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I've been trying to dive deeper into politics, discover the genuine roots of our society, the origins of our beliefs, and the consequences of our economic system. It's a big, long, wide journey and through multiple sources such as articles, images, videos and multiple social media platforms, I've been trying to educate myself more on important subjects.

Communism, capitalism, libertarian, conservative, the left, the right, the history, the impact. It is scary to commit to everything because once you start, you simply cannot stop, once you start waking up your conscience about the horrible reality, the lies, the truths, you cannot put it back to sleep. You can't just ignore prejudice, especially when you're extremely conscious of it's omnipresence. I have continually tried to build my own opinions all while actively creating bullet point arguments in my mind because I just know that at some point I will have to defend my thinking, and I want to do it right.

Now, I am so far from being enlightened, I am a beginner and an amateur in all of those themes, but I am trying, which is the only way to start and grow.

So to tell you about my beliefs, I am a militant human rights activist, I believe in equal opportunities regardless of gender identity, sex, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race and disability. This is a fact, not a belief, but the system was obviously not built to protect all people, its wasn't created to serve everyone equally but to grant a privilege to some and harm others. The current state of the world is not a slip, an accident or a misfunction of our brilliant system but a testament of it operating remarkably well. I believe that equity leads to equality, and I believe that we cannot "fix" methodologies that were immorally created with absolutely no honor whatsoever. I believe in reproductive rights, in legal, safe abortions for anybody who needs one. I believe in the decriminalization of marijuana. I believe that the death penalty is a despicable punition that should be banned as soon as possible. I believe in defunding the police and the military. I believe that it is a shame that I even have to talk about police brutality, I don't want to have to say that it is one of the most horrible things our world has originated, I feel extremely dense when I do because it seems like the most obvious certitude and I refuse to believe that this is a controversial statement. I believe that everything I have just stated, along with many more, isn't anything grand but the bare minimum, the bar is low, and yet, we still have the fight for basic human decency.

Humanity has become an option. We have normalized supporting people that represent everything wrong in this world under the name of tolerance. The left has never claimed to be tolerant towards hateful beings, We have never accepted homophobia, transphobia, racism, ableism and sexism. We cannot, for exemple, accept nazis, as too much tolerance inevitably leads to intolerance. This picture explains it perfectly:

I consider myself a communist/ socialist. The two terms still confuse me a little, some say they are the same, some say they differ quite a bit. What I know is that socialism is the transitional period between capitalism and communism. At the end of the day, the final result and goal is a stateless, moneyless and clasless society that will provide to each his need.

Our capitalistic society has brainwashed us way more than you may think. It is the root of so many of our issues, the underground demon of our problems. Every idea, thought, belief, and misconception of ours were all affected by our current economic system. It has sold us the billionnaire dream which is one of the most toxic things capitalism has offered. We have looked up to billionaires for way too long, why are they so idolized? Most of them come from high upper class families that can easily afford to invest in their inventions and creations. After starting up their companies and occasionnaly stealing other's people ideas to ultimately get undeserved merit, they then can start to properly exploit their hardworking employees's labour. And for unlimited hours and a minimum wage which probably won't even suffice you to survive, you will have to either pick up more shifts or a second or even third job, especially if you have a family to support. All while the CEO barely does any of the work and gets all the praise and money. So no, they don't all come from really poor families and have built everything for nothing.

The worst thing is that we've been so gaslit and brainwashed that we're proud of our own exploitation, we are wired to think that to be successful we have to suffer, work 10 jobs we all hate, constantly pick up extra hours, have 2 hours of sleep, have no free time to do anything we love, waste our entire youth, be depressed our entire adulthood, to finally have a few pennies to spend when we're eighty. We so strongly believe that this is the only right way to be successful that I don't think many of us have dared to question it's authority, and even if we do, we quickly accept that this a truth, a fact we cannot change and this is just the way things are.

We have capitalized water, food, land, forests, oceans, space, and everything in betweeen. Money is social construct and we have deliberately let it take over our lives. To think about the wasted opportunities and the misery that we have to endure so others can enjoy life truly angers me.

Also, communism is not an ideology that has every actually taken place. Despite what they say, there was never actually a communist country. However, every nation that has attempted a socialist system, for exemple Burkina Faso, has thrived. But of course, once capitalist countries noticed that, they decided to murder it's leader. So in conclusion, the only reason socialism failed is because of capitalism and it's interventions.

