Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General)

@CaptainXtra  
Yes, Disney is a fucking piece of shit and minion of a certain tyrannical regime.

@CaptainXtra  
Can’t say I don’t blame ya. Late-stage capitalism is full of many, many near-monopolies tieing up many different industries, and making it hard for smaller companies to compete. For example: almost every brand of soda (if not every brand of soda) is owned by one of three companies, the vast majority of trackage here in the US is owned by eight different railroads (CSX, Norfolk Southern, Amtrak, BNSF, Union Pacific, Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, and Kansas City Southern) who are looking to cut as many corners as possible to keep their shareholders happy at the expense of customers and long-term viability (“PSR”), Disney might as well own the entire entertainment industry, many huge internet companies are making $$$$ on selling people’s information and are doing anything they can to keep regulations from cutting that gravy-train off, etc…
 
Honestly, being anti-late-stage capitalism just means that you recognize the direction we’re currently heading is just gonna lead to ruin (or at least economic ruin), and we really gotta change course.

@SD50-2  
It’s more important than ever that we get Sanders or at least someone who ain’t a corporate whore in power.
 
Also put some anti-capitalists in Senate to at least counter/balance out the old fucks who’d sell their own children for a quick buck.

Congratulations to Canada for reelecting Justin Trudeau!
 
I was nervous the conservatives would have won but Coyne looks mad as hell. In your face!
 
@CaptainXtra  
Welcome, comrade!
 
By the way I love Disney’s stuff, the cartoons they release are pretty anchored in a progressive state of mind, characters of colors and diversity, first gay couples in Star vs. The Forces of Evil, also innovating in Star Wars franchise.
 
Mike Vogel brought some pf this philosophy, he’s a Disney writer too.
 
So saying Disney is evil isn’t accurate.

@Dustcan  
Of course not, he’s really in the WH to grab the remaining power money couldn’t buy. You’ll end up googling on Breitbart, and other fash sites telling you he does but there is no proof.

@Mote  
Actually it was proven and confirmed by politifact and the US Surgeon Generals Office, USDA, NIAA, and DHS.

@TheMagpulPone  
So you can just say Trmp said something confirmed by Trmp himself.

@Mote  
Umm, no? It was confirmed by the USDA, DHS, NPS, Department of Education, VA, US Surgeon Generals Office, NIAA, and Department of Agriculture. If you really needed me to name them all.

@TheMagpulPone  
You defend Trump, it’s normal.
 
Trump is not a good person and considering everything he steal from the poor, it’s nothing. He’s still filthly rich. It may be true but the big truth does not change, you have a racist, sexist and capitalist president who only cares for himself. This is just PR.

@Mote  
Mkay.

@Dustcan  
@TheMagpulPone  
@Latecomer  
Revolution IS inevitable.
 
And I’m going with Trotsky’s views, it needs to be permanent, and global.
 
I reiterate, again, the importance of information technologies in achieving the revolution.
 
Achieving a political supremacy in tech and social media is the first step.
 
On the methods, a communist country or a few united can not survive in a world still dominated by capitalism, AKA greed, or nationalism.
 
To be achieved, communism need a global coordination and collaboration into one common effort : The well-being of ALL mankind.
 
This also means a total diversity, exchange of commodities and resources, planning, and adjustment to ensure we are no longer destroying the world to what is strictly needed by mankind.

@CaptainXtra  
If you are interested to know more about solutions to late capitalism,
 
Marx - Das Kapital, the reference, and you’ll get why this man was a genius.
 
I also encourage you to read Sombart, who predicted the end of capitalism and the world we live in today
 
Also, for a revolution and strategies, I recommend Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals

@Mote  
I could have sworn I’ve already had this argument - if it has to be global and permanent, the only thing inevitable about it is it’s failure.

@Latecomer  
I’m not new in this forum especially this thread, I already posted about it and even more recently.
 
Again, with the different society we have now, the ecological issues, and tools like big data, analytics, communication, discoveries in science and society, culture, genders, we can agree we can have a fail-safe global socialist governance.
 
Alex Jones and many will scream “New World Order bad!” and will quote Orwell and Huxley because change is scary, and here comes a main thing in politics.
 
People of a certain generation don’t want the world to change, because change scares them. Younger generation like me ( mid-90’s ) know we need change and are willing to accept this change.

@Mote  
I may be quite cautious of change on such a scale, but that doesn’t mean that your ideas are correct. Are you the one I argued with about it before?

@Mote  
Thanks comrade, only heard of Sombart and his great analysis of society /)
 
 
@Mote  
Boomers are obsolete

@Latecomer  
Probably. A lot of assholes who refuse to change their mind and listen or understand prefer to argue but have no arguments.
 
But that’s general, on Twitter, Furaffinty and Facebook too.

Real simple: Why is America, and especially American corporations, so afraid of insulting China in regards to Hong Kong? I have seen numerous examples where they’ve kowtowed and tripped on themselves to apologize for daring to suggest that HK should be an independent state, or for supporting the freedom fighter protests. I’m old enough to remember the Tianenmen Square massacre, and how it was covered up afterward, and I’m in disbelief that America is putting its corporate interests and profit above doing what is right and just and supporting a people’s fight for freedom. We should not be afraid of any country, no matter how large and influential. It’s disgusting.

@Nightweaver20xx  

 
No.  

 
Just no.
 

 
(Trigger warning:altright meme and pepe)
 
Hong Kong protesters bring in hate symbols and alt-right memes:“https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/19/world/asia/hong-kong-protest-pepe-frog.html”
 
 
 
 
When the Muslim Uighur people gets deported by China, no one bats an eye, when fascists protests and some wounded, everyone cries. What’s wrong with you people?

@Mote  
Disney, like many, many, MANY corporations, only cares about progressive thought when it benefits them financially.
 
They didn’t have a “come to Jesus” moment.

@Nightweaver20xx  
Because they want China’s dirty money. Hong Kong deserves to be free. I support them.

@CaptainXtra  
This is the only form of “capitalism” I find tolerable.
 
To have corporations enforcing equal pay, equal opportunities, to see brands being open to LGBT, promoting positiveness and inclusiveness, fighting racism, changing and shaping the society because consumers cannot understand anything else.
 
This is sure not enough, but something I encourage.
 
These aren’t our enemy. I will never boycott a brand or corporaton because they support progresive views ( LGBT, antiracism… )
 
@TheMagpulPone  
I support China.

@Mote  
Of course you do.

@Mote  
Brand loyalty contributes to the monopoly of late stage capitalism.
 
Don’t you see your defense of Disney as a problem?
 
Corporate Loyalty is the height of Bootlicking.

@CaptainXtra  
Yes the whole Spider-Man Sony vs Disney drama, it’s bad.
 
And the old Disney stuff were pro-american bullshit, it has a bad past.
 
But put in balance what Disney makes today, PoC, edutainment, they also tend to being more and more modern and open to social justice issues.
 
Let’s encourage a behavior, while blaming and sanctioning bad behavior is as important.
 
As the changing and struggling society we have an influence, and if they listen, it’s good, let’s encourage things this way.
 
It’s not all black and white and the big thing is, it is complicated just like with Hasbro.
 
The corporation itself is greedy and ran by fascist billionaires.
 
The workers, writers, animators, artists, creatives are left-wing and engaged for change.
 
Brian Goldner is an asshole who supports Trump. Lauren Faust, Tara Strong and all the staff opposes this and are actual humans.