• Edamamebean [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    23 days ago

    Curated tumblr is undoubtedly one of the most insufferable subreddits on that accursed site. Practically every post on there is just “actually sweaty it’s really privileged to be a radical leftist and not a feckless liberal. Against the status quo? Wow your privilege is showing” smuglord

    • SkingradGuard [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      23 days ago

      “actually sweaty it’s really privileged to be a radical leftist and not a feckless liberal. Against the status quo? Wow your privilege is showing” smuglord

      This is what happens when “radical” politics is vibes based, and centered around influencers. Any critique of the captialist system is regarded as being childish and privileged, because, who else but sedentary millionaires have the time to complain about capitalism?