"As President (1983-1987), Sankara initiated economic reforms that shifted his country away from dependence on foreign aid and reduced the privileges of government officials; he cut salaries, including his own, decreed that there would be no more flying in first class or driving Mercedes as standard issue vehicles for Ministers and other government workers. He led a modest lifestyle and did not personally amass material wealth. President Sankara encouraged self-sufficiency, including the use of local resources to build clinics, schools and other needed infrastructure. [...] President Sankara promoted land reform, childhood vaccination, tree planting, communal school building, and nation-wide literacy campaigns. He was committed to gender equity and women’s rights and was the first African leader to publicly recognize the AIDS pandemic as a threat to African countries. Although Sankara became somewhat more authoritarian during his Presidency, his ideas, and the possibility that they could spread, were viewed by many as posing the greatest threat. President Sankara was assassinated during a coup led by a French-backed politician, Blaise Compaoré, in October 1987. Compaoré served as the President of Burkina Faso from October 1987 through October 2014, when he himself was overthrown."

Via:https://africandevelopmentsuccesses.wordpress.com/2015/02/28/success-story-from-burkina-faso-thomas-sankaras-legacy/

I have been reading and watching some amazing human rights activists, notably Angela Davis, Malcolm X and James Baldwin. The people that were villainized, labeled as violent and radical, when every single word that came out of their mouhs were pure facts. They are probably some of the most eloquent people I have had the pleasure of hearing. Every sentence, every argument, every single detail made so much sense and opened my mind to so many new realizations. This is the perfect exemple of how the media tarnishes the reputation of wise black women and men. I would strongly advise you to research more about them.

"Socialism & communism are demonized in the west to the point of erasing influential individuals' socialist advocacy. Heres a short list of people you may not have known were socialists/ communists:

MLK

Albert Einstein

Nelson Mandela

Frida Kahlo

Tupac Shakur

Mark Twain

Malcom X

Oscar Wilde

Bertrand Russell

Hellen Keller

Pablo Picasso

George Orwell

Shia LaBeouf

John Lennon

Woody Guthrie

Socialism & communism are not dirty words. Some of the most brilliant minds of our history were socialists and communists. Embrace it." Via @sleepisocialist on twitter

So what else can I say, capitalism has ruined our society and the way we act and think. I know a lot of people refuse to support communism because they think it's too much of a perfect ideal utopian world for it to ever actually exist. And to that I say, first of all, so you agree, it is a wonderful theory, and second of all, a world without racism, sexism, homophobia or any kind or discrimination could also be perceived as "too ideal to actually exist", but does that mean I'm giving up on talking, educating myself and others, protesting and trying to build a better future? Absolutely not. This is the objective, it would be so dumb to think that we just couldn't achieve that so let's not even try.

I want to talk more in detail about communism, theory, human rights, etc... but I don't want to make this post any longer. I will however be posting more about it soon enough.

I know this is a little different than what I usually post, but I want to speak, tell you all my own opinions, I don't want to just repost activism related stuff. I'll continue to do that, but not exclusively. I know it won't get as many interactions as my other posts, but this is what I needed at some point in my life, and if I could make understanding some basic informations easier to some people, it'll already be a great accomplishment.

Thank you for reading.

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pneumostelos · 5 years

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O meme mais rapido da Terra

!‘Terminator nunca marchará nos Champs-Elysees’: Ministro da defesa francês contrário aos ‘robôs letais’ em combate

Aos Memeógrafos!

Memeadores, memeoreiros, memeoristas, memeificadores, memeistas, memeoteiros, outeiras, e memeistificadores!

O Papel das Ferrovias no Combate (trecho)Por Edwin A. Pratt, Autor de The Rise of Rail-Power in War and Conquest.

A Teoria da "Guerra Através dos Horários da Ferrovia", de A.J.P. Taylor

Ferrovias e a mobilização para guerra em 1914

A Iª Guerra Mundial não teria sido a mesma sem as ferrovias

A Teoria dos Horários de Ferrovia, de AJP TAYLOR (como ponto de partida para a Iª Guerra Mundial)

O Papel das Ferrovias da Iª Guerra Mundial

Trens a Vapor Eram as Superarmas do Século 19

No pasarán! (passarin?)

Est’ce cassava?

