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ourcatastrophe:

the whole “socially liberal, economically conservative” thing is so male

I mean it’s obvious that right-libertarians are a bunch of young white dudes who spend too much time editing the “criticisms of feminism” section of wikipedia

but also, I cbf digging any of them up but I keep running into studies of voting patterns showing that men are more “socially liberal, economically conservative”, and women are, conversely, way less into capitalism and possibly more socially conservative

which makes sense because women are more likely to be poor, more likely to have a lot of responsibility for a lot of people, even partnered women are more likely to be responsible for managing family finances and actually making sure everybody eats and they don’t get evicted, and etc

it’s also worth noting here that women’s “social conservativism” is often reckoned with reference to stuff like their feelings on drugs and R-rated movies and asinine “free speech” defences of hateful tripe, individualist, hedonist stuff, rather than attitudes to marginalised groups or liberatory social movements

while these are of course overlapping concerns, there is a large and concrete difference between a discourse like “criminalisation of drug users targets already vulnerable people” and “420 blaze it the government can’t tell me what to do, it’s not my problem if other people can’t handle this shit”

having said that, a lot of women are really invested in stuff like the family and religion, sometimes in a really conservative way, and I think it’s important to think about why that is and what women might find alienating about secularism or discourses of sexual liberation and how we as the Left are approaching that

lemondifficult:

bidenette:

Le boom.

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quickhits:

Republicans love free enterprise, the entrepreneurial spirit — right up until they hate it.

Slate: From the state that brought you the nation’s first ban on climate science comes another legislative gem: a bill that would prohibit automakers from selling their cars in the state.

The proposal, which the Raleigh News & Observer reports was unanimously approved by the state’s Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday, would apply to all car manufacturers, but the intended target is clear. It’s aimed at Tesla, the only U.S. automaker whose business model relies on selling cars directly to consumers, rather than through a network of third-party dealerships.

The bill is being pushed by the North Carolina Automobile Dealers Association, a trade group representing the state’s franchised dealerships. Its sponsor is state Sen. Tom Apodaca, a Republican from Henderson, who has said the goal is to prevent unfair competition between manufacturers and dealers. What makes it “unfair competition” as opposed to plain-old “competition”—something Republicans are typically inclined to favor—is not entirely clear. After all, North Carolina doesn’t seem to have a problem with Apple selling its computers online or via its own Apple Stores.

Still, it’s easy to understand why some car dealers might feel a little threatened: Tesla’s Model S outsold the Mercedes S-Class, BMW 7 Series, and Audi A8 last quarter without any help from them. If its business model were to catch on, consumers might find that they don’t need the middle-men as much as they thought.

According to the report, “Apodaca received $8,000 in campaign contributions from the North Carolina Automobile Dealers Association last year, the maximum amount allowed by state law.” He has not responded to a request for comment.

Ironically, this sort of thing is almost exactly what Ayn Rand complained about in her novel Atlas Shrugged — a business group and the government were forcing an industrialist to share his process for producing a new alloy, using “unfair competition” as their reasoning. I suppose it hadn’t occurred to her that they could ban it for the same reason.

The GOP has taken to praising Rand in recent years — especially post-Tea Party. Like so much else Republicans say, that praise is obviously horseshit.

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This Copyright Bill Could Help Small Business Owners, Girl Talk, Service Members, and the Blind

motherjones:

But will entertainment industry giants block it?

Recommended reading. The headline doesn’t make it sound nearly as important as it should be. (At least in light of CISPA, SOPA, and all the others…)

liberalsarecool:

College Republican meme.

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godisgaf:

our president is a sarcastic motherfucker.

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americandementia:

comedycentral:

[@ComedyCentral]

That would make my life

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mikalamode:

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mirime-veon:

recreationalcannibalism:

Someone wanted this rebloggable and I didn’t see til just now. Sorry bout that, love.

Thank you so much for this. This post actually changed my view. Thank you!

rebubblin for the day crowd

ilu

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