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Carl Beijer

@carlbeijer.bsky.social

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Socialist writer. Read me at The People's Line at http://www.peoplesline.org. Other links at https://linktr.ee/carlbeijer

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Carl Beijer @carlbeijer.bsky.social · 9h

It me, the "communist" who blames workers for low wages

Carl Beijer @carlbeijer.bsky.social · 11h

Ephesians 6:12

Carl Beijer @carlbeijer.bsky.social · 12h

Brain worms is actually a pretty old internet term

Carl Beijer @carlbeijer.bsky.social · 12h

Trump repeatedly presenting "I don't love my enemies" as a fun little lovable foible is straight-up Satanic, he is normalizing complete disregard for a central pillar of Christ's message

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

ERIKA KIRK: He did pray for his enemies, which is very hard, but he did

TRUMP: *shit-eating grin, shrugs*

ERIKA KIRK: I saw him do it

Carl Beijer @carlbeijer.bsky.social · 12h

Carl Beijer @carlbeijer.bsky.social · 12h

How many events have the Young Republicans paid Anna to do now?

Carl Beijer @carlbeijer.bsky.social · 19h

You can use that site pretty easily without debating policy with Nazis.

Carl Beijer @carlbeijer.bsky.social · 19h

Elon Musk has personally reinstated this account. No one should feel any obligation to respect Twitter ToS. It's meaningless

Carl Beijer @carlbeijer.bsky.social · 23h

lol I had no idea

Carl Beijer @carlbeijer.bsky.social · 23h

What are you talking about, I'm having a great time

Also what is "cope" supposed to mean here, what exactly am I coping with

Carl Beijer @carlbeijer.bsky.social · 1d

Funniest typo in a while

Carl Beijer @carlbeijer.bsky.social · 1d

The Red Scare girls openly describe themselves as groypers and fundraise for Republicans, meanwhile the Democratic Party is paying Pakman to describe them as "the extreme left"

Carl Beijer @carlbeijer.bsky.social · 1d

Almost certainly him going to war with Fuentes

Carl Beijer @carlbeijer.bsky.social · 1d

You just missed some fun drama, half of those right-wing doxxers have been banned including Captive Dreamer

Carl Beijer @carlbeijer.bsky.social · 1d

I think those guys were doxing so aggressively that it was starting to become a legal liability for Elon to look the other way

Carl Beijer @carlbeijer.bsky.social · 1d

lol owned

Carl Beijer @carlbeijer.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah. You aren't gonna beat the corporations one state at a time, that's why federal power is so important

Carl Beijer @carlbeijer.bsky.social · 1d

In case you are curious, here is just a partial list of times when SCOTUS adjusted the meaning of the word "corporation" during the nineteenth century. They just shift it around to whatever is convenient

Carl Beijer @carlbeijer.bsky.social · 1d

Wish I could be as optimistic as David is about this, but speaking as someone who did his thesis work on the history of corporate personhood in the Supreme Court, the odds of SCOTUS not intervening here on behalf of the plutocrats are approximately zero

Carl Beijer @carlbeijer.bsky.social · 1d

I am confused, do you care about economic exploitation or not? One moment you are rightly scolding Elon for exploiting workers, but then when I point out that this is what the capitalist owners of all social media sites do you shrug. Seems inconsistent

Carl Beijer @carlbeijer.bsky.social · 1d

So the rule is that if I don't follow reactionaries on a social media site it's okay to use it? :D

Carl Beijer @carlbeijer.bsky.social · 1d

Bzzzt wrong

Carl Beijer @carlbeijer.bsky.social · 1d

Oh yeah that's absolutely true!

Carl Beijer @carlbeijer.bsky.social · 1d

As I always say, there is an easy way for people who want me to give up the revenue I get on Twitter to put their money where their mouth is. Oddly enough, it seems like it's only ever important for that sacrifice to be made as long as I'm the one who is making it.

Carl Beijer @carlbeijer.bsky.social · 1d

Seems like a distinction without a difference. Doesn't Marshall benefit financially from using Bluesky as a marketing platform? They're all just financial beneficiaries of the same digital platform