Melonius [he/him]

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Cake day: July 24th, 2023

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  • I am painted as unrealistic

    This shit gets me. I get called “too idealistic” and my response is what does that even mean? I think it’s too idealistic for the few to benefit from the work of the many. Seems unsustainable which fits right in to the definitions of idealistic. I think it’s idealistic for the Dems to expect a vote when they can’t give even token concessions. “Unrealistic” get the fuck out of here 70 years ago we’d be blowing ourselves up in a world war for some crusty declining nobles (and soon we might be told to do it again!) now we watch complete strangers appear to entertain us for 30 seconds and evaporate forever on tiktok wtf do we know about realistic.

    This hollow “community” of Democrats will happily cannibalize anyone without a second thought. The least I expect from my lib friends is to vote third party or shut up. Capitalism is a disease. Thanks for ranting so I could rant too


  • A lot of men are misdirected to “misandry” partly because the media use of patriarchy does not address the pressures that men face in this system. Bell hooks really covers it better than I can, but a lot of men in the west have been raised to be big strong emotionless mean men, and to not conform to that mold can mean being lower on the ladder or social ostracizing in some of the nastier social/work circles. It is poisonous for them - they get more money and more treats in exchange for their dehumanized and emotionally stunted existence. Even beyond just acknowledging that its fucked up to exploit people, men have justified grievances against patriarchy that outweigh the material benefits they garner. If that understanding was better attached to the word “patriarchy” I think it would filter out the redeemable people from the “misandry” believer bucket.






  • This is a great video that compresses a lot of complex ideas into a single hour. It’s pretty easy to get people to understand capitalism creates so much suffering and ecological damage. Then those same people seem incapable of digesting the contradictions in imperialism and resort to saying this is the best system we have, criticize AES, gillions killed by communism, it can’t work because my narrow world view is reality. Venting a little bit it’s frustrating that these people want marvel brained solutions to complex situations, or aren’t interested in a solution at all and are just practicing their tactics for the next reich debate club

    Also loved the dunking on zizek