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Cake day: July 17th, 2023

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  • Socialism doesn’t dictate a government structure

    I disagree! Socialism by definition requires the people to own their own homes and the places where they work, which is difficult in a government not run by the people. Socialism must be democratic, anything else is just red fascism.

    it can be via an authoritarian state that (claims to) represent the worker.

    I may have been hasty, seems you agree! But I would like to stress that any government which claims to be socialist but makes unions illegal and enforces capitalism and private property shouldn’t really get to call itself socialist or communist. They’re just state capitalist oligarchies.


  • Norway is also capitalistic, but everyone is rich there. It’s pretty good here, but not that good.

    Wage inequality is way lower here in Norway than in most of the world, but it’s unfortunately on the rise, in addition to right wing politics becoming increasingly prevalent. Things are good here because inequality was always low, and therefore unions could “win”, unlike in the US where unions were successfully opposed by powerful corporations.

    Norway is slowly becoming worse, but way slower than the rest of the world because unions and the welfare state stops foreign and domestic companies from exploiting us as much as they want to.


  • Not in this meme, but in the original. It implies that equality is not a good thing because surely the people calling for it haven’t taken into account that everyone is different and has different needs. It shows equity as being the same situation but tailored for everyone’s needs, and justice as being the same situation but with whatever created the inequality in the first place as having been removed.

    My issue is that people don’t use these words in this way, the people calling for equality always want to provide according to peoples needs, and to remove the things causing inequality.




  • Q: Isn’t it really insensitive to point out a trans girls’ penis?

    A: Depends on the person. Every trans person has different dysphorias.

    Q: What’s with the thing of calling people trans+gender in the first place?

    A: When done right it’s only done where needed for context.

    Q: I’m sure many people have good intentions, but it really feels like accidental mean behavior to spotlight something that should be between partners, doctors, and close friends/family who can be trusted keep reminding someone they were born into a body that felt wrong.

    A: Many trans people (including myself) like the kind of humor in the meme (it’s a meme, and not to be taken seriously). There is a clear difference between pointing out someones “bulge” irl and in this meme. Additionally, referencing someones genitals again is triggering for some and not at all for others, it’s not always a secret or whatever.

    There’s another community here on blåhaj this could have been posted to instead where it might have been a better fit, but the reference to a bulge is not the point of the meme and is supposed to be somewhat empowering. Tucking and other practices are common for transfems (and some eventually do surgery), but some don’t. Some people view attitudes like this as a way to break down gender stereotypes and be non-conforming, thinking they should be allowed to be this or that gender regardless of what bits they have.

    EDIT: Also I should add you can be trans without dysphoria.