i did some calculations a few years back with some friends on a whim during a sidetracked DnD campaign. we came to the conclusion that capitalism is directly and indirectly responsible for over 20+ million recorded deaths annually all over the world, as a conservative estimate

main contributers were poverty, disease, war, lack of quality healthcare, and state violence.

we also found that the existence of 1 billionaire has an annual death count, purely by subtracting that money from the economic cycle and direct aid. i cant remember now, but it was in the thousands of deaths per billion denied to those in need by hoarding wealth.

billionaires are violent, purely through their existence. and we shouldnt tolerate any form of violence against us.

we should sincerely be dragging these fuckers into the street and ripping them to pieces.

i play arma a lot, mostly with americans. have for years. i have seen active service military members, veterans, police, even ICE agents play these games. ive seen them come in with their “trump 2016, trump 2020, trump 2024, trump 2028” name tags, ive seen white supremacists use these games as ideological recruitment and brainwashing grounds. pedos too. antivaxxers, bible thumpers, you name it.

seen it all.

the VAST majority of american players are absolutely brainwashed morons. if they cant win at the game, they try to argue about why free health care, womens rights, gays and trans rights, are somehow plots of the evil devil worshipping jewish shadow government, or some shit like that. basically, instagram coded level conspiracies. surface leve depth. no room for nuance or source based facts. just vibe based belief systems.

these are the same idjits who genuinely believe canada (an extremely capitalist nation, with an extremely capitalist leader and admin) is a communist hellscape that needs freedom injected into it.

its a relatively small sampling of people, however, and a good place to take a sample to see into the minds of impressionable youth and service memebers as the new waves of propaganda hit the masses.

they want to invade canada. they think they need to.

and they think north koreans are brainwashed. lmao.

some real orwellian shit.

“thats too many beans you nasty ass bitch”

nice try, AI training data gatherer man. if the palantir can see anything, i hope it sees my pink winking asshole.

my ex was a witch, found out she was actually a possessed puppet who was “just friends” with a furry who was obsessed with Guts from berserk, had to put his furry dick in the dirt when he found out i was straight up COURTIN’ his maiden. but she wanted to destroy the whole world and whisk me away into the stars to be her stay at home boyfriend and live in sex slave. but as a self made entrepenur, underdog, and well known billionaire playboy with the most iconic rags to ritches story since orphan annie, i knew i had more cards to play than she had fucks to give about me. theres no way i could be tied down like that to someone whos selfishness is only second to yours truly.

so i nuked the whole fuckin planet. now im getting chased down by her googly eyed sister cousin who somehow survived the blast, but knocked her head hard enough to wake up her gross dead eye, you know, the one that she put the weird tribal mike tyson tattoo on? … like bitch… you white.

…she swears she’ll hunt me down some day, but i doubt it. no depth perception, and you cant kill an idea. especially one with a huge magnum dong.

a bit more background on this sourcd.

from the electronicintifada wikipedia page.

• "founded in February 2001[2] by Ali Abunimah, Arjan El Fassed, Laurie King, and Nigel Parry.[3]

In April 2008, The Electronic Intifada published an article containing e-mails exchanged by members of the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA).[4] The stated purpose of the group was “help[ing] us keep Israel-related entries on Wikipedia from becoming tainted by anti-Israel editors”.[5][4][6] Five Wikipedia editors involved in a CAMERA campaign were sanctioned by Wikipedia administrators, who wrote that the project’s open nature “is fundamentally incompatible with the creation of a private group to surreptitiously coordinate editing by ideologically like-minded individuals”.[5]

After Al Jazeera decided not to publish The Lobby, its documentary about the pro-Israel political lobby in the US,[7][8] The Electronic Intifada published a leaked version online in 2018.[9][10][11]"

