As non insta user who’s being forced to dip my toes in for the purpose of community organizing: what are these and how do I use them?

That’s fucking wild.

He’s specifically anti-vegan? Like has he written in defense of factory farming?

Glad I’m not the only one who finds Gelderloos insufferable. I have to admit I’ve never finished one of his books because I just can’t he’s too arrogant.

True but also fuck off.

for absolutely no reason

🤔

Authoritarian leftist is an oxymoron.

US patriotism is fucking creepy as hell.

This is literally me 🤣

Well first was this guy’s ideology really distinct or is he just a fascist who talks about environmental issues as a post-hoc justification to make his objectively deranged actions seem more reasonable? And if he’s just a fascist I don’t think he need to take his justifications seriously by giving him a newly named ideology.

But I didn’t mean there are no singular eco-fascists anywhere on earth. There are 8 billion people on the planet so I could make up a mad lib ideology and chances are it’s similar to what someone somewhere believes. But I’ve never met one to my knowledge, not even online. There’s no organized push for this or political power behind it. The vast majority of fascists don’t give a shit about the environment and the vast majority of environmentalists oppose fascism. So the only time I see it mentioned is when people get criticized for discussing the impacts of human population.

I understand why it’s a touchy subject. Past racist policies used overpopulation as a justification for crimes against humanity. But that the human impact on the earth is proportional to our population is just a fact, and it doesn’t make you a fascist to acknowledge that. You’re only a fascist if you think that fact gives you a right to brutalize people, and, as I’ve said, I just don’t hear this from any organized or popular thinkers.

Same with oaks. Down with the splitters! Lumpers are the chosen people who will inherit the earth botany.

Ecofascism isn’t a real ideology I don’t know why people keep insisting it is. Almost seems like a deliberate psy-op to create divisions among environmentalists. But more likely people are just stupid and afraid and angry.

They pursue a deliberate strategy of killing and kidnapping civilians. They brutalize and repress any autonomous political movements within Gaza. Violent repression of queer or otherwise nonconforming Gazans is commonplace. And their disastrous political and military strategy was a large contributor to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Gazans over the past several years.

I usually try not to criticize them because such criticisms are being used to justify genocide but I don’t know how else to respond to a ridiculous post like this.

Also our bridges are subjected to the insane forces of truck freight transportation. Who know how long they would last otherwise.

Fair, there are some slight differences. I just am annoyed by the auth-left obsession with nationalism. To the extent that they seem to care more for national sovereignty than real autonomy and liberation. And this focus on imperialism as the ultimate evil above similar forms of nationalist oppression is part of that dynamic.

That wouldn’t really address my objection. My point is that some imperialism can be entirely internal to the artificial boundaries of nation-states as defined by the global ruling class. In fact I would say this is nearly universal, especially within more geographically large and diverse nations.

Like is the US’s exploitation of Mexican citizens within its borders categorically different than the exploitation of Mexican citizens outside of its borders? Sure, the details differ. But I think the overall dynamic is essentially the same.

I feel like this inclusion of the concept of nations in this definition makes it somewhat artificial. Who defines what’s a different nation? The powers that be who are engaging in imperialism, usually. Additionally, would these actions be somehow better if directed against people of the same nation? I think not.

The nationalist brain-rot goes deep in our society and it’s easy to fail to question it.

What about, y’know, doing the actual research you’re supposed to be writing about?

Most people desire more liberation than merely not being a slave. This is a very unserious reply.