Tormato [none/use name]@hexbear.net to politics@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month agoUncle Thomas quoted in Zohran's latest speechhexbear.netimagemessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squareDimmer06 [he/him,comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-21 month agoYeah anything from a politician that isn’t “you need to get up and organize your coworkers and neighbors if you want even ten percent of my platform” is opportunism at best
minus-squareLussy [any, hy/hym]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoIf you want collectivism, do a rugged individualism and pull yourself up by the bootstraps
minus-squareFunkyStuff [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoDem entryism isn’t collectivism either.
minus-squareLussy [any, hy/hym]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoThe comment was tongue in cheek, not a retort. But I’m not sure why you think I’m a dem entryist
minus-squareFunkyStuff [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoSorry, I just took it as a retort. I don’t think that now, I just thought my position was being dismissed as rugged individualism with red paint.
minus-squareLussy [any, hy/hym]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoMy bad, that’s not what I meant
minus-squareLENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoI dont think that’s what he was saying.
minus-squareLeninWeave [none/use name, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 month ago If you want collectivism, do a rugged individualism and pull yourself up by the bootstraps That user: Popular programs will not be allowed by the establishment, that’s why we need a labor movement to compel concessions using strikes as leverage. You, apparently: This is rugged individualism. I’m seriously confused. It’s possible your comment was ironic and I’m misreading it.
minus-squareSphere [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-21 month agoI think it’s an ironic restating of the position the previous person was presenting, but not necessarily contradictory
Yeah anything from a politician that isn’t “you need to get up and organize your coworkers and neighbors if you want even ten percent of my platform” is opportunism at best
If you want collectivism, do a rugged individualism and pull yourself up by the bootstraps
Dem entryism isn’t collectivism either.
The comment was tongue in cheek, not a retort.
But I’m not sure why you think I’m a dem entryist
Sorry, I just took it as a retort. I don’t think that now, I just thought my position was being dismissed as rugged individualism with red paint.
My bad, that’s not what I meant
I dont think that’s what he was saying.
That user:
You, apparently:
I’m seriously confused. It’s possible your comment was ironic and I’m misreading it.
I think it’s an ironic restating of the position the previous person was presenting, but not necessarily contradictory
Yeah, this.