-Conflict with NGO Monitor over Dutch funding

"In 2010, the Jerusalem-based pro-Israel organization NGO Monitor criticized the Dutch Interchurch Organisation for Development Cooperation (ICCO) for providing financial support to The Electronic Intifada, which it said was antisemitic and compared Israeli policies with those of the Nazi regime.[12] Gerald M. Steinberg, head of the organization, described The Electronic Intifada as “an explicitly pro-Palestinian political and ideological Web site”[13] that hosts “anti-Israel propaganda.”[14] Marinus Verweij, chairman of ICCO’s executive board said “The EI reports frequently about the violations of human rights and international humanitarian law by the State of Israel. In no way is the EI anti-Israel or anti-Semitic.”[12] He described The Electronic Intifada as “an important source of information from the occupied Palestinian territories” frequently used by newspapers such as The Washington Post and the Financial Times.[12]

Dutch Foreign Ministry spokesman Ward Bezemer stated that whether ICCO had promoted antisemitism, a criminal offence, is to be determined by the Public Prosecutor on the basis of Dutch law. On 26 November 2010, Dutch Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal, who is Jewish and has an Israeli wife, said: “I will look into the matter personally. If it appears that the government subsidized NGO ICCO does fund The Electronic Intifada, it will have a serious problem with me.”[12] Rosenthal later told IKON radio that “anti-semitism is not the issue” but “my concern about calls to contribute to boycotts and embargoes”.[15]

EI co-founder MP Arjan El-Fassed, who also wrote for the website Al-Awda, told the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant that the complaint by NGO Monitor was related to one quote from an interview with Jewish Holocaust survivor and anti-Zionist Hajo Meyer in June 2009. Meyer told EI: “I can write up an endless list of similarities between Nazi Germany and Israel.”[16] In the same article, the Director of the Centre for Information and Documentation Israel (CIDI), Ronnie Naftaniel, said that The Electronic Intifada is not an antisemitic website. He stated that, while everybody should be free to express their opinion, the Dutch government should not indirectly fund a website that regularly calls for a boycott of Israel.[17]

On 14 January 2011, ICCO decided not to change its policy after a discussion held with the Dutch foreign minister.[18] In response to ICCO’s decision, The Jerusalem Post reported that Dutch Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal “will monitor ICCO’s activities. He will consider this as a minus when he makes up the balance when ICCO applies again in a new subsidies round,” as said by Ward Bezemer, a spokesman for Rosenthal."[19] Partos, a national umbrella for more than a hundred Dutch civil society organizations in the international development cooperation sector, strongly condemned Rosenthal’s threats to ICCO’s funding. “Rosenthal’s position vis-à-vis ICCO creates a dangerous precedent for the future. Development organisations will have to continue to fight for an independent voice in the debate. Partos will … stand up for that.”[20]

In April 2011, Professor of International Cooperation Studies Paul Hoebink argued that Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal has no say in Dutch government funding to ICCO because Minister Ben Knapen holds the portfolio. In addition, ICCO’s contribution to The Electronic Intifada is paid with ICCO’s own funds. Professor of International Law and Dutch politicians for the Labour Party, Nico Schrijver considered Rosenthal’s threat to cut government funding if ICCO continues its financial support to The Electronic Intifada as very worrying."

because the theory was created via presented evidence from sources they personally believe to be “true”. or are formulated by what you would logically assume someone else would do, based on history, personality, peer group, and political alignment, etc. a theory is an assumption based on logic. for instance, i think the ruling class will do whatever means possible to maintain and achieve new levels of power. logic and history dictates that would come at the cost of regular working class people. so when presented with a situation like for example, the middle east. we can assume based on history that the US government is primarily controlled by capital. and capital only cares about infinite growth which requires consumption. and the US government is willing to lie to the masses in order to motivate them to do the work of capital.

corruption isnt a theory, its merely in this case a symptom of personal motivation, which allocates another block of evidence which leads to the theory, or logic, to be true, or self evident.

ive personally “predicted” trumps first and second election, the AI boom, and its related consumption of hardware and capital. as well as the invasion of iran, the oil shortage, the round about merger of the israeli and US army. and the eventual failure of that war, which will ultimately lead to the collapse of what was the previous idea of the US, as a nation. and its descent into fascism, and technofeudalism. i “predicted” concentration camps, forced human testing, torture, rape, and murder in and around said camps, of immigrants and dissidents. the massive increase in antisemitsm due to the actions of the israeli government and its genocide, and the purpose driven confusion by social media platforms and the powers that be, between anti zionism and anti semestism. for the greater purpose of creating the illusion of prophecy, for the sake of wealth extraction and power expansion by the ruling class. ive also predicted that canada would also become surveillance state complete with digital ID, and would band together with US corporations like palantir to build said state. all this and a large amount of smaller yet still considerable “predictions” around geopolitics and the actions of capital.

