Someone has Nazi ancestors and has no problem distancing themselves unconditionally from them: Good, no problem.
Someone has Nazi ancestry and will give you a song and dance about how complex it all is: 
There's nothing morally complex about Nazis.
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Today we laugh at stories about how people used to be afraid that the people in the television could see them. In a couple of generations' time (if we make it that far) people are going to laugh just as hard at this.
It is completely maddening to witness. No other kind of public spending worlds like that. Nobody is saying that we have to spend at least X percent of GDP on healthcare or Y percent on education.
It is a way of spending that belies a lack of real purpose beyond power projection itself. It invites waste and corruption. They did not start out identifying problems, analysing them, coming up with probably solutions and then asking what funding would be needed to make those solutions happen — they just did "line must go up!" instead.
And nobody are asking them who is going to pay for all this. But we know who are. It is not the rich. We're going to see worse healthcare, less elder care, less teachers per student, hollowed out pensions and social safety nets. More children will grow up poor and more elderly are going to be cold because of this. It is a fucking disgrace.
I really hope Mamdani had studied what they did to Corbyn and has developed an effective strategy to combat it
He's not even mayor yet but he's already cleaning up the city
They did the same thing in Denmark. The libertarian nerds in the Ministry of Finance had been salivating for years at the thought of abolishing a public holiday, and at last the stars aligned. After the election, a radical centrist regime swept into power, unusually, with an absolute majority in parliament. In the wake of the war in Ukraine, the public was whipped into a frenzy over Putler’s Asiatic hordes, eagerly embracing militarism without a shred of critical thought. The conditions were perfect: no one could stop it. The Social Democrats and the Liberal Party, the two large "serious" parties from which prime ministers are usually drawn, were both on board. That meant there was no "government in waiting" left to rally meaningful opposition.
The measure passed. But it came at a cost.
They pushed it through shortly after the election, hoping voters would forget by the time the next one rolled around. It was meant to be one of those There Is No Alternative decisions, the kind people are simply expected to get used to, with a dollop of anti-Russian paranoia on top to ease the bitterness.
Instead, it marked the beginning of the end for the regime.
When the coalition took office, many Danes had naively hoped this new alliance of adults in the room, untainted by the influence of "the extreme wings", would bring sensible, pragmatic governance. But when people saw a public holiday snatched away for no good reason, the spell was broken. The coalition has been bleeding support ever since, plummeting from a majority to barely scraping 35 percent in the polls.
The move also drove a wedge between the Social Democrats and the labour movement. Despite the obvious implications for wages and working hours, neither unions nor employers were consulted, despite this being the norm for labour policy in Denmark. The unions were furious, so much so that the Social Democrats were banned from speaking at official May 1st events that year. As far as I know, that had never happened before.
Materially, the abolition increased stratification of the labour market. Public-sector workers now have to put in an extra day of labour. But many private employers, especially those employing white-collar workers, have reintroduced the holiday, preferring to keep their staff happy. After all, the bosses liked the day off too.
Nazis are only racist if they're also Muslims.
I am very intelligent.
This is not the 90's anymore. Democrats are not allowed to be moist.
I'm kind of interested in the municipal grocery store idea. Is it because of a lack of grocery stores or price gouging that he's making it one of his promises?
They're so fluffy! They lick your face with their little tongues when you pet them!
I'm assembling a bike trailer and I don't know how I'm supposed to attach the reflectors.
The instructions are in Dutch only and only seems to mention that reflectors exists but gives no instructions on how to put them on. The only directions are the grainy photo on the box, showing something that looks like reflectors being attached to the fabric of the cover.
The reflectors themselves (two white ones and two red ones) have a short screw and nut as well as a short protruding plastic pin on the back.
There are no holes or similar obvious way of attaching the reflectors. Am I literally supposed to poke holes in the fabric myself?
Edit: Jesus Christ, they literally poked two small holes in the fabric to attach the reflectors. Aren't the Dutch supposed to be good at bike stuff?
I hope 2024 becomes a great year for you reading this, for the Hexbear community and for working class liberation all over the world.
And a normal merry time to those who don't.
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Terf Islanders are tiiiiiiired
I would like to extend my best wishes to all, even the haters and losers, on this special date, September 11th
Libs are seething and coping
I'm happy that modern science is finally learning about bread and olive oil