The issue at hand is that the term "war" implies a level of symmetry that simply is not present, and that is why these outlets are using it. It softens Israel's role by minimizing the reality that Gaza is an open-air prison and completely cut off from any means to a protect or defend itself, let alone wage an effective resistance or in any way justify the force being used.

In a conflict where the casualties and oppression are so heavily weighted on one side, the term "war" completely warps this reality. It implies that both sides have equivalent responsibility for the war starting, equivalent pressure and means to end the war, and thus the outside world can only wait for the conflict to reach natural conclusion. The reality here is that this "natural conclusion" is the complete annihilation of Gaza and the subjugation of any person living there who isn't outright murdered, and that the outside world could easily prevent that conclusion if it was not so heavily invested in actively helping the aggressor.

All the pressure here is on people who have nowhere else to go and will be annihilated if the outside world fails to pull back the aggressor. That is not war, just as a trained dog mauling a caged man with his limbs bound behind him is not self defense just because that man theoretically should have the same rights as the dog's trainers. The intentions and consequences at play are not at all even in the way that term implies.

The crumbs they leave to the proletariat

No, it's actually pretty lukewarm to anyone who has been able to engage with critiques of liberalism without jumping into defense mode these past few years.

Whether it's happening quietly or out in the open the effect is the same. Look at all the anti-trans laws that were passed under Biden. The rhetoric is only thing that has changed.

I have them tagged as "comrade" so it balances out

You also make it costly to the hotels as the non-ICE patrons find somewhere to sleep that isn't hosting ICE agents and having noise demos as a result.

To be a bit more constructive, these might be the words you were looking for?

depression is not a(n) symptom illness but a consequence symptom

Community. Walkable neigborhoods. Culture. Access to high quality (prepared) food. Treatment of chronic illnesses. Free time to do things that make one feel happy and fulfilled.

Drugs only make it easier to cope with a world that makes these inaccessible to the average person. They individualize and pathologize a burden that would otherwise have to be addressed systemically by the ruling class that hopes to have a functional and passive working class.

edit: ... I realized something, looked it up, and wouldn't you know it; here in the US, good old Reagan closed down the psychiatric hospitals less than a decade before Prozac hit the market (antidepressants existed before that; since the 1950s; but were mainly only marketed to doctors who would prescribe them to women with ""housewife syndrome"" for the purposes of domestic labor). That's not to say that psychiatric hospitals are any less of a band-aid solution, I just think it's rather telling that they were closed at a time that folks with clinical depression (and probably other illnesses) could simply be given a pill and put back to work.

Why would I "back up" something that is not in dispute? You are more than capable of doing independent verification if you feel doubtful of any of my claims.

In fact I would suggest you verify even information you largely agree with, or at least have a reasonable level of confidence that it won't be totally invalidated by a simple internet search when you repeat it. That's the standard I and a good number of us here hold ourselves to, which is why folks that don't do that tend to have quite an adversarial experience when they find themselves in your place.

You realize you can type "china homeownership rate" into any search engine and find a wealth of information? Even from outlets that are generally deeply biased against China. It's a pretty strong consensus.

Waiting for information to come to you is only going to expose you to narratives that someone has a vested interest in putting in front of you. Someone that's trained and paid to pander to you is going to do it a lot better than a regular well-meaning person that belongs to your class and shares your material interests.

Why? Do you have evidence that suggests otherwise? Is there a particular reason you're so adamant that China's system must be worse than the commodified system we have in the west?

You have to exist to be murdered in the first place.

What do you mean by that and what does it have to do with the meme?