I never said anything about de-escalation because this thread isn’t about de-escalation. Also no, most times the average person gets into a fight it is not to the death. That’s just plain incorrect. I’ve been mugged and beaten enough to know that if I pulled out a gun or a knife I would have lost a lot more than money or dignity.

Fred Hampton gave a lot of very inspiring speeches. https://www.marxists.org/archive/hampton/misc/why-dont-you-die-for-the-people.htm

Secret of The Third Planet is one of my favorites! Very strange with fantastic animation and visuals!

LET’S GOOOOO I’VE BEEN SO HYPED FOR THIS

We used to subsidize a large portion of our food from dumpsters but recently there has been hella crackdowns and we just can’t find anything good and unprotected anymore. We had one year where we dumpster dived like $600 worth of some fancy granola and snacked on it the whole year round and that was great. Now we just struggle.

lol that’s hilarious :P

taro is a root vegetable, you’re thinking about tarot cards.

The bidet was definitely one of those things I couldn’t ever see myself using until a friend gifted it to me and now I feel unclean every time I use a toilet without one.

that looks delicious pls share comrade

I’ve assumed this was how they were always meant to look because they’re always big on Jerboa :P

Closed because I sleep in a trailer and if I had the door open a cougar would come in and tear out my throat and devour me.

Have you read the Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers? I think you’d like it if slice of life sci-fi is your thing!

Consensus decision making is baller as hell. We’ve been using it in our commune for about 3 years now and have noticed massive improvements across the board.

While firearms are extremely effective, there are situations where you need to get physical without escalating to a point where your opponent or otherwise will also pull out a gun. That and escalating to a federal crime is not always the move to make.

This has to be fake, I’ve played games with ppl in Cuba and they had computers to play on. There’s no way a compsci professor couldn’t get a computer lmfao

The Motorcycle Diaries film is also very good, but I enjoy Che Part 1 & 2 the most. :)

There is another film that came out two years later called The Look of Silence, it’s on the same subject by the same director. It’s been a while since I’ve seen it but I believe it is interviews with the friends and families of the victims of the killings after being shown The Act of Killing.

Hey! I knew there was a face missing here. Good to see you’re back and happy to hear you had a good time.

Hey good to see another farmer! My farm is a lot less mechanized than yours and we rely a lot on outside jobs but it’s good to hear you’re making it work comrade.

Che Guevara spoke a lot on this subject. He believed it was possible for any person to be a revolutionary, and a key part of bringing that out was sincerity and calm in critique and in public relations. There was no room in the cadres for people that threw temper tantrums when propagandized people didn’t believe in the platform, which is something I frequently see here. I encourage everyone to take responsibility for the way they interact with others.

The way we treat the masses is incredibly important. We cannot be misanthropic keyboard warriors who disenfranchise others at the drop of a hat, because misanthropy is fundamentally opposed to our work. You cannot work for the masses if you cannot love them as well.

If you wish to be a part of a cadre someday (which you should) I encourage you to take this opportunity you have right now to work on your public relations skills, you’re going to need it and this is as easy as it’s going to get.

When tensions rise and the masses are ready to do work, they’re not going to be led by a volatile comrade that shuts down at the mention of Uyghurs or Pol Pot. They will be led by people who can explain and disect the most flimsy narratives without trouble. Whether or not that person is honest and sincere in their analysis is another thing. That’s why you are responsible for being the best comrade you can be.