Generally a handful does not mean a significant amount…

Lol, and how is commiting minor property damage fighting fascism?

I volunteer as a first responder for protest, and volunteer as a healthcare provider for an organization that helps house refuge and asylum seekers…but I guess random property damage is probably more helpful.

You’re misunderstanding what I’m saying. I’m not denying that there’s a real reality. I’m saying we don’t have direct access to it.

No, you’re just not being consistent with your own claim. You’ve gone as far as to say that the existence of the sun is a subjective matter. Now you’re predicating your claim with “direct access”.

Kant, Husserl, even modern physics all recognize that we only ever experience the world filtered through perception and cognition.

Right, but none of them argue that the biases in perception means we cannot come to a consensus in objectivity.

There’s the thing itself, and then there’s what our brains can make sense of.

And how do you know that the thing itself exist? Couldn’t it just be a hallucination…?

Observation and measurement are still mediated by human perception, interpretation, and context. Science works because we build systems to reduce bias, not because we somehow step outside of subjectivity.

Again, you are falsely defining truth or reality to be a state devoid of any subjectivity. Just because there is subjectivity in perception and observation does not mean we cannot come to a consensus of what an objective truth or reality is.

the left often doesn’t. They treat “truth” as something fixed and self-evident, when in practice it’s always being shaped, reframed, and fought over

Again… Maybe they just believe that “truths” (human construct) like human rights should be self evident and not up for debate.

That’s not the same as saying “nothing is true.” It’s saying that truth has to be communicated and maintained, not just assumed.

That is not consistent with your previous claims, you are moving the goal post.

The moral and ethical part is a separate issue. You can still have values, compassion, and principles while acknowledging that your version of truth is a construct.

You can, but there’s no inherent reason to if it isn’t consistent with your “version of truth”.

Empathy doesn’t require metaphysical certainty. It just requires agreeing that suffering matters.

Empathy doesn’t require metaphysical certainty. It just requires agreeing that suffering matters.

“Suffering matters” is a self evident claim reliant on metaphysical certainty…

left can’t learn from how they weaponize language and perception

Who says they don’t? The left is a pretty big spectrum, most of which is largely absent in North America. I think the problem you’re having is confusing leftist with liberals, as liberals only want to preserve the status quo, and are thus less likely to engage in more manipulative tactics.

It’s to stop being naïve about how people actually process information and form beliefs. Reality might be objective, but politics runs on perception.

Again, I think liberals in this country are walking a tight rope of dispelling the fascist regime without dispelling the suprestructure that allows it to be successful in the first place. It’s hard to call out fascist without also disparaging the capitalistic system that the liberals are trying to preserve.

Ahh yes, minor amounts of property damage…the true sign of a revolutionary.

Unfortunately organized violence is likely the only answer to fascism, and history shows that anyone part of the first waves of organized violence are most likely won’t be around to see the conclusion.

It’s completely understandable to be hesitant to throw your life away for a cause that the vast majority do not believe in.

I’m saying that there are two types of truths. One is what is reality but that we are forced to view it through our sense and mind and consciousness which can never actually grasp the real reality.

This requires some cognitive dissonance to overcome its logical inconsistency.

You cannot claim there to be a “true” reality while also claiming that our perceptive biases are so strong that we cannot accurately experience/describe it.

That filter is what makes it a subjective truth.

This is an unsubstantiated claim that is easily disputed by the concept of empirical content.

This is to my point that the right understand this and succeeded in a lot of areas the left don’t because of this.

Lol, you don’t need to adopt a relative perspective of reality to understand the concept of manipulation and lying.

The left are very rigid and seen to fall on their own truth. I see it in arguments and online. They don’t mold things or play around with events the same way the right does.

I think you have a problem with moral/ethical constructs moreso than a mind/body problem.

think they don’t because of their relationship to what they see as true or not.

I would argue that the perspective of a shared moral or ethical constructual “truth” is what separates the left and the right.

If we deny the idea of a moral or ethical truth what is the point of a leftist government anyways? If we’re all experiencing a personally subjective reality, what is the point of an empathetical society?

I think your individualist perspective is a lot more common on the right than the left.

The way the right have reframed arguments about trans, racism, Jeffery Epstein, immigration, government needs to be better understood by the right. Not just called out but instead adapted.

The method is incompatible with the end goals. The right can lie and create mistrust because chaos and instability is their goal. This is not the same as the left, who are trying to create stability and equity through organization.

I mean, I’m pretty sure most people who agree that fascism is taking over the country know the consequences…

Most people just also understand what usually happens to the first wave of resistance while fascist still hold the reigns of power. What are you doing to stop this?

how do you know that other observer is not a p zombie or part of the hallucination.

Because p zombies are a poorly constructed philosophical concept, not a tangible reality.

The idea of something physically identical to humans but lacks consciousness is circular reasoning as the engagement of the physical body and the environment is what creates consciousness.

