Post Marxist quotes over an image of Ronald Reagan or George W. Bush. But like, make it agreeable. In my experience right wing people will agree with leftists on most issues if you never actually say it's a leftist position.

Another idea, make them believe corporations are Marxist and so should be abolished. :)

The same way being a mechanical engineer relates to political leaning, I'd assume.

I don't think it does. It also doesn't mean they are not intelligent. It just means they spent a long time studying their trade, which is commendable.

But if you want to understand politics, you need to do like the rest of us and study politics. You can't look at a bucket and then say you understand the river.

Fully agree. I'd like to add, knowledge requires learning. And learning requires work, no matter how intelligent we are (or think we are).

I'm a programmer as well, but being good at your job does not mean your political ideas are better as a consequence. It just means you have the capacity for it, not that it's being used.

Also, programmers are paid better, so I'd imagine they would believe we live in a meritocracy and tend to ignore those below them (they don't know they exist).

I'm sure it's not just programmers who have this issue.

I think the term "manly" has been so polluted. I don't think there is nothing "unmanly" with:

• Loving nature.
• Loving your neighbor (even Jesus said to).
• Loving culture (and accepting other's culture).
• Showing emotion (except for you narcissists who use this as an excuse for abuse. Fuck you).
• Dancing.
• Going outside just to feel the wind gently blowing your hair and caressing your face.

We are capable of very complex modes of existing. There is no reason to keep being the same hateful person every day. It takes courage to go out of your confort zone. It takes courage to be a "man". Whatever it is that word means. Love you all. <3

Edit: Guys, are comments like this valuable? On Reddit I felt the need to write this way, but everyone seems so chill here...

Internet safety reminder:

On posts like these, I encourage everyone to at least randomize the real values by a couple percent, round the values, or be vague on details. On occasion, even completely fabricate the values. The reason for that is to avoid doxxing through statistical analysis.

Btw, clear skies where I'm at. Very cool weather for a dive in the river.

Expressionist art never made sense to me. Like, someone made a couple of pseudo-random brush strokes over a canvas and... people liked it? I thought, is this what art is? Never would have guessed the CIA had their hands in this, however, in retrospect, it does make sense they would want to try and do this. Just boggles my mind that they succeeded.

On the flip side, TIL there is such a thing such as "Socialist Realism". I wouldn't mind it one bit if this style came back to replace "banana duct-taped into wall"-type of "art".

The ideological leaning of the developers means nothing on a federated network. What you care about is knowing the ideology of who runs your instance.

You can just as easily fall into a right wing echo chamber by joining the wrong instance. And one that censors any kind of pro Russia or pro China sentiment, which is equally bad, in my opinion.

Propaganda can come from both sides. Just keep your eyes open.

Image transcription: 2 symbols appear side by side. On one side, something that shines light over the dark. Commonly used to lift people up from dark places, by academics who like to read theory, or to tell scary stories around a fire as a recreational activity. On the other side, a flashlight.

Most of these so called "libs" were probably just doing what they saw everyone else do. Now, "everyone else" means something different here. If I were them, I'd honestly pick up a book and skip the embarrassment. This is a learning opportunity.

I have. Found a tool on Github that edited and deleted every comment or post I did and then deleted the account. So, the nuclear option. My account may not have had much contributions, but it was an honest account of 5 years.

And random replies! Discussions are what makes a social media, social. :)