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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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It’s my favorite thing when a lesbian is just like “I got extra fries with my meal, gay rights” or an enby is like “wow trans rights I just got a free gift card to the movies” or a bi dude is like “finally found a plant that won’t die, queer rights I guess.” Like that is the funniest shit I don’t care.

Even better than its negative counterpart, “it’s raining, this is homophobic,” or “real transphobia is that I can’t get past this level.”

straight people HATE when we do this. they don’t understand it at all which makes it even better

me when my food gets cold: this is homophobic

when I find money in my pockets: nice my jacket said ace rights

must a fictional relationship be “healthy” or “functional”? is it not enough to simply watch two made up people destroy each other, hand in unlovable hand???

hey what the fuck is wrong with you people

idk, what is wrong with me? i’m in a healthy and stable relationship with a great partner, i’ve had lots of therapy that has helped me establish strong boundaries and recognize red flags, and i have an active social life and fulfilling career. could it be that i just… like to read books and watch movies and tv shows about dysfunctional people??? you tell me, tumblr user girlcreator!

You’re a bourgeois degenerate who wants to see shitty despicable & violent relationships for your disgusting sense of entertainment— and you should feel fucking ashamed of yourself.

I agree with @girlcreator but I definitely know there’s something wrong with you. People like you are a huge red flag to me. Bad vibes, for sure.

can you weirdos just smoke some fucking weed

shakespeare frantically rewriting macbeth’s marriage to be healthy and adjusted becuase no one will ever want to watch the original 

reblog if you’re a bourgeois degenerate who wants to see shitty despicable and violent relationships for your disgusting sense of entertainment (and you should feel fucking ashamed of yourself)

someone please get sued for monetizing destiel smut so lawyers have to read from it in front of an entire room

A very tired lawyer: “Castiel’s cock pounded into Dean, earning pleasurable cries from the other man. It was like nothing Dean had ever experienced before—his vision blacked out, his memories lost with each thrust, the only thing that existed anymore was Cas’ throbbing member.”

The defendant:

And make it m-preg

And a/b/o

And Interview With The Vampire AU

Oh yeah that'll definitely get it to court

Oh fuck yes Twitter is bringing back the 1970’s Maoist approach to gayness

ok but hear me out- what if we just let them fix the economy and then stay gay

Once they fix the economy let's tell them it was the global warming that made us gay.

No but seriously, the scenario “let’s show how super progressive and woke we are by creating character dynamics in which a man* is being constantly sidelined, humbled, ignored, shown his place as opposed to a woman* who always leads, makes decisions for both of them, outperforms the man* in every single thing, treats him like her inferior” might (might, not necessarily would) only work with a male character who is a definition of toxic masculinity and would actually need a lesson in humility, gender equality and respect for others. Meanwhile forcing this role upon a marginalized, queer-coded, to some extent even female-coded character with non-existent self-esteem and history of trauma and abuse, who has been constantly sidelined, humbled, ignored and shown his place all along anyway seems exactly the opposite of progressive. It is, in fact, highly problematic and I can’t help wondering how someone even came up with this brilliant idea.

*or someone who identifies as the said gender at this point

Oh I know exactly how Mike came up with it. This show is actually deeply defined by toxic conceptions of traditional masculinity. It’s just been given a new paint job to try to hide that under a veneer of progressivism when it is anything but. Sylvie, although she is female, actually embodies the traits valued by toxic conceptions of traditional masculinity - aggression, lack of emotion (she doesn’t conceal her emotions like the real Loki did, she just doesn’t feel upset, even inside), lack of vulnerability, extreme aggression, desire to assert dominance over others, lack of a soft or caring side, strong physical prowess etc. So she is “good” whereas Loki, who embodies a lot of traditionally feminine traits and is also Other codes and canonically queer is “bad” because he doesn’t live up to the traits that “real man” would thus must be endlessly punished and humiliated. Sylvie is “good” because even though she’s a girl she can embody “manly” traits and also disdains Loki and everything he represents. 

