My aesthetic is sophisticated punk

Maverick. He/him transmasc punk. The movement inspires me, but as I am yet rather uneducated, i may make some errors. I believe in a society where human life, liberty, and happiness is valued above that of wealth.

[kropotkindersurprise]

1969 -  A rare look at an early version of the international dance of the riot cop. As you can see the technique is still quite clumsy. Battle of the Bogside. Derry, Northern Ireland [video]

[castledock]

“thrift stores in my area don’t sell punk/goth clothes” YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT PUNK/GOTH YOURSELF. GET OUT OF THE MINDSET THAT ALT FASHION IS JUST PRE-MADE WAITING FOR YOU ON A SHELF. BUY THAT “WORLD’S BEST GRANDMA” SHIRT AND CUT IT UP FOR PATCHES AT LEAST!! MAKE IT YOUR OWN!!!!!! FUCK

[lagonegirl]

Of course you don’t. Free college might hinder the school-to-prison pipeline your  prison owning donors depend on

[hickeywiththegoodhair]

👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆

[fonzworthcutlass]

welp;

[holyromanhomo]

Actual quote, in context:

“I believe that we should make community college free. We should have debt-free college if you got to a public college or university. You should not have to borrow a dime to pay tuition… I disagree with free college for everybody. I don’t think taxpayers should be paying to send Donald Trump’s kids to college.“ [video link]

Don’t spread misinformation just to fit a narrative, Clinton is advocating for there to be a cap on who gets free college so that the government doesn’t have to subsidize the education of people with enough disposable income to pay for it themselves. The plan she’s proposing would have a better chance of being passed, is more cost-effective, and still opens up higher education to low-income individuals who previously couldn’t afford it. 

[loseremo]

the op lagonegirl literally ended up being a russian psyop im losing my mind

[justaphage]

Reblogging this as an example of what the Russian interference here on tumblr was. I have seen some people in the past days casting doubts on Tumblr because the blogs that were banned had social justice content. 

But that was the point exactly. They posted some real things and a lot of half-truths that would appeal to the kind of politics on here and therefore spread disinformation to discourage us from participating in stopping Trump through the only option we had. I’m glad tumblr left these posts up so we could see for ourselves. 

I don’t know if it actually worked on anyone, I hope we all remember to check our sources before making our decisions, but life is short and maybe some people didn’t.  There are plenty of real social justice blogs available still, so I hope we will follow those instead.

[geekandmisandry]

Reblogging this now. Because some of you think that a leftist space can be trusted. They can’t. Lagonegirl posted content that had nothing to do with politics, it made her seem like a real person.

She was not. There were SO many posts by her that got big numbers and most of them were fine. That was an illusion so that when she posted things like this it might not click like it would if it were loudly pro- Trump.

You see a blog that is leftist but only critical of the more “safe bet” cookie cutter candidate and has very little to say about the obviously right wing, objectively worse for everything you stand for candidate?

Be on guard.

[i-am-a-fish]

I think work should be fun and also less often and should pay more. and I've held this belief for a long time

[kevlarii]

Misanthropic environmentalism

Middle-upper class Western urbanites often develop apparently strong feelings regarding environmental exploitation and destruction. The problem often emerges as soon as extremely idealised views of nature and extremised concepts of the anthropic influence on the environment emerge. The truth is that there are vast swathes of land that have been largely anthropized for centuries, if not millennia.  Hydrogeological balance, control of pests and hunting all sorts of invasive species, prevention of fires, etc. This are all things humans CAN do, and in agrarian communities these things have been done for centuries. In addition to this, since obviously nature has no political voice, these people are the only ones who can correctly and introspectively advocate for the nature that surrounds us. The concept of degrowth in its environmental declinations, or the idea that nature is innately self-balancing and that all human presence is a hysterical, bourgeois idea that conceals the disguised loathing that urbanites harbour for agrarian communities and their ability to live in actual communion with nature beyond all middle-upper class fanfares; it is indeed a way of life that has no need for soy latte, transatlantic avocado trade, and the unnatural concoctions of a vegan diet - it is a way of life that does not shy away from hard labour (unlike urbanites), from making hard decisions such as slaughtering animals, and from a truly spiritual relationship with nature. Hence, be very wary of those who apparently espouse absolutist, idealised views of nature, and who often barely conceal misanthropic hatred. These are childish, bourgeois individuals who have never lived in contact with nature - they only conceive nature through their sentimentalistic, fetishised, surreal distortions of it.

