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Sometimes we have those little epiphanies in the shower.. sometimes they come from other places. This is a home for those epiphanies.

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y'all keep floating me to the political left. is this how MAGA folks feel? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 2 days ago by grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org to c/showerthoughts@sh.itjust.works

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My social media environment (mostly Lemmy for the last year, after I left Reddit) is very leftist. I'm finding myself floating more and more left because y'all have a point and there's not many counter-arguments in this social media environment. I sometimes wonder if that's how MAGA folks feel--floating more and more right because that's what they're surrounded by.

Of course, my floating is (naturally /s) based on reason and leftists making good memes/arguments.

Anyways, that's this morning's introspection.

Side showerthought: my convictions are based on memes. Anyone have nice, accessible resources for giving those convictions a more solid base? I'd love something like a graphic history of leftist thought (similar to Queer: A Graphic History). Something approachable but with citations. Thanks :)

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[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I ended up more left after a few years on Reddit because as I saw how many ideas were expressed and challenged and had my own ideas tested, the conclusions I came to pointed in that direction over and over.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_People%27s_History_of_the_United_States is accessible, though I had to stop a bunch to just give myself time for the "damn, that's fucked up" to pass pretty much every chapter.

[–] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I just picked up a copy of "A People's History of American Empire", a graphic adaptation of a chapter from that book, from my library. ("A People's History of the United States" is listed in the collection, but labeled "missing"). I expect to be reminded that the USA's history is bloody and full of oppressing brown people.

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 5 points 2 days ago

I expect to be reminded that the USA’s history is bloody and full of oppressing brown people.

I haven't read it, but I'm sure that's pretty much going to be the gist of it lol and a healthy dosage of "we say fight for oppressed people's freedom, but we really mean helping capitalist interests in the area and/or gaining geopolitical advantage."