I have looked around, and I see that capitalism doesn’t work. That’s why I may be a communist.

Sounds like an enormous generalization that simply can’t be true. I mean, where does this particular rabbit hole even end? Some people are more aware and, dear I say, woke than others. We can’t all be closeted and repressed, even if some obviously are.

So according to Strauss, nothing is as it seems, there is not truth, up is down… wait, that describes the current political climate in the world! Oh dear…

But it would also mean that I’m something like an extremely orthodox literalist christian and a super-phobic nazi, so maybe there’s not all that much to it.

I do enjoy his shenanigans, at least the (by his standards) more approachable stuff.

I remember asking about the concert after my cousin saw Zorn for a forth time, ages ago and he just said “Well, I’m not sure it’s really music anymore”.

This logic is clearly too advanced for me.

This is the simplest and most correct way to view this, good comment!

Made a comment myself and then found yours, I also mentioned Naked City.For some reason I really like them, it could just be my brand of madness.

I don’t know how obscure they are, but the band Naked City made quite an obscure album called Leng Tch’e (not the band called something similar) that I simply love. I wouldn’t call it easy listening, but there’s just something about it that hits the spot for me. I can recommend Naked City in general if you’re down for some jazz-grindcore-surfer-metal. Yeah, they don’t really fit into any one genre, or any five even.

I had not seen that quote before, but I love it! It’s sad that it’s still so relevant.

As it turns out, praising Musk is the new I Voted for Tr*mp.

I think there already is. Under settings - appearance - darkly. I’m new on Lemmy so I might be mistaken though.

You just forced me to look up what a weeb is. It’s always good to learn, but sometimes not a hopeful experience.

I’m here as a father of a soon-to-be teenage trans girl. Even though no one in our family every questioned the reality of this journey, I feel the need to educate myself and learn from the stories that people kindly share in places like this.

I can also add that if anyone needs a kind word from a dad, I’m here for you.

Blackrock and Vanguard are well known of course, and I knew that they own a bit of everything and each other, but this is (with the respect to the general air of tin foil hat) really scary stuff.

The TL;DR of it is basically that everything that is worth owning or financially controlling in the world is owned by a single corporate entity that is impossible to fully grasp. So basically Sauron.

No way I will be that pretty at 125 years old, but thanks for the compliment, kind furniture overlords!

I was so sure it had to be one of my countrymen, but there you go. I guess we all have more in common than we believe, and here I thought I was progressive enough already. Sarcasm (obviously?), but I’m new to Lemmy so I thought I’d make it clear, I’m always a bit paranoid about sarcasm when writing on forums and social media.

Hey now, don’t be mean. This is what a privileged life in Sweden (I assume) does to you. Trust me, I am all but surrounded by these people!

“What, are you a socialist or something, so you want everyone to suffer equally, hehe”

I’ve been there, comrade. Maybe not quite that eloquent, but I recognize the self hate. I found help through supportive loved ones and therapy, for whatever it’s worth, but I realize that might not be possible for everyone.

We all have a tough road ahead of us when we feel we’re circling the drain. I hope you find some help, in what ever form works for you, but don’t try at it alone if at all possible.

I generally try to understand people, their stories and their traumas in order to get less frustrated with the shit they pull in every day live, but I’ll be damned if I can get my head around this type of unadulterated worship.

Seeing as this post is tree years old, I hate to see how valid it still is. More so, even.

Not just rape, his first idea was strangulation. I’m so glad I am one of those left-wing extremists that don’t fantasize about murdering and raping people. I feel so progressive and woke!