Recent comments in /f/Maine

geneticswag t1_j47frz8 wrote

Reply to comment by Bunkerhillbilly in They failed to recognize the fact that the hero called Joshua chamberlain who turned the tide of the civil war is from the great state of Maine. We haven’t though. by ADHDrulez

Granparents aren’t here to slap them around for it. Same reason Trump convinced so many boomers to link up alongside literal Nazi’s - their dad’s who fought in the war couldn’t call them out on it. Or at least that’s how I feel.

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MainelyKahnt t1_j47dl0i wrote

Reply to comment by The_Tacomeister in They failed to recognize the fact that the hero called Joshua chamberlain who turned the tide of the civil war is from the great state of Maine. We haven’t though. by ADHDrulez

The even more hilarious thing is that they are historically wrong when they (even southerners) claim the "heritage" bullshit. The stars and bars was never the flag of the CSA. It was a little used naval jack towards the end of the war that was co-opted by the racist dixie-crats during the jim crow era. So that flag has literally ONLY been used to represent racism in this country (save for being on a ship or two for like a few months before it was replaced with the white flag of surrender)

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The_Tacomeister t1_j47b1d9 wrote

Reply to comment by Bunkerhillbilly in They failed to recognize the fact that the hero called Joshua chamberlain who turned the tide of the civil war is from the great state of Maine. We haven’t though. by ADHDrulez

I'm at Old Town Highschool. The history and JROTC programs make sure we know our state's history, yet we still got yee yee Confederate wannabes. Like guys the McRib has been around longer than the confeferacy

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ManlyBeardface t1_j473ly6 wrote

Reply to comment by Technical-Role-4346 in So, what do we do? by seeyoubythesea

I've no issue with personal property, which consists of the things you make and use to life your life. Your house, you toothbrush, etc.

I oppose private property which is the ownership of factories, data centers, infrastructure, agricultural land, etc. I think that the capital that we use to make our society work should either be held in common between all people or shoudl be owned by the people who use it (the factory owned by the factory workers who make all the decisions regarding the factory using a democratic process that they themselves decide upon.)

I think that government is the result of a society where people are separated into classes (Capitalist/Worker, Noble/Commoner, Master/Slave) and it's fundamental purpose is to oppress one class in favor of another. Right now the govt. oppresses the 99% in favor of the 1%. I think that in order to get a a good and just society we will have to go through a transitional period called Socialism where the govt. will oppress the 1% in favor of the 99%. This is necessary because were talking about society reorganizing itself into a system where nobody has the sort of power that a billionaire capitalist has today. But to do that you have to be able to wield more power than the billionaire capitalist. So the solution to that is to gain control of govt. and use it's power to strip capitalists of theirs. Govt' housing and other govt. programs will be used initially to plug the gaping holes that Capitalism just ignores in society (hunger, homelessness, etc.)

Once people have a meaningful form of democracy and all their material needs are met we can start developing new ways of organizing society without the interference of people like Bill Gates and Elon Musk. Once we have a society where people are free to organize their lives the way the want then there will no longer be distinct classes in society and thus govt. will cease to serve any purpose. Society will still have to be organized and resources will need to be managed but it will not be necessary to have a state to do so. We will find a way forward together without the need for the coercive violence of states.

> Show me a place with a successful 100% socialist society that is not run by a totalitarian oligarchy.

Every attempt at socialism has been successful. That is why every socialist country has been attacked and punished in every way possible. Capitalists know that socialism works and therefore the govts. that serve them have to do all they can to interfere and ruin socialist countries so that people like you won't know how successful they have been.

Even your question is the result of those propaganda efforts. The very idea of a "100% socialist society" and "blended economies" are rhetorical tricks that are spread to prevent you from being able to conceive of how a socialist society would actually function.

I'll link some videos below for you to give you the chance to hear some ideas on the topic that are probably new to you:

Socialism for Absolute Beginners

Why Liberalism Won's Solve Anything

Is Capitalism Actually Efficient?

Why You Don't Actually Own Anything Under Capitalism

Why the US is Not a Democracy

Why It's So Hard to Imagine Life After Capitalism

Frankly the whole Second Though Channel is really excellent. He has tons of great stuff there.

This last video is meant to be educational but in a very entertaining and funny way so don't let the jokes and internet meme formatting distract you from the excellent points it makes: Debunking Every Anti-Communist Argument Ever

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ecco-domenica t1_j471ufm wrote

Reply to Any ideas what this expression/colloquialism might mean? by makerofshoes

Heard it all my childhood in the 60s. Early childhood in Northeast Kingdom Vermont. Later childhood in the County. Sounded more like ah fa than ah va to me. Don't know if it was specifically Franco, but obviously most childhood companions were Franco in both places, so . . . related to faux pas, maybe? Said with shocked expression and sharp intake of breath.

Only kids said it, never adults. Clearest memory, someone's little brother clowning around put a rosary around his neck like a necklace. He got ah fa'ed from all sides and his older brother told him Jesus was gonna come and sit on his neck. He took it off immediately.

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