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Why do we say that capitalism must be “dismantled”?

You’ll hear phrases like “Smash the state!” “Eat the rich!” and “Smash capitalism!”

And, yes, of course, but… :)

However relevant those sayings are, our work must be careful, highly organized and above all planned.

Because capitalism and all of its associated systems are not discrete, abstracted entities we can attack independently.

It is a structure, like a complicated machine with many thousands of working parts…

And right now it is connected to absolutely everything.

If we do this… [picks up huge hammer and smashes the machine]

Then a lot of vulnerable people will die.

The machine was built and improved and redesigned and patched over the course of generations. It is very good at its intended purpose, which is ultimately to generate profit.

Every human being alive today relies on the byproducts of the machine to survive, without exception.

The machine’s engineers want it to keep working like it does. In fact, they want to optimise it.

That will kill all remaining life on Earth.

So, we must destroy the machine, quickly and carefully

We must examine its deadly programs and mechanics and replace them with alternatives we built together.

The engineers don’t want us tampering with the machine.

However, we make it run…

So we can make it STOP. Together.

How will YOU help us to safely dismantle the machine?

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p.s. My computer is on its last legs. If you would like me to draw you a little cartoon and help me get a new computer, learn more at this post.

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I was at a courthouse once, and saw an indigenous australian woman in a dressing gown very carefully and gingerly making her way down the steps outside the courthouse, surrounded by family who were helping her down the stairs. We asked if she was OK, because she looked awful. She looked like she should have been wrapped up in bed with blankets and hot soup, not on the steps of a courthouse.

One of her family told us that she had given birth yesterday evening, but that Child Protection services had taken her baby away with no warning, claiming that she wasnt prepared to look after him. What had happened, is that she'd literally only just given birth -- hadn't even passed the afterbirth yet, is holding her blood-coated, crying, newborn baby to her chest -- and a nurse asked what her feeding plan was. She was tired from the birth and distracted by the brand new baby in her arms and thrown off by the timing of the question, but still, she managed to answer, and said she planned to breastfeed him whenever he was hungry.

Well apparently that wasn't enough of a plan for the hospital staff, who reported her and claimed that she was unprepared to look after the child, and claimed that had no social supports, and that the baby was at risk if left with her. All because a brand new mother, 30 seconds after giving birth, didn't have a PowerPoint presentation ready to go that cited the timing cycle she would feed her kid on, and instead simply said that she would feed him when he was hungry.

Child Protection services showed up, took her kid, and she was told to show up to court the next day to contest custody if she wanted her baby back.

So a woman who had given birth less than 24 hours prior was forced to rally her family and show up to court to prove that she a) had a feeding plan for the child, and b) had enough social supports to justify reclaiming her baby.

It was one of the most appalling things I'd ever seen. I don't even know if she won her case. They didn't know at the time we saw them, and after that brief interaction on the stairs, i never saw them again. I sincerely hope she got her newborn baby back.

That was about 5 years ago. And the exact same kind of thing is still happening today.

News broke today from a South Australian whistle-blower of the appalling treatment new mothers frequently receive, including hospital staff taking the baby away from the mother "for medical tests," only for the mother to then be told, with absolutely no prior warning, that the baby was not going to be returned to her.

Here's the article, and here are some excerpts:

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Uk journalists are wanting to talk to under 18 trans people who DIY their hormones.

DO NOT. DO NOT TALK TO JOURNALISTS. NEVER TALK TO THE MEDIA ABOUT DIY. OR ANYTHING. TREAT THEM LIKE THE POLICE. DO NOT FUCKING SPEAK.

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Had a lot of fun sketching these nerds last night. More prep to get back to doing pages for my comic by doing some noodles of some characters from the first story. Check out an ancient star babe that meets Iworo, So'ri. They bond over alchemy. Like I said, nerds. I may have made a mistake in drawing so many markings buuuuut when it's art for you haha.

#art #oc artwork #ocart #oc #original character #original charater art #comic characters #queer art #queer artist #original comic #character design #space babe #star babe

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It's just another way to sneak in "You are inherently some sick sexual thing and therefore should be legislated because you are dangerous, taboo, corrupt and profane."