She also has no personality. She’s not a well written, HUMAN character who happens to be female. She’s defined by her gender. Her only power is being a girl! Omg! How awesome. And she’s utterly without flaw. She’s just an empty badass. She’s put on a pedestal the same way women in the 1800s were. And she’s another female character that embodies the weird idea that Hollywood execs seem to have that a “Strong female character” has to be physically strong. Like. No. Loki (the real Loki not whatever that thing in the show is) is 1000 times stronger not because of his prowess as a warrior but because of who he is as a person - everything he has endured and how he has held himself together as best he can. 

Also being able to fight well doesn’t make a character likable or a hero. Might doesn’t make right. Heroes are heroic because of what they do not because of who they are. It’s not how well they fight, it’s what they are fighting FOR.

“Sylvie, although she is female, actually embodies the traits valued by toxic conceptions of traditional masculinity - aggression, lack of emotion (she doesn’t conceal her emotions like the real Loki did, she just doesn’t feel upset, even inside), lack of vulnerability, extreme aggression, desire to assert dominance over others, lack of a soft or caring side, strong physical prowess etc.”

Yes, exactly! Marvel’s has once again proven that their understanding of feminism pretty much comes down to providing female characters with as many stereotypical “masculine” traits as possible which is as far from real modern feminism as it gets and basically contradicts it. It’s a very poor attempt to cater to female audiences which seems as badly thought out and implemented as their mostly failed portrayal of genderfluidity to cater to queer audiences. People responsible for creation of Marvel products don’t seem to find these subjects interesting and important enough to study them properly and address them properly in their products. They live in the past and are not interested in moving into the present any time soon.

“So she is “good” whereas Loki, who embodies a lot of traditionally feminine traits and is also Other codes and canonically queer is “bad” because he doesn’t live up to the traits that “real man” would thus must be endlessly punished and humiliated.”

So true. And as if he didn’t have enough traditionally feminine traits in the movies, the show made him appear and act even more “feminine”, probably to underline the contrast between him and Sylvie.

If there was a man in Sylvie’s place and a woman in Loki’s, it would have been a huge scandal, Mike and co. would have been dragged through the mud in the media and cancelled a million times by now.

history is an eternal recurrence

Now that we‘ve all been familiar with their stuff for a little while, reblog and put your top three måneskin songs in the tags 👀

Does the constantly changing hair length of Loki and Sylvie bother anyone?

Just me?

Honestly it distracts me sometimes when I’m watching it because there are just some scenes where it’s so obvious that it was shot way later because the hair is longer. Aren’t there people that are paid to notice things like that? lol

Exactly. Hair and make up department is there. I don’t understand why they just let it drop like that. It’s honestly distracting. Because it’s not a small length different, it’s very noticeable, like more than 2 inches.

I also continue to be extremely bothered by the MASSIVE continuity error between the Endgame escape scene and the next scene which is supposed to take place immediately afterwards, where Loki lands in the desert and his hair is suddenly way shorter and a totally different texture and his skin tone is totally different too. (Not to mention his whole affect, speaking style, and personality). How could they not pay attention to these basic things? The whole production feels incredibly amateurish. And even most amateurs do better! 

#between the endgame escape scene#and the beginning of the series#loki created a projection of himself#to fool the tva#of which existence he of course knew#but he didn’t have enough time#to give the projection proper haircut or personality#something like that :)#at least that’s what i choose to believe (tags via @crazyaboutloki)

Yup. Definitely canon. The real Loki is having a great time driving his stolen Hyundai and getting to feel free for the first time in years, or perhaps in a way the first time ever. He thought at first the TVA would almost immediately discover his shoddy deception and hoped only that it would create a brief moment of delay and confusion. However he vastly overestimated their competence. 

He has a magical link to the false self he created and now that he’s safely away and shielded by powerful magics that make him safe from capture he’s having fun with it. He’s started trying to see just how outrageously out of character he can make the projection before they catch on. So far there seems to be no limit. 

https://www.marvel.com/articles/tv-shows/sophia-di-martino-sylvie-loki

About Sylvie: “[Her life] was taken away from her,” she (Sophia di Martino) reflects. “It really explains why Sylvie’s so bitter and jealous of Loki and his charmed life, when she’s been on the run from the TVA for as long as she can remember. She’s this wild cat who’s just on a survival mission.”

