• traches@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        19 days ago

        Honest answer? When trump said “Take the guns away first, due process later.” I was a pretty big gun nut at the time and it felt like a slap in the face. Shortly afterwards I encountered a YouTube video that actually explained the science behind climate change in a way that made it obviously true and that I hadn’t encountered before. The conservative worldview is a house of cards, once you take out a couple the whole thing falls apart pretty quickly.

        Now I’m a very progressive atheist and more than a little ashamed of my former self. Still like guns, but I keep that to myself

  • Andy@slrpnk.net
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    21 days ago

    Probably Anarchy. Like, the political philosophy.

    Andrewism on YouTube is doing so much to make a compelling case for it. But it’s a real bummer when you get a group of anarchists together and go, ‘Damn, hanging out with these people makes me want to implement some rules and structure so we can get things done. This group is totally leaderless and directionless. I’m gonna go see what the socialists are up to.’

    It’s sad. In my experience, no one ruins anarchism more than anarchists.

    • cabbage@piefed.socialEnglish
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      20 days ago

      I feel like most self-proclaimed anarchists have very little interest in the political philosophy aspect of it. Which is a shame, because it’s really far better than its reputation.

  • Mango@lemmy.world
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    20 days ago

    Lemmy. There’s some good stuff here and also people who think you should die in a fire for being straight and white.