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Don’t use the names of radicals to endorse your watered down reformism. There’s a reason radicals get killed, and reformists get positions in cabinets. One actually threatens the status quo, one reinforces it.

Remember, the social Democrats sided with the Nazis over the socialists. They’ve done it every time they’ve been given the opportunity, and will continue to do so as many times as people fall for their shtick....

It is not needed, nor fitting here [in discussing the Civil War] that a general argument should be made in favor of popular institutions; but there is one point, with its connections, not so hackneyed as most others, to which I ask a brief attention. It is the effect to place capital on an equal footing with, if not above,...

Happy Sunday, or Monday, depending where in the world you are!

Hope all are alright....

Hello all. Happy Friday the 13th for those who haven’t crossed into Saturday yet....

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99.9% of all institutions in my life are at best feudal orders, run by aristocrats so far removed from my life that they wouldn’t even know how to survive without their armies of servants, nannies, and assistants. Democracy needs to extend beyond the state. Democracy must be present in every part of our society, or it will, as...

Remember you are in control, you have the power. If you're unhappy with your instance, move instance. If you're unhappy with another instance, go outside and come back once you've calmed down. Especially in regards to the threadiverse, we're better together, even when we're apart.

Even if you think what you would say is obvious, please add. This is genuinely something I think makes sense regarding local bus routes given the longevity of light rail and how infrequently routes change, but I also suffer from confirmation bias, so I'm hoping for reasons this would be a terrible idea but obviously would prefer...