If wanting to receive basic human rights (food, housing, etc.), attend education without being discriminated against for my income and mental condition, control my workplace, earn the full value of my wages, have a government actually controlled by the people, all while being politically educated in past socialist movements and their theory to achieve all these things, then I’m sure as hell am a tankie, and I don’t care what online liberals say.
Capitalist realism. Human society has always been able to solve its problems. The issue is capitalism — our current society — can’t solve the problems it created like massive wars, hunger, regular economic crisis, and global warming.
Capitalism hasn’t existed forever, and it won’t exist in the future. Our civilization will solve the problem of capitalism by seeing to its abolition.
A new logic board costs as much as a new computer. Hard drives are impossible to replace, RAM upgrades are hard, and even opening a Mac or iPhone voids your warranty. Not to mention all their nonsense with macOS upgrade requirements, batteries, and so on.
In certain cases with certain issues. Keep in mind that your link also contains a long list of “obsolete and vintage” products which they refuse to fully repair if at all.
Are you a 'tankie'
I keep seeing this instance is overrun with tankies so hey, lets do an informal survey like I’ve seen on hexbear...
What is/was your distrohopping journey?
For me it was:...
Western Zionists vs. Israeli Zionists (lemmy.ml)
What is the most unhinged conspiracy theory?
75th Anniversary of NATO; No to your wars of terror and plunder! (redphoenixnews.com)
When Your Rulers Ignore Voters But Are Terrified Of Protesters, That Tells You Something (caitlinjohnstone.com.au)
Steam is now banned in Vietnam (www.eurogamer.net)
Sonnets for Revolution (wiki.leftypol.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/15320841...
What did you get told as a child that you realised was a lie as you got older?
“The cruelty is the point” of campus protest crackdowns (redphoenixnews.com)
Supreme Court refuses to defend constitutional right to organize (redphoenixnews.com)
In the show "3 Body Problem" (I haven't read the book) the statement was made **'our civilization is no longer capable of solving its own problems'**. Would you agree?
The show’s good btw…
Planned obsolescence shatters the myth of capitalist innovation (redphoenixnews.com)