i think you make some nuanced points.

fixing things is messy and sometimes, even your enemies can deliver improvements. i’m not so mired in politics i can’t see objectively. i still think the administration should be toppled by any means necessary if we want to truly save america from eternal dystopia.

the venus project is the goal

utopia.

also, your blanket ‘marxists’ statement belies your so-called ‘intellectualism’. you are neither an academic nor smart. i think it’s time for you to shut the fuck up.

the goals are crystal clear in my mind, along with the means of achieving them.

me too, but if you can’t divorce yourself from economic theories and see what the reality looks like outside the textbook, you’re no smarter than any other overeducated idiot.

you talk like an economist. economists don’t care about the individual. they look at economic benefits on a large scale, where most of the measurements are in relation to financial institutions. i’ve met many people who benefited from recession. large firms and wealthy shareholders often liquidate things during recessions at reduced prices, which allow poor people to finally afford something.

economists also go great with garlic, so watch yourself.

because the american citizen was not the target. an al-quaeda operative was the target. the kid happened to be in close proximity.

thank you so much for posting this. his response to the demands was

‘joe biden proposed a tax on the rich that would generate $50 billion per year, which isn’t enough to fix the debt in one year’

and

‘it would hamper growth’

‘growth’ - you know… that thing that cancer does.

guns.

oh well. i guess there’s nothing else you can do but put your head under the boot.

guns

you still don’t seem to grasp the point i’m trying to make.

how do you think we defeat the fascists? with hugs?

of course everyone thinks they’re the good guys. no one thinks they’re the villain, but you and i know who the good guys are, right? no? well, you can end up in a pile with the rest of my enemies.

you don’t get it, do you? whoever wins the war we are in gets to decide who the good guys were. there is no compromise. there never could be. it’s always been a war. and it will be over when one side capitulates. don’t be on the losing team.

you think the other side won’t do whatever it takes to win? they’re doing it now. do you want them to win? then you need to be prepared to do whatever it takes to stop them. THIS IS HOW WARS WORK. don’t think we’re in one? you’re delusional.

it’s okay when the good guys do it. it’s not ok when our enemies do it. goose and gander comparisons should never be made if it justifies your opposition. i’m just trying to get people to understand how wars work. “by any means necessary” is what it takes to win. if the victory defeats an existential threat to humanity, then whatever it took to do it was justified.

the point is that it takes messy solutions sometimes. we need to come to peace with that if we want to truly resist the current administration. you can’t stay on your high horse forever if you want to survive.

i’m not disagreeing with you. i’m just trying to bring some nuance to some of the statements that have been made.

and you keep saying that is was an authorized assassination, which is not true. it was collateral damage.

F yeah

do i really need to explain the nuance of this to you?

was it idealistically right? no. was it acceptable collateral damage in war? yes.

we firebombed entire civilian cities in WWII and we were the good guys. perspective is important.

EDIT: i do agree with you about how we have allowed the power of the executive branch to expand to a point that is now a crisis, but i will still defend obama as a president.

your original statement is correct, but i feel the need to speak up on behalf of obama.

the terrorist kill list was a little shady, but it was effective (although messy).

we really need to embrace the power of martial force for good. the good guys can’t always take the high road. sometimes there is no better solution than to just apply a hammer.

and if people don’t think political dissidents are on the list, they’re delusional. we may not be the priority yet, but they’re checking off demographics at an alarming rate.

this. the system is broken. the DOJ is owned. trump et al are above the law. they knew going in that the entire charade only operates under the threat of violence and they currently have a monopoly on that. if you don’t have stock in violence, you don’t have a place at the table. we all need to buy some stock.