Loki and his charmed life? Am I hearing this right? Are we still talking about the same Loki? Loki who was raised in a toxic environment with an abusive father, manipulative mother and an arrogant brother? Who, despite being a prince, received so little respect from Asgardians that even servants could laugh at him and his brothers’ pals could beat him up without any consequences? Who has been lied to about his heritage his whole life and has been taught to hate his own race? Who was burdened with a kingdom at the worst possible time and was immediately betrayed by those close to him? Whose life was so “charmed” that one day he couldn’t take it any more and decided to end it? And yeah, let’s not forget that he spent the last year being tortured and brainwashed. Indeed, what an amazing life! Anyone who had a life like that should count themselves lucky.

This is so sick man.  It’s just insane.  Like you said in the tags, Loki’s just being erased at this point.  Everything he went through in the first film, all of that torment, pain and suffering, all of the character’s pathos and tragedy, it’s literally being retconned out, and for no reason at all, other than to just crap on the character and his fans, I guess.

I saw someone else point out that Classic Loki’s monologue about taking out Thanos using magic came across as a dig at the fans who complained about how stupid Loki’s attempts to take Thanos out with a knife were, and I couldn’t agree more.  That entire speech came off as mocking to the fans, and frankly, this entire SHOW comes across the same.

It does! And to make things worse, this desaster of a show the main purpose of which seems to be to degrade its main character in every possible way, is being packaged as a show “about self-love, self-reflection, and forgiving yourself”. And this is just offensive.

I’m glad this post exists because this comment was so sickening I was too outraged to even properly articulate a post condemning it. Loki attempted suicide, then got captured and tortured by Thanos, and then got captured, tortured, and enslaved by the TVA. HOW IS THAT CHARMED?!?!

Sylvie never attempted suicide. Sylvie never was lied to about her heritage. Sylvie was never raised by a family that lied to and manipulated him. Sylvie was never captured and tortured. If anyone led the charmed life it’s her!

Seriously. What kind of messaging is this???? Rather than exploring Loki’s trauma and identity as we were promised, this show invalidates them utterly. This is so offensive! To say that his suffering was meaningless, that he’s never experienced hardship, that his suicide and his pain never happened is outrageous and offensive. Disney’s saying that external appearances of good fortune invalidates any abuse or pain someone might suffer, that having been driven to suicide doesn’t matter. I’m not even articulating this well because I am so horrified. 

Loki is someone who has suffered and been hurt tremendously and who has persevered through that. No he’s not “a good victim.” He’s angry and dangerous and is holding himself together the best he can. He’s fascinating and mercurial and complex. He’s dangerous and he’s also vulnerable and driven to be good. He is coiled threat and also raw bleeding pain. He is many things. But he is not weak for the pain he has experienced and he is NOT someone who led a charmed life.

DID ANYONE INVOLVED IN THIS PRODUCTION WATCH THOR 2011?!!?!?!?! 

here is what has been going on in spain in the last week.

tw: homophobia, transphobia, physical assault, murder, and police brutality

the 3rd of july, a 24-year-old gay man called samuel was beaten to death by seven people while being called gay slurs. lgbt organizations across the country organized protests yesterday (the 5th of july) in basically every city denouncing the homophobic attacks and demanding justice for samuel. the protests were all peaceful; however, the police in madrid started beating the protesters (obvious tw for police violence).

samuel's murder has been the first in many aggressions towards the lgbt community in the last few days. as far as i have seen (i may be missing some), in three days there has been a non-lethal homophobic attack in terrassa, another one in sant cugat del vallès (where the victim was left unconscious), another one in valència, and a transphobic attack in santiago de compostela. (the links to these news are either in spanish or in other local languages, but google does a decent job at translating them into english). all of this in three days.