all of this over the last several years, mainly since covid when i had the time to sit down and read a shit load of books on history, psychology, economics, political systems, and general geopolitical relations. and deep need to consume information from the most seemingly unbiased news sources.

its all a vague guess, or an assumption of logic based on a foundation of basic knowledge in these aspects. its not amazing, its just like throwing a dart at a dart board, it usually lands somewhere on the board, but the general thesis remains the same. and more often than not, when it comes to predicting the moves of capital, its skewed towards the option that allows massive wealth extraction and the consolidation of power. and that usually predicts the outcomes in most geopolitical situations.

i assume this a common sense take. read, verify your sources to the best of your ability, assume people who have done bad things for money and power will likely continue to do bad things for money and power. but when it comes to verifying facts and news today, its incredibly difficult to do so. the waters have been muddied, and vast swathes of data was erased and replaced. open archives were attacked by the trump administration, and they have been actively working in tandem with big tech to suppress and erase anything that threatens them, which isnt a new tactic for any wannabe totalitarian state.

its the entire premise of 1984, when power is consolidated to a point, the views of the masses overwhelmingly reflect the wants of the ruling class. and everything else can be skewed, erased, or manipulated to serve that end. which means that trusting institutions that are beholden to “the party”, means taking their view of history at face value. and that view ultimately means your submission to the state.

so you either have to read between the lines, and make logical assumptions based on either what you already know, or on sources that you believe to be trustworthy, hopefully based on logical evidence that they are trustworthy. who owns them, what are their beliefs, overall narrative, and where that eventually leads, etc etc.

basically, all we can do now is trust your gut. and do whatever it takes to work towards a future where we take care of eachother and the environement. everything else is just noise and spin to keep you working and stupid.

it does better than a 3060. and that aint bad.

actual leftists dont argue with leftists. the purity test is a myth created by the far right in an attempt to drive an ideological wedge between leftists, and the fence sitting liberal capitalists. its a self sorting myth that pushes liberal capitalists away from full class conciousness based on percieved petty differences. much like the gondolins and the horse men of rohan prior to the battle of gondor, especially under the influence of grima wormtongue, who whispered untruths and falsehoods in the ear of the bewitched king theodan, in an attempt to keep the kingdoms of men divided. even after his bewitchment, king theodan understood that he needed to put away the ledger of sins from their past with gondor, in order to prevent the fall of man. he struggled with this, but ultimately knew what had to be done when gondor called for aid. everything was at stake.

the leftist understands that its always been up vs down. and that left vs right is a distraction myth. we are like the elves, dwarves, and men of middle earth, even the hobbits. fighting against the darkness of sauron. squabbling over petty differences only serves the dark lords mission of division and permanent victory over man, bringing upon an age of darkness the likes we have never seen before.

we fight for what all that is right and good in this world. for freedom, equality, and truth. anyone who says otherwise is under the influence of forces beyond their current understanding. whether or not they succumb to ignorance is a matter of will and intellect. much like fighting the dark influence of the one ring and saurons will, it is ultimately up to the individual to imagine a world not dictated by greed and the persuit of ultimate power. but rather one where all can live together, in equality, harmony, and peace… in spite of our differences. we as their friends and would be allies also have a duty to guide them when we can, and accept them for their differences, as long as they are willing to fight along side us.

“Never thought I’d die fighting side by side with an Elf.”

“What about side by side with a friend?”

