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    6 days ago

    The last panel has a point though.

    We have literally lost our connection to nature to the point we are actively destroying our ability to survive on this planet as a species for ephemeral, arbitrary gain for a few elite individuals and the majority of people see no problems with it.

    The biggest mistake man ever made was to believe ourselves to be above nature, that it is something to which we were divinely given ownership over, to be used and discarded as we saw fit, instead of something we are intrinsically part of.







  • This right here is some bottom-barrel reactionary thinking with a dusting of false dichotomy.

    1. The problem here is your definition of “good”. We don’t want “perfect”. We just don’t agree that Democrats are good. Democrats might be relatively better than Republicans but to a leftist, they are still far from being considered “good”. From a leftist perspective, enabling neoliberalist politics is in no way solving what we have now, only further enabling them to consolidate power over us until the fascist right can eventually take control and use the systems they BOTH have built to further oppress the people.

    2. there are more options than “support the Democrats or throw in the towel”.

    Yes, everything in life does happen in steps. The problem is thinking that the steps you are taking are leading you to the indented goal. If you only ever use reactionary thinking to justify your steps, you will be led astray by those in power who know how to manipulate your shortsighted logic.








  • Another big thing is the reasoning behind their actions.

    Luigi, allegedly, did so in retaliation against a failed system that had exploited people by routinely denied them healthcare to save a buck, one that he is directly a victim of. That’s something we can all be sympathetic to.

    The other is just a right wing troll who shot another right wing troll for not being the right kind of troll. Nobody’s gonna be sympathetic to that except other right wing trolls.

    It has nothing to do with their looks.

    Though there is a point to be made that people do need to overall stop insulting people, even horrible people, for their appearance. It just throws people under the bus to stroke our egos with a low-hanging-fruit insult. Because of those insults we get people like OP who fail to understand the point.