we are being attacked, assaulted, murdered. the police is doing absolutely nothing, the same corporations that a week ago were putting rainbows on their logos and celebrating pride are remaining silent, people on tv are debating whether these attacks are homophobic in nature or not, a few days ago a group of four young men uploaded a video in which they talked about murdering gay men (the link is to the news, not the video itself) and nobody is doing anything.

please raise awareness about the violence our community is facing. half of our politicians have a violently hateful speech that has never been punished and they are allowing the violence toward our community to happen. we deserve to leave in peace and freedom

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Shoutout to the problematic little elfs who need to get their shit together

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Get your shit together 😊

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ok yeah, beautiful cake but what's up with the music. Was this cake decorated using the blood of your enemies or what

Plothole,hypocracy.

Mobius: i’m just a bureaucrat

Loki: *still as Judge Renslayer* no ur a hypocrat

TVA: We are justified in imprisoning, torturing, enslaving, threatening, and terrorizing people because we are the good guys and our victims are the bad guys. This definitely isn’t a justification used by every committer of atrocities ever.

TVA: Loki killed so he is Bad. The culture of his society and the context of his actions aren’t relevant. Murder is bad. 

Also TVA: Do what we want or we will kill you. No we’re not murdering hypocrites who project our flaws onto others. You’re a murdering hypocrite who project their flaws onto others

Also TVA: We, an entire organization dedicated to murdering people we have unilaterally decided don’t have the right to exist, are definitely the moral authorities here.

Also TVA: Yes we specifically decided to create a timeline in which the Snap and Nazism happened. But that’s ok because we did it. And we’re the good guys. Therefore everything we do is good. Because this is the MCU where now you’re a designated good guy based on who you are not what you do. 

Disney: Yeah the soulless corporation organization that wants to control everything are the good guys. :))) You should definitely root against the person killing agents of an organization dedicated to stripping all realities of free will and exterminating and enslaving people who they deem unworthy of existence. Also make sure to check out our movie about how puppy murder is ok sometimes. What are “morality and basic human decency”???? Is it something we can sell to people?

Loki was initially presented as "this is someone who's been trustworthy and loyal, if a little mischievous, all his life, and all the bad things he does are culturally rewarded in his society and motivated by love and a need for validation, so he would be laughably easy to reform bc all he wants is to be good, and also he has such horrible trauma that doing bad things out of desperation is pretty understandable". Then he got retconned into "this is an inherently callous person who should never be trusted and who should be subjected to endless pain and laughed at forever bc he did bad things at one point". While treating other characters in the same fictional universe as if similar bad things they did shouldn't even be considered bc they've done good things too (just like Loki has).

When you make that kind of arc for a character, it perfectly mimics what abusers do to trauma victims irl. Any mistakes they make, any lashing out they do, gets used as proof that they're inherently evil, and used as an excuse to keep abusing them forever bc they 'deserve it', while their abusers doing the same thing is seen as, at worst, an honest mistake, and often actually glorified instead.

It's an unfortunate message to send indeed.

i’m so sick of people saying hannibal is bad queer representation because he’s a villain.

queer coding villians is a problem because their queerness is written to be the reason they’re evil. it’s an adjective used to make them more lecherous, more sinful. this is a huge problem, but if you conclude that problem by saying ‘villians can never be written as queer and the only good lgbt rep we can have are pure, morally perfect characters’, you’re completely missing the point.

hannibal is a fantastically written queer villian because his queerness has no influence over his sadism. him being evil has absolutely nothing to do with him being queer. he’s evil because he murders, manipulates, and cannibalizes people. he’s queer because he’s in love with a man.

as opposed to classic queer coded villians, hannibal being in love with will is seen as the only truly good part about him - that he’s capable of love, rather than simply violence.

let us have queer villians. queer antiheros. queer morally-gray characters. queerness in fiction being accepted only when it’s in relation to absolutely perfect gold-hearted characters is ridiculous. ‘good queer representation’ isn’t isolated to morally good characters. good queer representation is when a character’s queerness has no hold over their moral compass at all.