ArjinFerman
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ArjinFerman
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4hr ago
Still refactoring. The content import seems to be working and is a lot cleaner now than it used to be. If all goes well it will even be able to serve all other content sources (Substack, Youtube, etc.) without further modification. I'm currently rewriting the frontend to work with the new data structure, and with any luck I won't be needing separate components for each source either.
I also took a small detour. The database grew a bit over the months and I started noticing the app isn't as fast as it used to be. Turned out that some things I thought I'm handling in bulk ended up being translated into individual queries, some indexes I could swear I set up weren't actually there, and I somehow slept through recursive queries, which I've been dreaming of having for a while, actually becoming available nearly a decade ago. Oh well.
ArjinFerman
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13hr ago
Yeah, I think I was all over the place. The "purge the crazies" bit applied to past conversations that got me here. I wasn't sure how much the YR situation applied originally, but now it seems pretty clear to be humor.
ArjinFerman
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13hr ago
I can understand going out of my way to police the shitposters on my side when the two sides have roughly the same values, mutual respect for one another, and are committed to having a rational conversation. In that case this sort of policing of my side to conduct itself in a way that is not offensive to you reaffirms our mutual respect, serves as tangible evidence that our values are mostly aligned, and helps ensure that the rational dialogue continues. But when:
- These gestures are not reciprocated
- When they are offeres by my side unilaterally, they are not interpreted as proof our values are aligned
- Rational dialogue is not only not happening, any attempt for my side to engage in it is met with coordinated efforts to shut it off
- It's not even clear whether anyone is actually offended by any of this, or if it's just a cynical ploy to disrupt coordination on my side
Why should I work to make my side conform to your aesthetics? This has nothing to do with morality, your aesthetics are not morals.
It's very rarely "just a joke" in the sense that it has other meanings and functions. It is very often just a joke in the sense that the accusations tossed at the people making the joke are false, and the accuser usually knows that in advance.
ArjinFerman
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1d ago
Sure, but that still means credit goes to Stalin, no?
ArjinFerman
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1d ago
Granted, they did do the Nazi thing of rounding up co-ethnics and shipping them off to concentration camps in Siberia
By contrast, there's a country in the Near East- the ethnicity of its founders even had 'nazi' as part of their name- that despite its small size actively sends armed 'settlers' into a combat zone to displace the natives there, spends a great deal of treasure doing this, and the people that do those things have a TFR above 2. That just ain't a thing the average communist does.
Because they don't have to. Russia / the USSR is a different creature, but the Soviet satellite states were so ethnically homogeneous, they'd give the average Californian a stroke. And come to think of it this might even apply to the USSR, give or take minor Soviet Republics being flooded with ethnic Russians to maintain control, it's not like you were free to travel around that country. As for TFR, I think my generation is the last above-replacement one.
ArjinFerman
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1d ago
Yeah, he should get some credit for that. It's more than you can say for Republican Spain, or even modern progressives.
ArjinFerman
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1d ago
a total lack of emphasis on family formation and children
I was just a baby at the time, but that seems a bit off. My parents told me the message at the time was "the family is the basic cell of a society", and other such slogans that you could easily mistake for coming from the Tradcath sphere.
ArjinFerman
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1d ago
I don't think the USSR was a particularly feminised society.
As feminists (and even superficially non-feminist women) will tell you, even today's society isn't. The USSR definitely did have a short stint of the sort of progressive craziness we are facing right now, which Stalin had to cut short, when he realized it's ruining the country, and he might have a war or two to fight.
ArjinFerman
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1d ago
Liberalism is not a dictatorship of the working class; liberalism is a codified cease-fire between groups that naturally seek to become dictatorships to let them exploit their resource surplus
That's the Superbowl ad of liberalism that it purchases to try to sell itself. What liberalism actually is, is a silent conspiracy of lizardmen to sell you for a slave, while pretending this is what you wanted all along.