Holberg knew that the satirical content of the novel would cause an uproar in Denmark-Norway, so the book was first published in Germany, in Latin. He thus got a broader audience than he would have gotten in his homeland. The novel made him widely acclaimed across Europe. Danish, German, French, and Dutch translations were also published in 1741.

The book is significant in the history of science fiction, being one of the first science-fiction novels in history along with:

Johannes Kepler's Somnium (The Dream, 1634),

Cyrano de Bergerac's Comical History of the States and Empires of the Moon (1656),

Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726), and

Voltaire's Micromégas (1752).

The Road to Science Fiction, Volume 1: From Gilgamesh to Wells.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Klim%27s_Underground_Travels#Influence

https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_viaxe_subterr%C3%A1nea_de_Niels_Klim

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Age_of_Science_Fiction#Prominent_Golden_Age_authors

Prominent Golden Age authors

A number of influential science fiction authors emerged in the early Golden Age (1938–1946), ...

Asimov said that "The dropping of the atom bomb in 1945 made science fiction respectable" to the general public.[13] He recalled in 1969 "I'll never forget the shock that rumbled through the entire world of science fiction fandom when ... Heinlein broke the 'slicks' barrier by having an undiluted science fiction story of his published in The large, mainstream companies' entry into the science fiction book market around 1950 was similar to how they published crime fiction during World War II; authors no longer could only publish through magazines.[5] Asimov said, however, that[13]

Space opera examples

y así nos gusta a "hacky, grinding, stinking, outworn, spaceship yarn".[8]

Short stories

collection of stories (1939-1962)[20]

Hal Clement, " James Blish, "" (1952), (Book 3 of [NB 1]

Tom Godwin, " Isaac Asimov, " Poul Anderson, "Kyrie" (1968)[21]

Frederik Pohl, "Day Million" (1971)[21]

Larry Niven, " and " Greg Bear, "Tangents" (1986)[21]

Geoffrey A. Landis, "A Walk in the Sun" (1991)[25]

Vernor Vinge, "Fast Times at Fairmont High" (2001)[25]

Novels

Aldous Huxley, George Orwell, Robert A. Heinlein, (1952)

Hal Clement, Harry Martinson, (1953)

Fred Hoyle, James Blish, Jack Vance, John Wyndham, Stanisław Lem, Arthur C. Clarke, (1968), The Jagged Orbit

Michael Crichton, Poul Anderson, Tau Zero (1970)[23]

James Gunn, Bob Shaw, (1975)[24]

The Two Faces of Tomorrow

Robert L. Forward, Steven Barnes and (1982)[26]

Michael Crichton, Robert Silverberg (editor), Kim Stanley Robinson, The Green Mars

Ben Bova, series (1992–2009)

Nancy Kress, Linda Nagata, The Nanotech Succession (1995–1998)

Greg Egan, Alastair Reynolds, Paul J. McAuley, (2008)

James S. A. Corey, (2011)

Neal Stephenson,

Films

Frau im Mond (1929)

(1968)[31]

(1970)[32]

(1971)

Silent Running (1972)[31]

(1972)[31]

Dark Star (1974)[31]

Blade Runner (1982)[33]

(1984) – sequel to 2001

(1997)[31]

The Man from Earth (2007)

(2009)[31]

Robot & Frank (2012)

Europa Report (2013)

(2014)

Ex Machina (2014)[34]

Television

Men into Space (1959–1960)

Star Cops (1987)

(2004–2008)

(2015–present)

Anime / Manga

Mobile Suit Gundam (1979)

2001 Nights (1984, 1986)

They Were Eleven (1986)

Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise (1987)

Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993)

(1999, 2004)

Pale Cocoon (2006)

Dennō Coil (2007)

Rocket Girls (2007)

(2007–present)

Eden of the East (2009)

Visual novels

(1994)

YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World (1996)

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kalachand97-blog · 7 years

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New Post has been published on Globeinfrom

New Post has been published on https://globeinform.com/gambhir-gaffe-is-sporting-spirit-a-history-now/

Gambhir Gaffe: Is sporting spirit a history now?

