Posts by LevZadov@kolektiva.social
(DIR) Post #AWv8DApzQx5yFC0mK8 by LevZadov@kolektiva.social
2023-06-21T15:40:23Z
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@lowqualityfacts "Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." -- Terry Pratchett, *Jingo*
(DIR) Post #AXAWIUBAjrIqnB0N4S by LevZadov@kolektiva.social
2023-06-28T08:10:16Z
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@Kels_316 @geordie Try DuckDuckGo. Works for me.
(DIR) Post #AY5hKH4aKpZStP58ee by LevZadov@kolektiva.social
2023-07-26T15:53:01Z
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@tante See:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2763325-the-luddites
(DIR) Post #AYyaHmgLENxXS75fii by LevZadov@kolektiva.social
2023-08-22T03:23:20Z
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@eliptic @rifter terf blocked
(DIR) Post #AZxZOxL3DpVGtZTSJE by LevZadov@kolektiva.social
2023-09-19T22:21:32Z
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@dangoodin See:(thread)https://kolektiva.social/@LevZadov/111093265742209906
(DIR) Post #AZxZXYzv5dtU0fh7Vg by LevZadov@kolektiva.social
2023-09-19T22:47:36Z
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@dangoodin What do you mean by "once again"? This is the first time I ever heard from you or, for that matter, even know you existed.I'm not debating Twitter vs Mastodon. It's a false dichotomy. Both have faults. Both their faults can be overcome, worked around, and/or detourned.I am not "giving life support to a a platform that welcomes, encourages and even pays for far-right extremism" any more than I am by living, shopping, and paying rent in America, which does pretty much all of those things, and at a scale that makes Twitter look tiny. On the contrary, I'm fighting back by hijacking Twitter's bandwidth to spread anarchist propaganda.https://kolektiva.social/@LevZadov/111009012592176115
(DIR) Post #AZxZXaaTBEiywJnp7Q by LevZadov@kolektiva.social
2023-09-20T02:40:07Z
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@dangoodin The word "support" has a specific meaning. It means provide material assistance. The Red Ball Express supported Patton's tank army by supplying it with gasoline. The foundation on which it rests supports the building you live in. Mammals support their offspring with milk and training. Donors support political campaigns with monetary contributions. And so on.I do *not* support Twitter. Twitter doesn't get one dime from me. If you say otherwise, you're lying. Please stop.
(DIR) Post #Aa5AHPImEGBGdKSW6C by LevZadov@kolektiva.social
2023-09-24T02:04:13Z
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@luckytran If there's one thing #COVID has taught us, it's that Americans are staggeringly selfish. Not just like your meat-and-potatoes "don't want to share" selfish. Total apocalyptic "I will let you die rather than inconvenience myself" selfish.
(DIR) Post #AcYwuAP3yHLiUhdTou by LevZadov@kolektiva.social
2023-12-07T10:01:38Z
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@w3c I fail to understand how running away from fascists in any way, shape, or form, furthers the anti-fascist agenda.
(DIR) Post #AdYxRr5MdgqTQ5hQEy by LevZadov@kolektiva.social
2024-01-04T21:20:43Z
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@msbellows @futurebird As an anarchist, I don't take sides in wars between nation states. No war but the Class War. Neither Ukraine nor Russia have the right to even exist, let alone kill each other's citizens. States do not exist by right, but by force of arms. This is true of *all* states, your own included. I can't help but notice, though, that as far as the Russians are concerned, the "Ukrainian" land they hold now *is* Russia. It was annexed 1783, sixty two years before the US annexed Texas.
