• Infomatics90@lemmy.ca
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    9 days ago

    whats a leftist who doesn’t want guns to be legal for citizens and only for military and police? I don’t like capitalism.

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      8 days ago

      doesn’t like capitalism

      only wants state enforcers of capitalism to be armed

      I think that makes you inconsistent

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        no clue, but i am a pacifist. I’d only go to war if my country was being invaded.

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          In that manner, are you actually a Leftist? Morally you support the ideas of Leftism, but oppose the only actual methods of bringing them about. It’s similar to supporting the idea of everyone becoming a millionaire overnight, if such a solution does not exist it ceases to be something to support and becomes a nice dream.

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              A “pacifist” who goes to war for their country is affiliated with a political ideology called nationalism

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                9 days ago

                would you not defend your country if you were invaded? i’d assume most normal people would

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                  The country I was born in was born itself from genocide. The first people to arrive had worked to erase a whole people, culture and knowledge because there was land and resources to be stolen.

                  Women were raped, children were stolen, men were killed. Even to this day, you can’t go a year without multiple stories of disgusting abuse from the federal police against indigenous people.

                  The same country who stuck as many of the surviving genocided people into reservations. The same country that federally determined that those same people do not deserve clean drinking water in the reservations they were forced into. My tax dollars are funding a genocide today.

                  And what does Canada do? Point to China, accuse them of genocide against the Uyghur people. Hypocrisy. Absolute hypocrisy.

                  I refuse to fight for this country. I don’t feel free. I don’t see people feeling free. I think I must fight for the people whose land has been stolen over some imaginary borders that denies me the freedom to connect with people.

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                    I get it, and i agree. But I’m not going to let the US or Russia roll tanks into Canada and make their way to those reserves, as they are the first Canadians and deserve everything for a better life. I will add though that some band chiefs do not make matters better when money given to them doesn’t make it to those who need it. They are as much to blame in modern times as much as the federal government.

                    While on the topic, one thing that struck me as odd, was that people are shocked pikachu face about residential schools. I learned about this shit in the 90’s. How is it that nobody knew about this other than the survivors? I blame ignorance.

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                    That doesn’t really matter to me. If it did i see your point. But i am proud to be Canadian and will defend the country with my life. I was born here and this is my home, i wouldn’t let any other country change it at all, our politics will be decided by the peoples of our country, not other countries to roll in with tanks and soldiers.

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                9 days ago

                naw, im 34, seen and read too much crap. nothing makes sense and its all lies or empty promises. like i said, i guess im not a leftist because i don’t believe that citizens should legally be allowed to own firearms.

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                  You can be a Leftist that opposes gun ownership in a post-revolutionary status, while recognizing its necessity in current conditions.

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                    i don’t see a necessity in the present. I am happy with the gun laws in my country although not ideal, at least people don’t have guns laying around their house or people walking around with pistols holstered on their waist other than the police who require weapons for their jobs.

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        8 days ago

        “Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary.”

        -Karl Marx

        Where are these anti-gun Marxists?