“…Aye… I could do that.”

we all share this world together, and the time of darkness is upon us all. we should remember what our fight is for, and it is not just for ourselves and our own way of life. but the lives of the men and women, and everyone inbetween and beyond. who, like us, simply want to live a full, free, and peaceful life.

there are no communist countries in the world. and there never has been. communism has never been achieved anywhere.

what you are referring to are authoritarian state capitalist societies. they may be communist/socialist in name, just not in praxis.

the only one of course. let me show you how to get there.

https://youtu.be/qHUcW9O4ztw

not a fan of authoritarian state capitalist regimes parading as “communist states” myself.

but what do i know. im just some prole. :(

I hate when my durian doesnt burn cause it got the moist in it :(

Autism (neuro divergence in general really) under capitalism, is the engineering equivilent to being a sacrificial gear in a gear box. You have your purpose, you do it well when placed in the proper gear set. But you wear out faster than all the other gears, not because you are a bad gear, but because the system itself was designed to crush you rather than crush the bigger more expensive gears. It was built for their longevity and success, not yours. This is them giving the squeeky wheel or “gear” “the grease” in a fucked up way.

They are trying to gaslight different groups into thinking they are just a regular normal gear, and they need to just work harder, even if it means the gear breaks quicker as a result. We are cheaper to replace than we are to repair, and that is the logic that makes capitalism unworthy of human participation, it is inherently anti human in all spectrums.

extraction shooters are the survival craft of this decade. and they arent fun anymore. at least for me.

last one i gave a shot to was arch raiders and then the streamers ruined the vibes. now im playing dwarf fortress and honestly its been the most solid evidence beyond my official diagnoses that i am indeed, functionally autistic.

ah, the clint.

(ive been told my writing style is a bit abrasive, but i got a touch of the tism’, and that can effect the “cadence” of how i write. so take that into perspective when reading this inside your head. im not hostile.)

“Who said this is a forum for the working class?”

its implied, considering almost 99% of the worlds population needs to work to make a living and to support their loved ones who cant. and the vast majority of the people who post here arent billionaire oligarchs, or petty bourgeoisie. its statistically unlikely. therefor, fair to say.

“Why do you want people with extreme views (left or right) in your community?”

radicals are at the forefront of change in every conflict. for better, or for worse.

today (in the US) to be opposed to fascism, is to be considered a “far left terrorist” or ANTIFA. another boogeyman made by the fascists to scare people away from “socialism” or the “wokes” or some other nonsense.

the new modern definition of “far left extremism” is a dog whistle used by fascists trying to play the “both sides bad” or “innocent centrist” take that ultimately leads left leaning people and fence sitters further down the road of fascism, for those who take it at face value. overuse of the word “tankie” as well, which has been used as a blanket term for socialists/communists a lot more in recent days. but most people dont understand its roots, or the roots of socialism/communism, and how they have changed since their inception.

unfortunately, the reason so many “far left” voices appear here, is because platforms like reddit started banning people because they called out fascism, and began communicating on how they should stop it. or simply joking about it. i personally am one of those people, i said elon musk did a nazi salute, and was likely a nazi to some degree. and i was perma banned within minutes. for “violent” content. (it wasnt in the slightest) so here i am. and honestly its quite nice, people are more level headed, kind, and willing to discuss things thoughtfully. without the “gotchyas” and hostile armchair intellectualism that is so rampant on platforms like reddit.

this is a platform of the people, each instance essentially ran/hosted by volunteers. working class people, like you or me. thats the basis of the fediverse. anyone can spin up an instance, some bigger/better than others, and choose to link with all/certain instances. some instances can be honey pots, filled with bots, AI slop. or real human beings, making real connections. who knows. its crazy out here. still small, quiet. but growing, and getting louder.

the best thing about the fediverse, is that if you dont like an instance. you can leave it.

but if you dont leave quietly, its always a little bit sus as to your real motivations.

OP seems to be confusing people with a distaste for fascism/general knowledge of communism/socialism, and the history that birthed them, for actual “tankies”

a common mistake made by the misinformed, and a common tactic used by the misaligned.

but id rather not make those assumptions, and assume its coming from a purely anecdotal view/experience of the world that i havent seen reflected in my own use of lemmy.

regardless, at the end of the day, its not left vs right, its up vs down. and i think thats the bigger zeitgeist here on lemmy

sorry for the wall of text. i hope this helps provides a bit more context.

mullvad vpn.

i be sailing them seas with no abandon.

i mean… gestures broadly at american decadence

i thought it was heart disease.