Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 18h“That’s just how things are” is not an argument. It’s a resignation letter to the status quo. History is full of people who changed what everyone else called inevitable. 010 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 18hIf your feminism stops at getting more women into positions of power but never asks what that power does to women in the global south, poor women, disabled women, migrants, or queer people... congratulations: you’ve reinvented corporate branding 010 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 14/10/2026The manosphere sells men a diagnosis for their loneliness and then prescribes contempt for women. That’s not self-improvement. It’s a subscription service for emotional stagnation. 030 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 14/10/2026A society that treats disabled people as disposable and inaccessible buildings as normal has a design problem, not a “personal responsibility” problem. The stairs are not a moral philosophy. 040 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Every time someone says “both sides are the same,” I wonder if they’ve ever considered a third option: organized people building power outside the two-party hostage situation 010 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Cuba is trying to expand solar power while facing a U.S. oil blockade. Imagine sabotaging someone’s access to resources and then acting confused when their life gets harder. Imperialism is so unserious. 000 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Patriarchy: "Women are too emotional." Also patriarchy: centuries of men starting wars because someone insulted their honor 000 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 07/10/2026AI lawyer submitted fake citations and now faces discipline. Somewhere, a professor just whispered: “I told y'all to check the sources.” Academic integrity remains undefeated 011 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Imperialism is wild because somehow the people living where the war is happening are always treated like supporting characters. They are literally part of the MAIN cast. 000 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 06/10/2026My toxic trait is believing people should read and education themselves before forming a opinion. Literacy has made me unbearable. 000 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Big Oil arguing it shouldn't be held accountable for climate damage is giving: “I didn't cause the fire. I merely sold the gasoline.” Please.... 020 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Consumer confidence is falling while oil prices climb. Wall Street: “Markets are complicated.” Your average person at the grocery store: So is surviving them. 000 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Oil is flirting with $100 a barrel. Your grocery bill is watching. Your gas tank is watching. Your paycheck is pretending not to know you. Capitalism, babe. 000 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 30/09/2026AI: potentially transformative technology. Government: “Let the companies self-regulate.” ...AI generates child csem... Supreme Court:👍 030 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 30/09/2026AI companies are signing voluntary agreements to police themselves. Corporations regulating themselves is so adorable. It's giving: “I promise I'll behave. Pinky swear.” 010 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Ableism: “If your body can't perform according to the system's preferred schedule, you're the problem.” Capitalism: “If you're not productive, you're less valuable.” 111 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Venezuelan man shot by ICE in Austin reportedly still has a bullet lodged in his back and may need surgery... STILL has a bullet lodged in his back... 010 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 23/09/2026NTRODUCTION TO RESPECTABILITY POLITICS Week 1: Behave. Week 2: Assimilate. Week 3: Don't make anyone uncomfortable. Week 4: Discover that oppression still exists. Final exam: “Was being polite enough?” Answer: no. 010 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The U.S. approved visas for Iranian officials to attend the UN while denying visas to the Palestinian delegation. Foreign policy is really just: “Rules for thee, exceptions for thee PDF explaining why.” 000 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 21/09/2026And if your immigration system can turn a person from: worker → target → shooting victim → detainee in the span of an afternoon? ...but liberalism believes we can "reform" a system meant to do just that 100 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 21/09/2026An ICE agent shot and wounded a Venezuelan man during a traffic stop in Austin this weekend, according to city officials. The incident is under investigation. And this is why “immigration policy” cannot remain an abstract debate about numbers on a spreadsheet. 100 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Abolitionist environmental politics is not: “Please recycle harder.” It is asking: Why are some communities exposed to pollution, extraction, heat, displacement, and environmental destruction while other communities accumulate wealth from it? 021 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Millions have already fallen off SNAP as states prepare for major changes in how the program is funded. Hunger is not an administrative error, that's a political decision. A spreadsheet can still be a weapon, it just doesn't make noise when it hits you. 000 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 16/09/2026LIBERALISM: “We should make sure marginalized people have access to the social safety net.” CAPITALISM: “Okay but what if accessing it makes you less economically desirable?” ME: What if we stopped designing society around profitability? Everyone: 😐 100 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 15/09/2026IMPERIALISM'S LINKEDIN: "Excited to announce my new partnership with natural resources! Looking forward to thriving from the exploitation of surplus labor value, taking more land, and absolutely not thinking about the history of extractive colonialism. #Neocoloialism #Innovation #Geopolitics" 010 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 15/09/2026ICE reportedly wants to spend up to $2 million on robot dogs. Because apparently the immigration industrial complex watched Black Mirror and said: "Take notes." 