We already have a model of this with Israel’s genocide in Gaza wracking up a climate footprint bigger than entire countries. Scale that up to a world war and… Yeah, not fun.

Okay that is literally not true. First, Ash’arism is also rationalist so yeah no. Like you do know many prominent Muslim scientists from the time period were themselves Asharite right? Second, the Islamic golden age didn’t die due to the power of religious figures; it died due to the sacking of Baghdad and continued right up until that moment. This happened more than two centuries after the creation of Ash’arism, and again many important developments happened in the Caliphate in the interim. Third, the Timurid renaissance came about a century later in a mainstream Sunni Muslim (so definitely not Mu’tazilite or some such) empire. In short:

It is inevitable that the religious mind either abandons their faith, or abandons science.

That literally didn’t happen.

Ultimately, if god existed and created everything… science would be another form of worship.

Yes, as clearly stated in the Quran, that is literally the point.

Sorry my people’s more than a millennium-long history doesn’t conform to your preconceived notions, but can you please not make shit up? Here’s a Wikipedia article. And in the first place, Arab distrust of science is a much more recent phenomenon that came after centuries of Ottoman neglect and is fading away right as we speak despite some of the most conservative mainstream theologies in the history of Islam.

Given how well that worked with Russia, yeah don’t expect much help.

It was religion that got them there.

That’s… what? Like do you think the Assabids were atheists during the Islamic Golden Age?

This isn’t the community for discussion-type questions. You have asklemmy and politics communities for that.

I used to call her mama but now I mostly just use her name. My family is weird like that.

Decades of state propaganda. It’s a lot easier for a modern Westerner to feel like the system works and just needs a nudge than it is for a worker in the interwar period or a black person in the 60s.

Only this strategy has literally never worked. Your rights were secured by people who caused all kinds of disturbances. And in the first place anyone who still hasn’t taken a side is a fascist in denial or will never take a side.

That… is a fair point. In that case I have no idea.

The answer is simple: They don’t want people to take care of their communities; to them that tax money should be going to billionaires and corporations (and, by extension, themselves). The actions of the DNC make a lot more sense if you assume they don’t stand for any of the things they claim to stand for.

I mean love 'em or hate 'em but fascists are experts in engaging youth, political organizing and direct action.

Tbf there is an argument to be made that the “Kamala” strategy worked just fine, people were actually hyped up and did get out the vote.

This is straight up historical revisionism, which is wild considering this shit happened last year. Harris lost all swing states. I repeat, she lost all swing states. She allowed fucking Trump to run on being anti-war and pro-worker. Fucking Trump. What are you even talking about?

Never in my life have more people hit me up at the exact same moment than when Joe Biden dropped out

That was excitement at having someone other than Biden to vote for, which Harris quickly squandered.

That’s kinda what happened in 2016, but DNC resistance and progressives’ terminal lack of spine (and billionaire money) killed it.

Eh, why not let them dump their money into European economies?

Americans when Democrats do the thing:

Americans when Republicans do the thing:

More seriously what Americans should have done to get a president not in the pocket of mass murderer Netanyahu was get the Democrats to actually represent their constituents, but lesser evil politics prevailed and now we’re here. If you want a president not in the pocket of mass murderer Netanyahu now you’ll have to overthrow Trump and install one yourself.

Yes, only sparkling Lebensraum.

Great job proving their point.

That answer is really fucked up. Like, “war is peace” levels of fucked up.

I think anyone who actually clicks on the link would be able to figure that out.

Many Arab Spring revolutions did work; they were just swallowed by counterrevolution later.