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  • In the US and for those that live outside of municipal boundaries and that live in unincorporated regions, lots of states have “townships” that are the default local government below county-level. Municipal corporations like towns and cities replace townships.

    Still, those townships have local governments that can be engaged with politically.

    And then there’s counties in the US which act as the local government overseeing townships, etc.

    People’s political activism doesn’t have to start and end in towns/cities.










  • I lean socialist, but yeah fuck this. Ukraine should be liberated as much as Palestine, Nepal, and the Philippines. Fuck authoritarian simps.

    The ONLY conflict that should concern us all is the class conflict.

    If so called “leftists” think that solidarity doesn’t extend to their favorite oppressed people, then they aren’t leftists. They are fascists in disguise who associate with an in-group juxtaposed against an out-group. Leftists must realize that EVERYONE is part of the in-group, even fascists themselves. For if their material lives were well nourished and enriched, they wouldn’t feel the need to hate.

    Now, I have heard that there has been and may still be corruption in the Ukrainian government. That corruption doesn’t give permission for other countries to invade and take over, though. If anything, internal affairs should be dealt between the opposing sides PEACEFULLY and DEMOCRATICALLY. If things do come to violence, those internal seeking to restore a democratic system of government should be supported more by those external than the opposing side of corruption.




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