(DIR) Post #AdYxRsfYkbOOKddqIS by LevZadov@kolektiva.social
2024-01-04T23:14:09Z
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@futurebird @msbellows If being against war makes one a troll, what does that that make warmongers? Have we not yet had our fill of proxy wars between competing empires? If not, what's that make us?This is not a moral issue. It's a pragmatic one. Ukraine will run out of cannon fodder long before Russia does. Ergo, Ukraine's loss of this war is inevitable, so every death it spawns is a futile, useless, avoidable atrocity. I don't care who started it. I don't care who's fault it is. It's a war, so I'm against it. I'm against *all* wars. I didn't even fight in Vietnam, despite being formally invited. Do you think I should have? Why? What would I have gained besides PTSD and blood on my hands? Only the Industrial Complex gains from war. Like Country Joe said those many years ago, there's plenty good money to be made supplying the tools of the trade. If we the people let it, America will fight Russia to the last Ukrainian. Even more blood will be on American hands, as if there wasn't enough already. Spoiler: There's more than enough already. We're a bloodthirsty people. If it wasn't for genocide there wouldn't even *be* an America. It's far past time that we cleaned up our act.War doesn't decide who's right, only who's left. All wars are civil wars. War is evil. Stop this war now. Stop *all* wars now. There is no excuse for the flower of either side's youth being fed into this ghastly meat grinder. It's WWI redux. Neither side can win but Ukraine can lose. A look at the map, and not the propaganda we're fed on TV, shows clearly that Ukraine is already losing. In any stalemate, the side with the most reserves wins. In this case, that's Russia. Right or wrong, love it or hate it, Russia holds the winning hand. Russians are not our enemy. They're more like us than we are. It is Putin who is our enemy. He's their enemy, too, but only Russians themselves can bring him down. The West can't do it. To try, even by proxy, is a waste of blood and treasure, and only strengthens his hand. He's an evil man. Strengthening him is immoral."Rule 1, on page 1 of the book of war, is: 'Do not march on Moscow'. Various people have tried it, Napoleon and Hitler, and it is no good." -- Bernard Montgomery
(DIR) Post #AdYxRuCZ3NO55I5iNc by LevZadov@kolektiva.social
2024-01-05T16:34:10Z
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@accretionist @futurebird @msbellows (1.) An ad hominem is not a rebuttal. It's a way of showing that the speaker is out of ammo. It is also a way to change the subject. War is the subject, not me. Please try to stay on topic. Thanks in advance.(2.) I don't care about who started it. I don't care whose fault it is. I care that it ends ASAP, before any more cannon fodder die unnecessary deaths. That's what I'm talking about. You're talking about prolonging the slaughter. Why? How is that of any benefit to you, or your family, or any one else that you care about, especially the poor, long suffering, Ukrainian people? Not a rhetorical question. Be specific.(3.) I did not absolve Russia of blame. That's factually incorrect, in addition to being a blatant ad hominem. Russia (the state, not the people) is as guilty as NATO. The two are fighting a proxy war in Ukrainians' front yards. How would you like it if two of the worlds biggest hegemons fought a bloody proxy war in your front yard? Koreans have a saying, when whales fight, a shrimp's back is broken. If any people on earth know that, it's Koreans. "We burned down every town in North Korea... we killed off twenty percent of the population" -- US General Curtis LeMayThere's a saying in French, "Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose." It means something along the lines of déjà vu."History does not repeat itself, but it rhymes." -- Mark Twain (attributed)Nowadays Ukraine, Palestine, Sudan, Myanmar, Syria, Jammu and Kashmir join the list of brokeback shrimp. These bloodbaths won't stop until we, the people of Earth, force them to stop, by any means necessary.(3.) The ultimate blame lies with nationalism. It's a form of mental disorder at complete odds with reality. In reality, countries come and go. Only the Earth abides. For details, see:Countries That No Longer Existhttps://www.thoughtco.com/missing-countries-1435425"When we have undermined the patriotic lie, we shall have cleared the path for the great structure where all shall be united into a universal brotherhood, a truly free society." -- Emma Goldman(4.) Edwin Starr said it better than I can. Half a century later he's still right, it's still true, and it's more relevant than ever. "War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing."For the rest of the lyrics, see:https://www.songfacts.com/lyrics/edwin-starr/warBetter still, listen to the original:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQHUAJTZqF0&t=9s
(DIR) Post #AdYxRvuufySMP7qe92 by LevZadov@kolektiva.social
2024-01-05T17:10:28Z
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@accretionist @futurebird @msbellows (1.) "I got this far and i stopped reading"? So the doesn't even know what I said. So he has a lot of gall criticize it?(2.) Who started it, and whose fault it is, is *not* the deciding factor. The deciding factor is how much cannon fodder has to die before it ends. (3.) An ad hominem is not a rebuttal. It's proof that the speaker is out of ammo.(4.) "you lack coherency or you are being purposefully deceitful," etc.I'm here for civil discourse. When people instead insult me, I block them. @accretionist is blocked for rudeness.