[kevlarii]

Quite often it is precisely the destruction or removal of these communities that leads to vast environmental damage or irreversible alteration of the local biodiversity. Practices are lost; know-how is dispersed; social capital eradicated. True love of nature implies the understanding that the part must give way to the whole, the only process that can allow for rejuvenation, cyclical regrowth, and balance (thus, hunting; thus, fire trenches; thus, controlled logging).

[kevlarii]

If you have ever been in a formerly cultivated area which has been abandoned for a while, you can really feel this forlornness of the landscape. A millstone laying by a creek, bereft of its gears. A set of stairs leading to it, forgotten by all. Fenced kitchen gardens invaded by weeds. Smashed doors and ruins of stone walls. The people who for generations flourished on that land, kept it teeming with labour, sweat, tears, and laughter - gone. And you can almost hear the silent weeping of the land, if you listen closely. Where are those who rooted out my weeds? Where are those who drank from my creeks? Where are those who watered crops and ran the mills? Where are those who checked pests and tended to me? And the silence is deafening.

[lazarusemma]

the subway is an angel and they've plastered ads all over her

[lazarusemma]

things that are part of the subway angel: tunnels & trains & tracks, commuters & tourists & buskers, rats & pigeons, graffiti & poems & sculptures & mosaics, signage & lights, beams & poles & high ceilings & echoes

things that are not part of the subway angel: advertisements, cops

[duchessvongooseberg]

THE TURNSTILES ARE ALSO NOT PART OF THE SUBWAY ANGEL. SHE WANTS TO SEE YOU. SHE DOESN'T CARE IF YOU HAVE MONEY. SHE JUST LOVES YOU

[theculturedmarxist]

>Sure, Biden might be committing genocide, but what do you expect us to do about it?

<Don't give the party committing genocide your vote until they stop committing genocide.

>What, and just let Trump win? They told us he wants to commit genocide!

[righteousfuryand6cansofmonster]

And what do you think trump is gonna do? What do you think ANY politician is gonna do? You think presidents make these choices, like picking out a goddamn tie?

America is an institution and the president is the face. A talking head if you will. Anyone that can get a majority vote will be strong armed into a pro-israeli stance. Im however gonna stick with the party that doesnt want to molest me out of being transgender

[mithli-archive]

[righteousfuryand6cansofmonster]

Cool internet post, now how do you propose we establish this in the real world?

[vang0bus]

sorry but i want to hit every american talking about not wanting to vote democrat anymore with hammers. lol

[vang0bus]

yes the democratic party also sucks but you know what sucks more? republicans winning elections because the left is too idealistic to vote. fuck you. not only would that have massive repercussions on human rights and just about every social issue in your country but it influences international politics too dipshit!! a far right government in the us is bad for the whole world!! i dont care that you dont like liberals you dont have to like them just fucking vote for the party that doesnt want poc and queer people dead. yes even if they have shit stances on things like israel. because its better than having a republican government. fucks sake

[vang0bus]

i just. i want to grip these people by the shoulders and shake them. i dont care that you dont like biden. i dont like biden. but if your other options are trump and desantis you have a moral obligation to vote for the guy that isnt trump or desantis. abstaining wont get you a better government that doesnt contribute to genocide itll get you a far right government that contributes to genocide even harder

[dhaaruni]

[typhlonectes]

[digital-magus]

The left never radicalized, the center has just been dragged further and further right until we became radical by not moving.