The same applies to hallucinations. Hallucinations require previous knowledge and interaction with emperical content. So even if you hallucinate the sun, that implies the existence of an actual sun you are hallucinating about.

Truths it isn’t something we can deal with. We can only deal with our truths which is subjective, not objective

That’s a self defeating argument. Stating that all truths are subjective implies that the statement itself is subjective.

Nah, it’s pretty normal in South Korea. School and the expectations of success are just brutal over there. It’s not unusual to see groups of kids coming home from school/after school programs after dark.

What the hell are you talking about?

Brazil had the worst stats in basically every category when it came to slavery. They owned the most slaves, imported the most slaves, killed the most slaves, and their sugar plantations were widely known as the worst working conditions in America’s.

So then maybe not give a shit who they endorse and just vote for progressives running in the Dem primaries regardless.

I didn’t say to do otherwise?

My point was that we need to vote out the old guard who fall over themselves to compromise with conservatives any chance they get.

If enough voters show up for the available candidates, then the DNC heads don’t have any fucking choice in the matter.

One of the problems we have to deal with is that the old guard has a lot of influence over where election funding is spent. People like Mamdari might be an outlier that candidates in more rural localities may not be able to copy.

Eh… My little cousins live in Korea and come from money, it still sounds kinda crappy. 8 hours of school then instrument practice, dance class, and after school academy… the little dudes get home at like 9-10pm every night. One of them calls all the time and begs us to host him when he’s ready for college, the little guy just wants to play football.

His over a decade running Minnesota kind of shows that…

Lol, yes his career in the famously purple state of Minnesota shows that he’s super progressive?

Amy Klobuchar and Tim Waltz, obvious leftist icons…

People exist before you hear their name

No shit, which is why I know he’s a centerist who’s worked his whole career with other centerist and center right politicians.

I’m not saying that he’s not an improvement over the last chair, I’m saying that he’s not significantly different, and that he doesn’t represent a bellwether for the party as a whole.

Your only argument supporting the claim that the party has changed is based off a single person who doesn’t even hold a public office.

For decades under neoliberls…

You haven’t substantiated that Martin is any different, or that he has somehow been imbued with more power over the party than previous chairs.

Martin not just doing that, is a good thing, right?

How is he not just doing that? Again, you haven’t shared any information that would lead me to believe that the dnc has significantly changed their stance in the last 8 months.

That’s like how people are pissed Martin isn’t biased in the opposite direction, instead of celebrating that we have a non biased chair.

Just because he isn’t a Republican in disguise doesn’t mean he’s a leftist, he’s already claimed as much. And just because the party elected a progressive compared to previous chairs, does not mean that the party has changed to a significant degree. The important cabinet and leadership positions are dictated by seniority and are still filled by center right ghouls.

Shits been fucked up so long, lots of voters like you have no idea what a functional political party is supposed to look like, let alone an American political party.

Lol, what does that even mean? What is a long time for you? And what does a functional political party supposed to look like in your opinion?

My first election was Bush Sr vs Dukakis and let me tell ya, nothing was “normal” back then either.

The chair has complete and total authority. With a Dem president they nominate someone, when the Dem loses the ~400 voting members get to pick.

Total authority to do…? This is a complete exaggeration of the responsibilities of their job. The chair of the dnc is mostly a talking head in charge of fundraising. They cannot order democratic candidates or elected officials to do anything or to take a particular stance on any topic.

Plus, the new chair lacks wide support or appeal in his own party. The current dnc is wrecked by infighting and a huge gap in fundraising.

After 2024 they rejected neoliberalism and got us the first nonbiased chair in decades.

I would hardly say they’ve rejected neoliberalism… I mean Ken Martin is basically just a Democrat from the 90’s, which is still a neo liberal. Hes not a socialist , he’s just not a Republican noising as a Democrat.

but the DNC chair has endorsed Mamdani and said he’s the future of the party and a blueprint for what they need to do nationally.

Source for this? I don’t think him saying he didn’t agree with him, but that the dnc was a big tent party really reflects your claim.

But we literally just won a fight over the Dem party that’s lasted over a generation.

Or maybe you are coping a little too hard and investing a lot of power into a position that is largely considered to be a figure head.

If you’re still shitting in the DNC today, it’s because you fell for neoliberal propaganda fed to you by billionaire owned media corporations.

Ahhh yes…I often consume neoliberal propaganda …as a socialist?

There’s still plenty to criticize about every political party in America, mainly because they are fruit of a poisoned tree.

The DNC finally wised up

Yeah … Not so sure about that.

Pretty sure the heads of the dnc would still rather lose to a fascist than endorse a democratic socialist. Until we cast out every thirdway Democrat from congress were never going to actually going to see any real progress.

I mean… The first American civil war didn’t work like that either. Officially succession happened over the course of a couple years, but we’re baking for much longer.