Srinagar: “Sports activities have to in no way be mixed with politics,” author George Orwell as soon as wrote in his iconic The wearing Spirit. He wrote the piece on the give up of the England go to by using the Russian soccer group Dynamo that noticed them play four suits against the English sides, maximum of them turning unpleasant with players coming to exchanging blows. In place of enhancing the Anglo-Soviet members of the family, it had a bad impact prompting Orwell to call for Sports to now not be considered as a remember of country wide satisfaction, but to be treated simply as it is.

Orwell’s declaration is in no way determined to be followed by way of carrying countries inside the contemporary instances. Sports activities have come to be extra of a trademark of the kingdom of political members of the family among countries. No faster there may be a diplomatic tiff between the nations, Sports exchanges are the primary casualty.

In struggle-ridden locations, Sports activities are used as a device to score political points, promote as an indicator of peace and what now not.

Sub-continent is a prototype of the way Sports exchanges are depending on political environment among the international locations, with neighbors India and Pakistan its protagonists.

A political imbroglio among the two arch-competitors brings Sports encounters to a standstill. Cricket- famous and most followed recreation in each the nations- receives stalled no faster there’s a tension between the neighbors. Post-2007, there has been no bilateral series between India and Pakistan and the latter’s cricketers are barred from taking part in the cash wealthy Indian most advantageous league.

For any authorities to score brownie factors, cricket encounters are stopped to delight the loads. For years, it’s been restricted to politicians and respective governments to take a choice on Sports exchanges in the days of heightened anxiety among India and Pakistan.

Whilst the governments hold to apply Sports activities as a manifestation of relationship with Pakistan and vice-versa, there’s a risky trend that has set in with cricketers now not shying away from expressing their views on something and the entirety: howsoever improper it may be. most of it is selective outrage lacking context and historic statistics. greater than something else it appears gamers are glad playing to the gallery.

The latest episode that stunned all the sane voices across the divide turned into Indian opener Gautam Gambhir’s latest statement that 100 ‘jihadis’ (examine Kashmiris) have to be killed for each slap on navy jawan. The left hander’s tweet came in reaction to a video in which a protester became hitting a CRPF jawan quickly after ceasing of bye-elections in a Budgam village.

Indian media didn’t waste a 2nd in projecting the authorities forces as sufferers without mentioning the killing of eight Kashmiris on the same day.

Gambhir and his former Indian teammate Virender Sehwag joined the refrain displaying their anger over the incident. Gambhir, now not behooving to a cricketer of his magnificence, got here up with the words that called for a bloodbath of Kashmiris.

“For every slap on my military’s Jawan lay down at least aa hundred jihadi lives. Whoever needs Azadi Depart NOW! Kashmir is ours. #kashmirbelongs2us,” tweeted Gambhir.

In Gambhir’s tumultuous tweet, there may be a prime caution. Sports activities and sportspersons alike are no longer bereft of giving an opinion on non-wearing subjects. Sehwag trolling Gurmehar Kaur-daughter of an ex-soldier- over her comment that ‘Pakistan didn’t kill her father, however warfare did’ become every other example of a sportsperson crossing the bounds of decency to delight most of the people.

in the apparel of nationalism and patriotism, the likes of Gambhir and Sehwag have buried the sporting spirit below the avalanche of their phrases that promote hatred and hegemony.

For a real Sports nerd the ultra-modern fashion is worrisome. Gambhir and Sehwag lecturing on political topics while not having a experience of different facet of the tale could set in an example for budding cricketers. The ones looking to emulate their cricketing performances will definitely be laid low with all. It would be tough to disclaim that during this day and age of net and social media, something these cricketers having a relating their followers. They follow them in letter and spirit: performances, mannerism and greater importantly mentality (picking their brains).

One might desire commonplace feel prevails and the tribe of Gambhir and Sehwag doesn’t get bigger and sportspersons protect the carrying spirit which seems a history in current instances.

An Unforgettable Day When the carrying Spirit Triumphed in Cricket Can we see anything noble occur inside the Sports & video games of these days? something that touches the coronary heart and remains with us, inspiring us to do similarly, While we will? I assume no. Lengthy, Lengthy ago, in the historical beyond, lie instances When Sports activities & video games have been played truly for the sake of the game itself. For pleasure. For the mental & physical exercise it offers. For honor. For a legitimate area in history. And as a token of those, an insignificant laurel wreath to hold because the prize. The prize intended a whole lot but had no cloth price! today, the Sports activities&video games arena is a miles cry from all that – gamers and athletes have became slick, viciously greedy and corrupt. Handiest winning counts, not often how. Prizes are terrific sums in cash or type that players like to stash away for a future of opulent residing; mere wreaths not suffice. One of the brilliant ‘talents’ of several pinnacle Sports-human beings nowadays appears to be the potential to inform lies coolly, without batting an eyelid even slightly. So much in order that one has come to view recreation file-breakers and Guinness Ebook entrants dubiously until all assessments have validated their achievements smooth. The situation has became extremely excessive-tech, mechanical and unpleasant – with numerous corrupt gamers doing their bit on the interior and rotten match fixers, making a bet men and dope peddlers on the out of doors.

