Singen Smythe
@IamSingenSmythe
Critical thinker & all round rapscallion. No affiliation with any political party.
“they had come to a time when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere, and when you had to watch your comrades torn to pieces after confessing to shocking crimes.”
A lovely lady did her PhD at Cambridge on this topic, she said the most smelly of all are the black women and that's obviously the fault of capitalism. Oh, and she also blamed the Patriarchy, the White Supremacy, and the Misogynoir.
Actual Marxist academic article, the gist of which is that capitalism is to blame for the fact that Marxists smell bad.
But it won't be Universal Basic Income: it will be Conditional Basic Income. Know your adversary.
When you think about it, Universal Basic Income is inevitable.
This post shouldn’t be controversial—but it is. Because most of us have been wired to defend our tribe, which usually means the political party we claim. My tribe is small: me, my wife, and our two kids. My party is truth. My team is humanity. From that ground, I can freely…
I don't think the left realizes the degree to which giving puberty blockers and sex-changes to kids who wanted to change genders was a test of moral and intellectual integrity, and that test utterly destroyed the moral and intellectual credibility of everyone who failed it.
I'm shocked re the revelation the police deliberately escorted "counter-demonstrators" directly from the train station to aggressively confront peaceful local protesters, and then lying about it; not shocked that they actually did it - but that anyone is still surprised by this.
Leaders from Europe & Latin America are meeting today to develop a global system of mass censorship. Their plan is to mandate digital IDs so governments can freeze bank accounts of those who refuse vaccinations, criticize mass migration, “misgender,” and engage in other thought…
The media said Trump was all bark and no bite when it came to defending free speech and democracy in Brazil, but now he's imposed a travel ban on the Supreme Court Justices persecuting its former president, Jair Bolsonaro. This comes hours after police raided his home. Exclusive
Who, in their right mind, would ever consider taking advice re politics from this very odd little dweeb? He's is a stone cold loser; a delusional, out of touch, late endgame neoliberal, elitist, upper-class, bureaucratic Blairite buffoon. Someone MUST tell him that it's over.
Britain MUST be radical in its electoral reform. • A NZ style (part proportional) electoral system • Compulsory voting • Citizens Assemblies • Local Mayors with real financial powers • An appointed upper house of real credibility and quality Our model of representative…
About bloody time too. Enough of this madness. You can't be impartial if visibly showing you have taken a side in any contentious issue. If it takes every taxpayer funded individual and/or organisation to be dragged through the courts to have their arse handed to them, so be it.
BREAKING: @northumbriapol have sent a letter. They have completely capitulated. No cops marching in Pride. No livery on cars or stands. No flags or lanyards. Nothing. They are abandoning it all. @RightNUFC
And still, to this day, there are a not inconsequential number of people in this country - including leading front bench politicians and high profile media figures - who resolutely deny that there is any form of ideological capture having taken place in *our* public institutions.
This is Dr Kate Searle's email on the 29th of December 2023 to c. 20 senior doctors. She said "we all condemn the actions of Sandie". (my transcription from the redacted bundle which is available to read in Dundee).
Jesus wept. They're - quite literally - importing the exact same neoliberal, blue-Blairite fuckers who went out of their way to destroy our country. @Nigel_Farage needs to engage in some serious self-reflection. This won't end well. #Reform
A very brave decision by @JakeBerry to join Reform UK. His admission that the Conservative government he was part of broke the country is unprecedented and principled.
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Because he already caved into censorship pressure. Instagram has a massive child exploitation problem, but no arrest for Zuck, as he censors free speech and gives governments backdoor access to user data. energycommerce.house.gov/posts/wsj-inst…
Knife attacks in Germany, grooming gangs in Britain, attempted arson at synagogues in France. But sure, @elonmusk warning of civil war is the real problem. We already have civil unrest, and unless something changes, everyone knows the next stages.
BREAKING: Manhunt in France after terrorist attacks synagogue in La Grande-Mott. Armed with a gun and draped in a Palestinian flag, the man masked with a keffiyeh detonated a gas cylinder and set the scene on fire with flammables. A policeman was wounded after a car exploded.
Morning @Iromg. Always worth remembering it's the exact same people now claiming Kamala Harris is the best thing since sliced bread that - for 3 1/2 years - lied to the world and claimed Joe Biden was at the top of his game. Why does anyone take a single word they say seriously?
It's been quite amazing to witness a war criminal being rehabilitated by the BBC and ITV to the point he's seen as a sage, distinguished, reliable talking head. @campbellclaret should be in prison for the rest of his life.
One of the most puzzling aspects of politics in the U.K. over the last 10 years has been the rehabilitation of this man. He’s a liar, a narcissist, a bully, a misogynist and a charlatan. Yet he’s fawned over by so-called progressives who claim to despise all of those traits.
The chattering class - who know next to nothing about the country they live in - are doing some chattering again.
"The riots were decades in the making. Their roots lie in a network of politicians, think tanks, journalists and 'public intellectuals', all of whom stand to gain from legitimising and spreading far-right tropes. By @SamFowles prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/far-r…
#TwoTierKeir taking a massive political gamble. Classing everyone that took to the streets to protest mass illegal immigration "far-right" and "racist" in an attempt to "quarantine" &"stigmatize" them You can only play that card once. #KeirStarmer msn.com/en-ie/news/ukn…
Isn't it just!
Having hugely unpopular views for Twitter—plus, back in the pre-Musk days, having to fight the algorithm and malicious false reporting—forced me to refine my arguments and my rhetoric. It's fun watching people flounce just bc, now, their beliefs have to compete on a level field.
The aftermath of Sri Lanka’s agrochemicals ban demonstrates the damage that occurs when people put ideology before evidence humanprogress.org/organic-farmin…