[90377-sedna]

When I was 10 I asked my dad to explain politics to me and when he was done with his shockingly nuanced description of the American bipartisan system he asked me how I would structure the government if it was up to me. I described a world where everyone was paid what they needed, had a house, and enough food. He said, "Void-juice that's great, but you should know most people call that communism".

[righteousfuryand6cansofmonster]

Friendly reminder: the second inquiry into the 1972 Bloody Sunday deaths of 14 unarmed men merely declared them posthumously innocent. It did NOT charge their murderers, who still walk free.

[righteousfuryand6cansofmonster]

The only bad thing the pIRA ever did was leave thatcher alive

[prole-log]

[workingclasshistory]

On this day, 14 March 1879, legendary physicist Albert Einstein was born in Germany. While most famous for his scientific theories which have changed the world, Einstein was also a socialist, and in 1949 wrote a devastating short critique of the capitalist system and its inherent flaws which was published in Monthly Review. In it, he argues: “Production is carried on for profit, not for use. There is no provision that all those able and willing to work will always be in a position to find employment; an “army of unemployed” almost always exists. The worker is constantly in fear of losing his (sic) job. Since unemployed and poorly paid workers do not provide a profitable market, the production of consumers’ goods is restricted, and great hardship is the consequence. Technological progress frequently results in more unemployment rather than in an easing of the burden of work for all. The profit motive, in conjunction with competition among capitalists, is responsible for an instability in the accumulation and utilisation of capital which leads to increasingly severe depressions. Unlimited competition leads to a huge waste of labour, and to that crippling of the social consciousness of individuals which I mentioned before. “This crippling of individuals I consider the worst evil of capitalism. Our whole educational system suffers from this evil. An exaggerated competitive attitude is inculcated into the student, who is trained to worship acquisitive success as a preparation for his future career. “I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy, accompanied by an educational system which would be oriented toward social goals.” More: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8591/birth-of-albert-einstein https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.1819457841572691/2230476593804145/?type=3

[hamletthedane]

Americans: If anybody is telling you not to vote or to not vote Democrat on tumblr in the next few weeks, just assume they’re bots trying to throw the election.

register to vote

[hamletthedane]

I remember I made a Go Vote! post during the last election, and it had about a thousand comments from well-established blogs telling me my post was “stupid centrist bullshit” or “the typical Democrat response - you can’t fight fascism just by voting.” When the list of Russian bots was revealed, I discovered 90%+ of those comments were from election interference bots. They looked and spoke like real users and made compelling points, but they were trying to ensure the far-right would take the election.

The chances are fairly high that tumblr will again be infiltrated by people trying to throw the election. I’m sure this time it will look like a lot of “I went and voted but we still got Biden” or “Biden secretly changed the student debt relief plan! He’s no better than the GOP!” (incidentally: this is not true, or at least it’s a VERY poor framing of what happened).

Even if the person saying that kind of stuff isn’t a bot, they may be consuming and spreading interference propaganda.

Stay vigilant, check sources, don’t believe the framing of issues by random tumblr blogs, and again: register to vote

[jhscdood]

anyone who tries to tell you that voting is pointless is TRYING TO SUPPRESS YOUR VOTE

[noctumsolis]

There was literally a huge Russian psyop on this site doing that before. We all got emails from tumblr telling us about it later. This is a thing that actually happened not long ago.

You are not immune to psyops

[blogquantumreality]

Look at Russia: the system has been so rigged by Putin and his cronies precisely because they've created the fiction that it doesn't matter since United Russia will obviously win - and even actual videos of ballot-box stuffing have failed to raise enough national outrage to force true reforms.

People telling you not to vote in an actual democratic country have a vested interest in creating a system whereby fake votes decide real elections.

So vote!

[twonshawn]

food for thought