#an authoritarian.

[snekdood]

"if we make america worse and more of a dictatorship that will be even harder to unravel and make it the way we want the country to be, maybe then everyone will join our Glorious Revolution!" bb girl you cant even be in the same room with someone who thinks you should vote, how in tf do you think you're gonna unite people to fight in The Revolution with you? it's gonna be you and your 5 friends, i hate to break it to you.

#i dont think you realize how repelling you and your politics are to everyone else #you get all of your validation for how Smart You Are from your friends and ignore any kind of feedback that suggests you should #change or do something differently. thats the only reason you're so convinced average people will go along with you bc you keep getting #affirmation from the people who ALREADY agree with you- but you have NO IDEA how to bridge the gap between people who agree #with you and disagree with you. you're horrible at convincing people of your side of things outside of straight up guilt tripping them #or bullying them like a highschooler. im sorry but the tools you learned to survive with as a kid aren't gonna help you in this situation. #the ONLY THING you can come up with to bridge that gap is a bloody revolution. thats how bad you are at this. #and you're also so bad at this and unimaginative that you dont even realize how THAT might not even be enough. #you cant imagine ANY kind of avenue to getting people to change AT ALL outside of blood and fire. and thats why people call you #an authoritarian. #i'll be honest- i really do think the world would be a better place if we did incremental change under a democratic president who wont #set the world on fire vs the godkingemperor republican WHO WONT EVEN LISTEN TO YOU AT ALL EVER AND MIGHT KILL YOU #FOR PUTTING UP A STINK. idk if you noticed but if that evil fuck gets into office we are severely outnumbered if he gets police #n shit to go after his own citizens. letting trump win is making this battle so much harder than it needs to be. #you are choosing trying to fix the world while its exploding vs trying to fix it before it explodes at all. #what is this like a procrastination thing? you wanna wait till the last minute to try? idfgi. wtf is wrong with you #throwing minority lives away to prove a point. and then you try to tell me you care. gtfoh. #accelerationists should never be taken seriously.

[hussyknee]

#this is like 9/11 all over again #gaza genocide #tw murder #tw death #ethnic cleansing #palestinian genocide #genocide joe #state terrorism #islamphobia #arab americans #media suppression #freedom of speech #human rights #us politics #white supremacy #journalism #free palestine #fascism #authoritarianism #knee of huss

[prokopetz]

Thinkpieces about why people seem to become more authoritarian as they get older tend to focus on neuroscience and survivorship bias and such, but based on my experience in various activist communities, I think a big piece of the puzzle that these sorts of discussions often overlook is that a large chunk of people just never had any principled objection to authoritarianism in the first place.

It's easy to talk about fighting the power when you're under the boot, but when some folks get hold of any sort of power or authority for themselves and sticking it to the Man is no longer a proposition with no perceived downsides, they start backpedalling in a real hurry. Power didn't corrupt them. Nothing changed about their politics. Their commitment to anti-authoritarianism was only ever as strong as their perception that it personally benefited them.

(You absolutely can't tell who they are just from looking at them, either; a person can use all the right jargon and support all the right causes and show up at all the right protests, yet the moment their private emotional calculus determines, rightly or wrongly, that they have more to gain by putting a boot on your neck than by lifting it off, watch out!)

#politics #activism #authoritarianism #grumping

[cpntredbeard]

This is the End Goal of Capitalism

I have had strong visions of the need for a specifically geriatric care orientated fast response team for evictions,.

#US Authoritarianism #interactions #relevant #cursed #statement of purpose #blog tags > #End Here #news story #twitter screenshot #jail #eviction #homelessness #homeless #elderly care #elderly assistance #baltimore #DC #detroit #new york city #richmond #alexandria #pittsburgh #indianapolis #san francisco #san franciso bay #bay area #unhoused #life #motivation #inspiration

[bug-maniac]

I saw this posted on reddit to a wholesome memes sub, and it was full of nothing but people being unnecessarily awful on a post trying to spread information about why these creatures are beautiful and worthy of living. (Interesting note: They don't need a reason to be allowed to live.) I got sick of trying to correct people on there who were more interested in hating wasps than hearing the truth.

Honestly, it's just exhausting sometimes.

Source: @shencomix - Thanks for helping to spread the word, buddy.

NO ANTI-WASP SENTIMENTS ON THIS POST

#bugblr #wasps #wasp propaganda #i saw someone calling them 'fascist authoritarian bees' and I was just ??????????

[theconcealedweapon]

I remember when my mother told me "there's a lot of weird people out there" as a way of telling me to be careful.

But that didn't help at all, because it's not weird people who are dangerous.

The most dangerous people are those who take advantage of society's expectations, those who act like it's rude to set boundaries, and those who make sure they have as much of a power advantage as possible.

But that describes a very large percentage of authority figures. In order to teach me the truth about who's dangerous, she would have had to teach me that dangerous people have very similar patterns as people who she demanded that I respect.