ArjinFerman
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1d ago
Liberalism is what a dictatorship of the working class looks like when it goes through gender affirming care.
ArjinFerman
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1d ago
No. Otherwise it would mean you've just become about as literal Nazi as possible in a world where the Nazi party is no longer around.
ArjinFerman
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1d ago
…did you ever?
I did. The whole reason I got into /r/SSC and The Motte is because I thought they represented a chance for dialogue between the two sides, and a chance for each of us to say "I guess they make some good points sometimes", come together, and either forge a common path, or at least forge a pact to purge the crazies on each respective side. All I got for the trouble was "not good enough" said in so many ways, and a litany of denials that there's anything wrong with the progressive side, and that if I think otherwise, it's because I'm being uncharitable.
Now... you know me (and I know me), I know I'm prone to sperging out at times, but I was actually trying, but at this point, why bother? This isn't even accusatory, I know your heart's in the right place, but I know that you and people like you are incapable of stopping the things I find offensive and distasteful that come from your side, so why should I police mine?
ArjinFerman
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1d ago
If you're really curious about what I think about actually supporting actual Hitler, than I'm against it and don't find it acceptable, but the point is you don't get to tell me what constitutes supporting Hitler.
ArjinFerman
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1d ago
The question is whether you are particupating in the "who whom" yourself.
ArjinFerman
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1d ago
Not "did people who are freaking out about this have anything to say about the comments on Charlie Kirk"?
ArjinFerman
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1d ago
Joke's on you, most of this applies to modern liberals as well.
ArjinFerman
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1d ago
Now I have to disagree with our vice president here, I don't think it is pearl clutching to oppose support of Hitler.
I probably should write something more elaborate, in the spirit of cjet's post, but I'm sorry I cant be arsed to take any of this seriously anymore. I believe all this is, in fact, pearl clutching, that there is no actual moral outrage expressed by people trying to make a mountain of this particular molehill, and it's just a cynical attempt to make the outgroup jump through the ingroup hoops.
I refuse, and I will need material evidence that anyone is actually bothered by any if this, before addressing it seriously.
ArjinFerman
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1d ago
Top level comment is filtered.
ArjinFerman
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1d ago
Those are exactly the same things that, for instance, conservatives seek to obtain. Does that make conservatism a form of Marxism?
There is a sense in which feminism, among other priorities, seeks to redistribute various goods in society towards women, on the premise that the current distribution favours men in a way that is both unequal and unjust. But to say that that shows some connection to Marxism obviously proves too much.
I agree, but you'll notice that the comment I was responding to didn't say "Not all redistribution is Marxism." It said "What is feminism redistributing? Reproduction? Family? Male attention? Social status?", implying that it's ridiculous to say feminism redistributes anything material, or worse that the opposition to feminism stems from a desire to force them to reproduce. The implication itself would have been bad enough, but the immediate change of the argument upon the slightest amount of questioning is even worse.
Any movement advocating any action whatsoever is going to demand some kind of redistribution, because action is inherently redistributive - action requires resources, and resources need to be distributed from somewhere.
You're the one proving too much. Even within feminism, there were postulates that didn't require redistribution, like lifting restrictions on access to bank accounts, various trades, or property.
ArjinFerman
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1d ago
Social status?
Yes. Also jobs, influential positions in institutions, government contracts, and public resources.
ArjinFerman
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1d ago
I haven't heard that specific one. While it wouldn't surprise me if someone did say something like that, it's not exactly hard to come up with examples that would contradict, unless the revolution is supposed to happen all by itself.
ArjinFerman
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1d ago
Frankly, MAGA has a lot more in common with fascism than being right-wing nationalist.
Taking Eco's definition
Most left wingers have a lot more in common with fascism, if you take Eco's definition.
ArjinFerman
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2d ago
but I don't see what anyone else gains.
I'm at a loss myself, but I think the status thing might be a big part of the equation. Some people built their entire philosophy around "Uncle Roy is wrong".
How have you been doing @Southkraut?
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