So what is left for something noble at the Sports field? Something has took place to the famed and well-loved ‘sportsmanlike spirit’? That nature of large-hearted provide and take between Sports activities-humans that kept a game as a recreation, and by no means an unpleasant, bloodless battle? One to be won at any value, whether by hook or by means of crook?

I comply with cricket, the most famous world game outdoor the united states. Over the years, it too has lost its glamor and seen as a recreation of field and person. today, it’s miles One of the video games maximum rocked by scandals and corruption than any other within the international! Although outwardly performing to be so, today’s cricket isn’t controlled by using pure cricket enthusiasts alone. Big ‘control’ is exercised by a network of very quite positioned and influential people, from behind the scenes. Participants of this network ‘purchase out’ some cricketers by means of imparting to praise them with Something they ask for – astronomical sums of cash, intercourse, capsules, personal development inside the participant’s profession and so on. as soon as ‘sold’, these players change into mere stooges for their purchasers and may be made to carry out poorly or to perform nicely on the field in line with their consumer’s choices. So the outcome of a selected cricket healthy receives ‘fixed’ in advance. betting men and gamblers get concerned at this stage. Primarily based on ‘suggestions’ approximately fixed video games obtained from the patrons they do business with, they optimistically vicinity bets favoring the anticipated result. And needless to mention, they may be pretty successful almost all the time!

honestly, I used to be one of those that had been deeply troubled and distressed when I observed the rapid decline of the sport. It really is Whilst, the incident I’m approximately to narrate, befell, pretty all of the sudden. I did now not watch it live nor did I come to recognize of it except after many years of it’s taking place. but ever seeing that I did examine approximately it, it has left a long-lasting and beautiful influence on my thoughts. it is beauty hasn’t diminished with time and that i agree with it’ll remain evergreen in my memory. it is that second Whilst West Indian cricketer and captain, Courtney Walsh, regaled the arena with the aid of a first-rate sportsmanlike gesture inside the global Cup Cricket match of 1987.

West Indies have been gambling in opposition to Pakistan. The triumphing group would enter the semi-finals. Pakistan who have been batting second, as usual, have been in warm pursuit of victory, replying to a modest overall published via the West Indies in advance. Notwithstanding dropping wickets frequently, they were handling to attain at the specified run-fee. Sooner or later, Whilst it turned into time for the very last ball of the healthy to be bowled, they had been simply one run in the back of the West Indies! Two runs from the closing ball to win and one to attract stage!! any other end result might suggest defeat. One wicket in hand. Consider the anxiety within the minds of the players on the sphere. Specially of the Pakistanis who’ve recognized to be emotionally risky and vulnerable to violent and unsightly outbreaks of temper While losing. Walsh became the bowler of the remaining ball and facing him turned into Abdul Qadir. Saleem Jaffer, was on the non-striker’s give up. Walsh came in to bowl, but earlier than he released the ball, a fearful Jaffer had already streaked out of his crease in anticipation of his companions’ walking to his end after hitting the ball. Walsh observed that he was out of his crease and could have without difficulty stumped and got him out! but he didn’t. As although pronouncing jovially to Jaffer ‘Boy! Isn’t always that too much of a blunder to dedicate? but do not worry, I won’t tell absolutely everyone about it! I’m just going to hold it to myself’ he stopped and became back, sparing Jaffer that once. With Jaffer again at his crease, he came returned and bowled the remaining ball. Qadir hit it tough sufficient for the batting pair to cross the pitch twice – for two runs. And Pakistan won! (For individuals who would love to look at the movement, right here’s the YouTube video to view –> Courtney Walsh’s wearing act, 1987!. You may discover the above right on the cease of this 38-minute video. Role: 36/38 mins, approximately.)

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