#authoritarianism

[pixiedreamclub]

Zack de la Rocha of Rage Against the Machine, 1997 [x]

#Rage Against the Machine #Zack de la Rocha #ratm #ZDLR #anti capitalism #capitalism #anti establishment #authoritarian #anti authoritarian #anarchy #anarchism #socialism #revolution #oppression #politics #class struggle #class war #class warfare #rebel #rebellion #protest #1990s #90s #1997 #my gifs

[queerism1969]

#ethics #critical thinking #capitalism #society #economics #poverty #homelessness #class struggle #inequality #class war #corporatism #working class #class warfare #authoritarianism #communism #anarchism #socialist #antifascist #anarchocommunism #revolution

[valc0]

so, I was thinking

#bg3 #re8 #rev #baldur's gate 3 #resident evil #resident evil village #gortash #enver gortash #heisenberg #karl heisenberg #also worth noting that these are the only things they have in common #I think they would hate each other guts and it's interesting how they believe in opposite ideologies #being that one is authoritarian and the other is subversive

[lenbryant]

Scary Project 2025 and its authoritarian backers have marching orders ready for the next conservative President that gets elected (while probably losing the popular vote again as usual).

#politics #project 2025 #coyote annie #republicans #authoritarianism #anti democratic #authoritarian #fascisim #theocracy #conservatives #focus on your own fucking family

[odinsblog]

RUSSIA’S SHAM ELECTIONS, where people are “helped” by armed soldiers who check to ensure they vote correctly—or else.

Does this look like they are helping to conduct a fair, peaceful and democratic election process? Or does it look like repressed voters under duress, who are being forced to vote for Putin under threat of armed Russian soldiers? (source) (source) (source)

#politics #ukraine #russia #sham elections #russian invasion of ukraine #russian fascism ☭ #russia is a terrorist state #vladimir putin is a war criminal #authoritarianism #authoritarian dictatorships #russian colonialism #donetsk #sievierodonetsk #russian election 2024 #russian imperialism #settler colonialism #settler violence #russian elections #russian sham elections

[wherelibertydwells]

#gun control #authoritarianism #what constitution #AWFL

[nat111love]

THE ONES WHO LIVE ↳ Season 1 ↳ Episode 3 ↳  Bye

#twd: the ones who live #the ones who live #towl #rick grimes #twd #twdedit #filmtvcentral #michonne grimes #cinemapix #richonne #cinematv #andrew lincoln #danai gurira #richonneedit #twol spoilers #tvedit #mediagifs #tvarchive #dailytwd #twoledit #twdtwoledit #oh I felt things...ANGRY ; AUTHORITARIAN; BOSSY RICK >>>> #q

[cpntredbeard]

#radical memes #anarchist #anarchy #trans rights #transgender rights #USAuthoritarianism #righteous indignation #youth liberation #human rights #abortion rights #poverty #politics #society #political #capitalism #women's rights #socialism #reproductive rights #i was today years old #when i learned #how to use tags #i have been on this webbed site for almost 14 years #meme #dankest memes #dank memes #dank meme #hardcore revolutionary memes #agiprompt #the only real response #us authoritarianism

[generic-sonic-fan]

I think Sonic would really like graffiti tagging as a hobby.

It's about freedom. It's about rebellion. It's about seeing a highway underpass, boring drab and gray, and deciding to fight back. It's about reclaiming spaces behind fences and barbed wire placed there by people who'll never actually walk there. Look at me, a graffiti tag says, in a place I'm told I cannot be.

It's about community. Sonic can look at a wall of what looks to be scribbles and pick out the names he recognizes from around town. He's seen "SENCE" on the bridge over 4th street; "DIAM" on the side of the shopping mall. It's a network of people coming and going, no social media needed, and it's always nice to see a familiar name pop up in a new place. Has he ever actually met any of these people? No, but he knows them, well enough to tell their mannerisms through their marker or spray can.

It's about anonymity. No one knows Sonic's graffiti tag, and he works hard to keep it that way. He's able to, for once, disappear into the night and have himself judged only by the quality of his actions, no reputation or fame proceeding him. And sure, he's able to cover an entire city in a few days what might take others a few weeks, but he's seen other taggers perform similar miracles, clinging to the side of bridges and leaving their marks just above the waterline. The playing field is equal. It isn't about "who you are", it's about what you can do.

It's also about slapping stickers onto the back of Metal Sonic's head so that Eggman has to spend painstaking hours scraping them off, but that's beside the point.

#sth #sonic the hedgehog #headcanon #let's channel a bit more 'rebellious early 90s sonic' vibes shall we?? #self-expression and anti-authoritarianism wrapped up in a neat little bow. I think he'd be all over it

[theconcealedweapon]

"How am I supposed to tell the difference between a child challenging my authority and a child asking for clarification because they have a disability?"

You're not. If you expect anyone to submit to your authority, you're inherently ableist. The system was designed to exclude disabled people and you're upholding the system.

You're always justifying your authority by saying that it's your job to teach them right from wrong. If you actually believe that and it's not just a bullshit excuse to justify your abuse, then you should be encouraging them to ask for clarification and reasons.

#ableism #actuallyautistic #autism #child abuse #authoritarian parenting