Doubtful. Aren’t fireworks sort of a big deal in Chinese culture? Drone shows are cool but theres thousands of years of history there.

Nice try

You said it better than I did, lmao, I should have just read yours first. But yes, I think currently there isn’t any blatant censorship or algorithmic suppression of left content on Rumble. I’ve seen plenty of Pro Palestinian (and, annoyingly Pro Israel too) content on there with a reasonable viewership. Rumbles management doesn’t care, as they currently just want people to use their platform, and they hardly get advertising due to the stigma against them in corporate circles.

I have no doubt that if the tables flip, and Rumble becomes big and mainstream enough to start getting pressure from the US government and corporate sponsors, this will probably all change and it would just become another Youtube. But that hasn’t happened yet, and it means it’s still able to be uncensored.

Rumble is just that, a platform. That’s how I’ve seen it in my experience. There are leftists there too, even if they are the minority. But this is the same on any other platform, apart from maybe Tankietube and similar. It doesn’t mean that it’s not worth using, if anything I think leftists should put their content anywhere they’re allowed, as the whole point is to get the masses on board. Rumble’s audience is already skeptical of mainstream media and other big tech platforms, so I’d say that it’s more likely your stuff gets traction on there than it would on Youtube for example. The site does have the one massive issue in that it’s got an established large userbase of right wingers because of how the site started off, but I think given enough time this would probably shift a bit since enough leftists start getting booted from Youtube etc. (Recent Russiagate witch-hunting is already proof of this)

I thought only under 21 players could play for the Olympic team?

THERMONUCLEAR

I’ll never forgive the US for what they did to Allende. Imagine what the world could have become if Latin America was allowed to flourish. I’ll never forget, nor will I forgive.

He’s talking about US Liberals, which is what constitutes “Left” there, and in that sense he’s absolutely right. Blue Maga is cult like in it’s ability to coalesce into a single force behind whoever they’re told to. They switched from full throated support for Genocide Joe to Holocaust Harris at the drop of a hat.

Terrible pun, and it’s flown over everyone’s heads to boot, 3/10

I thought this was fairly common, you have one as head of state and another as head of government. I can’t think of that many places where this isn’t actually the case.

It’s Haram in Islam, that might have something to do with it

Bring back the goddamn Orwell bot. Also Volcel Vanguard if we can

That is ridiculous, if I’ve got every notification and subscription option active, surely it should be top of my feed? Theres no way that many people browse their subscriptions tab over their front page. What a shit website.

Of course if you take up a personal interest, sure you could become invested in politics as you could with any other topic or fascination. But this person in the post is clearly shown to not have any sort of curiosity or interest in that way. Taking up an interest in politics isn’t the same as with sport or art, it’s something that shapes your day to day life at all times.

The way I see it, interest in politics is similar to interest in one’s personal health. Most people don’t take a very active interest in it, happy to not think about it so long as there isn’t any trouble, while others find it gratifying to do so, and take a more proactive action in learning, improving and teaching others about it.

But for that large number who don’t care, they won’t want to alter their lifestyle to take up the advice of others who know better. All that is until suddenly they’re met with the result of their inaction and inattention, which is when they are easiest to convince.

One only remains apolitical so long as their lives aren’t severely affected by the system. Because as long as they think it works well enough for them, they have no incentive to care about it. But as soon as they end up at the wrong end of the scales, that’s when they start to look for answers. As a responsible socialist the best you can do is be there when they end up in that situation, and show them the right path.

I’ve had many “apolitical” friends end up turning to reactionary or fascist ideas once life hits them hard, and I regret that I didn’t do a good enough job noticing this or presenting the correct ideas to them on time.

Has Hakim made it big on the algorithm? This video has been recommended to a bunch of my lib friends and they’re all talking about it, and weirdly enough it didn’t show up for me, despite me being subscribed.

Their journalism is a byproduct of being forced into a corner for the better part of the past decade or so by Saudi Arabia and other gulf states hostility towards Qatar for pipeline related reasons. It became convenient for them to speak out against the west and the regimes they backed in the region. Saudi Arabia did eventually reproach with Qatar but Al-Jazeera has maintained their reporting stance despite this.

It’s Steiner’s counterattack!

Bet you half of us are