Kannan (he/him)

be a traitor to the dominant class you belong to

@catchvp @NadjaNadika i don’t disagree with your characterization of my view. i am single issue on genocide, and do feel that the “thoughts and prayers” politics of dems will keep the patient alive, but in deep suffering, and unable to say or do anything about it. that would not be success either, imo

@BlueJay102 @NadjaNadika And currently. US does not know how to have a midterm election without interference. There is no end at sight. What you so nonchalantly mentioned, is accelerationism to full fascism. Your act is a tool in their kit. Your act solidarity is operation success, patient dead.

If you have misgivings about voting for the DMK-VCK alliance at this point, you are doing exactly what the absolute purists in the us did by not voting for the democrats. You're going to hand power to orange and green fascists.

@catchvp @NadjaNadika i am saying the converse - that the dems are no less israel simpy than the reps and would have (as they continue to even now) let the genocide continue. and harris is cop material, so the streets weren’t going to get more safe from uniformed and licensed violence

@BlueJay102 @NadjaNadika Let’s fact check you for a minute. US : Children are in jails. Detained brown women are raped in camps. Protestors killed in their streets. Let alone other detained people, jobs, economy. Palestine : The genocide didn’t stop. It accelerated. It’s just not in the news Cycle

@NadjaNadika that’s a fair concern. i do not feel that in the tn context, the dmk is quite as comparably repugnant as the alternative, as the dems were/are in the us against the reps

@BlueJay102 A lot of that scare and anti-Dem speech happened kind of midway through the campaign season and hurt the dems very badly. I see something like that happening now in the anti DMK speech. It's timing and intensity feels very coordinated.

@NadjaNadika ps: not saying that’s the situation in tn - just responding to the american analogy part

@NadjaNadika 2/2 if “the alternative” boogeyman does become that scary, maybe the system is rotten so deep that getting the worst in, to let the system perform its own collapse is the right thing to do

on twitter spats, real power lies not in having the last word, but in not responding to the other person's last word #TwitterPsyche

@RKelanic not the worst wsj has put out, but try again, without all the "odious regime" dogwhistle - you know as we all do which of the regimes in this mess are the odious ones

WSJ GIFT LINK: Trump might end the war without trying to forcibly open Hormuz. It stinks, but this is likely the least bad choice in a situation of all bad options. Ending the U.S. war is a necessary condition, but possibly not a sufficient one, for Iran reopening the strait. I get that it feels irresponsible for the U.S. to simply leave after creating a mess. It’s maddening, but might be for the best. Hear me out. Trump created a global public bad by attacking Iran and prompting the regime to close the strait. It was a colossal mistake that has caused pain in the U.S. and beyond. But cutting U.S. losses in a failed war makes more sense than continued fighting for a lost cause. And if the U.S. keeps fighting, no doubt Iran will continue to threaten the strait. If the U.S. quits the war, that would increase the political pressure on Iran to reopen the strait now that hostilities are over. Iran may try to extract “tolls” and if the Tehran Tollbooth persists after the war, it will be a lasting reminder of U.S. policy failure. But the tolls themselves aren’t that high — $2 million on a VLCC carrying 2 million barrels is just a $1/barrel surcharge, amounting to a 1% tax. Not great, but better than what oil prices are doing now. It would also incentivize Iran to keep traffic moving securely through Hormuz by monetizing safe transit. Yes I know it rewards bad behavior and morally it stinks for an odious regime to profit, but that’s the reality that Trump’s blunderous war has bestowed on us all. There’s a reason most of us don’t worry about Egypt (today) closing Suez or Panama closing its canal — the profit motive is powerful. Overall if Trump ends the war (which he should) with the Tollbooth intact, we are all worse off than we were on February 27, but better off than where we are now, and better than where we could be if the war stretches on for months or years. I know it’s not a satisfying ending but it’s pragmatic and we don’t live in the best of all possible worlds. There is one problem, though: Israel. Trump will almost certainly need to restrain Israel from continuing its war for Iran to reopen the strait. It should be a no-brainer: Israel is the junior partner and Trump should have the leverage to make them stop, given how much military aid the U.S. gives to Israel. But it’s not clear Trump will use it. @defpriorities wsj.com/world/middle-e…

politicians and parties shouldn't be "liked" or "supported" - voting for one simply means that's who we (civil society) choose to fight

@MajorityDems @ElissaSlotkin average person here. the shit I want to see working include embargo on genocidal nations, healthcare for all, women's right to choose, abolishing ICE...

Elissa Slotkin to Bill Maher: “The average person just wants shit to work. I don’t give a shit if you’re a Republican, a Democrat, an Independent—just live in the zone of practicality. And the far right and the far left live in a different universe.”

deep concern is the new thoughts and prayers

We didn’t fight to work. Women have ALWAYS worked. We fought to get paid.

@shankarprakasha there's personal justice, and there's social justice - and they're different. her decision conveys one of the following stands, imo: 1. ADMK/BJP ideology is better for social justice 2. DMK/Congress ideology is better for social justice. but it wasn't good for me so screw them

The argument that Porkkodi Armstrong must show ideological purity before entering politics sounds principled. It isn't. No candidate is expected to shed their background, grievances or lived experience at the door. Why is she the exception? 1/5

if said person is going to be a people’s representative deciding public policy, then her personal struggles and lived experiences cannot be justification for her ideological alignment. political candidates need to represent society’s lived experiences, not their personal ones.

@therealnaomib you're welcome! i was actually referring to your thread when I said it was recommended reading 😅 but yes, theory of the leisure class, by thorstein veblen is also very much a recommended read!

@BlueJay102 I haven't read this!!!! Going on the list and thank you x

a great tldr thread on the lifeofpuja discourse, and even more impressively, a good tldr on veblen’s social theory of the leisure class. recommended reading 🧵

As an Iranian who studied at the University of Tehran and then Harvard and now teach at the University of Chicago, my message to Reza Pahlavi is: Get Fucked.

The irony is stark: Pakistan is waging an open war against Afghanistan, carrying out dozens of airstrikes that have killed large numbers of civilians, including hundreds at a drug rehabilitation hospital. Yet, even as it prosecutes this reckless campaign, Pakistan casts itself as a peacemaker in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, serving as Washington’s messenger to Tehran while hosting Egyptian, Turkish and Saudi foreign ministers from tomorrow.

“no kings”???? bro, it’s 2026. like… could your bar be any lower?