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So you voted, Now what do you Do?
All year I've witnessed people discuss voting and its importance. And all year I've rolled my eyes. Watching the millions of social media posts and commercials about how imperative voting is this year and how not voting is "voting as well". The conversation of the "lesser of two evils". and the overarching cataclysm that has been this two-party dominated system under the succubus of capitalism. Now that we are closing in on this election, and people have voted they seem to have some sort of confidence that they did the right thing.
By Adonis Richards5 years ago in The Swamp
Joe Biden Wins 2020 US Presidential Election
Joe Biden has won the 2020 US Presidential election after gaining the two hundred and seventy electoral college votes that were needed to take him in to the White House. He brings with him Kamala Harris who is going to become the first woman and person of colour to be elected as Vice President of the United States of America.
By Ashish Prabhu5 years ago in The Swamp
Our Pain is NOT Your Pain
In 2016, when it was projected that Trump won the election, I was sitting in a room with other first-time voters; all of which from my memory were queer in some capacity. Earlier that day we had voted with pure excitement, honored to be taking part in our democracy and ever sure that the winners within that system would be those who sought to defend it. That is to say, we were sure that Donald Trump and his anti-democratic hateful speech towards half of our citizens had already guaranteed his loss.
By Mitch Roshannon5 years ago in The Swamp
The Hero of the Tragedy at the peak of Power
He has been the victim of many tragedies in his personal life. The ambitions of politics have been dusted off more than once. He wanted to leave everything and commit suicide. Even after stumbling again and again, he stood up again. Won the election as the 46th President of the United States.
By Md Zahirul Haque5 years ago in The Swamp
"Mama" The Cry of a Black Man
When George Floyd Cried Out For His “Mama” it cause a Black Mama to Take Action. Crying Out To Own Black Community ! Asking for a change in the mindsets, of her people, you can’t keep doing the same things , and expect a different result, the killings are increasing we are gaining in this fight. Blacks must understand that, Our Power is in the black dollar, it’s the only way to make a point in America. We must demand our respect, marching won’t do anything, we’ve been marching since Dr. King. Rioting don’t help, it only hurts, burning down building ? Really ? Do you think that’s going to make change in America. Let’s try something a little different than we have in the past, let’s grow together, peacefully, non violently, make a statement without saying a word. Remember, how things came together when we stopped spending our money for a couple days ? When we refused to spend a dime, that one day this year, That was an enormous impact on the economy , and that was only a those few days. So imagine how far we can go with that ?
By Black Loyalty5 years ago in The Swamp
Understanding a Fundamental Marxist Idea
“From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.” This is perhaps the foundational idea of Karl Marx, a famous quote from Marx’s “Critique of the Gotha Program”. The practical, material expression of this Marxist idea is that the the government taxes you what you can afford, and gives to you what you need. To anyone who has paid attention to staggering wealth inequality, particularly in American society, we understand that this principle put into actual practice will invariably mean that the poor need more help to survive, and because of their poverty will end up paying less taxes. Inversely, this means of course that the rich take exponentially less in social or government assistance, and will pay exponentially more in taxes, because realistically they can afford to. It’s a fundamental idea I believe in and agree with, and at one point we did, too.
By Johnny Ringo5 years ago in The Swamp
How Do We Define and Think About Freedom? Anarchism Versus the State
This is going to be an argument about how we think about freedom, primarily based upon my interpretations of Isaiah Berlin’s original 1958 lecture, “Two Concepts of Liberty.” In this philosophical view, freedom can be viewed in two ways, positive and negative. According to Berlin, positive freedom is freedom of choice, or freedom to do. Negative freedom is consequently freedom from, or to be free to avoid some kind of negative stimuli. When people speak of freedom, it is usually a combination of these two concepts. So in this way, people often define freedom as a combination of both positive and negative. Positive freedom posits that people must be free to choose to do as they wish, freedom to live happily and well. Whereas negative freedom is freedom from; but from what? That usually depends upon one’s politics and perspective.
By Johnny Ringo5 years ago in The Swamp
Socialism, Revolution and Foreign Policy: A Black Panther Analysis
Black Panther is one of the greatest comic book movies ever made. The film is rich with visual style, overflowing with culture, and completely immersive into a literally unseen world. This analysis of the film is somewhat spoiler-laden, assuming that the reader has seen the film and understands the plot. This analysis is more focused on the ideas, symbolism, themes, and philosophies in the movie. The YouTube channel Wisecrack has already explored some of the ideas in the film, and this analysis is an attempt to explore them further, build upon them, and explore other ideas that Wisecrack did not cover.
By Johnny Ringo5 years ago in The Swamp
How Do Rich Liberals View “Revolution”: David Cage and "Detroit: Become Human"
Revolution. The romantic, idealized, dramatized, and sanitized idea of an in-some-way-oppressed people rising up against the city, nation, corporation, or socio-economic structure that oppresses them. This revolution often is framed in two extreme ways: one, as a violent, bloody, visceral, terrible war; or two, as a romantic, pacifist, do-no-harm-and-no-harm-will-come-to-us civil resistance akin to Dr. King or Ghandi; to change from within those people and structures who do us harm by singing about love. American attitudes about revolution have long been disproportionately described as “peaceful good, violent bad”, and this is the prefered social narrative of rich liberals in the United States.
By Johnny Ringo5 years ago in The Swamp
To What Standard Do We Hold Muslims in Our Society?
At 5 pm on March 24th, 2019, the Islamic Society of Frederick held a vigil for the 50+ victims of a white supremacist shooter who targeted multiple masjids (what we know as mosques) in Christchurch, New Zealand. The death toll could have been worse if this man’s co-conspirators had been successful in detonating a number of homemade IEDs. Thankfully they failed to detonate, but the death toll was still unacceptable. One life taken by a hate-filled white supremacist monster, whether because of the victim’s religion or their ethnicity, is unacceptable.
By Johnny Ringo5 years ago in The Swamp
PA Dems Patron Anti-Gay Christian Group Through Local Coffee Shop
LOCK HAVEN, PENNSYLVANIA — A transgender activist in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania is blowing the whistle on an alleged Christian hate group, the Christian and Missionary Alliance (CMA). The CMA is a longstanding anti-gay Christian group which has contributed millions to the National Christian Foundation, a nationwide network of anti-LGBT fundraising and lobbying.
By Johnny Ringo5 years ago in The Swamp
