Fucking awesome response, thank you so much for it. I get how you feel now much more.

I think an important point to make as well is that these legislations are not even made by trans people, so they have no authority on telling you what to do. Fuck them all.

I want to learn more about the LGBT community and since I’m a cis white guy living in a post soviet country, who grew up in a conservative family, I know jack shit.

So I want to ask this question, is it okay for minors to have an opportunity to make surgeries on themselves? Like, we have age gaps for a reason, is there something that I’m missing here? Should there not be any regulations regarding this?

Like, minors are notoriously not great at making decisions or being reasonable, I wouldn’t trust myself doing something this big, that’s for sure.

I think meanings of words just change. Liberal 100 years ago is different from a liberal today, so usually when we say liberal, we probably mean neoliberal. Is it academically correct? No, but it’s an internet forum, we don’t need to use as precise language as possible.

But don’t take my word for it. I could be completely wrong and there might be another reason.

Wonderful, now I get to speak in my second language, but ironically, not the first…

Did you try to change sort type in settings?

What app are you using? Or is it on the website?

It’s not that hard to switch browsers since most of them are pretty much the same. Sure, you need some time to adjust, but I think it’s much easier than enduring shit that google forces upon you.

Well I’m not going in completely blind + I can’t know everything about every topic. But I’m seeking more knowledge, thus the reason why I made a post.

Thank you so much for the links! Started with Another View of Stalin

No no, don’t get me wrong, I totally get it. While I think that the statement is true, it’s not the only way I tried to explain my position. Like I said, we are having respectful discussions with one another and I try to not be overly emotional. It’s very important to find a nicer footing in the dialogue in order to convey your thoughts more clearly.

Sorry if I confused any of you, should’ve clarified that I’m straight, now I feel kind of shitty because I probably tricked a lot of people into thinking otherwise. Not that only LGBTQ+ people can comment under the post, but still.

Saying that, because of the mobilisation, male population is still under a shit ton of pressure in Ukraine, only multiplied if you’re queer, but I don’t think much will change under Russia’s rule, if there will be one. For liberals, Ukraine might appear as western rainbow utopia where LGBTQ+ people are widely accepted, but considering how many Nazis are here… I have my fair share of doubts about this perspective.

People are so confused, in fact, that in my university I have a person, who is an open Bandera supporter, while being gay and friends with a Jewish girl. Pretty crazy mind fuck if I ever saw one.

If we’re talking about the future of Ukraine, man, I just want all of this to end as fast as possible. I don’t care whether it be Russia or Ukraine, because at the end of the day, what’s the difference? (except that Russia is anti-west, sort of, and Ukraine is pro-west)

I wish we took that deal at the start, many people would still be alive, economy and morale wouldn’t be so fucked and I probably could’ve returned home, now I’m not sure about that no more.

I’m curious, what other regimes are on that list?

Thank you so much, comrade! While it is stressful, especially for her, and I have no doubt the psychological impact won’t be fun, we are in a pretty safe spot compared to the region of the country we fled from. It’s much safer and not as dangerous and we hope it stays that way.

Fuck that’s heartbreaking. Double for me because having a girlfriend and living in Ukraine reinforces pretty hard the fear of losing loved ones, but I can’t even imagine how awful it is in Gaza where it’s 10-100 times worse than here…

His response is interesting.

It also leads to racial hatred and division and doesn’t actually address the issues. It’s like Nazis saying that black people commit so much crime because of biology. It’s false, leads needlessly to hate, and nothing gets done.

He basically created a straw man because I rarely/ever see “woke” media that is genially racist towards white people. But then he’s trying to compare “white struggle” in the MEDIA to a real life struggle of black people, which is really fucked up. And what’s funny, he’s saying that “Nazis” say that, when people that are generally on the right are keen to be racist and make those claims, but he doesn’t want to associate with them, to not seem like he is battling one racism with the other, so he says that exclusively Nazis say this shit.

People probably have no idea how wonderful it is to see comrades from Ukraine here. I’m so glad to not feel alone, not only in the world, but in my own country as well.

Recently I watched an awesome video about pseudohistorian who tried to explain that thousands of Polish soldiers were actually killed by the USSR and Nazis were just framed for these murders. It’s in Russian, but YouTube translator probably will do a good enough job.

https://youtu.be/GKoqfjamBVE

Thank you, I’m really glad you liked my response)

To be honest, my claim was a bit hyperbolic, because essentially Cyberpunk as a genre is anti-capitalist, just CDPR doesn’t really want it to be.

It boils down to how you want to view this game and art in general, with the original intent of developers or without it, making assumptions based on the contents of the story. And I rarely can choose the latter.

The whole game tries to tell you that corporations are the main (and only) issue, Johnny Silverhand literally says: “I’ve declared war not because capitalism’s thorn in my side…”, implying that it’s not capitalism that he has problems with, but Corpos who: “Have long controlled our lives…”

But I don’t view anti-corporatism as a synonym to anti-capitalism, and neither does CDPR. That’s why they chose to paint a Marxist ideology as complete nonsense of some ai bot fortune teller (I’m talking about Bartmoss collective) and that’s why there’s not a word from Johnny criticising the system that let corporations become as powerful as they are today.

CDPR is the main reason, I presume.

Polish gamedev, who at the start of the war in Ukraine wrote: “Slava Ukraini” in their support letter.

Polish…

Slava Ukraini…

Yeah… Also not even a hint of anti-capitalist ideas in a CYBERPUNK GAME? Pretty fucked up.