that for the average price of a car in the US, you could buy 5 cars in China

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LibertyLizard @slrpnk.net 12h ago

Wow they really are turning communist after all!

12h ago

TAKE THAT LOOSERS AND CRYBABIES!!11!!1!!

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LibertyLizard @slrpnk.net 12h ago

I'm down. But only because the ID won't have my photo on it anymore. Down with photo IDs.

12h ago

little take

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LibertyLizard @slrpnk.net 12h ago

I guess we're gonna find out soon enough.

1d ago

arachno-communism

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LibertyLizard @slrpnk.net 1d ago

Is the circle A also for arachnist?

1d ago

Got banned for this elsewhere

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LibertyLizard @slrpnk.net 1d ago

Respect for autonomy and worker's rights is important. Cuba does well in some metrics and very poorly on others. For example, few people know that they have one of the highest rates of incarceration of any country on earth. That's not a sign of some socialist paradise, whatever other achievements they might have.

But I would generally look at an array of metrics but political freedoms are an important component, especially when we're discussing government since unlike other metrics it's totally within their power to control.

1d ago

Attempted Trump assassin Cole Allen may have been a "radical centrist" terrorist who called pro-Palestinian protestors "functionally speaking, Republicans"

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LibertyLizard @slrpnk.net 1d ago

Using republican as an insult doesn't sound very centrist. This is more like blue MAGA behavior I'd say.

1d ago

arachno-communism

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LibertyLizard @slrpnk.net 1d ago

Bro calls himself an anarchist but refers to animals as his minions? Smh

1d ago

Got banned for this elsewhere

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LibertyLizard @slrpnk.net 1d ago

Yes, the issue is with single party states because in such states, the party and the state are basically synonymous. Insofar as a party is a voluntary organization, it's fine to set standards for ideological unity. But once those standards become a requirement to access political power, your state is functionally no longer democratic.

And sure, there are other one party states, and they're also bad. But I'm criticizing the Cuban government specifically because it has more defenders on Lemmy than those states do. Just look at how many angry comments I got.

1d ago

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LibertyLizard @slrpnk.net 1d ago

It's very clearly modeled after the government of the USSR, which was created by the Bolsheviks. I've seriously never heard anyone claim otherwise so maybe you can elaborate on whatever the hell you are talking about.

1d ago

Got banned for this elsewhere

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LibertyLizard @slrpnk.net 1d ago

I get it and that sucks. But minor concessions are a lot better than being executed. In the west at least we can openly organize and agitate for better conditions. There is some repression but it could be a lot worse.

I don't think Trump has completely succeeded in rolling back lgbtq rights nor will he any time soon. A few decades ago being trans meant being a virtual social outcast. Today lots of trans and other queer people are well integrated into society, even if prejudice still exists. It's a bad time right now because things are backsliding but this will pass and people are still organizing and pushing things forward, and I believe that momentum will eventually overcome the current repression. Keep fighting the good fight. I think voting against fascism is wise but the anarchists are right that we need to do a lot more than that too.

1d ago

Got banned for this elsewhere

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LibertyLizard @slrpnk.net 1d ago

Not really though. There are many political organizations who openly seek to overthrow the ruling class in the US. They do face some repression but they still exist and can organize openly and enact political actions, even illegal ones in some cases, though with Trump this is becoming more difficult. Organizing itself is not outright illegal the way they are in totalitarian states. However due the systematic forces that keep such alternatives from succeeding are what makes it authoritarian, among other things.

I'll have to look more into what you're saying about the party. I do not believe this is correct and I believe the party enforces far more ideological constraints on its members than the US government does but I will confirm this. If they all have the same ideology then they're only different on paper.

1d ago

Got banned for this elsewhere

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LibertyLizard @slrpnk.net 1d ago

I understand and sympathize with anarchist positions and hope a stateless society can be achieved someday. But I don't think acknowledging that states are harmful means we need to accept that they are equally harmful. And the Cuban form of government is a particularly bad one.

1d ago

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LibertyLizard @slrpnk.net 1d ago

It's a party but not a party? Now you're not making sense.

Totalitarian means virtually all political power flows through a single entity, typically the national government. Other sources of independent organizing are harshly repressed to the extent that they must be organized in secret or maintain an appearance of being apolitical.

I would consider the US authoritarian but not totalitarian. Too many countries in Europe to speak to them.

1d ago

Got banned for this elsewhere

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LibertyLizard @slrpnk.net 1d ago

I see, I didn't notice you weren't OP.

Requiring the party's approval is only a small step from them selecting the candidates though. Since they can simply refuse to approve any competing candidates.

Or since Cuba has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world, simply arrest them.