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Noodling on my one of my comic mains Iworo. Getting ready to start pages again. I forget how fun they are to draw haha. Like their energy man. I can't wait to draw more alchemy professor. They get to wear a lot of fun outfits and hair styles too so oh yeee I can't wait.

#comic characters #oc artwork #original character #oc #oc art #gender fluid character #alchemist #fashion fun #yes yes I get to go over the top. mwahahaha

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Finish! May I present, the Cardinal Seer

#art #copics #queer art #queer artist #nonbinary artist #nonbinary art #seer #cardinal #oc artwork #fashion design #fashion

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It's also a great word for those of us who's identity does not benefit from us giving huge long descriptors to try to get folks to understand the intersection of our sexuality and gender. Queer is a way to allow fluidity and inclusiveness for the self, too.

If you like the word “queer” reblog.

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The Lemkin Institute for Genocide has issued a genocide alert for the West Bank

The Lemkin Institute is horrified by the dire situation transpiring in the West Bank. During what has already been a devastating six months of conflict in Gaza, the Israeli military and far-right settlers have used the cover of war to conduct continuous attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank, often leading to death and forced displacement. These attacks have been underreported in the mainstream Western press, which has also failed to tie Israel Defense Force (IDF) and settler violence in the West Bank and East Jerusalem to the genocide being committed in Gaza. These processes are all part of an overwhelming push on the part of Israeli authorities to oust Palestinians from their remaining ancestral lands. In other words, Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians across Palestine.

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Progress pic

#queer art #queer artist #work in progress #copic markers

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Yeah boi!

A win for trans rights!!!!!! 🏳️‍⚧️

The Selbstbestimmungsgesetz (self-identify law) allows trans and intersex people to change their name and gender in the civil registry much more easily than before by submitting a self-disclosure form. This will be possible starting on the 1. November 2024 while the self-disclosure forms can be submitted as early as 1. August 2024 because of the 3 month waiting period in the law. After a name and gender change the person will be barred from changing it again for one year. People of ages 14-17 will need the approval of a legal guardian to change their gender and name while for children under 14 the legal guardians can submit a form for the change.

[Image ID: The Destiel confession meme edited so that Dean answers 'The Selbstbestimmungsgesetz has passed in the German Bundestag' to Cas' 'I love you'. /End ID]

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This is fascinating for two reasons.

1. They haven’t actually apologised for anything. She’s pre-emptively rejecting an apology that they have no intention of giving.

2. Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson are extremely well-liked. A lot of people are more attached to them in their roles as they are to the actual characters in the books.

What does JK Rowling gain by coming out with this?

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I haven't purchased a HP item in close to a decade - I use the books I already had as doorstops or to prop a laptop up for meetings nowadays.

There is NO "death of the author" with JK Rowling - she controls and continues to profit from her IP, and uses that money to fund hate groups.

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My stickers are finally up in my shop!

https://leewagnerart.square.site

I had a lot of fun designing them, so I hooe you like them! If they catch your interest, please go check them out! I have listed my transparent jellyfish set, Phos from Houseki no Kuni, and Eternal Sailor Moon for Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon. I tried to make sure that they had a fun visual element to each of them so it was worth a physical item. The extra design challenge is always a fun little project. I'm trying to finish more art, but work has me so busy. ;_;

#stickers #fanart #art #jellyfish stickers #housekinokuni #phosphophyllite #moon phos #eternal sailor moon #bishoujo senshi sailor moon #sailor moon #my pride and joy #land of the lustrous #houseki no kuni #housekinokunifanart #landofthelustrousfanart #sailormoon #sailor moon fanart

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I mean... who hasn't has that feeling when looking at their cat? A perfect face plant.

The enigma of nyamigara fault

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p.s. yes it is a Itou Junji reference

#junji ito #cats

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Here is a rough sketch I managed to slide in this weekend. I'm about to get back to the pile of things I need to attend to...but I figured I could post while I have this little moment with my cat purring away on my lap. It's nice to do your own work. Even if people don't look at it as much. I like the space where I dream on paper. I hope you all get your space to make your dreams too.

#cat time #dreaming on paper #my art #art #the space I can dream in #star children #queer art #dreamy #I can't wait to finish this #rough sketch