"Socialism is the goal, communism is the way to reach it" is actually what a lot of MLs seem to secretly believe in the sense that they want to use the appeal of communism to motivate people to create socialism. I have seen very little interest from them in actually building communism.

Don't let the Right claim free speech, especially when they rarely even want it for anyone other than themselves.

Most of these are inspired by Marx quotes.

Maybe you'd like this piece by the same artist https://slrpnk.net/post/34365210

The defining moment of the 2000s was that guy throwing a shoe at Bush's head.

I don't know the jargon version is funnier to me.

I have a friend like this. He slowly started using AI more and more to the point where he would ask it what it thought about everything I said, and instead of responding to me, just send me a link to the chat. Then it started telling him to "set boundaries" and he cut everyone out of his life including me.

What if they are silent, lifted with vacuum levitation?

The top and bottom are still uncovered so the illusion is still operative.

You're misreading the axes.

No way, it keeps itself on the air with 0 energy expenditure, then moves with minimal resistance. Much more efficient than a land vehicle.

They would be light, but have a high mass, so not as jerky as a balloon.

I get that there are a lot of theoretical problems with flying cars, and current technology is sufficient for improving society if we just make different choices. I've seen Adam Something video, I just think we shouldn't stop dreaming about something that has inspired utopian visions for generations. It can be easy to grow sour on the entire idea of innovation after people like elongated muskrat use it to hype up their stock prices and fail to deliver. But innovation can be great, and better futures start by daydreaming.

I totally agree, but the gardens depicted strike me more as ornamental.

Maybe, what are you referring to?

Acknowledging that a revolution can improve society even if it isn't flawless is one thing; actively promoting those "flaws" is another. I do believe that the humanity would ideally be acknowledged in the oppressors. Moreover, the benefits of free speech are greater to society than the individual.

That stuff has less of an effect if power is distributed.

Well, I was deliberate to not say "if we got rid of the private holders of capital." Capital being successfully democratically controlled is key. I'm definitely with you on there being countless other bad options.

There are different kinds of ancaps. Objectivists are also in that category.

In terms of valuing humanity, yes, fascists do not care about humanity or individual humans. They value their nation or identity as an abstract.