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Hey guys, what's new?

Caracasus wrote:

Hey guys, what's new?

Welcome back Comrade Caracasus

Honeydewistania wrote:

Welcome back Comrade Caracasus

Cheers. Yeah been away a while with rl stuff but I should hopefully have a smidgeon more free time now.

Hello comrades, the Great People of Lebab is glad to be part of the Leftist Assembly.

As we are newcomers, don't hesitate to give us some advices about how things work here.

"Rezilienze e Pax"

N°00001A
Supreme Leader
(in our culture, we don't have names but numbers)

I have a quick question. Would someone please explain how the cards work? I've never messed with them and would like to figure them out.

Help me take over the world please wrote:

I have a quick question. Would someone please explain how the cards work? I've never messed with them and would like to figure them out.

Each time you answer an issue, you have a 20% chance of receiving a pack. You can open said packs to receive 5 cards of varying rarity. That's it tldr

Antinios wrote:

Each time you answer an issue, you have a 20% chance of receiving a pack. You can open said packs to receive 5 cards of varying rarity. That's it tldr

Thank you.

Hello comrades!

Given the pandemic, it looks as though trick-or-treating is probably a bad idea. As such, I'm considering hosting some fun trick-or-treating on my ACNH island (which is also named Bird Law), mostly because it would be adorable. If you're interested, shoot me a telegram or reply!

Is anybody else absolutely infuriated by the eco-friendliness rating? For my life, I cannot figure out the pattern of that rating category.

Hussitics wrote:

Is anybody else absolutely infuriated by the eco-friendliness rating? For my life, I cannot figure out the pattern of that rating category.

Eco-friendliness is the amount of your government budget that's dedicated to the environment.

Hello Comrades! I'm new to nationstates and thought I'd check y'all out. Super happy to be here. Solidarity forever!

Hello guys!
Kinda curious: any thought on luxemburgism or council communism?

Revilluca wrote:

Hello guys!
Kinda curious: any thought on luxemburgism or council communism?

Revilla, eternal leader of Cantabria o7

Revilluca wrote:

Hello guys!
Kinda curious: any thought on luxemburgism or council communism?

In my opinion,they are worth to try.....sadly,we have no chance in history or now.I hope we can have the chance in the future.

Revilluca wrote:

Hello guys!
Kinda curious: any thought on luxemburgism or council communism?

I love the concept of workers' councils. It especially makes sense if you are worried about any position or central political body being corrupted. And if you need to create organs of power, just nest the councils. :P

Revilluca wrote:

Hello guys!
Kinda curious: any thought on luxemburgism or council communism?

Workers’ councils are neat. Absolutely zero opposition from me haha. I think they’d do a great deal of good in the US especially since we don’t have any major leftist party right now. Councils could really help us make a plan of action and rejuvenate the labor movement into something that isn’t defanged and just coming down to “Let’s raise the minimum wage to $15”. I know there are individual groups advocating for more, but we need much more militancy. Fortunately, we’re started to see glimpses of this, especially with subsets of the BLM movement calling for economic policies.

Greylyn wrote:

Workers’ councils are neat. Absolutely zero opposition from me haha. I think they’d do a great deal of good in the US especially since we don’t have any major leftist party right now. Councils could really help us make a plan of action and rejuvenate the labor movement into something that isn’t defanged and just coming down to “Let’s raise the minimum wage to $15”. I know there are individual groups advocating for more, but we need much more militancy. Fortunately, we’re started to see glimpses of this, especially with subsets of the BLM movement calling for economic policies.

*cough cough* Green Party *cough cough*

Nation of ecologists wrote:

*cough cough* Green Party *cough cough*

I voted for the Greens (5% 🤞) but let’s be honest, the Greens are not going to inspire a revolution. They’re like the underdogs that people generally feel okay about but no one considers them a serious contender lol. That said, I like Howie and I think he’d made a decent president if he had a chance of winning.

Greylyn wrote:

I voted for the Greens (5% 🤞) but let’s be honest, the Greens are not going to inspire a revolution. They’re like the underdogs that people generally feel okay about but no one considers them a serious contender lol. That said, I like Howie and I think he’d made a decent president if he had a chance of winning.

I’m actually a one-time Biden backer this year. Usually I’m a Bernie Bro but, in all honesty, Howie isn’t going to become President. We need Trump out ASAP, and that’s why I’m backing Biden.

Renjj wrote:

I’m actually a one-time Biden backer this year. Usually I’m a Bernie Bro but, in all honesty, Howie isn’t going to become President. We need Trump out ASAP, and that’s why I’m backing Biden.

I despise the Democrats for being a right wing party. They pay lip service to progress and do nothing. But, being pragmatic, I voted for Biden.

Why the hell Bernie isn't going to be president I'll never know. Objectively a better choice in every way.

Renjj wrote:

I’m actually a one-time Biden backer this year. Usually I’m a Bernie Bro but, in all honesty, Howie isn’t going to become President. We need Trump out ASAP, and that’s why I’m backing Biden.

I really really wanted to vote for the Greens but I live in a swing state. I would rather fight for socialism under a crappy right wing president than a crappy borderline fascist president. both choices are crap but oh well. If I wasn't in Florida i'd vote for Howie in a heartbeat. But my state is one of the closest generally.

Autonomous socialist states wrote:

I really really wanted to vote for the Greens but I live in a swing state. I would rather fight for socialism under a crappy right wing president than a crappy borderline fascist president. both choices are crap but oh well. If I wasn't in Florida i'd vote for Howie in a heartbeat. But my state is one of the closest generally.

It's unfortunate that we live in a country where that kind of strategic voting BS is necessary. I'd much rather live in a country that had proportional representation rather than winner takes all. If I feel a third or fourth party is the best candidate for an election, I should be able to vote for them without worrying about throwing the election to one of the big two, regardless of where in the country I live. It's just a phenomenally stupid system.

Renjj wrote:

I’m actually a one-time Biden backer this year. Usually I’m a Bernie Bro but, in all honesty, Howie isn’t going to become President. We need Trump out ASAP, and that’s why I’m backing Biden.

I’m doing the same. I can’t stand either one of them, but one is still worse than the other. At least under Biden I don’t think it can get worse, whereas another four years of Trump would be nothing short of a disaster. I too would like to see Howie (or Bernie) as president but that’s unfortunately not realistic.

Honestly, it’s terrible that it’s come down to choosing the “lesser of two evils” in a system that is basically two right-wing parties. Personally I’m a proponent of introducing ranked-choice voting so people can vote for who they actually want with no negative repercussions. And of course, abolishing the electoral college.

It really sucks having to vote for the lesser evil yet again, especially when the 'lesser evil' is still quite evil

What do you all do when you encounter an issue where the only left-wing (or feminist or progressive or whatever) answer is written like a screeching harpy? Like, it's not like I want to literally outlaw any man from looking at a woman like this answer says.

Regardless, I'm all for screeching harpies in a more literal sense, as my nation's title may lead you to believe.