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Reply to comment by GrimWillow in Introducing Fashwave, The Techno Soundtrack Of The ‘Alt-Right’ by An_Old_Big_Tree
No, Fashwave is not an appropriation of the "leftist Vaporwave".
Synthwave is not the same as Vaporwave, like at all. It is important to know these cultural distinctions. The Music, Aesthetics, Ethos etc are completely different.
Vaporwave above all is a music genre. The music is the source of the aesthetics and not so much vice versa. Vaporwave, despite being invented by a trans woman, is not decidedly Leftist, like at all. There are no obvious leftist vaporwave music artists who are defining the scene to be leftist. It is not enough to point out Leisurewave or Laborwave and its associated memes to declare Vaporwave leftist. Not by a long shot. Those tendencies can be seen as peripheral and late-coming.
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And again here we see Journalists putting a spotlight on a turd. Fashwave, if one could even claim it exists, is a microscopic "scene", if you could even call it that. It consists of literally 1-3 actual artists and a bunch of people simply appropriating non-fash music and imagery. Yet here is an article lending it credit, inflating it to be bigger than it is.
The left could have done this for themselves, but they simply didnt. I don't know if its a lack of imagination, cultural awareness, or motivation but the Left has demonstrated itself to be very slow and reluctant to engage in the culture war. Leftists will learn this sooner or later, but I fear it will be too late by then.
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Reply to comment by alqm in Google wants to run cities without being elected. Don't let it by An_Old_Big_Tree
sounds pretty cyberpunk
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Reply to comment by boringskip in Owncloud Now Supports Oauth2 by josefStallman
Does the Free OwnCloud include EtherCalc?
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Was thinking of going as Bad Cooper from Twin Peaks.
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Reply to Owncloud Now Supports Oauth2 by josefStallman
I reeeeally wish they had a spreadsheet module.
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Reply to If you found out that the only way to destroy capitalism was to destroy civilisation, and you had the ability to do it, would you? by Defasher
Yeah, if we could rebuild the cool shit tho.
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Reply to Am I on a list for browsing Raddle? by elyersio
Kill the cop in your head
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Reply to comment by notanaccout in Capitalism is about to end, says the man who took on the world's most powerful financial institutions by BlackFlagged
Yeah Marx talked about Historical Determinism. I and many others diverge in that I assert Late Stage Capitalism will not necessarily make way for Communism "naturally" because the Capitalist State has learned to adapt to survive, using Fascism as a means to reconstitute itself. Therefore it is necessary for us to become active agents of history and kill it ourselves.
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Reply to Capitalism is about to end, says the man who took on the world's most powerful financial institutions by BlackFlagged
tbh its kinda wishful thinking. It will be necessary to kill it if we wish to see a communist future. It will not die on its own, instead it may mutate into fascism.
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Reply to Do you watch much TV? What? by jaidedctrl
quick plug for Sonarr! https://sonarr.tv/ Auto torrent downloading of new episodes!
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Reply to What's the nastiest, most proprietary, nonfree software I can recommend to my teachers? by elyersio
Probably ESRI or iLoc shit.
Back in da day, Back Orifice and Sub7 let you have full control of windows 95/98 pcs. You could open cd rom drives, display fake errors, shut it down etc.
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just be chill
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Reply to What role do drugs play in your life? by JoeMemo
Weed helps cope with stress. Too much and too long and you get in a foggy sunken place. Take a break and when you resume shits waay more potent lol
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On that illegalist shit tho; yeah, sex, drugs, alcohol and doing wild stupid shit can help build and reinforce that culture, but it's got it's obvious problems. In general, I think most Leftists could greatly benefit from understanding the actually existing (albeit misguided), young, fast, illegalist culture of hip hop, poc struggle and culture etc. I'm on that post-scarcity luxury anarchism shit. fuck it, zero-emission Lambos and mansions for everyone!
I aint fucking with nothing harder than coke tho. tbh I don't try to regularly associate with people who I know are addicts of "hard drugs" because I've been burned way too many times lol. There is a strong tendency of anti-social behavior, theft or conning the limited resources of people around them (who likely care for them). Hard drugs really spread alienation and despair throughout our neighborhoods. White people, in general, are more likely to have family and social safety nets to keep them from ending up on the street tho. It sucks but its true.
I would agree the Nihilism, Individualism, Egoism would affirm drug use and that ties in with the mystical, heathen milieu. however I believe its the consequences of abuse that other people suffer that people are against, not so much its use alone.
but most hallucinogens are p dope!
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Reply to Would you use this screensaver? by sudo
If you made a vaporwave 3d maze clone that would be fucking lit af.
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Step 2.5
Use the term "Left Unity" as a dog whistle for "Embrace muh Authoritarianism". Accuse all anti-authoritarians of being "Divisive" and "Sectarian".
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Reply to Let's build a computer/smartphone manufacturing community, with no money or hierarchy by elyersio
This needs to happen. I'm afraid the idea is ahead of its time tho. There are lots of things we would need in place to be capable of running a production chain.
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Shits been pretty wild surrounding the NFL lately. I'm honestly surprised there isnt more attention paid to it from run of the mill activist types.
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Reply to comment by An_Old_Big_Tree in 🤔Why does the Left suck at Culture?💩 by zer0crash
You don't need to authorise my opinions.
lol no need for that attitude. I dont have the authority to authorize unless you give it to me anyways.
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Reply to comment by shanoxilt in 🤔Why does the Left suck at Culture?💩 by zer0crash
Who has the money for that?
Not even a money issue cuz I'm certain you could find peeps willing to donate their time and skills. You got money to drink or smoke? You got money to pay a DJ for a night. It seems its ultimately a matter of priorities. Seems leftists are more interested in their own personal lifestyles rather than building something flavorful up.
Culture is for rich people and they keep it locked away in the Museum of Modern Art.
Naw dawg. Culture comes from the bottom up, almost always has. The "Patrons of the Arts" are literally just Culture Vultures. Don't concede that to them! That's an attitude of resignation, they don't deserve that. As you said, "most cultural things in America, was/is made by black people". Obvs not just black people tho.
Because, as with any community, frivolity will overtake any greater social or political purpose.
What does frivolity mean to you? Vibrant culture is frivolous? Perhaps you heard that quote from Emma Goldman about dancing...?
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Reply to comment by MisterDoctorProfessorX in Is this ‘whiteface’ Halloween costume racist? by An_Old_Big_Tree
Next time anyone thinks something is problematic, they must ask MisterDoctorProfessorX if it affects their life at all. If not, it is not an issue because we all know that MisterDoctorProfessorX is the ultimate word on everything.
lol no one really gives a shit if something affects you personally.