That’s what I get even when posting while still being sleepy.

Well I’m good with immediate nationalization of top companies, and cutting away bourgeois rule, too. I was offering a gentler transition, but now that I am thinking about Trotsky, that’s a poorly thought idea.

It seems the problem is most people can’t begin to imagine what actually existing socialism looks like from the inside, without suspending their belief in generations of propaganda fed to us for several generations by our own states, and while we may be able to imagine how to work differently within the framework we have, can’t imagine discarding that framework without something better to replace it. We can imagine bending the framework, but not building a different one before or during the process.

I wouldn’t be surprised if most people imagine a socialist replacement looking a lot like what DOGE did, but here’s a thing: we already have a blueprint for reimagining the existing framework ala New Deal, while we can also work toward building and implementing a new framework based on blueprints from AES states. Nobody is talking about taking a chainsaw to the current framework on day one.

Maybe what I’m saying isn’t realistic, either but I’m open to having it picked apart.

Lol

https://www.dw.com/en/german-welfare-state-can-no-longer-be-financed-merz/a-73742270

On the plus side, maybe the notion of American Exceptionalism will diminish a bit, which is long overdue.

Hope is a powerful thing, and I fervently hope so!

I feel like most people are so far gone they couldn’t even begin to connect with their honest human self outside of the traditional indoctrination we all receive from our national cultures.

Thinking about Lemmy and most people around me, it seems like it.

Lol; that’s what the EU common people said about too big to fail, too.

The holidays bring it out in a lot of people. Best to you.

Then there are people like Brett Favre taking from the social safety net with the help of the government.

I love chilli cheeseburger. They assuredly do not love me.

Hardee’s buffalo bleu cheese, but it’s not around anymore. Their mushroom Swiss burger is pretty alright.

After his death, a new £1.6m wellbeing centre attached to Glenwood Church in Cardiff was named Lockwood House, after Ronnie. But the old building and the new building didn’t quite match, and they needed extra funding to finish the renovation. “But they needn’t have worried,” said Rob. "Almost to the penny, it was the exact amount Ronnie had left in his will. “In the end the homeless man put the roof over all of our heads.”

Food bank?

Podunk. And none of these things are class, race, or gender conscious, maybe not age. It depends on socialization and how the brain is wired. So if it’s not you (us), you (we) hit a genetic and social lottery, and/or did a lot of work on ourselves.

And huge retail conglomerates.

Thank you! 😊

This warms my heart so much. Thank you. My best to you and your family. ❤️

I can remember that it was extremely painful and that blisters were coming a few days after the initial burn, but I don’t remember the exact pain., thankfully. And I remember the family that was there for me as I healed. You’ll be tender for a bit; but I daresay you will remember your wife’s support long after your new skin is not tender. I’m glad you have good support and a good attitude. That’s key to healing.

Several decades ago 😅