000 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The Supreme Court allowing the $400 million White House ballroom construction to continue is such an incredible metaphor. The building can get a ballroom. The public gets a debate about whether public money exists for public needs. 010 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Let's be very clear: AI-generated sexual abuse imagery of children isn't made harmless because no real child was photographed... it had to learn how to generate the images from somewhere 122 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 02/09/2026White supremacy has always adapted to technology. The technology changes. The hierarchy doesn't. That's why "it's just a machine" is not an adequate political analysis. Ask: What is the machine being built to do? 241 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Imagine explaining this to a historian in 2126: "Yes, they had schools that needed funding." "Yes, they had people struggling to afford housing." "Yes, they had disabled people fighting for basic accessibility." "And what did the government prioritize?" "...robot dogs." 130 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Capitalism really said: "Your wages are determined by the market." Okay. Who's determining the market? Who's setting the rules? Who's collecting the profits? Who's cleaning up the mess? Oh. You thought I wouldn't ask follow-up questions. 100 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 01/09/2026"Volatility" = your rent is stressful. "Restructuring" = somebody's getting fired. "Efficiency" = fewer workers doing more work. "Strong fundamentals" = please don't look at the executive compensation. 100 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 29/08/2026A government that fears what children learn will eventually start telling you what children are allowed to know. That's why literacy is political. That's why history matters. That's why facism is always suspicious of the classroom. 000 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Parent: "What happened to the Department of Education?" Administrator: "We're empowering parents." Parent: "And funding?" Administrator: "Empowering." Parent: "Teachers?" Administrator: "Empowering." Parent: "The books?" Administrator: "Let's not get carried away." 000 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 26/08/2026LIBERALISM: "What if oppression had better procedures?" ABOLITION: "What if we stopped building systems that require oppression?" Different syllabus. 010 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The Supreme Court cleared the way for restrictions on mail-in voting. And I am once again asking: Why are we comfortable treating restricting access to political participation like a software update that can be installed or removed instead of a primary function of liberal politics? 000 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 25/08/2026The U.S. is threatening countries that maintain economic relationships with Iran. International relations: "You're not invited to my birthday party/" preschool bully diplomacy. 011 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 25/08/2026BREAKING NEWS FROM THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT: "We're not going to invade you." ...Instead, we're going to economically punish everyone who trades with you. Imperialism has had a personality change. That's a wardrobe change. 011 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 22/08/2026The patriarchy really told men: "Don't cry." "Don't be vulnerable." "Don't ask for help." "Don't talk about your feelings." Then looked around at emotionally constipated adults and said: "Why are men so lonely?" Bruh You wrote the curriculum. 110 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I don't want a more polite empire. I don't want a kinder cage. I don't want diversity in exploitation. I don't want equality where the finish line remains private property. I want liberation. 000 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Abolition is not "make the existing institution slightly nicer." That's reform. Abolition asks: Why does this institution have the power to harm people in the first place? That's the uncomfortable question. 000 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 20/08/2026"Just follow the legal process." The legal process: changes the rules changes the timeline changes the eligibility changes the paperwork 000 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 18/08/2026We regret to inform you that geopolitical instability has increased your gasoline bill. Fortunately, oil companies remain extremely healthy. Thank you for your sacrifice. Sincerely, The "Free" Market 010 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 18/08/2026U.S. gas prices just hit $4.06 a gallon, with Americans paying billions more while oil companies posted enormous profits. But sure. Tell me again how the problem is that I bought a coffee. 100 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I need people to understand that borders are political institutions. They are not weather. They did not fall from the sky. Someone designed them. Someone maintains them. Someone profits from them. 000 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Some of you don't hate "political correctness." You hate having your assumptions examined. Those are different problems. One requires free speech. The other requires introspection. Good luck with that. 100 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Some of y'all don't need a political podcast. You need a library card and eight consecutive hours of uninterrupted historical context. And frankly? That's okay. We can start there. 100 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Capitalism: wyd Me: reading Frantz Fanon Capitalism: oh Capitalism: so you're mad Me: yup. 010 0
Ari @ari4education.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Imperialism 101: Step 1: invade Step 2: destabilize Step 3: frame invasion to control resources in the region as an effort to instill "democracy" Step 4: call the consequences a "global security challenge" Step 5: act confused when people object The syllabus writes itself. 010 0