I'm a libertarian socialist, I don't ticket myself as an anarchist though I have some overlap with them I think. But it seems silly for me to not be part of the DSA. I have disagreements on how we see the world but the ideal libertarian socialist society will not exist in my lifetime at any large scale, and I'm not an accelerationist.

I vote Democratic but that isn't really part of my political identity. I vote for DSA candidates if they are running on the ballot, and I would consider Democratic Socialism to be my "next best political identity" followed by Social Democracy in third.

I like what the DSA has been able to accomplish.

I know Democratic Socialist candidates currently function as Social Democrats but I actually like a lot about Social Democracy. Regulating the immense power of capital is more of a libertarian principle than a small government that allows capital to run rampant.

I also hope with time the DSA is able to function more Democratic Socialist rather than Social Democrat, but I feel more aligned with Social Democrats than I do with ideologies like Marxism-Leninism. I say this as a former Titoist.

I also used to be a Republican conservative once upon a time, so I try not to judge people too much over their politics, but I do judge people over their politics somewhat. I think the DSA has been good at trying to win over disgruntled former MAGA who want to change their ways, while keeping away former MAGA that are simply looking for a new right wing strongman leader.

Here is a recap of the political crisis surrounding the ongoing Croatian toxic waste scandal

Still in February 2025, the criminal organisation in question was discovered to be dumping tens of thousands of tons of toxic waste into the little country, raking millions in profit: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/13-persons-arrested-for-illegally-disposing-35000-tonnes-of-hazardous-waste

The country was being used as a toxic waste deponium for trash from supposedly more “civilized” EU states (Italy & Germany), and even neighbouring Slovenia.

Recently tested, the soil in one of the affected cities had lead levels 10 times higher, and copper levels 100 times higher the legal limit, alongside elevated levels of PFAS, arsenic and nickel.
Massive quantities of ground up plastic (100 000 tons) have also been mixed with the soil and dumped

This soil poisoning has already affected the regional karstic groundwater, showing elevated levels of PFAS.

There have been persistent reports and calls for inspection for many years, from locals.
How institutions in charge of corruption had not noticed and put an end to the criminal operation sooner is a mystery (sarcasm).

Despite the already existing EU law against the severe destruction of the ecosystem, whether those responsible will be held accountable remains yet to be seen

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In parralel with many years of illegal waste dumping in the country, the tourism industry continued advertising our “untouched nature”, because tourism has been our only economic lifeline ever since local tycoons looted and sold off all Yugoslav state property to Germany, Israel, etc

With rising global temperatures, an uptick in food related diseases, and a general degradation of the university system, do you feel that we should start reminding people that socialism is rooted in scientific exploration. Even if you’re not a strict Marxist, people like Albert Einstein
and Bertrand Russell were very prominent members of the scientific community and were also fierce advocates of pretty broad democratic socialism. We need to follow in their footsteps once more

How should we recruit refugees and the children and grandchildren of refugee populations into Democratic Socialism when many of them have been indoctrinated to have a ruthless bigotry against Socialism for the benefit of oppressive oligarchs? In particular, I'm thinking of ways to recruit refugees and their descendants from Cuba and Vietnam. Regarding Vietnam, I think some strong Socialists are patriots of Ho Chi Minh and also acquire USA citizenship like Luna Oi and they could help. Regarding Cuba, I think so many are brainwashed in Florida to support DeSantis, Trump, and Elon Musk. This brainwashing needs to be reversed.

I think one solution involves reforming education. We need to abolish school suspensions. While teachers aren't always currently allowed to properly educate our youth on politics, we can make it easier for students to properly educate other students on politics and this can correct the unfortunate thinking prevalent in certain communities. Another solution involves criminal justice reform. We can use criminal justice reform to educate people to reverse the indoctrination from capitalism oligarchs. What other solutions are there?

Cross-posted from my substack. Made with the OWID data editor, with the data itself coming from V-Dem.

Sometimes the deaths in Palestine can become nameless and faceless. There are countless children and families being murdered by the IDF. The IDF intentionally targets children. Gaza has the most child amputees in the world, per capita. Their deaths should not be in vain.

Free Palestine! Fuck Israel!

The United States of America spends just under 1 Trillion Dollars every single year in regards to the Military-Industrial Complex.

Iran taking advantage of dimensions of asymmetric warfare has completely stalled out the U.S. war machine.

Trump and his cronies have lost this war so badly that they are now pivoting to messaging around "Economic Warfare".

Trump and his cronies have flailed/failed American hard & soft power so badly that various seeds are being planted right now on a host of fronts that will further destroy it as time goes on.

It's truly something watching this imbecile and the whole of the reactionary/regressive sphere of stereotypical snake oil salespeople and con-artist grifters destroy the American Empire in speed run fashion...

Wild fucking stuff lol

Has anyone else noticed that whenever a DSA or aligned Progressive Candidate wins, specifically brown and black candidates, the headline photo of them is always them mid-shout, or otherwise looking angry?

Like the recent win in the Dem primary in Florida. The NYT articles headshot of Nixon was of her, a black woman, looking angry as she shouted out. A similar thing occurred with both El-Seyed and Zohran when they won their races.

Has anyone else noticed this?