I'm a Brazilian and we are in the middle of a huge election and social media is playing a big part in it.

The left here is right now fighting to get their messages through to the people.

Meta has already confirmed to some sort of mistake with Lula's range on their plataform.

Zuckerberg, Musk and other strongmen from big tech companies have been trying to control public opinion into electing Jair Bolsonaro's son, Flavio Bolsonaro,Trump's puppet.

Please pay attention to our country right now. Global eyes are a must have.

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Apologies if this letter was already posted in this sub and I missed it. But has everyone read Iran’s letter to the American people?

In summary:

• Begins immediately citing the horrific American bombing that killed 168 schoolchildren

[counters the idea that *they* are the terrorists]

• Explains that Islam promotes “honesty, liberty, equality, social equity, (rights, values, etc)…” and proclaims that no “race, color, ethnicity, or nation” is better/worse as “humanity is one cloth”

[counters the idea that their religious extremism is radical or intolerant of non-Muslims]

• Addresses “Death to America” as being a slogan aimed not at the American people but at a government that has oppressed them through violence and sanctions. Positions an “elite cohort of powerful Zionist capitalists” as a common enemy, since the American government imprisons a high % of its population, keeps people in poverty, takes our taxes and sends to Israel & wars, etc. - thus, Americans are also victims.

[counters the idea that Iran views Americans as enemies and wants to hurt us]

• Provides a laundry list of all the bad shit that America has done to Iran

[educates those unfamiliar with history]

It should be more widely read, but of course I don’t have high expectations that it will be.

I dont even know what to say

"Based on the latest polling evidence, little has fundamentally changed. While favorability toward Israel and approval of its conduct have shifted somewhat, overall support for Israel—particularly its status as a "Jewish state"—remains nearly unchanged, with the vast majority of Jews continuing to back the Zionist project, even as they express reservations about its current government.

So one must ask: given the facts presented here—nearly three years into a genocide carried out by the “Jewish state,” by Jews, for Jews, at the expense of non-Jews, with the overwhelming support of Jews worldwide—why does the Western “pro-Palestine” movement spend so much time and energy doing free PR for Jews? Why go so far as to lie on their behalf about what they actually believe? The Western left loves to talk about "centring voices." Well, this is what they've said. So why speak over them?"

This is a public school in South Carolina. Report them. 😡

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Can someone please try to explain to me why the right thinks there is a secret plot to impose sharia law in this country?

Some jerk off friend of a friend on Facebook was poppin his mouth off about it like a 2 or 3 months ago, and it really threw me back. I pushed him to tell me why he thought that and where he heard it from, and then he went silent.

Then today my friend told me that her Christian aunts and uncles up in central New York all think this too.

I'm honestly so lost. Where the hell did this come from?

And I havent heard anyone in MSM or on the YouTubes bring it up, so I thought maybe that FB guy was just an embarrassed quack, until I heard about my friends relatives. Is this something widely believed on the right? Maybe on the super secret downlow, and that's why msm and YouTube chirpers haven't looked into this bonkers belief?

I've always why Ana Kasparian has turned right wing and completely turned against the left. She always struck me as a very intelligent person but now it just seems like she's always angry all of the time. She also seems to be even more critical of Religion than she ever was before. It seems like she's become a hardcore Atheist. I've always wondered why her views have changed so much over the years. She also looks completely different now too Do you think that she has totally lost it? What do you think of her Political Views? Do you agree with any of them? She's also Childfree as well and she also doesn't support abortion either. Do you think that she's completely gone off the deep end? Do you think that she's gone completely crazy? Or do you think that she's just becoming more mature and has changed her views since she's gotten older? What did you really think of her interview with Candace Owens?

https://youtube.com/shorts/5K8Wdao-YbA?si=r461TlYggBwtOpKM

I recently discovered a genre of music called "national socialist black metal". The name is self-explanatory, it's nazis making black metal music.

I don't personally support any censorship in art, but I'd like to get your opinion on this.

So I consider myself a leftist and align myself with every left cause I can think of, but I find myself often frustrated and excluded from left spaces.

One example I was discussing comedians I like and mentioned I enjoy ones who push things to the line so to speak and make occasional jokes about race and sexuality because I find these relatable, for reference these comedians are almost all gay or black yet I had leftists telling me I can’t be left if I laugh at gay jokes ( even though a fuckin gay guy was telling the joke )

It seems to me like most left spaces claim to be for the working class yet are made up of mainly highly educated middle class people who likely haven’t faced many of the difficulties that they aim to ease.

Even in discussions there is so much double speak making topics inaccessible to people like me, and I honestly think the left put to much pride in wordy explanations and telling people they must learn this and that.

In the event of an uprising the 99% that will make it possible for us to have power are excluded, I’m not into the whole masculinity obsession that has swept the world but having grown up in Ireland and having ties to people that were volunteers during the British Invasion one thing is clear.

Any true left power which wants to take power needs strong fearless men who are capable of extreme violence in a higher ratio than great thinkers, both are important but I think more people who will take direct action matters more than people who write manifestos and plans.

Yet most left spaces I enter seem to be full of great thinkers and philosophers yet really lacking people with the strength and will to take action and the same people who would be willing to do so often feel alienated by some middle class white phd student.

Does this make sense to you guys or am I just waffling ?

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Is because they are obsessed with guns and violence. They unintentionally promote school shootings, gangs and violence everyday. They are quick to fight you and won’t even back down when guns are introduced. Its on tv, music and movies and Americans don’t care about consequences. They will attack you because of your skin color and laugh about it on the internet. Behind closed doors they call you every name under sun and have no remorse when they kill you and your children.

In an interview with The New Yorker, Democratic Socialists of America national co-chair Megan Romer stated that DSA supported a free Palestine, meaning the establishment of a single state.

DSA's position is consistent, not only with the historical Palestinian vision for liberation, but also with its own democratic platform and with basic human decency.

The One Democratic State Initiative welcomes this decision and calls on all democratic organizations worldwide to also support the establishment of a democratic state instead of a settler one in Palestine.

Link to the full interview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RWsHLvBntg