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I think that the Charlie Hebdo massacre actually has quite a lot of potential for discussion, since it touches the topics of Islamophobia in media, the position of Muslims in Western European society and the relation between racism and a particular …
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Sounds pretty historically accurate.
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-posting after god knows how long just to approve of your book choice-
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I was at least hoping you'd get the particular Marxist sect right, I'm very disappointed. Plus there's enough real saucy insults typically reserved for Trots, my favorite so far has to be when I was called out by some anarcho-buddhist dweeb for be…
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Er... What? Yeah, I don't know how to respond to this. I'll try to explain, it's actually quite simple. 1) About capitalism being inherently racist: The main moving force of society is conflict between the ruling class and the exploited clas…
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Sorry I should have put inverted commas around it, as my point was individuals un-hypocritically not care about race or gender while there will always be something suspicious about those in power claiming not to. Ah. I still think that "not car…
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The state can never "not care" about that, though. Capitalism is inherently racist, and the state is inherently capitalist. Thus the state is inherently racist.
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Badiou also has a pretty neat critique of multiculturalism (to be precise, the institutional "celebration" of diversity), due to the fact that there's a tendency for the dominant culture to accept only the aspects of minority cultures which are inof…
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Look at him not giving a shit. I do kinda hate Adorno's guts, though, and I made a point to mention him 'cause he reall is the worst and people know it. Frankfurters in general have some very interesting contributions even though I don't think t…
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I meant it was a retcon from the 1985 original, where there's not much in the way of backstory apart from "save the princess" wherre it's presumed (though not explicit) that it's the classic fairy tale damsel in distress scenario. It was changed a b…
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^^^ Yeah, it's almost 3 AM, I'm a bit tired and have actually had second thoughts about that part right after posting it. Granted, I do have a tendency to go amateur shrink on peoples' asses, but I'm not saying it solely based on my own experiences…
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When talking about the "sex slave" thing I was refering to ancient myths and epics, which is really the first time the trope showed up. Fairy tales (which are usually in a medieval setting) contain a damsel in distress who is usually of high birth (…
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I honestly don't know much about the forum community, but am familar with the attention the comic itself got over Krahulik and Holkins being (among many other things) sexist assholes, the dickwolves thing, et cetera, et cetera.
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The "fairy tales" part was spot on. The problematic aspect of the whole thing isn't something unique to Mario at all, but is merely the billionth iteration of the really fucking ancient "damsel in distress" trope, where it's the damsel herself who's…
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Really, being socialist is something completely different than being "overly liberal" - a lot of us would be offended if you called us liberals. I've seen people get into physical fights over it. But wow, if you really consider Penny Arcade of all …
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Simple, Zoe Quinn and so many other people in the industry, use the status of being a gamer like its a fashion accessory. Sarksleazian made her whole career out of pretending to be a gamer and using issues like Princess Peach being kidnapped (some…
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I'm not helping because I want the gamers with dignity to be separated from people who utilize the "gamer" label the same way The Big Bang Theory utilized the "nerd" label? Sheesh man, I just want complete separation of quality gaming and attentio…
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united front stop stealing our terminology you sexist ass
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-obligatory JacobinMag post- https://www.jacobinmag.com/2014/09/death-to-the-gamer/ Gamer identity is tainted, root and branch, by its embrace of consumption as a way of life. If gamers suddenly became completely inclusive, if all of the threats…
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Honestly, I think that the conclusion of this article is ultimately reactionary as fuck, especially the "even thinking about economics makes you more evil" part. All types of education are inevitably a form of indoctrination - which is unavoidable,…
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As far as I'm concerned, "identity politics" (I don't like the term itself or its political implications, but whatever, I don't want to wank over semantics) are absolutely vital in order to give a voice to marginalized groups, but only as long as id…
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Oddly, the same guys whom I described adopt the position that consumer society is, in fact, a good thing, and that any criticism of popular culture is in fact shamelessly elitist and probably latently racist. Really, don't attempt to find any commo…
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Actually, I'd say that the main reason why the populist right became so popular is simply because it's much readier to publicly adopt (or claim to adopt) anti-elitist and anti-institutional views, unlike much of the European left (I'm not even count…
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I'm pretty sure he's not a psychopath - psychopaths tend to be dominant, this dude is submissive and insecure as hell, constantly looking for role models, usually people a couple years older than himself, then imitating them in various aspects, whic…
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What the fuck are you supposed to do when a good friend who literally saved your life, gave you food and shelter when you were out on the street, and generally made a lot of effort to help you when you needed help the most turns out to be, despite a…
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Eight animated and four live-action ones, in fact.
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The fashion originates from the goth music subculture, which was lyrically inspired by gothic fiction (called that way simply because most of the stories were set in old Gothic castles, monasteries and cathedrals). So it actually is tied to Gothic a…
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Don't worry, you'll have lots of other opportunities. >
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Look who's back. Angrier, more pathetic and more drug-addicted than ever before. How you doin'
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@InsanityAddict What failsafes would you use to prevent exploitative elites from emerging again, under what form of system would you want that to take place and how would you imagine the transition from the current status quo to go? While I be…