If forced to I would change the mind and hearts on neolib/fascist politicians. Maybe giving trump some communist powers wouldn’t be so bad?

  • lemmyseizethemeans@lemmygrad.ml
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    5 months ago

    Realtalk. Was in a bar talking to a guy who has the ear of the prim minister of Singapore. Topic was of course neolib economic policy. He recommended zero taxes to avoid capital flight, means tested UBI and paying politicians more. ‘a rising tide lifts all boats’ I returned with examples of how the opposite has happened, with no regulations and taxes we see the social stratification and poverty explode, how China must be doing something right with their reduction of poverty not to mention expansion of high speed rail and solar power

    Fight with the truth folks. Facts are on our side.

  • DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml
    30·
    5 months ago

    I’ll get better at jogging and run in a big loop around the city bus interchange every evening during peak hour. I’d also try to attend more concerts and football games, and just spend the entire time walking around trying to get within 10 metres of everyone.

    I think the best part of this superpower would be that if cops try to arrest you, they also become communists, and realise they’re the brute squad for capital and will just let me go while they rethink their life choices.

    • Justice@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      15·
      5 months ago

      If cops instantly swapped from cop to communist I see a glorious picture in my mind where they burst into tears, pull out their service weapons, shoot all their nearby fellow cops and once they’re alone they shove the barrel in their own mouth

  • FishLake@lemmygrad.ml
    27·
    5 months ago

    Parent-teacher night just got a whole lot more interesting at the suburban school I teach at. Now I can finally teach dialectics to elementary students. If I can use it selectively, I’d like to not convert Tanner’s parents because it would be funny.

    • Munrock ☭@lemmygrad.ml
      2·
      5 months ago

      If I can use it selectively, I’d like to not convert Tanner’s parents because it would be funny.

      But do convert Tanner.

      • FishLake@lemmygrad.ml
        2·
        5 months ago

        I think for the most part you wouldn’t have to use the conversion powers on children. They’ll be much better comrades if the people who loved them modeled empathy and camaraderie.

        Therefore, Tanner would absolutely need to be converted.

  • redtea@lemmygrad.ml
    14·
    5 months ago

    First, I’m going into my own office on the way to the airport for a few flights. Everyone in economy is getting it. Then when I get home I’m getting a part time job as a delivery driver to commercial buildings in major cities and taking liberties visiting every floor as I drop off the noodles. On the way, if I get stuck in traffic, I’m treating my vexed driver comrades to some enlightenment. On the weekends, I’m going to the people: soccer matches, protests.

    The only fuckers I’m not using this on are the CEOs, bankers, directors, etc. I want them to wonder what the fuck is happening and I don’t want to create hundreds of petite bourgeois trots.

  • ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml
    2·
    5 months ago

    Does the effect wear off if they leave your radius? Or is the effect permanent?

    If it’s permanent, then I would spend all the money I have traveling to massive concerts, sports stadiums, and events. Then spend the entire time running around.

    Maybe giving trump some communist powers wouldn’t be so bad?

    I don’t care if he became the worlds most devout Marxist-Leninist-Maoist; he is a child rapist.

    • DiaMatEnjoyer@lemmygrad.mlOP
      2·
      5 months ago

      Permanent… I was originally meant to add a twist to the power: “Every person you convert gets cancer” but my subconscious abstained from it idk.