The new WVU budget slashes nearly 10 percent of majors and 7 percent of all faculty—but students and staff aren't going down without a fight.
  • tsonfeir@lemm.eeEnglish
    134·
    1 year ago

    I’m fine with red states basically being the dumb manual labor slaves the US has always wanted.

    “Made in Oklahoma by children labor”

    Works for my blue-state-ass.

    VOTE!!

      • tsonfeir@lemm.eeEnglish
        71·
        1 year ago

        Hexbears need to be sure to explain “liberals” don’t mean left-wing, as it is commonly (and inaccurately) understood.

        • duderium [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
          103·
          1 year ago

          “Left-wing” is pretty vague. I’ve seen people say things like “now I’m as leftwing as they come, which is why I support sending tens of billions of dollars to Ukrainian Nazis! Slava Ukraini!” Under the capitalist mode of production, there are communists, liberals, and fascists. That’s pretty much it.

            • duderium [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
              104·
              1 year ago

              Not really. You either support capitalism or you don’t. And if you do support it, you’re either comfortable with its nastier aspects (genocide, slavery, the annihilation of the human species via climate change), as fascists are, or you find those aspects uncomfortable, as liberals do, though they aren’t an issue for you if they’re kept out of sight. Is there some other group I’m missing here?

              • tsonfeir@lemm.eeEnglish
                4·
                1 year ago

                I don’t like capitalism, but I’m not a communist. 🤷‍♂️ I must not exist.

                  • tsonfeir@lemm.eeEnglish
                    3·
                    1 year ago

                    What actions have you taken that have had a measurable impact on destroying capitalism that I can verify?

                  • tsonfeir@lemm.eeEnglish
                    3·
                    1 year ago

                    I feel like a pre-trans person when asked to check [ ] male. [ ] female.

                    I guess my options today are:

                    A. Poor because I tell myself I’m a communist

                    B. Poor because the rich are taking my wages through over taxation and artificially increased prices

                    C. Poor because the rich have told me I’m poor.

                    Man, fuck that world 🤪

        • sharedburdens [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          Liberals already make it very clear that they aren’t left wing, do you think barely-regulated capitalism is a left wing position? Do you think constant warmongering is a left wing position? They’re garbage at actually doing anything concrete besides spending money on weapons.

          Sounds like you like cheering for blue team though.

          • tsonfeir@lemm.eeEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Only hexbears know this. Lol. If you ask any righty on the street “are you liberal” they’ll say “hell no I ain’t no commie democrat. “

            And when most people say “own the lib” it’s usually meant to mean lefties.

            So use whatever words you like, but successful communication is more important than proper vocabulary.